January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
798 pages
20h 33m
English
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 type—active or passive—to 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:

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