So far, we configured and discussed only one way a proxy can work, as an active proxy. A proxy may also be configured to accept incoming connections from the server, and similar to the agent; it is called a passive proxy in that case:
As opposed to the Zabbix agent, where this mode was set on the item level and a single agent could work in both active and passive mode, a Zabbix proxy can only work in one mode at a time.
Let's switch our active proxy to the passive mode. First, edit zabbix_proxy.conf and set the ProxyMode parameter to 1. This is all that's required to switch the proxy to the passive mode—now restart the proxy process.
As opposed to the passive agent, the Server parameter is currently ignored by the passive proxy.
In the frontend, perform the following steps:
- Navigate to Administration | Proxies and click on First proxy...