Zabbix Network and Application Monitoring System

2022: VMmanager Virtualization Platform Compatibility

On February 7, 2022, the company Zabbix announced that the technological compatibility of the monitoring system of network services, equipment servers and Zabbix with the platform was confirmed. virtualizations VMmanager Now users can monitor the whole - infrastructures both physical and - virtual with one universal solution.

Zabbix is a tool for remote monitoring of hardware and software resources. The system allows you to solve tasks to monitor network activity and health of servers, as well as to warn about potentially dangerous situations. With built-in analysis and forecasting mechanisms, Zabbix regulates the efficient use of IT infrastructure in various companies.

VMmanager 6 is a platform for building and managing cloudy virtual infrastructure on premise. It enables infrastructure deployment using equipment room KVM both virtualization container and LXD\LXC. VMmanager 6 allows the end user to manage virtual networks independently of the physical network (based on SDN VXLAN/EVPN), as well as build Overlay networks and - IP fabric without using specialized equipment. The solution controls the state of resources, has a built-in integration tool with the Grafana metric visualization tool and the Zabbix monitoring system. Having such integrations simplifies the implementation of the product and reduces the labor involved in its maintenance.

"We are committed to giving our users sufficient value in a product that will improve the quality and reliability of the infrastructure, reduce implementation costs, and reduce maintenance resources. Zabbix is a recognized technology tool for monitoring, for this reason we have implemented integration with this, ON" says Alexander Grishin, owner of the VMmanager product.

2021: Astra Linux Compatibility

On December 24, 2021, Astra Linux Group of Companies, a developer of protected operating systems and virtualization tools, announced the conclusion of a technology partnership agreement with Zabbix, the manufacturer of the same comprehensive software solution for monitoring the complete technological stack in IT infrastructures of any scale.

According to the document, the vendors' plans include comprehensive verification and ensuring compatibility of Zabbix software with Astra Linux, official product certification as part of the Ready for Astra Linux IT manufacturer cooperation program, as well as collaboration in the areas of formation, promotion, implementation and maintenance of domestic high-tech solutions for automated protected systems based on Zabbix and Astra Linux products. The full range of interaction areas will be identified during the scheduled technical and business meetings.

We aim to make the use of the Zabbix monitoring system as convenient as possible for our users and customers. This means not only having an interface, documentation and services offered in Russian, but also full compatibility with domestic software. The partnership with Astra Linux Group of Companies will allow our team to guarantee such compatibility of the Zabbix solution with Astra Linux in the long term, and this in turn will allow customers to actively use domestic software products, "said Sergey Sorokin, director of Zabbix LLC.

Our common goal is to fill the IT market not just with a large set of diverse software and "iron," but to ensure that all components work correctly within a single infrastructure. Only in this case will import substitution be really useful and effective. Together with Zabbix specialists, we will conduct all the necessary tests and, if necessary, initiate product improvements that will ensure the correctness of work, convenience and absolute reliability of complex solutions, "said Anton Rudevsky, head of the department for working with partners of Astra Linux Group of Companies.

2015: Zabbix 3.0

In the release of Zabbix 3.0, scheduled for the fall of 2015, it is planned to implement the concept of "priority on the interface side": create a more convenient and modern minimalist interface for wide screens, their own custom pages, the first versions of widgets and dashboards. In addition, there will be built-in support for "strong" encryption and authentication (TLS, PSK, OpenSSL, GnuTLS, Polar SSL), a new type of macros will be introduced - contextual. The announced improvements also include flexible checks (can be used as a check list for business systems readiness), authentication for SMTP, XML versivity, improved log file monitoring, extended ODBC support, baseline monitoring (anomaly detection and trend management).

The main areas of improvement:

• web-interface (object-oriented navigation, information connectivity, speed of operation on large installations);
• API (move the API to the server side, accelerate the API at least 10 times, redesign the error notification mechanism);
• visualization (the system has an excellent back-end, and front-end must be brought to the same level);
• Reporting (improved data visualization, flexible analytics settings, faster system response to real-time reporting on any amount of data)
• architecture development (horizontal scalability at the storage level, built-in availability and fault tolerance, "new" distributed monitoring, separation of the operating part of the system from historical data.

2014

As of 2014, the leading product of Zabbix SIA is the Zabbix network and application monitoring system, one of the most popular open source monitoring programs. Zabbix is used by a large number of companies who chose it for ease of use, high fault tolerance, scalability and reliability in operation at extremely low costs for its use.

The first release of Zabbix took place in 2001. Zabbix SIA was founded in 2005 to provide professional technical services. The main office is located in Riga (Latvia), the branch is located in Tokyo (Japan). The director of Zabbix SIA is its owner and creator of the monitoring program Vladyshev Alexey.

The list of Zabbix SIA customers includes companies of various sizes from various industries, including the largest telecommunications, financial, educational, trade, medical and government institutions from around the world, some of which are included in the Fortune 500 list.

The company has more than 65 partners around the world, including industry leaders in their countries.

Designed for companies of all sizes and industries, Zabbix is designed to monitor devices, networks, OS, virtual machines, cross-platform software, and business applications. The key competitive advantages of the solution are versatility, high speed, wide visualization capabilities and ease of maintenance. According to vendor estimates, one Zabbix server can handle more than 25,000 new events per second, which is equivalent to monitoring 50,000 devices in 15 parameters with a 30-second interval.

The enterprise IT services and infrastructure monitoring service according to the SaaS model is primarily addressed to companies for which IT infrastructure is a critical link in the business due to the scale of activities, uniqueness of configurations, high requirements for ensuring the operation of offices in a single information space, heterogeneity in manufacturers, quality of work and communication channels.

Monitoring of corporate IT networks and services is today one of the most sought-after services in the global IT services market - according to a review by MSP Mentor, in the world it leads the list of the most important tools for supporting the smooth operation of companies (96.6%), in Russia the demand for it is also growing. Most noticeable is this need for companies for which simple IT services are critical for key business processes and are fraught with serious financial risks, including organizations with a geographically distributed infrastructure that should work smoothly in 24x7 mode.