Zabbix

Upgrade Zabbix database history tables to Double Precision

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History Table message in System Information When the following message is shown in the Zabbix System Information Pane, it is time to upgrade your history tables to Double Precision: Support for the old numeric type is deprecated. Please upgrade to numeric values of extended range. Lets change this The following assumes you use MySQL and … Read more

Kafka messages to Zabbix, two other methods: Logstash and Python

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In my last post I described a way to ingest Kafka messages into Zabbix, this method used kcat to poll the Kafka bus. In this post I share two other methods: By integrating Zabbix with a messaging system such as Kafka, you unlock the ability to subscribe to and interpret messages, enabling the capture of performance statistics and information provided … Read more

ZABBIX as a Kafka Consumer

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By integrating Zabbix with a messaging system such as Kafka, you unlock the ability to subscribe to and interpret messages, enabling the capture of performance statistics and information provided through these messages. This synergy enhances near real-time monitoring and issue detection, allowing for immediate action and ensuring system reliability and efficiency. Kafka consists of Producers … Read more