Setting up an active proxy

Just as with agents in Zabbix, we have proxies that can be active or passive. In this recipe, we will explain you how to configure the proxy as an active proxy and we will show you what parameters are important.

Getting ready

What we need for this recipe is of course, our Zabbix server with super administrator rights. We need an extra machine to install our proxy. You also have to set up your proxy as we showed you in the previous recipe, Installing a proxy.

How to do it…

  1. Set up your proxy as in the previous recipe, Installing a proxy.
  2. Make sure that in the zabbix_proxy.conf file, the option ProxyMode=0 is set.
  3. Be sure to fill in the IP address of your Zabbix server under the option Server in the zabbix_proxy.conf file.
  4. Also ...

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