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Overview
The articles show how to configure management, monitoring server running VMWare ESXi. VMWare ESXi is a well-known technology developed and widely used today, installed on a physical server from which it can form many virtual machines with different operation systems
Diagram
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How to configure
- Edit the config file on the zabbix server to enable VMWare monitor
- Edit file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf and add line StartVMwareCollectors=5 to the of the file
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- Restart zabbix server service
systemctl restart zabbix-server
- Add host VMWare ESXi
- Go to Configuration -> Click select Hosts -> Click Create host
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- In Hostname: Enter the name
- In Groups: Choose Linux servers
- In Agent interfaces: Enter IP address of VMWare ESXi
![](https://news.cloud365.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_686-1024x512.png)
- In Templates -> Choose Template VM VMware
![](https://news.cloud365.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_687-1024x355.png)
- In Macros -> Fill information
{$USERNAME} – root
{$PASSWORD} – root password
{$URL} – https://+ Vmware server IP address +/sdk
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- Check the result
![](https://news.cloud365.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_691-1024x287.png)
![](https://news.cloud365.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_690-1024x434.png)
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