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Zabbix 8.0 Alpha2: The Road to the Next LTS

By Dimitri Bellini Insights
We are approaching a very exciting time. Around June or July, we expect the release of Zabbix 8.0 LTS. But right now, the testing cycle has begun. I’ve taken a close look at Zabbix 8.0 Alpha2 to see what new features, improvements, and "game changers" are being introduced. Whether you are managing a small home lab or a massive enterprise infrastructure, there is something here for you.

Let’s break down the most significant updates found in this release.
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Good morning, everyone! It’s Dimitri Bellini, and welcome back to Quadrata, my channel dedicated to the world of open-source IT. It’s an exciting week because our good friend, Zabbix, has just rolled out a major new version: Zabbix 7.4! After months of hard work from the Zabbix team, this release is packed with features that will change the way we monitor our infrastructure. So, let's dive in together and explore what’s new.

Let's start with what I consider the most mind-bending, "centrifugal" new feature: nested low-level discovery (LLD). Until now, LLD was fantastic for discovering objects like file systems or network interfaces on a host. But we couldn't go deeper. If you discovered a database, you couldn’t then run another discovery *within* that database to find all its tablespaces dynamically.
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