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When first logging on to Zabbix, the login name is admin, and the password is blank:

Change the admin password as soon as you can:

Use configuration/hosts to add a host. Make sure you link with the correct template, as this will give you a slew of items to monitor:

Here is what the monitoring/overview/triggers screen looks like:

We have set up two hosts, and you can see the status (red or green) on the right hand side.