Handy Tips – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Wed, 06 May 2026 07:05:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Zabbix and the Docker API, Part 3: Control https://noise.getoto.net/2026/05/06/zabbix-and-the-docker-api-part-3-control/ Wed, 06 May 2026 07:05:58 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=32961

In this blog post, you will learn how to add a simple container remote control capability to Zabbix in order to start, stop, or restart containers from within the discovered host. You might be wondering, why spend the effort to create a host for each template? Well, that’s because we define a manual script to […]

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]]> Zabbix and the Docker API, Part 2: Adapt https://noise.getoto.net/2026/04/29/zabbix-and-the-docker-api-part-2-adapt/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:26:15 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=32912

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 […]

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]]> Zabbix and the Docker API, Part 1: Inspect https://noise.getoto.net/2026/04/22/zabbix-and-the-docker-api-part-1-inspect/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:04:04 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=32860

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 […]

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]]> Decoding Zabbix Proxy Traffic for Faster Troubleshooting https://noise.getoto.net/2026/01/27/decoding-zabbix-proxy-traffic-for-faster-troubleshooting/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:46:31 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31898

Usually, it is enough to simply look at the Zabbix proxy administration page or proxy health metrics to perform basic proxy troubleshooting. However, there are situations when a deeper look is required. Today, we will examine the Zabbix server ↔ proxy communication and learn how to interpret the internal communication protocol. Understanding the protocol Zabbix […]

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]]> 24/7 Alerting and Two-Way Integration with Zabbix and SIGNL4 https://noise.getoto.net/2025/12/09/24-7-alerting-and-two-way-integration-with-zabbix-and-signl4/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:00:22 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31866

It’s a familiar story for many IT operations teams: a critical server went down overnight, but the alert was buried in someone’s inbox. By the time anyone noticed, valuable time was lost, SLAs were breached, and the team spent the next morning explaining why an email hadn’t been seen. Email (or even SMS text) alone […]

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]]> Saving Time with a Custom Zabbix Agent Installer https://noise.getoto.net/2025/12/04/saving-time-with-a-custom-zabbix-agent-installer/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:59:29 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31843

When managing large-scale infrastructure, the process of installing monitoring agents is often repetitive and time-consuming. Administrators must log into each server, manually run installation commands, and configure the agent to connect to the Zabbix server. To address this issue, the Zabbix Agent Deployer custom module was created. This module enables the direct installation of Zabbix […]

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]]> Aruba Central API Monitoring with Zabbix https://noise.getoto.net/2025/11/25/aruba-central-api-monitoring-with-zabbix/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:49:12 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31370

Aruba Central is a SaaS solution that allows you to manage your Enterprise Aruba network environment. Due to the…

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]]> Making PaperCut NG Observable with Zabbix https://noise.getoto.net/2025/11/18/making-papercut-ng-observable-with-zabbix/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:38:42 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31244

In most organizations, printing is an essential but often invisible service. When it works, nobody notices. When it fails,…

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]]> Monitoring Website Changes with Zabbix Browser Item https://noise.getoto.net/2025/11/11/monitoring-website-changes-with-zabbix-browser-item/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:31:21 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31684

In today’s digital era, information is an asset and most of it is obtained from websites. The ability to…

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]]> Monitoring a Starlink Dish with Zabbix https://noise.getoto.net/2025/10/21/monitoring-a-starlink-dish-with-zabbix/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:04:17 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31543

Did you realize that you can monitor a Starlink dish using just Zabbix? The idea (or rather the need)…

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]]> Running Zabbix with MariaDB and Galera Active/Active Clustering https://noise.getoto.net/2025/09/30/running-zabbix-with-mariadb-and-galera-active-active-clustering/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:59:56 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31104

High availability on a platform like Zabbix is a hard requirement for many users. With native high availability on…

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]]> Building HA Zabbix with PostgreSQL and Patroni https://noise.getoto.net/2025/09/16/building-ha-zabbix-with-postgresql-and-patroni/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:05:41 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=30960

Running a monitoring platform like Zabbix in a production environment demands reliability and resilience. When your monitoring solution is…

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]]> Revolutionizing Zabbix Maintenance with Artificial Intelligence https://noise.getoto.net/2025/09/11/revolutionizing-zabbix-maintenance-with-artificial-intelligence/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:01:35 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31284

Can you imagine being able to schedule maintenance in Zabbix by simply telling a program: “I need to put…

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]]> Migrating from PRTG to Zabbix: A High-Level Guide https://noise.getoto.net/2025/09/02/migrating-from-prtg-to-zabbix-a-high-level-guide/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:01:50 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=30845 For companies looking to migrate from PRTG Network Monitor to Zabbix, one of the most critical aspects is making…

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]]> Running Zabbix with PostgreSQL and PG Auto Failover https://noise.getoto.net/2025/08/12/running-zabbix-with-postgresql-and-pg-auto-failover/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:30:10 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=31026 Running a monitoring platform like Zabbix in a production environment requires bulletproof availability at the database layer. Any downtime…

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]]> Migrating Nagios to Zabbix: Lessons Learned https://noise.getoto.net/2025/08/05/migrating-nagios-to-zabbix-lessons-learned/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:31:02 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=30917 Recently, a new customer of ours at Opensource ICT Solutions asked whether we could migrate their Nagios instance to…

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]]> How to Install Zabbix on Windows with a Linux Subsystem https://noise.getoto.net/2025/07/08/how-to-install-zabbix-on-windows-with-a-linux-subsystem/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:02:27 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=30311 It’s a very well known fact that Zabbix can only be installed on Linux. But what if you are…

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]]> Podman Container Monitoring with Prometheus Exporter, part 2 https://noise.getoto.net/2025/06/12/podman-container-monitoring-with-prometheus-exporter-part-2/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:59:08 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=30538 In the first part of this post, we explored how to get data with HTTP agent from the Prometheus…

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]]> Podman Container Monitoring with Prometheus Exporter, part 1 https://noise.getoto.net/2025/06/10/podman-container-monitoring-with-prometheus-exporter-part-1/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:33:30 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=30513 In part one of this blog post, I will show you how to monitor Podman pods using HTTP agent…

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]]> Database Monitoring using Zabbix agent 2 – Part 1, SQL https://noise.getoto.net/2025/06/03/database-monitoring-using-zabbix-agent-2-part-1-sql/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:59:10 +0000 https://blog.zabbix.com/?p=30381 If you find yourself needing additional flexibility when it comes to database monitoring, Zabbix agent 2 may be exactly…

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