Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring - Third Edition

Modifying the configuration

Now, with the file in hand, we can modify the configuration. This method gives us free rein over host and host-attached information, so modifications are limited only by Zabbix's functionality and our imagination. At this time, the following entities are available for XML export and import:

• Hosts
• Templates
• Host groups
• Network maps
• Map images (icons and backgrounds)
• Screens
• Value maps

Out of these, host groups and images are only exported indirectly. For hosts, all of their properties and sub-entities are exported and imported, except the web scenarios (this functionality might be available in Zabbix 3.2). Host groups are exported together with hosts or templates and, when exporting a map, the images used in it ...