The item we created before was a so-called passive item, which means that the Zabbix server initiates a connection to the agent every time a value has to be collected. In most locations, they are simply referred to as being of the Zabbix agent type.
An easy way to remember what's passive or active in Zabbix is to think from the agent's perspective. If the agent connects to the server, it's active. If not, it's passive:
Let's create another passive item to check for the remote host:
- Go to Configuration | Hosts.
- Click on Items next to the host you just created.
- Click on the Create item button, and fill in the following values. ...
