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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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#Zabbix 8.0 #Monitoring #Observability #IT Infrastructure #open source
Good morning everyone! I’m Dimitri Bellini, and welcome back to Quadrata, my channel dedicated to the open-source world and technology that I love—and that I hope you love too.

If you’ve been following my recent experiments, you might remember my attempt to build a Telegram bot using a software called Clawdbot/Moltbot (or similar variants). To be honest? It was a bit of a glamorous failure. But in the world of technology, a failed experiment is just a stepping stone to a better solution.
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#zabbix #Ollama #High Performance Storage #Open Source AI #RAGFlow #Local LLM
Good morning everyone! I’m Dimitri Bellini, and welcome back to Quadrata, my channel dedicated to the open-source world and technology.

Before we dive into today’s topic, I have some fantastic news. We have officially broken the barrier of 2,000 subscribers! It is a fantastic result, and it is always nice to know there are people out there who share this passion. If you haven't already, please hit that like button and subscribe—we are now aiming for the big 10,000!
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#quadrata #Moltbot #Clawdbot #Open Source AI #Self-hosted LLM #AI Automation
Good morning everyone! I’m Dimitri Bellini, and welcome back to Quadrata, my channel dedicated to the open-source world and the technology I love. As always, this content is driven by you—the community. Your likes, comments, and feedback help me broaden my horizons and bring you the best solutions every week.

Today, we are diving into something truly special. We have a thriving community here in the Zabbix Italia Telegram group, now boasting over 600 active users. It’s a place where we discuss everything from embarrassing questions to high-level corporate strategies. Recently, a very prolific member of our community, Manuel, released a repository of custom Zabbix modules that he developed himself.
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#Open Source Monitoring #Zabbix 7.0 #Zabbix modules #Service Tree #Multi-server monitoring
Hi everyone! I'm Dimitri Bellini, and welcome back to my channel, Quadrata, where we dedicate ourselves to the open-source world and the technology that drives it.

As I always say, I like this tech, but you must like it too. That's why I appreciate every comment you leave—it helps us build a community and discover solutions that might be outside my usual visual spectrum. This week, we are stepping away from our usual comfortable spaces (like Komodo or Portainer) to test a new, sleek solution for managing containers.
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#Open Source #Docker #Home Lab #Arcane #GitOps
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