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By Dimitri Bellini • Insights

Good morning everyone, Dimitri Bellini here from the Quadrata channel! It's fantastic to have you back on my corner of the internet dedicated to the world of open source and IT. First off, a huge thank you – we've recently crossed the 800 subscriber mark, which is amazing! My goal is to hit 1000 this year, so if you haven't already, please consider subscribing!

This week, we're diving into something truly exciting: the upcoming release of Zabbix 7.0. It's just around the corner, and while we wait for the final release, the Release Candidate 1 already packs all the features we expect to see. So, let's explore what makes this version so special.

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By Dimitri Bellini • Insights

Good morning everyone, Dimitri Bellini here, and welcome back to Quadrata – your go-to channel for open source and IT solutions! Today, I want to dive into a feature of our good friend Zabbix that we haven't explored much yet: Zabbix Maps.

Honestly, I was recently working on some maps, and while it might not always be the most glamorous part of Zabbix, it sparked an idea: why not share what these maps are truly capable of, and perhaps more importantly, what they aren't?

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By Dimitri Bellini • Insights

Good morning everyone, and welcome back to my channel, Quadrata! I'm Dimitri Bellini, and this week, we're diving deep into Zabbix again. Why? Because many of you in our fantastic Zabbix Italia Telegram channel asked for a closer look at database monitoring with Zabbix.

Zabbix offers a few ways to monitor databases – using Zabbix Agent 2, User Parameters, and ODBC. While Agent 2 is great for standard metrics and User Parameters offer script-based flexibility (which I personally enjoy!), today we're focusing on what I consider the most elegant and powerful method for many scenarios: **ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)**.

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By Dimitri Bellini • Insights

Good morning everyone, and welcome back! It's Dimitri Bellini here on Quadrata, your channel for open-source tech insights. Today, we're diving back into the world of Zabbix, specifically tackling what many consider a 'black beast': SNMP monitoring.

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is incredibly common for monitoring network devices like routers and switches (think Mikrotik, Cisco), but it's also used for applications and servers running SNMP daemons. Zabbix comes packed with pre-built templates for many SNMP devices, which makes life easy – apply the template, set a few parameters, and data starts flowing. But what happens when you have a device with no template, or you only have the manufacturer's MIB file? That's when things get trickier, and you need to build your monitoring from scratch.

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By Dimitri Bellini • Insights

Hey everyone, Dimitri Bellini here, back with another episode on Quadrata (my YouTube channel, @quadrata)! This week, we're diving deep into Zabbix proxies. I've been getting a lot of questions about how these things work, especially when it comes to discoveries and monitoring devices in remote networks. So, let's get into it!

Think of a Zabbix proxy as your monitoring agent in a segregated area. It’s a powerful tool within the Zabbix ecosystem that allows us to:

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