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Zabbix Network Monitoring - Second Edition
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Zabbix Network Monitoring - Second Edition

by Rihards Olups
August 2016
Intermediate to advanced
754 pages
18h 10m
English
Packt Publishing
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Proxy limitations

While proxies have many benefits, they do have some limitations, too. Well, pretty much one main limitation—they are only data collectors. If the server cannot be reached, the proxy cannot do independent notifications. They can't even generate events; all logic regarding triggers is processed on the server only. Remember, proxies do not process events, send out alerts, or execute remote commands. Remote commands, discussed in Chapter 7, Acting upon Monitored Conditions, are currently scheduled for Zabbix 3.2—but one would have to see that version released to be sure about such a feature being implemented.

Proxy operation

Let's talk about how proxies operate a bit. We'll cover three things here:

  • Synchronization of the configuration ...
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ISBN: 9781782161288