Zabbix 7 Enterprise Optimization Handbook [Mastering Hybrid Infrastructure Monitoring with a Kubernetes First Approach]

🚀 Zabbix 7 Enterprise Optimization Handbook

[Mastering Hybrid Infrastructure Monitoring with a Kubernetes-First Approach]

Stop guessing, start optimizing. Are you struggling with Zabbix performance bottlenecks or trying to figure out how to unify monitoring for a hybrid infrastructure encompassing Kubernetes, Databases, and bare-metal servers?

👨‍💻 Author: 21 Years of Infrastructure Expertise

This book is authored by a 21-year veteran and current infrastructure leader with extensive experience across System Engineering, DevOps, Cloud, and Security. Maintaining a hands-on approach despite being in a leadership role, the author has compiled proven know-how and problem-solving solutions directly from the front lines of production environments. This is not a book of theory—it is a practical field guide ready for immediate application.

💡 What You Will Achieve

✅ Master Performance Tuning: Learn how to implement MySQL Partitioning (History/Trends) to handle massive amounts of metric data without slowing down.
✅ Kubernetes-Native Monitoring: Deeply understand how to monitor Pods, Nodes, and Network traffic using Zabbix Proxy and cAdvisor.
✅ Full-Stack Insights: Provides a guide to analyzing monitoring metrics for core data systems including MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
✅ Advanced Visualization: Move beyond standard Zabbix graphs. Create dynamic, variable-based Grafana dashboards.

🎯 Who Is This Book For?

• DevOps Engineers & SREs looking to integrate Zabbix with Kubernetes (K8s) and modern CI/CD tools.
• System Administrators managing high-traffic Zabbix servers who need database partitioning and tuning strategies.
• Infrastructure Architects who want to establish a unified monitoring strategy for hybrid environments (Bare-metal + Kubernetes).
  

Preface

This book is a practical guide reconstructed from Zabbix-related articles originally published on the author’s blog, Quirky Guy (https://quirky-guy.com). It organizes essential knowledge required in real-world environments—from installation and database performance optimization to metric analysis, Kubernetes integration, and Grafana visualization—into a single, cohesive reference.

📷 Note on Screenshots

Some screenshots in this book may display Korean text, such as menu labels, panel titles, or system messages.

This does not affect the accuracy of the technical content. All procedures and results described in the book are fully explained

in English. The language shown in the screenshots simply reflects the author’s working environment at the time of documentation.

Table of Contents

1. Installing Zabbix 7.4 with MySQL Partitioning

1.1 Base Installation Guide with History/Trends Partition Tuning
1.2 Disk Layout and Tablespace Architecture
1.3 file-per-table Migration and Table Conversion
1.4 Automated Partition Scripts and Cron Management
1.5 Housekeeper Disablement, Cache Tuning, and Process Optimization

2. Slack Integration Alerts: Webhook Setup and Automation

3. Grafana Visualization Series for Zabbix Server Metrics

3.1 Installing and Starting Grafana on Ubuntu
3.2 Zabbix Plugin Installation and Data Source Integration
3.3 Static Dashboards for CPU, Memory, and Disk Metrics
3.4 Dynamic Dashboards Using Variables (Templating)

4. Building Kubernetes Monitoring with Zabbix

5. Deploying Zabbix Proxy on Tainted Worker Nodes Only

6. Collecting Kubernetes Pod Network Traffic (cAdvisor-Based)

7. Airflow Monitoring Implementation Guide

8. Kubernetes Pod Core Metrics Visualization: In-Depth Guide

9. PM2 Integration Guide: Process Monitoring

10. Lenovo XCC2 Power Consumption Monitoring via SNMPv3

11. Web Scenario–Based Login Monitoring

12. MySQL Monitoring: 100% Complete Guide

13. MongoDB Monitoring: 100% Complete Guide

14. Monitoring Metrics Insight Series

14.1 MySQL Metrics
14.2 MongoDB Metrics
14.3 Elasticsearch Metrics
14.4 Redis Metrics
14.5 Kafka Metrics

15. Architecture Comparison and UI Customization

15.1 Zabbix UI Customization (Branding & Custom Portal Design)
15.2 Zabbix vs. Prometheus Comparison