Multiple "hosts", same ipaddress...

[QwErTy_LoGiC]

Hello all,

I have a simple question. Are there any guidelines concerning having multiple hosts that have the same ip address in the zabbix database?

I am asking this since there are different teams who will be using the Zabbix web interface, and different teams mean different rights. I want one team to see ServerA's X Checks while the other team sees ServersA's Y checks... Seems the only way to acheive this is to create two hosts for the same server, each with different set of templates.

Am I wrong in deducing this? Rights to screens an such are based on hosts and groups not templates and applications.

Also, can having multiple hosts with the same ip address have an impact on zabbix?

Thanks for the input.

[alixen]

Hi,

Are there any guidelines concerning having multiple hosts that have the same ip address in the zabbix database?

I've never seen any guideline of this type, but I may be wrong .

I am asking this since there are different teams who will be using the Zabbix web interface, and different teams mean different rights. I want one team to see ServerA's X Checks while the other team sees ServersA's Y checks... Seems the only way to acheive this is to create two hosts for the same server, each with different set of templates.

Am I wrong in deducing this? Rights to screens an such are based on hosts and groups not templates and applications.

You are right.
You can't set rights to some elements (item, trigger, application) within a host.

Also, can having multiple hosts with the same ip address have an impact on zabbix?

It should be OK as long as they are in passive mode (zabbix server connects to host).
You can't do it in active mode since Zabbix agent will identify itself to Zabbix server with its name and there is only one per host. One workaround would be to run several agents with different configurations on the same host but I am afraid that it won't be easy to do.

Regards,
Alixen

[QwErTy_LoGiC]

Excellent!

Thank you alixen for the thorough answer!

Cheers!