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Zabbix and the Docker API, Part 2: Adapt
April 29, 2026
Handy Tips
In this blog post, I will show you how to create a template for monitoring your Docker server with only API calls (without the Zabbix agent 2). Instead of creating a template, templated items, LLD rules, and trigger prototypes from scratch, we will adapt them from the existing template “Docker by Zabbix agent 2.” How […]
Zabbix and the Docker API, Part 1: Inspect
April 22, 2026
Handy Tips
In this blog post, I will show you how to configure Zabbix to securely gather Docker API metrics using the Zabbix HTTP agent item with certificate authentication. This guide will cover configuring the Docker API and the Zabbix server side to gather data more securely. Getting the data to Zabbix from the Docker API By […]
Handy Tips #20: Agentless metric collection with SSH checks
January 13, 2022
Handy Tips
Collect the results of SSH commands with Zabbix agentless SSH checks. In environments where Zabbix agent installation is forbidden either by company policies or due to restrictions on the monitored device, we can utilize one of the multiple agentless metric collection methods. One such type of metric collection method is Zabbix SSH checks. Collect metrics […]
Take advantage of Zabbix services online by Sergejs Sorokins / Zabbix Summit Online 2021
January 11, 2022
Conferences
From Turnkeys to Upgrades and Training courses – Zabbix offers a vast selection of services to help you get the most value out of your Zabbix environment. In this blog post, we will take a look at the new and existing Zabbix online services and learn how they can benefit both Zabbix veterans and newcomers […]
Integrating Zabbix with your existing IT solutions by Aleksandrs Larionovs / Zabbix Summit Online 2021
January 7, 2022
Conferences
Zabbix 6.0 LTS comes packed with many new integrations and templates. As the total number of templates and integrations grows, we plan to make major improvements to our template repository. This will greatly improve the workflow of developing a new community template, submitting template pull requests, following the development process of a template, and much […]
Handy Tips #19: Preventing alert storms with trigger dependencies
January 6, 2022
Handy Tips
Prevent receiving a flood of unwanted alerts and receive only the most critical notifications by defining trigger dependencies. Every IT infrastructure has multiple elements, failure of which can cause a cascading set of problems across the particular infrastructure segment. It is important to prevent an unwanted alert storm and highlight only the root cause problem […]
A guide to migrating to Zabbix 6.0 LTS by Edgars Melveris / Zabbix Summit Online 2021
January 4, 2022
Conferences
Upgrading to a new software version can be an intimidating process, especially if you are upgrading your Zabbix instance for the first time. In this blog post, we will take a look at the upgrade process itself, the necessary pre-requisites, and also what changes you can expect to the existing functionality when you’ve migrated to […]
Top 10 reasons to migrate to Zabbix 6.0 LTS by Dmitry Krupornitsky / Zabbix Summit Online 2021
December 29, 2021
Conferences
Today we will take a look at the top 10 reasons to migrate to Zabbix 6.0 LTS. We will discuss features and changes included not only in Zabbix 6.0 LTS but also in major intermediate versions – Zabbix 5.2 and Zabbix 5.4. The full recording of the speech is available on the official Zabbix Youtube […]
