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Table of Contents
1 Overview.......................................................................................................4
1.1 Introduction to Zenoss Core ............................................................................ 4
1.2 Additional Resources....................................................................................... 4
2 Getting Started.............................................................................................6
2.1 Installing Zenoss Core Using RPM Packages.................................................. 6
2.2 Installing Zenoss Core Using Source Code ..................................................... 7
2.3 Installing Zenoss VM Appliance Using VM Player............................................ 7
2.4 Logging On...................................................................................................... 8
3 Defining Your Environment ........................................................................9
3.1 Basics Settings ................................................................................................ 9
3.1.1 Configure the SMTP Server............................................................................................9
3.1.2 Configure your SNMP Community Strings ....................................................................9
3.1.3 Create Your Windows Administrator Settings .............................................................10
3.2 Create Your Logical Groupings...................................................................... 10
3.2.1 Create Your Locations ..................................................................................................10
3.2.2 Create Your Systems ....................................................................................................11
3.2.3 Create Your Groups ......................................................................................................11
3.3 Define a Monitored Processes....................................................................... 12
4 Discovering Your Environment ................................................................13
4.1 Add a Device ................................................................................................. 13
4.2 Add a Network ............................................................................................... 14
4.3 Discover Networks......................................................................................... 14
5 Monitoring Your Environment ..................................................................15
5.1 Viewing Your Managed Resources................................................................ 15
5.2 Viewing Your Events ..................................................................................... 16
5.3 Viewing Reports ............................................................................................ 17
5.4 Custom Monitoring ........................................................................................ 17
5.4.1 Adding a Community ZenPack .....................................................................................17
6 Managing Your Environment....................................................................18
6.1 Adding Zenoss Users .................................................................................... 18
6.1.1 Adding a Zenoss User...................................................................................................18
6.1.2 Creating an Alerting Rule ..............................................................................................19
6.1.3 Creating an Alerting Rule Schedule .............................................................................20
7 Notes...........................................................................................................21
List of Figures
Figure 2-1 - Zenoss Login Screen ........................................................................................................8
Figure 3-1 Zenoss Settings Tab............................................................................................................9
Figure 3-2 Configuring SNMP Community Strings ............................................................................10
Figure 3-3 Adding a New Location......................................................................................................11
Figure 3-4 Defining a Monitored Process ...........................................................................................12
Figure 4-1 Adding a Device .................................................................................................................13
Figure 4-2 Adding a Network...............................................................................................................14
Figure 4-3 Discovering Networks ........................................................................................................14
Figure 5-1 Zenoss Device List.............................................................................................................15
Figure 5-2 Device Status page............................................................................................................15
Figure 5-3 Zenoss Event Console ......................................................................................................16
Figure 5-4 Zenoss Reports..................................................................................................................17
Figure 6-1 Adding a New User ............................................................................................................18
Figure 6-2 Configuring a User .............................................................................................................18
Figure 6-3 Creating an Alerting Rule ..................................................................................................19
Figure 6-4 Configuring an Alerting Rule .............................................................................................19
Figure 6-5 Creating a Rule Window....................................................................................................20
Figure 6-6 Configuring a Rule Window...............................................................................................20
1 Overview
This purpose of this document is to get you up and running using the Zenoss Core software and
show you how do perform basic tasks such as:
• Installing the Zenoss Core software.
• Defining your environment with Zenoss Core
• Discovering devices with Zenoss Core
• Monitoring your environment with Zenoss Core
• Managing your environment with Zenoss Core
If you have comments or questions about this document, please direct them to:
feedback@zenoss.com
2 Getting Started
Zenoss Core can be downloaded via the Zenoss website:
http://www.zenoss.com/download
Or from the Zenoss Sourceforge project web page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/zenoss
Zenoss Core can be run on most LINUX and UNIX based platforms; however, we recommend
installing Zenoss Core on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platform or any RHEL derivative
platform (e.g. Centos or Fedora).
Zenoss Core is also available as a virtual appliance that can be installed on Windows and Linux
platforms using a VMware Player or VMware Server.
Zenoss Core is a monitoring solution that can be accessed via a web browser. Supported web
browsers are Firefox and Internet Explorer 7. Zenoss Core partially supports Safari and Opera
web browsers.
When prompted for a local host login, enter “root” to gain access to the Zenoss Appliance
command line
Local host login: root
The Zenoss VM Appliance is configured for DHCP addressing by default. If your network is not
configured for DHCP, assign a static IP address to the server and verify that the server can
communicate with your network.
2.4 Logging On
At a web browser access the Zenoss web UI via the URL below:
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080
The IP address used should be that of the server that the Zenoss Core software is installed upon.
For Zenoss VM Appliances, the IP address used should be that of the Zenoss VM Appliance (and
not of the host server).
Note: Modifying the ‘zSnmpCommunities’ parameter can be done at any level of the device tree
and this would override parameters inherited from the parent device class.
Clicking a device name in the Device Id column will take you to the Status page for the device
selected.
You can also perform a quick search for a device using the Device/IP Search field located in the
top right corner of the Zenoss window.
The Event Console provides a list of active events occurring within an IT infrastructure. You can
use the Zenoss Event Management Console to:
• drill in and view details of events
• acknowledge events
• configure basic and advanced notification policies
• update event troubleshooting logs
• classify and correlate events
• archive events into a historical database
4. To create some data sources for custom monitoring, please refer to the Zenoss
Administration Guide.
7. From the Edit tab, in the ‘Password’ fields, enter a password (twice)for this user to use
user password.
8. From the the ‘Roles’ selection box, select the role for this user.
Note: User names should be in all lowercase and not contain any spaces..
9. Modify or add to the ‘Where’ drop down menus to create a filter for the notifications to be
sent to the user. The default conditions of this where clause send an alert any time an
event of severity greater than error is generated from the system. You can make this rule
as broad or as narrow as necessary using the Where clauses defined here.
7. From the Status tab, change the ‘Enabled’ drop down menu to True.
8. Configure the start date and time from the ‘Start’ drop down menus.
9. Configure the length of the rule window in the ‘Duration’ fields
Set the recurrence of the rule window in the ‘Repeat’ drop down menus.
7 Notes