Working with Zabbx (and not against it)

Over the past week, I've learned a new way to go about working with templates, and a new (best practice?) for working with triggers (in templates).   The first trick was how to create new templates that are similar to old ones.  In the past, I always made use of the Full Clone button, renamed…

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Five Things I Hate About Zabbix

Everyone has their favorite monitoring system, or at least they've selected the one they currently hate the least (often one they've never used before).  Zabbix is … not mine.  Why, do you ask? Configuration is all database. … except for the bits that aren't (proxies) Scalability Bad data handling Customizability When the configuration is all…

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