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Let Zabbix be your Lucky Lady for Lotto Numbers
May 23, 2025
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Many years ago, maybe around 2017 or 2018, one of my ex-colleagues (Hi, Kevin!) said that I would probably even use Zabbix to come up with the winning lotto numbers. Just to strike back, I did exactly that with a small “easter egg” in Zabbix containing the lotto numbers – a quick bash script feeding […]
Monitor Your Wi-Fi Signal Strength with Zabbix
March 27, 2025
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Can you monitor the signal strength of different Wi-Fi devices that are connected to your (home) router with Zabbix? Of course you can! This is a really quick post that also shows how ChatGPT or any LLM can boost your productivity when doing this kind of thing.
What’s Up, Home? – Zabbix Plays Rock-Paper-Scissors
November 29, 2024
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Zabbix 7.0 is so fast that in a small environment such as What’s up, home? it gets bored. Very bored. What does Zabbix do when it gets bored? It uses its new Selenium-based Browser item type and plays some Rock-Paper-Scissors against this blog site.
What’s Up, Home? – The Clock Is Ticking
October 28, 2022
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Can you use Zabbix as a countdown timer? Of course, you can! By day, I am a technical monitoring lead in a global cyber security company. By night, I monitor my home with Zabbix & Grafana and do some weird experiments with them. Welcome to my blog about this project.
What’s Up, Home? – BA-NA-NA!
October 21, 2022
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Can you monitor a banana with Zabbix? Of course, you can! By day, I am a monitoring tech lead in a global cyber security company. By night, I monitor my home with Zabbix & Grafana and do some weird experiments with them. Welcome to my blog about this project.
What’s Up, Home? – Staring at the Video Stream
October 4, 2022
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Can you make sure your video streams are up with Zabbix? Of course, you can! By day, I am a monitoring technical lead in a global cyber security company. By night, I monitor my home with Zabbix & Grafana Labs and do some weird experiments with them. Welcome to my weekly blog about the project.
What’s Up, Home? – How Zabbix Can Help You with Rising Electricity Bills
September 23, 2022
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Can you monitor your upcoming electricity bills with Zabbix? Of course, you can! By day, I am a monitoring technical lead in a global cyber security company. By night, I monitor my home with Zabbix & Grafana Labs and make some weird experiments with them. Welcome to my weekly blog about the project.
What’s Up, Home? – Automatic Temperature Control
September 16, 2022
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Can you automatically control the temperature of your home in a time- and room-based manner using Zabbix? Of course, you can!
What’s Up, Home? – Zabbix the Climate Remote
September 9, 2022
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Can you control your air conditioner using Zabbix? Of course, you can!