In Zabbix, templates play a major role in simplifying the configuration and allowing large-scale changes. If you are a proficient user of word processors, you probably use styles. The same concept is used in text, CSS styles for the web, and elsewhere—separating content from the presentation helps to reduce the amount of work required when changes have to be made.
While the comparison to styles might seem far-fetched at first, it actually is similar enough. Just like styles, you can separate a host from the services you provide, and you can define these services in a centralized fashion. In the same way that a word document has a heading style that allows you to change the font size for all headings of that level with one action, templates in Zabbix allow you to change some parameter for all linked hosts, whether direct or nested.
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