Chapter 8: Setting Up Zabbix Proxies

You can't preach about Zabbix without actually preaching about the use of Zabbix proxies—a nice addition at first, but a no-brainer by now. Anyone that's expecting to set up a Zabbix environment of a medium/larger size will need proxies. The main reason to use proxies is scalability, as Zabbix proxies offload the data collection and preprocessing load from the Zabbix server. This way we can scale up our Zabbix environment further and with greater ease.

In this chapter, we will first learn how to set up a Zabbix proxy. We will then learn how to work with passive and active Zabbix proxies, and also how to monitor hosts with either form of the Zabbix proxy. We will also cover some Zabbix network discovery using the proxies, and we'll learn how to monitor Zabbix proxies to keep them healthy. After these recipes, you'll have no more excuses for not setting up the proxies, as we'll cover most of the possible forms of...