The hidden power of network maps on Zabbix by Rihards Olups at Zabbix Conference 2011

1. Maps
Maps
Maps

2. See - Do
● Maps – what can you do
● Maps – how can you do it

3. SEE

8. 2.
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11. Custom icon...
● custom icon for all 5 types

12. ...that changes

14. Icon highlighting, change marking

15. Those labels have type

16. Label “Label”
● OK/PROBLEM
● Problem (trigger) name or "1 problem"

17. Label location

18. Acknowledge status

19. Links between elements

20. Labels on links

21. Display realtime data

22. Link indicators

23. Global scripts
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24. Built-in and custom URLs
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25. Background

26. Timestamped

27. DO

28. permissions -
ALL
OR
NOTHING

29. Drag drop

30. Grid
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31. Element editing
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32. Multiple element editing
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33. Routed and branching links
● Use invisible images

34. Macro-variables
● Can be used both in element and link labels
● {HOSTNAME}
● {Server:system.cpu.load.last(0)}
● {{HOSTNAME}:system.cpu.load.last(0)}
● last(), min(), max(), avg()

35. SAVE THE MAP

36. Custom images
● Icons & background images
● Administration -> General -> Images
● www.osm.org ← the best

37. XML
● Backup purposes
● Generate maps externally

38. XML – image import
● XML may contain icons & backgrounds
● base64

39. API
{ }],
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"name": "ZABBIX-Map",
"method": "map.create",
"width": "800",
"params": [{
"height": "600",
"selements": [{
"elementid": "0", "backgroundid": "0",
"elementtype": "4", "label_type": "0",
"iconid_off": "100100000000036", "label_location": "0",
"iconid_on": "0", "highlight": 0,
"iconid_unknown": "0",
"expandproblem": 0,
"label": "New element",
"markelements": 0,
"label_location": "0",
"x": "200",
"show_unack": 0
"y": "100", }],
"url": "", "auth":
"iconid_disabled": "0", "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"iconid_maintenance": "0" "id": 2
}], }

40. Selecting a map in the URL
● Usual way – refer by ID
● maps.php?sysmapid=13
● “mapname” – refer by name
● maps.php?mapname=Happy%20Mappy

41. Happy mapping
(got your own hints ?)