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Quickstart GLPI + Zabbix

IT monitoring and asset management in minutes

What is GLPI + Zabbix?

GLPI GLPI (Gestionnaire Libre de Parc Informatique) is a complete ITSM tool to manage your IT assets, support tickets and contracts.

Zabbix Zabbix is a monitoring solution that monitors your servers, applications and networks in real time.

Together, Together, they form a complete solution: Zabbix detects problems and automatically creates tickets in GLPI so your IT team can respond quickly.

🎫
Automatic ticketsProblem detected = ticket created in GLPI
📊
Centralized inventoryYour equipment automatically reported
🔔
Real-time alertsCPU, RAM, disk, services monitored 24/7
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History and graphsAnalyze trends and anticipate

1 How to access

After deploying your instance, you receive your credentials by email. You can also view them in your InstantApp dashboard.

From your instance details page, simply click the button to open the application directly:

GLPI Zabbix

GLPI (Asset management + Tickets)

URL (with custom subdomain e.g. "mycompany") https://monentreprise-glpi.locordi.com
URL (with auto subdomain e.g. "glpi-zabbix-123456") https://glpi-123456.locordi.com
Administrator credentials glpi / (password in dashboard)

Zabbix (Monitoring)

URL (with custom subdomain e.g. "mycompany") https://monentreprise-zabbix.locordi.com
URL (with auto subdomain e.g. "glpi-zabbix-123456") https://zabbix-123456.locordi.com
Administrator credentials Admin / (password in dashboard)

⚠️ Warning

The Zabbix username is Admin with a capital A! This is a common mistake.

💡 Tip

Click on "Show credentials" in your instance details page to reveal the passwords.

2 Installing agents

To monitor your servers and workstations, we provide a pre-configured installation package that automatically installs GLPI and Zabbix agents with the correct settings.

✅ Simplified installation

Download the installation package from your dashboard, then run it as Administrator. Everything is already configured for your instance!

From your instance details page, download the installation package for your operating system:

Zabbix Agent (Monitoring)
Windows (~17 MB) Linux (~1 KB)
GLPI Agent (Inventaire)
Windows (~21 MB) Linux (~5 MB)

Windows

  1. In your InstantApp dashboard, click on your instance
  2. Download the installation package
  3. Extract the contents of the ZIP file
  4. Right-click on the file and select "Run as administrator": install-agents.cmd
  5. Wait during installation (about 1-2 minutes)
  6. Done! The agent is installed and configured.
# The script automatically installs:
- GLPI Agent (hardware and software inventory)
- Zabbix Agent 2 (system monitoring)
- PSK configuration for secure connection
- Pre-configured server parameters

Linux

  1. In your InstantApp dashboard, click on your instance
  2. Download the script install-agents.sh
  3. Run the script with root privileges
chmod +x install-agents.sh
sudo ./install-agents.sh

⚠️ Warning

Make sure port 10050 (TCP) is open outbound on your machines to allow communication with the Zabbix server.

3 Verify everything works

GLPI side

  1. Log in to GLPI with your admin credentials
  2. Go to Assets > Computers
  3. Your machines with GLPI agent installed should appear in the list
  4. Click on a machine to see its complete inventory (hardware, software, etc.)

✅ Inventory successful

If you see your machines in GLPI, the inventory is working correctly!

Zabbix side

  1. Log in to Zabbix with your admin credentials
  2. Go to Monitoring > Hosts
  3. Your machines should appear with a green indicator (ZBX)
  4. Click on a machine then Latest data to see metrics

💡 Auto-registered host

Thanks to the pre-configured installation package, your machines automatically register in Zabbix with the correct template. No manual configuration needed!

Test automatic ticket creation

  1. In Zabbix, simulate a problem or wait for an alert to trigger
  2. Go to GLPI > Assistance > Tickets
  3. A new ticket should be automatically created with the alert details

✅ Integration successful

If tickets are created automatically, your GLPI + Zabbix bundle is operational!

4 Useful resources

🎫 GLPI

Official website Official documentation

📊 Zabbix

Official website Official documentation

? Need help?

Our support team is available to help you set up your solution.

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