Setting up a passive proxy

In this recipe, we will show you how to set up your passive proxy. We will also show you the most important parameters that you need to configure when setting up a passive proxy.

Getting ready

What we need for this recipe is of course, our Zabbix server with super administrator rights. We need an extra machine to install our proxy. You also have to set up your proxy as we showed you in the previous recipe, Installing a proxy.

How to do it…

1. Install the Zabbix proxy just as we have seen in the recipe, Installing a proxy.

2. In the zabbix_proxy.conf file, we need to change the option Proxy Mode:

   Proxy Mode = 1

3. Change the ProxyConfigFrequency = 3600 option in the zabbix_server.conf file to a value that suits this option. This will influence how many times the Zabbix server will send the configuration to the proxy.

4. Change the ProxyDataFrequency = 1 option in the zabbix_server.conf file to a value that suits you. This will tell the Zabbix server how many times it needs to fetch...