Centreon Operations Playbook: Enterprise Administration, Configuration, and Monitoring Best Practices

Centreon Operations Playbook: Enterprise Administration, Configuration, and Monitoring Best Practices is a comprehensive, authoritative guide for IT professionals who design, deploy, and operate Centreon at scale. Combining strategic insights with practical detail, it covers core architecture, communication protocols, high-availability patterns, and security frameworks, and shows how to integrate Centreon seamlessly with third-party systems across distributed and hybrid environments. Packed with step-by-step guidance, the playbook walks administrators through installation, zero-downtime upgrades, template-driven monitoring, intelligent service discovery, and automation strategies that accelerate onboarding and reduce operational burden. It explains API integrations, Infrastructure as Code workflows, configuration management with leading tools, and automated remediation techniques, and presents repeatable deployment patterns for resilient, scalable monitoring. Focused on operational excellence, the playbook addresses performance monitoring, event management, alerting, capacity planning, and anomaly detection, alongside compliance considerations and security hardening best practices. Real-world case studies, detailed reporting methods, and advanced troubleshooting guidance equip both new and seasoned administrators to optimize, scale, and secure Centreon environments for reliable IT operations.