Monitoring with ZABBIX
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Hi all, I am trialing ZABBIX as our Infrastructure monitoring solution and so far have to say it is excellent on Windows, Linux and Cisco switches.
I want to get some information back from pfSense either via the Agent or with SNMP besides just the usual FreeBSD OS info. Network interface stats, CARP, VPN etc...
Is there a Zabbix Template for pfSense anywhere? That uses the Agent or SNMP?
Thanks
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I also use Zabbix. I don't have any custom templates. I just use the standard ICMP Ping and HTTP Service templates.
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So you're not monitoring anything like VPN status, CARP VIP's etc?
I have actually had some luck with the Agent for interface stats, CPU usage, Memory.... But can I get states, VIP's, VPN's etc?
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Nope. I don't care about those things. I have an OpenVPN instance that only I use. My state table is never more than 1%. I don't have an HA config.
Maybe these might help you:
https://share.zabbix.com/cat-app/carp-common-address-redundancy-protocol
https://elatov.github.io/2016/12/install-zabbix-on-pfsense/
https://code.keenton.com/Zabbix/template-pfsense
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@tomstephens89 I‘m in the same situation and was wondering why obviously nobody care‘s about these really important things. Sure all the basic values (CPU load, memory usage etc.) is important for troubleshooting, but when it comes to monitoring a whole infrastructure (for what a Dashboard is really useful), then it‘s important to know: do my ISP lines work? are my Remote Sites available thru S2S-VPN? Currently this is not handled by the available pfSense Template in Zabbix.
@Netgate: are there any intentions to work on this?
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There's a whole bunch of values you can monitor via SNMP.
See: https://www.netgate.com/resources/videos-monitoring-pfsense-24-with-snmp
Steve
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I use the Zabbix agent but yes there is a pf template.
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@stephenw10 I tried SNMP, NET-SNMP and the Zabbix Agent. Sure there are a lot of data, but nothing that tells me my infrastructure is alive. Is there a list of all available data?
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