In the scenario properties, there was also a tab that we didn't use—Authentication:
For HTTP authentication, Zabbix currently supports two options—Basic and NTLM. Digest authentication is not supported at this time.
Choosing one of the HTTP authentication methods will provide input fields for a username and password.
All the other options are SSL/TLS related. The checkboxes allow us to validate the server certificate—the SSL verify peer option checks the certificate validity, and SSL verify host additionally checks that the server hostname matches the Common Name or the Subject Alternate Name in the certificate. The certificate authority is validated against the system default. The location of the CA certificates can also be overridden by the SSLCALocation
parameter in the server configuration file.
The last three fields enable us to set up client authentication using a certificate. Zabbix supports all possible combinations of certificate, key, and key password: single...