Zabbix 5.2 released with support of IoT and complex synthetic monitoring

27 October 2020

A new development version of Zabbix 5.2 has been released, which comes with more than 35 new features and enhancements, including:  

  • export templates in YAML, XML and JSON format,
  • new templates for different applications, Memcached, HAProxy, Asterisk, Oracle,
  • new IoT support - Modbus and MQTT - supported in Zabbix Agent2,
  • new integrations for alerts
  • the possibility to set the time zone in the user profile,
  •  testing SNMP OID values in the form.

"With this release, we are getting closer to a new era of monitoring. We're expanding Zabbix's capabilities with such important features as comprehensive scenario-based monitoring, native support for IoT protocols, and the most stringent security standards, " says Alexey Vladishev, Zabbix founder and CEO.

Zabbix monitoring provides instant integration with messaging, ticketing and alerting systems. The new release expands the list of supported services and applications that can be effortlessly monitored. Deploy Zabbix with a single click on cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, IBM/RedHat Cloud, Oracle, Yandex and Digital Ocean.

Zabbix introduced new one-day training courses

Along with the major technical enhancements of the Zabbix 5.2 release, the company is coming out with four new one-day online training sessions aimed at deepening users' knowledge in specific areas. The first four courses available will be "Automation and Integration with Zabbix APIs," "Zabbix Preprocessing," "Advanced Zabbix Security Management," and "Advanced Problem and Anomaly Detection with Zabbix. The new courses will be available online from 16 November 2020. A full overview of the available courses can be found on the Zabbix website

Availability

Zabix 5.2 is available for both on-premise and cloudFor more information and an overview of the features, see the documentation at Zabbix website.  

About Zabbix company

The Zabbix Company is headquartered in Europe, Japan, Russia, Brazil and the United States. Its founder, CEO and product creator is Alexey Vladishev. The core business of Zabbix Company is the development of free and open-source software for monitoring services, networks and applications. In addition, the company offers a wide range of professional services designed to meet each customer's unique business requirements, including implementation, integration, custom development and consulting services, as well as various training programs. The Zabbix team's mission is to make superior monitoring solutions accessible to all. Zabbix was first introduced to the market in 2001. Zabbix as a company was founded in 2005 to provide professional, technical and support services. Zabbix's customers include government institutions from various countries, along with the world's largest telecommunications, financial, educational or retail companies. Many of them are included in the Fortune 500 list.

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