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Zabbix 8.0 LTS is out! 🎉

APM with OpenTelemetry is one of the biggest additions: alongside infrastructure monitoring, you can now follow requests through your applications and investigate slow responses and errors.

Other highlights we are looking forward to putting into practice:
→ CEP for event correlation across time windows and reducing alert noise.
→ ClickHouse as a new backend for metric history.
→ Dashboard export/import, Scatter plot and customizable table views.
→ The official Zabbix MCP server for AI workflows.

We have updated our technical overview with configuration examples, screenshots and the changes to consider before upgrading:
https://www.initmax.com/the-new-zabbix-8-0-is-here/

Our wiki guides cover installation and upgrade on Debian and RHEL, with Apache / Nginx options. For AI-assisted monitoring, we also offer our own initMAX Zabbix MCP Server, with tools for investigating problems, managing configuration and generating graphs and reports.

🇨🇿 WEBINÁŘE ZDARMA V ČEŠTINĚ
Vždy 10:00–12:00, čas Praha.
• 13. 11. 2026 — Co je nového v Zabbixu 8.0
• 19. 11. 2026 — Aktualizace na poslední verzi 8.0
• 20. 11. 2026 — Instalace Zabbixu 8.0 v pěti minutách
• 14. 1. 2027 — APM a OpenTelemetry v Zabbixu 8.0: podívejte se dovnitř aplikací
• 28. 1. 2027 — Historická data v Zabbixu 8.0: ClickHouse a Elasticsearch v praxi
• 11. 2. 2027 — CEP v Zabbixu 8.0: zkroťte záplavu alarmů
• 25. 2. 2027 — Zabbix a AI v praxi: oficiální MCP a initMAX MCP server
• 11. 3. 2027 — Dashboardy v Zabbixu 8.0: nové možnosti a widgety
• 25. 3. 2027 — Mobilní aplikace Zabbixu 8.0 v praxi
https://www.initmax.cz/webinare/

🇬🇧 FREE ENGLISH WEBINARS · Dmitry Lambert
New York: 1–3 PM EST; March 25: 2–4 PM EDT.
• 13 Nov 2026 — What's New in Zabbix 8.0
• 19 Nov 2026 — Upgrading to Zabbix 8.0
• 20 Nov 2026 — Installing Zabbix 8.0 in Five Minutes
• 13 Jan 2027 — APM and OpenTelemetry in Zabbix 8.0: look inside your applications
• 28 Jan 2027 — Historical data in Zabbix 8.0: ClickHouse and Elasticsearch in practice
• 11 Feb 2027 — CEP in Zabbix 8.0: tame the flood of alerts
• 25 Feb 2027 — Zabbix and AI in practice: the official MCP and initMAX MCP server
• 11 Mar 2027 — Dashboards in Zabbix 8.0: new capabilities and widgets
• 25 Mar 2027 — The Zabbix 8.0 mobile app in practice
https://www.initmax.com/webinars/

The mobile app itself is still marked as coming soon by Zabbix.

What will you try first in 8.0?

🚀 Staňte se součástí týmu initMAX. Rozšiřujeme naše Wazuh know-how.

V initMAXu posilujeme oblast bezpečnostního monitoringu a hledáme Wazuh konzultanta, který nám pomůže dál rozvíjet tuto technologii u zákazníků v ČR i zahraničí.

Na Wazuh u nás nebudeš sám. Máme interní know-how, zkušenosti z praxe a technické zázemí, na které můžeš navázat. Zároveň dostaneš prostor se v této oblasti dál profilovat, růst a stát se jednou z odborných tváří Wazuhu v initMAXu.

Hledáme člověka, který má silné znalosti Linuxu, nezalekne se logů, umí v nich hledat souvislosti a regulární výrazy bere jako běžný pracovní nástroj, ne jako nutné zlo.

Co tě čeká?

🔹 konzultace a implementace Wazuhu u zákazníků
🔹 návrh architektury, troubleshooting a optimalizace
🔹 práce s logy, pravidly, decodery a regulárními výrazy
🔹 spolupráce s týmem nad reálnými zákaznickými projekty
🔹 tvorba odborných článků, wiki návodů a praktických ukázek
🔹 příprava a vedení webinářů, školení a prezentací
🔹 rozvoj školení a vzdělávacích materiálů
🔹 pomoc s rozvojem komunity kolem Wazuhu

Zkušenost s Wazuhem je velká výhoda, ale není nutné, abys znal všechno od prvního dne. Důležitý je silný technický základ, chuť učit se, schopnost přemýšlet v souvislostech a ochota sdílet know-how dál.

Nabízíme flexibilní spolupráci — možnost home office i práci z našich kanceláří v Praze.

U nás nebudeš jen řešit tikety.
Budeš pomáhat budovat know-how, obsah, školení i komunitu kolem Wazuhu.

📩 Zajímá tě to? Ozvi se nám > [email protected]

🚀 Zabbix 8.0 is coming soon — and CEP is one of the features we’re watching closely.

The new Complex Event Processing correlation engine brings a smarter way to work with incidents in Zabbix.

Instead of looking at every problem as a separate alert, CEP helps connect related events, work with time windows, group symptoms under a probable root cause, and enrich events with additional context.

Why is this important?

Because in real environments, one incident rarely creates just one alert.

It can trigger dozens — sometimes hundreds — of problems across hosts, services, and applications. CEP helps reduce that noise and gives operators a clearer view of what actually happened.

We prepared a technical sneak peek with screenshots and practical examples from our Zabbix 8.0 testing.

👉 Read more here:
https://www.initmax.com/the-new-zabbix-8-0-is-here/ -cep-correlation-engine-complex-event-processing

🚀 How we unified monitoring at Alza.cz a.s. using Zabbix

Since 2020, we have been helping Alza.cz a.s. consolidate its heterogeneous monitoring environment into one centralized solution built on Zabbix.

The goal was clear: speed up incident response, improve infrastructure visibility, and build a robust monitoring setup capable of handling an environment of this scale.

The result?

✅ replacing 3 monitoring systems with one centralized solution
✅ scaling monitoring from 3,500 to 25,000 values per second
✅ monitoring infrastructure, business processes, and warehouses
✅ monitoring AlzaBoxes, including theft attempts, hardware, cameras, and temperature
✅ a long-term partnership lasting 5 years

The project was not only about technical architecture, PoC, and implementation. Knowledge transfer also played a key role through workshops and certified training sessions.

A big thank you to the Alza.cz team for their trust and great cooperation. 💚

Read the full case study here:
https://www.initmax.com/case-study/how-we-unified-monitoring-using-zabbix-with-alza-cz/

We’re proud to announce that initMAX is now a Zabbix Premium Delivery Partner in the US.

And there is one more thing that makes this milestone even stronger:
we are currently the only Premium Delivery Partner in the US that also holds a Zabbix Certified Trainer license.

What does that mean in practice?

It means customers can work with one partner for:
implementation,
optimization,
official Zabbix training,
and long-term support.

No need to split delivery and training between multiple vendors.

For US customers, this gives access to a team with long-term hands-on Zabbix experience, enterprise project background, and direct capability to help with deployments, migrations, audits, performance tuning, support, and custom development.

This is an important step for our US presence, and we are excited for what comes next.

Read more in our article: https://www.initmax.com/zabbix-premium-delivery-partner-usa/