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Zabbix Certified Specialist course

This five day Zabbix Certified Specialist training course is designed for engineers that are using Zabbix or should be using Zabbix in the nearby future.

This training covers everything starting with the process of installation, configuration of hosts, items, triggers, templates, etc etc. It is aimed to lay a solid base on using and configuring Zabbix. For the experienced users there are always new insights on how things work and how they can be configured.

This course consists of lectures and hands-on exercises performed in a virtual lab environment provided to you by our team. The exercises teach you to perform configuration and operational tasks by following along with procedures laid out in provided lab guides, to exercise the features in focus throughout the training.

Throughout the duration of the course you will have unrestricted access to your lab environment which will continue to be available for additional practice for 24 hours after the class ends. Comprehensive course materials containing theory and practical exercises will be provided during the course. Copies of the slide decks will also be provided at the end of the training

Upon completion of the Zabbix Certified Specialist training, participants will have a thorough understanding of the Zabbix platform and will be able to effectively implement and maintain the Zabbix solution in their organization. They will also be students will be eligible to take the Zabbix Certified Specialist exam, which is a multiple-choice test that assesses their knowledge and understanding of the Zabbix platform, which is a requirement for obtaining the Zabbix Certified Specialist certification.

 
Products covered Zabbix 8.0
Format Online / Classroom
Group Size Up to 10 students
Duration 3 days
Course prerequisites None
Recommended skills Basic experience with Linux
Previous level Zabbix Certified User
Next level Zabbix Certified Specialist


Pricing

We offer these course from all our companies, in local currency.

All courses are priced per attendee, and there is 1 exam included by default.


Euro: €1850

US Dollar: $2250

Pound Sterling: £1500


Bundle discounts!
Purchase:
  • Certified Specialist
  • Certified Professional
  • Additional Exam

and pay €3350 / $3950 / £2950

Please note: all our trainings are scheduled upfront, but only will take place if there are enough applications for a scheduled training!

Acquired skills and knowledge

Monitor a wide range of components

including OS resources, network devices, log files, web applications, and websites

Deploy the official Zabbix agent

and extend it for efficient and customized data gathering

Establish a streamlined process

to escalate identified problems across users and departments for prompt resolution

Get a comprehensive overview of your IT infrastructure state

by using a variety of Zabbix dashboard widgets

Utilize multiple monitoring techniques

such as SNMP, Zabbix Agent, SSH, web application monitoring, and more for comprehensive data collection

Prevent alert storms and optimize problem detection

by learning how to use various Zabbix trigger functions

Outcomes

Organizational impact

Understanding a variety of monitoring techniques and protocols is vital to implementing optimal monitoring workflows. Zabbix Certified Specialist attendees will learn how to design and implement multiple monitoring strategies and leverage the full Zabbix data collection and problem detection toolset across a wide range of monitoring endpoints.

Individual impact

The scope of the course covers not only Zabbix features, but also general monitoring techniques and protocols used across an assortment of different endpoints – from servers and network devices to applications and services. As a result, attendees will be able to choose a viable monitoring approach for different types of monitoring endpoints.

Course program - Certified Specialist

Day 1
  • Zabbix user interface
  • Zabbix components and architecture
  • Zabbix entities: Hosts
  • Zabbix entities: Items
  • Historical and trend data
  • Data collection intervals
  • Agentless ping and port checks
  • Making metrics human-readable
Day 2
  • Configuring Zabbix agent passive and active checks
  • Zabbix entities: Triggers
  • Problem detection
  • Configuration management with Templates
  • Performing mass configuration updates
  • Data transformation with preprocessing
  • Performing aggregations and calculations with calculated items
  • Bulk data collection with dependent items
  • Configuring HTTP checks for web endpoint monitoring
  • Defining web scenarios for website monitoring
  • SNMP endpoint data collection
  • Log monitoring
  • Low-level discovery feature overview
  • Troubleshooting unsupported items
Day 3
  • Zabbix permission management with User groups and User roles
  • Host inventory configuration and management
  • Configuring alerting workflows and alert delivery channels
  • Defining host maintenance periods
  • Built-in reporting features
  • Visualization with Zabbix graphs, maps and dashboards
  • Zabbix configuration import/export
  • Understanding Zabbix item queue
  • Zabbix audit log features
Zabbix Certified Specialist Exam

To be taken: 
* Directly after the training ends
* Postponed up to 2 weeks!

Certificates and gifts


For all attendees

Zabbix Certified Specialist Certificate

Course attendance certificate

For all attendees

Zabbix Polo shirt

Course attendance certificate

For passing the exam

Zabbix Certified Specialist Certificate

Zabbix 7.0 Certified Specialist certificate + digital badge

For passing the exam

Zabbix Certified Specialist pin

Zabbix Certified Specialist pin

Our upcoming planned trainings

Full schedule here

 
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