Zabbix Network Monitoring - Second Edition

Linking templates to hosts

Now we'd like to link this template to our very first host, "A test host". First, let's compare item lists between the freshly created template and that host. Open Configuration | Hosts in one browser window or tab and Configuration | Templates in another. In the first, choose Linux servers in the Group dropdown, then click on Items next to A test host. In the other one, select Custom templates in the Group dropdown, then click on Items next to C_Template_Linux. Place the windows next to each other and compare the listings:

We can see here that the template has three more items than the host. Looking at the lists, we can ...