Zabbix template development

You have a device, an API or an application with no usable Zabbix template, and writing one properly means learning the discovery rules, the value maps and the trigger logic before you even start. I write it for you, and you get something you can read and maintain rather than a black box.

What you get

• An importable template in YAML or XML, matching your Zabbix version.
• Low-level discovery where the device supports it, so new interfaces, disks or sensors appear on their own instead of being added by hand.
• Value maps, units and item types set correctly, so graphs are readable and numbers mean what they say.
• Trigger prototypes with sane hysteresis - alerts that fire once on a real problem, not every polling interval while a value sits on the threshold.
• A short written doc covering what each item measures, which keys matter, and what to tune if your thresholds differ.
• One revision round after you have tested it in your own environment.

How it works

1. You send what you have The device model or API docs, and a sample response if you can get one. Most people do not arrive with a list of metrics, and that is normal - working out what is worth monitoring is part of the job. I will go through what the device exposes, suggest what earns a place and what is just noise, and we agree the list together.
2. I confirm scope and price A fixed number and a fixed item list, before any work starts. If discovery turns out to be impossible on your device, you hear that now rather than at delivery.
3. Access for development Temporary access to the device or a representative sample, so the template is tested against real data rather than guessed from documentation.
4. Delivery and revision You import it, run it against your estate, and tell me what needs adjusting. One revision round is included.

Scope and price

Why me

I worked at Zabbix itself, not just with the product. On template work that is the difference that shows: the conventions I build to are the ones the people who maintain Zabbix use, so what you get reads like an official template rather than like somebody's private XML. Nine years on the product, and a Zabbix Certified Trainer, Expert, Professional and Specialist.

I also build the tooling in public rather than describing it in a pitch deck. The template generator below is the first result on Google for zabbix template generator, which is how most people reading this page arrived at the site in the first place. And I have been publishing Zabbix walkthroughs on YouTube for years - if you want to judge how I explain things before you hire me to do them, that is the fastest way.

If your template is simple enough that the free generator handles it, use the generator. I would rather you solved it in ten minutes than paid me for an afternoon.