Collect structured data in bulk and use Zabbix preprocessing to extract and transform the necessary metrics. Collecting data from custom monitoring endpoints such as web applications or custom in-house software can result in the collected data requiring further extraction or transformation to fit our requirements. Use Zabbix preprocessing to extract metrics from structured data: Extract […]

Let Zabbix automatically discover and start monitoring your SNMP data points. Creating items manually for each network interface, fan, temperature sensor, and other SNMP data points can be a very time-consuming task. To save time, Zabbix administrators need to automate item, trigger, and graph creation as much as possible. Automate item, trigger and graph creation […]

Collect metrics from HTTP endpoints such as web application APIs by defining HTTP agent items. Collecting metrics from web services and applications is a complex affair usually done by scripting around CLIs and APIs. Organizations require an efficient way to monitor such and endpoints and react to collected data. Collect and react to data from […]

Define custom agent keys to collect custom metrics by executing scripts or commands with Zabbix user parameters. Having a simple way to extend the metric collection functionality of a monitoring tool can be vital if we wish to monitor custom in-house software or simply collect metrics not available out of the box. Collect custom metrics […]

Collect and react on entries in your Windows or Linux logs with Zabbix log monitoring. Log file entries can contain OS or application-level information that can help you react proactively to potential issues or track the root cause of a problem after it has occurred.  For this reason, keeping a constant lookout for issues in […]

Provide context and define custom problem thresholds by using Zabbix user macros. Problem thresholds can vary for the same metric on different monitoring endpoints. We can have a server where having 10% of free space is perfectly fine, and a server where anything below 20% is a cause for concern. Define Zabbix user macros with […]

Many of us have visited a number of different conferences over the years. The setting and the goal of the conferences can vary by a large degree – from product presentations to technology stack overviews and community get-togethers. Zabbix Summit is somewhat special in that, as it aims to combine all of the aforementioned goals […]

Suppress problems indefinitely or until a specific point in time with the problem suppression feature. There are plenty of use cases when detected infrastructure or business problems need to be temporarily suppressed, and the alerting workflows have to be paused. This applies to scenarios such as emergency maintenance, unexpected load on your systems, migrations to […]

The Zabbix team is pleased to announce the release of the latest Zabbix major version – Zabbix 6.2! The latest version delivers features aimed at improving configuration management and performance on large Zabbix instances as well as extending the flexibility of the existing Zabbix functionality. New features A brief overview of the major new features […]

Deploy your Zabbix servers and proxies in the Azure cloud. There are many use cases where deploying your Zabbix server or Zabbix proxies in the cloud can reduce costs, provide an additional layer of security and redundancy, and improve the available management toolset. Deploy your Zabbix instance in the Azure cloud with the official Zabbix […]

Monitor and react to unexpected or faulty outputs from your monitoring targets by using Zabbix validation preprocessing. In case of a failure, some monitoring endpoints like sensors or specific application or OS level counters can start outputting faulty metrics. Such behavior needs to be detected and reacted to as soon as possible. Use Zabbix preprocessing […]

Analyze your incoming metrics and look for interruptions in continuously increasing or decreasing metrics with the monoinc and monodec history functions. A continuous increase or decrease is the norm for metrics such as server uptime, time remaining until a task is executed, number of daily transactions, and many other such use cases. A software or […]