Zabbix server daemon parameters

We'll now skip the common parameters we already discussed when looking at the agent daemon configuration file. The remaining ones are as follows:

  • DBHost: This is useful if the backend database is on a different system. Using an IP address is highly recommended here.
  • DBName: This is the database name; we set it in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Zabbix. As the comment explains, it should be set to the database file path when the SQLite backend is used for a proxy.
  • DBSchema: This is the database schema, only useful with PostgreSQL and IBM DB2.
  • DBUser and DBPassword: These are database access credentials. As the comment explains, they're ignored when the SQLite backend is used for a proxy.
  • DBSocket: This is the ...

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