===== Your First Equipment =====  

We will now add and monitor your first piece of equipment using Zebrix Control. To begin, we’ll use a simple example: a device on your network that we will monitor via a basic ping. You will need its IP address.  

=== Adding the Equipment ===  

{{.:pasted:20260527-153644.png?200}}

Go to **Equipments** and click on the **Add** button {{.:pasted:20250617-102218.png}}.  

You should see a screen similar to this: 
 
{{ .:pasted:20260527-153706.png }}

Choose a Generic brand and the IP Equipment range.
Select the range of your equipment.

{{ .:pasted:20260527-153734.png }}

Add the tags and location of your equipment. See [[en:config:tags_localizations|Tags and locations]] for more info.

{{ .:pasted:20260527-153829.png }}

Select the probe created in the previous step.
  * **Name**: Enter a name for your equipment.
  * **Description**: Add a description to your equipment (Markdown).
  * **Attributes**: The Attributes section lets you declare constants that can be reused in the configuration of your zebrix equipment. Very useful for mass management using [[en:config:templates|Templates]]. Click the lock icon {{.:pasted:20251030-174813.png}} to encrypt your attributes. Once encrypted, passwords will no longer be visible to any user.
  * **Links**: This section lets you add important links related to your equipment (e.g. web interface, link to documentation, etc.)
  * **Under maintenance**: Put the device into maintenance mode.
  * **Inactive**: You can set your device has inactive to avoid premature subscription consumption.

=== Configuring a Driver ===  
Once the equipment is created in Zebrix Control, configure a driver to monitor it.  

1. Go to the Metrics page, then click on **Configuration** button: {{.:pasted:20250729-114704.png}} .  

2. Check the **Ping** box, then validate.  

{{ .:pasted:20250729-114501.png }}


3. Click the edit button for the driver: {{:fr:start:pasted:20250127-112629.png?60}}  

4. Enter the following information:  
   - The IP address of your equipment.  
   - The metric to monitor (in this case, **Ping**).  
   - The measurement frequency (e.g., **1 minute**).  

Then, validate the configuration.  



{{ :en:start:pasted:20250128-154515.png?500 }}

=== Verification ===  

You can now check the metric status unselecting the **Configuration** button. Look for the green indicator.  

{{ .:pasted:20250729-114530.png }}

**Congratulations!** Your equipment is now being monitored by Zebrix Control.  

;;#
Set up your [[en:start:first_alert|First Alarm]]
;;#