Monitoring a Starlink Dish with Zabbix
Curious about keeping tabs on your Starlink internet performance? Whether you're off-grid or just love tracking your network performance, this post has you covered!
Aleksandrs Petrovs-Gavrilovs
Zabbix Certified Expert & Trainer
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Exploring AI Integration in Zabbix with Gemini and WebMCP
June 9, 2026
Integrations
When I first started working with Zabbix in banking and telecommunications over a decade ago, the workflow was always the same: something breaks, an alert fires, you open the dashboard, you diagnose, you fix. Every step required a human sitting in front of a screen reading charts and making decisions.
Cesar Caceres
With a strong track record in monitoring and optimization systems, I currently serve as a Senior Monitoring Specialist at Banco Nacional de Crédito (Venezuela), focusing on the implementation and improvement of Zabbix solutions. My experience spans from technical administration to strategic consulting, providing not only technical support but also proactive guidance for the security and efficiency of IT infrastructures.
Upgrading Fedora with Zabbix and Ansible
May 20, 2026
Case Study
Fedora is a global open source project and Linux distribution that provides a platform for innovation and collaboration. Its infrastructure is managed by a dedicated team of professionals and volunteers who maintain a wide array of services, from build systems to collaboration platforms. The challenge For many years, Fedora relied on Nagios for its primary […]
Michael Kammer
Decrypting Zabbix TLS with Wireshark
November 6, 2023
Community
One of the built-in security features in Zabbix is TLS (Transport Layer Security) support for external connections. This means that when your distributed Zabbix proxies or Zabbix agents connect to the Zabbix server (or vice versa), TLS can be used to encrypt all the connections. When the connections are encrypted, third parties cannot read the […]
Markku Leiniö
Senior Network Architect at Mintly Oy
Zabbix 7.0 Certified Expert
Zabbix 6.0 & 7.0 Certified Professional
Zabbix 6.0 & 7.0 Certified Specialist
Technical Support: The Zabbix Advantage
October 19, 2023
Community
If you’ve ever been part of a technical support team (or dealt with technical support as a customer, for that matter) you’re aware that there are as many different types of technical support teams as there are types of businesses.
Michael Kammer
A Look Back at Zabbix Summit 2023
October 12, 2023
Community
Autumn in the Latvian capital of Riga is marked by a variety of traditions. The leaves fall, the rainy season arrives, the birds migrate, and IT professionals from around the world descend on the city for the annual Zabbix Summit.
Michael Kammer
The Zabbix Advantage for Business
September 27, 2023
Community
CIOs and CITOs know all too well that a smoothly functioning network is the backbone of any business. Your network has to guarantee reliability, performance, and security. An unreliable network, by contrast, means damaged productivity, negative customer perceptions, and haphazard security. The solution is network monitoring, and in this post we’ll explore the reasons why […]
Michael Kammer
Monitoring the London Underground with Nathan Liefting and Adan Mohamed
September 26, 2023
Interview
With just a few days remaining until Zabbix Summit 2023, our series of speaker interviews draws to a close as we talk to Opensource ICT Solutions trainer and consultant Nathan Liefting about how he worked with Adan Mohamed of Boldyn Networks to monitor the London Underground with Zabbix.
Michael Kammer
Troubleshooting Zabbix Agent with Wireshark
September 21, 2023
Community
A variety of tools exist that can be used to troubleshoot different Zabbix components. In this article I will demonstrate how Wireshark can be used to rule out network connectivity issues as the root cause of data collection problems.
Markku Leiniö
Senior Network Architect at Mintly Oy
Zabbix 7.0 Certified Expert
Zabbix 6.0 & 7.0 Certified Professional
Zabbix 6.0 & 7.0 Certified Specialist