Monitor remote data

[KoenraadL]

Hi,
I'm new to Zabbix. I have a working server with a few hosts.
Now I want to monitor remote data. I will be using a proxy, because of an unreliable internet-connection. I have a working "remote" device, on a separate network here, so not yet at the remote site.
That proxy device also runs an agent, so I can see data on the device itself.
I want to monitor e.g. ping times to external hosts and other data. Is this possible ? Can you point me to relevant documentation/information ? Or just give me some clues.

The server is an "Appliance", V3.4.4. The proxy and the agent run on a Raspberry Pi. Proxy is V3.4.4, agent is V3.0.7.

TIA

[kaspars.mednis]

Hello,

You can start with Simple Checks, you can use them from zabbix server/proxy even without agent on target hosts installed, just create a host with ip address and create any simple checks you need on that host (like icmpping, service status etc.)

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.4/manual/config/items/itemtypes/simple_checks

Regards,
Kaspars

[KoenraadL]

Thanks,

That's a solution to part of my project.
You say I don't need an agent on the remote site. The remote site has a proxy.
So I just configure the proxy, I configure a dummy host, managed by the proxy. And then I configure a simple check on that dummy host.
Is that the right way ?

Maybe for a separate thread : I used an icmppingsec. I get results but they are strings, so I can't graph them. It seems the postprocessing can't do a string to decimal conversion. Am I missing something ? At first I had the datatype as numeric, but then I got an error (?) in the "latest data" window (an I-icon) saying the data was string while it was expected to be a numeric.

Another part of my project : I want to monitor the signal quality of the WiFi network on the remote site.
Any suggestions how to get that information ?

Anyway, thanks again for your help.

[troffasky]

Maybe for a separate thread : I used an icmppingsec. I get results but they are strings, so I can't graph them. It seems the postprocessing can't do a string to decimal conversion. Am I missing something ? At first I had the datatype as numeric, but then I got an error (?) in the "latest data" window (an I-icon) saying the data was string while it was expected to be a numeric.

I suggest you used the built in template "Template Module ICMP Ping". By default you will be able to see a plot of the ping time on a graph, no fiddling required.

[KoenraadL]

Thanks,
I had a wrong idea about how zabbix works.