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Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring - Third Edition
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Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring - Third Edition

by Patrik Uytterhoeven
January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
798 pages
20h 33m
English
Packt Publishing
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Choosing between active and passive items

Even though we discussed Zabbix agents being active or passive, an agent really is neither one nor the other—the direction of the connections is determined by the item level. An agent can (and, by default, does) work in both modes at the same time. Nevertheless, we will have to choose which item typeactive or passiveto use. The short version—active items are recommended.

To understand why, let's compare how the connections are made. With a passive agent, it is very simple:

The arrow direction denotes how connections are made.

One value means one connection. An active agent is a bit more complicated. ...

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ISBN: 9781789340266