Author Archives: Richlv

Zabbix 2.2 features, part 9 – No more full page reload in latest data

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Richlv

The Monitoring -> Latest data page in the Zabbix frontend allows to see values for items. Items are grouped by application (if assigned), and they can be expanded and collapsed. Previously, any such operation would result in a full page … Continue reading →

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Zabbix 2.2 features, part 8 – Reusing content in web monitoring

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Richlv

In several previous articles in the Zabbix 2.2 series we already discussed several improvements for web monitoring – the ability to template it, customise the amount of retries and the ability to specify an HTTP proxy on the scenario level. … Continue reading →

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Zabbix 2.2 features, part 7 – Value extracting from logfiles and more

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Richlv

In the previous article in 2.2 series we explored a new ability to extract values from a webpage. This was not the only feature that was extended this way – several other items gained similar functionality – notably, file content parsing … Continue reading →

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Zabbix 2.2 features, part 6 – Returning values from webpages

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Richlv

Zabbix has allowed to check whether a webpage contains a specific string for a long time – using the web.page.regexp[] agent item one could verify whether page contents match a regular expression or not, and return the matched string. But … Continue reading →

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Zabbix Conference 2013 map

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Richlv

Zabbix Conference 2013 is coming. And for the third time it will happen at the hometown of Zabbix – Riga, Latvia.

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Zabbix Conference 2013 location revealed

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Richlv

Zabbix Conference 2013 location has been decided upon, and we are pleased to let you know that it’s Riga, Latvia again. This time we will be honoured to meet you all at Radisson Blu Daugava Hotel. Located on the Daugava … Continue reading →

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Zabbix Conference 2013 – in Latvia

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Richlv

We’ve had two awesome events already – Zabbix Conference 2011 and Zabbix Conference 2012. They both were held in Riga, the Zabbix hometown, at the end of September. We have decided on the dates and place for Zabbix Conference 2013 … Continue reading →

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Zabbix 2.2 features, part 5 – Better value mapping

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Richlv

Value mapping is a neat, little feature in Zabbix that allows to see what a numeric code actually means. Well, what did that mean? For example, a UPS device might return “2″, which means “all is OK”, and “3″, which … Continue reading →

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Zabbix 2.2 features, part 4 – HTTP proxy for web monitoring

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Richlv

Having explored two other improvements to the built-in web monitoring – ability to template it and change retry count – let’s take a look at another one. Until Zabbix 2.2, it was not possible to set HTTP proxy for web monitoring… … Continue reading →

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Zabbix 2.0.5 string freeze starts

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Richlv

When we started following the string freeze principle for Zabbix 2.0.3 release, the goal was to give translators some time period before each release, thus increasing the chances of a translation being completely finished. That did help, and 2.0.3 came … Continue reading →

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