Monitoring of ZABBIX proxy installed via docker container

[Himura]

Hello dear forum members,

I'm complete newbie in both ZABBIX solutions and docker technology, so I'm kindly asking for your advices and help. I've set up the proxy (sqllite) and agent on the needed host, using "docker-compose up" and the following commands :

zabbix-proxy:
image: zabbix/zabbix-proxy-sqlite3
container_name: zabbix-proxy
restart: always
environment:
ZBX_HOSTNAME: zabbix-proxy-lab
ZBX_SERVER_HOST: remote_firewall_ip
ZBX_SERVER_PORT: remote_firewall_port
# ZBX_TLSCONNECT:unencrypted
# ZBX_TLSACCEPT:unencrypted
# ZBX_TLSPSKIDENTITY:
# ZBX_TLSPSKFILE:#
ports:
- "12051:10051"
networks:
zabbix:
ipv4_address: some_ip

and the agent

zabbix-agent:
image: zabbix/zabbix-agent:latest
container_name: zabbix-agent
restart: always
environment:
ZBX_SERVER_HOST: ip_from_proxy_above
ports:
- "12052:10051"
links:
- zabbix-proxy:zabbix-proxy
depends_on:
- zabbix-proxy:zabbix-proxy
networks:
zabbix:
ipv4_address: some_ip1

When I add the host in the UI I'm using the agent IP address. But the problem is that it does not display the real status of the zabbix-proxy container. If something will be wrong with the proxy - information about that will not be displayed in the "Problem" area of dashboard, because agent is up and running.

What I want to achieve:
1) Active proxy that will contact both local hosts (using agents) and remote server;
2) proactive monitoring of both instances : Server and Proxy, running at containers;

Please share your experiece: how to proper set up monitoring of ZABBIX components, located in different containers? I would also appreciate any critics / advices concenrning the configuration above.

With best regards,
Max.