Hello, I've read through the entire Zabbix manual and I'm having a hard time understanding how to make use of the Zabbix Proxy.
At 'Site A' I have the Zabbix Server which is running fine monitoring various hosts behind firewalls at Sites B,C, & D. At Site B on the linux firewall, I installed the Zabbix Proxy with necessary dependencies and it appears to be up and running fine. It's my understanding that on the devices being monitored on the LAN at Site B I need to tell them to connect to the proxy instead of the main Zabbix server. This is correct no?
Next, I created a proxy and named it "Site B" on the main zabbix server. I then linked those hosts being monitored at Site B to the proxy named "Site B". Here is where I'm lost. The actual host configuration for proxies does not ask for any ip address or port information so I do not understand how it knows where to find the proxy. Also, when I move the existing monitored hosts to the proxy, do I change the IP address information for that host to be it's actual LAN IP instead of the outside IP of the Site B firewall which was port forwarding in? I just am real confused how it actually knows where the 'Site B' proxy is and how to talk to it.
I guess all in all I find the documentation on how to set up and utilize the proxy configuration is extremely lacking, but maybe it's just me.
Thanks,
Elvar
At 'Site A' I have the Zabbix Server which is running fine monitoring various hosts behind firewalls at Sites B,C, & D. At Site B on the linux firewall, I installed the Zabbix Proxy with necessary dependencies and it appears to be up and running fine. It's my understanding that on the devices being monitored on the LAN at Site B I need to tell them to connect to the proxy instead of the main Zabbix server. This is correct no?
Next, I created a proxy and named it "Site B" on the main zabbix server. I then linked those hosts being monitored at Site B to the proxy named "Site B". Here is where I'm lost. The actual host configuration for proxies does not ask for any ip address or port information so I do not understand how it knows where to find the proxy. Also, when I move the existing monitored hosts to the proxy, do I change the IP address information for that host to be it's actual LAN IP instead of the outside IP of the Site B firewall which was port forwarding in? I just am real confused how it actually knows where the 'Site B' proxy is and how to talk to it.
I guess all in all I find the documentation on how to set up and utilize the proxy configuration is extremely lacking, but maybe it's just me.
Thanks,
Elvar
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