Zabbix MCP Server — manage Zabbix with AI assistants (open source)

[hermanekt]

Hi everyone,

we've released an open-source MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects any AI assistant to the Zabbix API. It covers all 58 API groups
(225 tools) — hosts, problems, triggers, templates, dashboards, SLAs, and everything else.

What you can do with it:
- "Show me all unacknowledged problems with severity High or above"
- "Create a maintenance window for host db-01 for 2 hours"
- "Export the template 'Template OS Linux' as YAML"
- "What changed in the last 24 hours?" (audit log)

Works with Claude Code (recommended), OpenAI Codex, VS Code + Copilot, Claude Desktop, and other MCP clients. Supports Zabbix 5.0 through 8.0 (experimental).
Security: read-only mode by default, bearer token auth, IP allowlist, TLS, rate limiting.

GitHub: https://github.com/initMAX/zabbix-mcp-server

Happy to answer any questions!
initMAX s.r.o. team

[kronicklez]

Hi @hermanekt,

I try follow step in your url https://github.com/initMAX/zabbix-mcp-server and this youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXClAcTwgys&t=285s . But when i execute command it not install MCP as per below snapshot. Is it i missing step or your file have issue?

[kronicklez]

Hi hermanekt,

Noted. It already solved yesterday. Your MCP server for me superb. Now i just have assistant to add additional task. Btw, u have any method that we can import the chatgpt web into dashboard widget so means i dont need to open new browser incase want to use chatgpt.

Thanks

[hermanekt]

Hi kroniclez, i don't want to spoiled all of, but something will comes soon

[kronicklez]

Hi @hermanekt,

I see has some update file in your MCP github. May i know the correct way to update to the latest version this MCP server without disturb any existing config? Thanks

[cyber]

You are root already, why do you use sudo?

[kronicklez]

Hi,

even without sudo still same result.

Thanks.

[coelliale]

Fantastic project!
It’s impressive to see how, together with Claude, it manages to “understand” the data and put it into context even without being given any additional information.
I installed it in a Docker container outside the Zabbix system, so I could keep it isolated for testing, and it worked without any issues.
It uses quite a lot of tokens, but it’s truly amazing. Congrats, great job!
Alessandro

[hermanekt]

Hi Alessandro, thank you for the kind words!

Regarding the token usage - v1.19 (just released) addresses this directly. The default config exposes all ~232 Zabbix API tools, and MCP clients load the full tool catalog into the LLM context at session start. That alone costs ~100k tokens before your first prompt.

The fix is adding a tools filter in [server] of your config.toml:

[server]
tools = ["host", "hostgroup", "problem", "trigger", "event", "item"]

That cuts the catalog from ~232 tools to ~15 tools, dropping the baseline from ~100k to ~7k tokens. You still get all the important monitoring tools - just without the 100+ template/dashboard/admin methods you probably don't need in every conversation.

There is a new "Token Budget" section in the README with per-group tool counts and examples: https://github.com/initMAX/zabbix-mc...r#token-budget

Upgrade: cd zabbix-mcp-server && git pull && docker compose up -d --build

[kronicklez]

H @hermanekt

May i know the step/procedure what need to do when to update your MCP server without lost existing configuration?

Thanks and appreciate your feedback