Track TLS/SSL certificate validity and expiration using the new Zabbix agent 2 template. Previously, Zabbix users had to rely on custom scripts to monitor website certificates as there was no native out-of-the-box solution to check TLS or SSL certificate validity and expiration date. This problem has been solved with the introduction of the new WebCertificate […]

Automate pattern detection in collected values. The new find history function provides multiple ways of searching for patterns in collected data. Previously, Zabbix had multiple trigger functions for detecting string patterns – str, regexp, and iregexp. To simplify the history analysis, they were merged into a single Find function. In Zabbix 5.4 release, we have […]

The updated template import functionality brings a whole new layer of transparency to the template import process. Let’s take a closer look at the benefits of the template import improvements. Before Zabbix 5.4, the template import process was lacking in transparency. Users had to rely on the template documentation to fully grasp the contents of […]

Create clean multipage dashboards, run them as slideshows, share dashboards with specific users, and stay in control of your monitoring data. Previously, Zabbix had two different functionalities – Screens and Dashboards. With Zabbix 5.4 Screens have been completely replaced by Dashboards. In Zabbix 5.4, Dashboards support multiple new functionalities: No need to switch between screens […]

Convert any dashboard into a recurring PDF report and email it out on a set interval. Help your team make smarter, data-backed decisions by sending them regular updates. Before the release of Zabbix 5.4, the native Zabbix reporting capabilities were quite limited and users had to resort to writing custom API scripts to format and […]

With user roles, you can control user access to specific UI elements and actions, define API method allow and deny lists, and more. Before the introduction of user roles, the only way to restrict access to Zabbix features was to use the three hard-coded user types: Zabbix User, Zabbix Admin, and Zabbix Super Admin. This […]

Zabbix 5.4 has introduced a new unified syntax for trigger expressions and calculated items (including aggregate calculations). Discover what has changed and why the new syntax is better. Trigger expressions in Zabbix are used to define problem thresholds. An example of the old syntax: {<host>:<key>.<function>(<parameter>)}<operator><constant> Since Zabbix 5.4 the syntax of the trigger formula has […]

Zabbix value maps have become more powerful with the support of ranges and regex. Learn new tricks to display meaningful values instead of raw data. Previously, value maps only supported one-to-one mapping and could only be configured on a global level. This approach had many limitations. First, only super admins could create new value maps. […]

Learn about best practices to secure your Zabbix API using token-based authentication and create seamless and protected integrations with any software. Previously, the only way to access Zabbix API was to pass Zabbix login credentials through user.login method. So, the common practice was to create a special API-only user with disabled access to frontend and […]