Zabbix Proxies discovering on different NATs

[reverson]

Hi,

I have a bunch of private networks that I am running different zabbix proxies on. On each of these networks I have devices running that may or may not have the same IP address.

Is there anyway to create discovery rules for each proxy, such that the devices that have the same IPs, but that are on different networks, will be discovered properly? Would changing the name of the device allow a new device to be discovered? Is there a way to change the name of a device with a global script?

[gleepwurp]

Hi,

I'm not much of an expert on Discoveries, but I'll try to help as much as I can.

The discovery rules are tied to either the Zabbix server or a proxy. That being said, you'll have to create a discovery rule for all the proxies and one for the Zabbix server. So there is no one Discovery rule that will use multiple proxies.

So I think that fits your requirement for "discovery rules for each proxy".

as for your duplicate IP, i think you're safe, as long as you don't use the IP address as the hostname of the discovered devices. If they have different hostnames, same IP but on different Proxies, you should be fine. Just be careful if you do any manual proxy changes, that you don't put both on the same proxy, as you'll end up monitoring the same server.

There is a Zabbix API that you can use to manage your devices: https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.4/manual/api

G.