Zabbix proxy Last seen (age) is Never

[tahamilton64]

I have provisioned a zabbix-proxy. I was able to get the VM up and running and the zabbix-proxy service started. I have now added the proxy in the Administration section area on the Zabbix Server. I was able to add the proxy by IP, however the "Last Seen ( age)" column remains never. The proxy is set as active. I'm not sure what to look at for this one. I think this is the last hurdle I have to get over before I can test for production. The proxy has been added for a few hours and I would have expected it to be seen by now.

[dimir]

Check proxy log file for errors when proxy tries to get configuration update from server. Also check the server log file if it actually receives the request. By default active proxy requests for configuration update once per hour:

$ grep ': ConfigFrequency' conf/zabbix_proxy.conf -A7
### Option: ConfigFrequency
#       How often proxy retrieves configuration data from Zabbix Server in seconds.
#       For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter will be ignored.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 1-3600*24*7
# Default:
# ConfigFrequency=3600

You might want to lower this value while debugging the issue. Also make sure parameters Server, ServerPort are configured correctly.

Keep in mind that after modifications in frontend it takes server up to CacheUpdateFrequency (in zabbix_server.conf) seconds to get configuration changes.

[kernbug]

I have provisioned a zabbix-proxy. I was able to get the VM up and running and the zabbix-proxy service started. I have now added the proxy in the Administration section area on the Zabbix Server. I was able to add the proxy by IP, however the "Last Seen ( age)" column remains never. The proxy is set as active. I'm not sure what to look at for this one. I think this is the last hurdle I have to get over before I can test for production. The proxy has been added for a few hours and I would have expected it to be seen by now.

Hello

Please, check proxy 'hostname' both in the configuration file of the Zabbix Proxy and Web Frontend, also don't forget to set ServerActive in the Zabbix Proxy configuration.

[tahamilton64]

Do the host names on both devices need to match?

[tahamilton64]

I didn't find a setting for ServerActive in the proxy configuration

[kernbug]

Do the host names on both devices need to match?

Yep

I didn't find a setting for ServerActive in the proxy configuration

My mistake only 'Server' and 'ProxyMode=0' for active mode.