Automatic discovery

We'll create a separate host, which will be the starting point for the discovery. This host won't do anything else for us besides monitor generic VMware parameters and discover all other entities.

Follow these steps to setup our monitoring in Zabbix:

1. Go to Configuration | Hosts and click on Create host.
2. Enter VMware in the Host name field, clear out existing groups in the In groups block, and enter VMware in the New group field.
3. Switch to the Macros tab and fill in values for these three macros:

• • {$URL}: The VMware API/SDK URL in the form https://server/sdk
  • {$USERNAME}: The VMware account username
  • {$PASSWORD}: The VMware account password

Note

The API or SDK is available on vSphere or vCenter systems.

4. Switch to the Templates tab, start typing vmware, choose Template VM VMware, and click on the Add control in the Link new templates section.
5. When done, click on the Add button at the bottom.

What's next? Well, nothing. If everything has been done right, everything should be monitored...