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Querying raw log data using SQL and PPL with the optimized engine in Amazon OpenSearch Service

Kaushik Krishnan — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:32:05 +0000

Learn how to run fast analytical queries directly against raw log and trace data in Amazon OpenSearch Service using PPL and SQL. Follow a single incident investigation, one query at a time, and see how the new optimized engine answers each question directly from raw spans.

Windows Monitoring with Zabbix

Arturs Lontons — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:18:22 +0000

Windows environments provide a variety of approaches for monitoring both on the OS and the application level. The article will cover utilizing Zabbix agent on Windows to collect and discover OS and application level metrics from a variety of Windows-supported sources. Deploying Zabbix agent on Windows Zabbix agent can be deployed either by downloading the […]

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The Evolution of an SNMP Auto-Discovery Tool

Patrik Uytterhoeven — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:05:43 +0000

Buckle up for the story of how we went from drowning in snmpwalk output to building a device-centric path toward Zabbix 7 walk-based templates. The original problem Every monitoring engineer knows this moment. You get a new device on the network – a firewall, a NAS, a UPS, a switch from a vendor you have […]

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Staying Secure: An Inside Look at Zabbix Security Advisories

Michael Kammer — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:59:44 +0000

Security has always been a core priority for us at Zabbix. As part of our ongoing commitment to delivering a reliable and secure monitoring platform, we regularly publish security advisories that reflect both newly discovered vulnerabilities and the improvements we’ve made to address them. These advisories are not just a list of issues – they […]

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Detect Issues in Your Zabbix Instance Before It’s Too Late

Janis Eidaks — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:42:31 +0000

In this blog post, I will show you how to detect performance issues in your Zabbix instance – in advance! You might be using Zabbix to monitor your infrastructure, devices, and applications, but are you also monitoring your own instance? It might seem unnecessary – after all, what’s there to monitor, right? Your instance just […]

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Sending SNMP Traps from One Source to Multiple Zabbix Hosts

Nathan Liefting — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:45:08 +0000

Let’s say you are working in an environment with hundreds or thousands of devices. All of these devices are managed from a nice simple management server, ready for you to configure. However, you want to start monitoring this stack of devices as well. That could mean hundreds or even thousands of devices to configure. Not […]

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Explore scaling options for AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory

Nahuel Benavidez — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:51:15 +0000

You can use AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory as your primary Active Directory Forest for hosting your users’ identities. Your IT teams can continue using existing skills and applications while your organization benefits from the enhanced security, reliability, and scalability of AWS managed services. You can also run AWS Managed Microsoft AD as […]

24/7 Alerting and Two-Way Integration with Zabbix and SIGNL4

Ronald Czachara — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:00:22 +0000

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

Rizqi Firmansyah — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:59:29 +0000

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

Tibor Volanszki — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:49:12 +0000

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

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Improving throughput of serverless streaming workloads for Kafka

Anton Aleksandrov — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:02:57 +0000

Event-driven applications often need to process data in real-time. When you use AWS Lambda to process records from Apache Kafka topics, you frequently encounter two typical requirements: you need to process very high volumes of records in close to real-time, and you want your consumers to have the ability to scale rapidly to handle traffic spikes. Achieving both necessitates understanding how Lambda consumes Kafka streams, where the potential bottlenecks are, and how to optimize configurations for high throughput and best performance.

Safely Handle Configuration Drift with CloudFormation Drift-Aware Change Sets

JJ Lei — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:54:15 +0000

Introduction Is configuration drift preventing you from accessing the speed, safety, and governance benefits of AWS CloudFormation for infrastructure management? Configuration drift occurs when cloud resources are modified outside of CloudFormation, leading to a mismatch in the actual state and template definition of resources. Drift tends to accumulate from infrastructure changes that engineers make via […]

Making PaperCut NG Observable with Zabbix

Patrik Uytterhoeven — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:38:42 +0000

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

Adi Rusmanto — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:31:21 +0000

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 MDM Certificates with Lab9 Pro and Zabbix

Michael Kammer — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:15:25 +0000

Lab9 Pro is the B2B division of Lab9, Belgium’s leading Apple Premium Partner. With over 30 years of experience,…

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Monitoring a Starlink Dish with Zabbix

Alexander Petrov-Gavrilov — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:04:17 +0000

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

Nathan Liefting — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:59:56 +0000

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

Patrik Uytterhoeven — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:05:41 +0000

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

Grover Taipe — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:01:35 +0000

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

Patrik Uytterhoeven — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:01:50 +0000

For companies looking to migrate from PRTG Network Monitor to Zabbix, one of the most critical aspects is making…

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