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Zabbix

Software Tool · Self-hosted & homelab software · 25 mentions · 4 subreddits · discussed in r/sysadmin, r/homelab, r/homeautomation, r/HomeNetworking

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Pros

  • For example, have something like Zabbix monitoring the Mqtt service (write a value and read it to confirm for example) and then run scripts that do what it needs to do to get that service back up
  • This is the most robust and easy monitoring system you can have (below zabbix and grafana).
  • I'm running Zabbix in one of my containers to monitor the cluster and all of my VMs health.
  • You could also look at Zabbix or just layer Grafana for nicer reports.
  • Popular options (in order of simplicity) include: ... Zabbix

Cons

  • We are currently trying zabbix and Icinga2/nagios at our company for monitoring our hardware and software.
  • Zabbix can be a bit difficult to implement, but is definitely good and free
  • Zabbix isn’t “hard” to setup. It is however, time consuming. It can be very noisy in the beginning until you get things tuned.
  • PTRG is straightforward, Zabbix is more complex but both can do this out of the box for nothing more than the time it takes to learn them.
  • Yeah, use zabbix. The UI will make you go "ah here we go" but it's great once you figure it all out.

Sentiment

19 positive (76%) · 5 mixed (20%) · 1 negative (4%)

Trust + time weighted score: +75% · raw score 72%

What redditors said (10 of 25)

For example, have something like Zabbix monitoring the Mqtt service (write a value and read it to confirm for example) and then run scripts that do what it needs to do to get that service back up
positive · u/z****1 · r/homeautomation · comment · Nov 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
This is the most robust and easy monitoring system you can have (below zabbix and grafana).
positive · u/F****2 · r/homelab · comment · Aug 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I'm running Zabbix in one of my containers to monitor the cluster and all of my VMs health.
positive · u/h****e · r/homelab · Aug 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You could also look at Zabbix or just layer Grafana for nicer reports.
positive · u/U****o · r/sysadmin · comment · Jul 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Popular options (in order of simplicity) include: ... Zabbix
positive · u/P****3 · r/HomeNetworking · comment · Jul 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗ · attribution unverified
Zabbix is also worth looking into. Pretty each to setup, lots of built-in templates and powerful once you've got the hang of it.
positive · u/m****3 · r/sysadmin · comment · Jul 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
or Zabbix if you have more complex needs and a team that can manage it.
positive · u/s****c · r/sysadmin · comment · Feb 24, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Zabbix is the best monitoring tool I have found, hands down. Once you learn it, you can monitor just about anything. Nagios is a joke compared to it. But I prefer Zabbix even over Solarwinds, New Relic, or ManageEngine.
positive · u/K****6 · r/sysadmin · comment · Feb 24, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I like Zabbix as it's free and is a good way to learn about web servers and linux if you've not dabbled before.
positive · u/M****e · r/sysadmin · comment · Feb 24, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Zabbix for me. Been using it since version 3 and it has been steadily improving. The setup time is drastically shorter now than it used to be and the number of built-in templates is growing.
positive · u/r****m · r/sysadmin · comment · Feb 24, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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