Zabbix meets television – Clever use of Zabbix features by Wolfgang Alper / Zabbix Summit Online 2021

TV broadcasting infrastructures have seen many great paradigm shifts over the years. From TV to live streaming – the underlying architecture consists of many moving parts supplied by different vendors and solutions. Any potential problems can cause critical downtimes, which are simply not acceptable. Let’s look at how Zabbix fits right into such a dynamic and ever-changing environment.

The full recording of the speech is available on the official Zabbix Youtube channel.

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Defining flexible problem thresholds with the new trigger syntax by Sergey Simonenko / Zabbix Summit Online 2021

Introduced in Zabbix 5.4, the new trigger expression syntax enables a problem detection logic that is more sophisticated and flexible than ever before. In addition to changing the syntax, the existing trigger functions have also been reworked. Many new functions have been added, redundant functions have been removed while existing functions have been improved to support many new use cases. In this blog post, we will take a look at the new trigger syntax and functions, as well as further trigger function improvements that will be added in Zabbix 6.0 LTS.

The full recording of the speech is available on the official Zabbix Youtube channel.

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Securing Zabbix 6.0 LTS by Kārlis Saliņš / Zabbix Summit Online 2021

Security is an essential dimension of any tool in your IT infrastructure, and Zabbix is no exception. With Zabbix 6.0 LTS, our users will be able to secure their Zabbix instance on multiple layers – from encrypting your network communication to flexible user access control,  API token provisioning, and custom user password policies. Let’s take a look at the full set of security features that Zabbix 6.0 LTS provides to its users.

The full recording of the speech is available on the official Zabbix Youtube channel.

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New Agent 2 features in Zabbix 6.0 LTS by Aigars Kadiķis / Zabbix Summit Online 2021

Zabbix Agent 2 has been developed to provide additional benefits to our users – From a larger set of supported metrics to metric collection logic improvements and simplified custom monitoring plugin development. Let’s look at what new features Zabbix Agent 2 will receive in Zabbix 6.0 LTS.

The full recording of the speech is available on the official Zabbix Youtube channel.

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Take advantage of Zabbix services online by Sergejs Sorokins / Zabbix Summit Online 2021

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 to the monitoring world.

The full recording of the speech is available on the official Zabbix Youtube channel.

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Integrating Zabbix with your existing IT solutions by Aleksandrs Larionovs / Zabbix Summit Online 2021

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 more.

The full recording of the speech is available on the official Zabbix Youtube channel.

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A guide to migrating to Zabbix 6.0 LTS by Edgars Melveris / Zabbix Summit Online 2021

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 Zabbix 6.0 LTS.

The full recording of the speech is available on the official Zabbix Youtube channel.

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Build Zabbix Server HA Cluster in 10 minutes by Kaspars Mednis / Zabbix Summit Online 2021

With the native Zabbix server HA cluster feature added in Zabbix 6.0 LTS, it is now possible to quickly configure and deploy a multi-node Zabbix Server HA cluster without using any external tools. Let’s take a look at how we can deploy a Zabbix server HA cluster in just 10 minutes.

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Summary of Zabbix Summit Online 2021, Zabbix 6.0 LTS release date and Zabbix Workshops

Now that the Zabbix Summit Online 2021 has concluded, we are thrilled to report we hosted attendees from over 3000 organizations from more than 130 countries all across the globe.

This year, the main focus of the speeches was the upcoming Zabbix 6.0 LTS release, as well as speeches focused on automating Zabbix data collection and configuration, Integrating Zabbix within existing company infrastructures, and migrating from legacy tools to Zabbix. 21 speakers in total presented their use cases and talked about new Zabbix features during the Summit with over 8 hours of content.

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