1 Configuring a host

Overview

To configure a host in Zabbix frontend, do the following:

• Go to: Configuration → Hosts
• Click on Create host to the right (or on the host name to edit an existing host)
• Enter parameters of the host in the form

You can also use the Clone and Full clone buttons in the form of an existing host to create a new host. Clicking on Clone will retain all host parameters and template linkage (keeping all entities from those templates). Full clone will additionally retain directly attached entities (applications, items, triggers, graphs, low-level discovery rules and web scenarios).

Note: When a host is cloned, it will retain all template entities as they are originally on the template. Any changes to those entities made on the existing host level (such as changed item interval, modified regular expression or added prototypes to the low-level discovery rule) will not be cloned to the new host; instead they will be as on the template.

Configuration

The Host tab contains general host attributes:

All mandatory input fields are marked with a red asterisk.

The Templates tab allows you to link templates to the host. All entities (items, triggers, graphs and applications) will be inherited from the template.

To link a new template, start typing the template name in the Link new templates field. A list of matching templates will appear; scroll down to select. Alternatively, you may click on Select next to the field and select templates from the list in a popup window. The templates that are selected in the Link new templates field will be linked to the host when the host configuration form is saved or updated.

To unlink a template, use one of the two options in the Linked templates block:

• Unlink - unlink the template, but preserve its items, triggers and graphs
• Unlink and clear - unlink the template and remove all its items, triggers and graphs

Listed template names are clickable links leading to the template configuration form.

The IPMI tab contains IPMI management attributes.

The Tags tab allows you to define host-level tags. All problems of this host will be tagged with the values entered here.

User macros, {INVENTORY.*} macros, {HOST.HOST}, {HOST.NAME}, {HOST.CONN}, {HOST.DNS}, {HOST.IP}, {HOST.PORT} and {HOST.ID} macros are supported in tags.

The Macros tab allows you to define host-level user macros as a macro-value pairs. Adding a description is also supported.

You may also view here template-level and global user macros if you select the Inherited and host macros option. That is where all defined user macros for the host are displayed with the value they resolve to as well as their origin.

For convenience, links to respective templates and global macro configuration are provided. It is also possible to edit a template/global macro on the host level, effectively creating a copy of the macro on the host.

The Host inventory tab allows you to manually enter inventory information for the host. You can also select to enable Automatic inventory population, or disable inventory population for this host.

Encryption

The Encryption tab allows you to require encrypted connections with the host.

Creating a host group

To create a host group in Zabbix frontend, do the following:

• Go to: Configuration → Host groups
• Click on Create Group in the upper right corner of the screen
• Enter parameters of the group in the form

All mandatory input fields are marked with a red asterisk.

Permissions to nested host groups

• When creating a child host group to an existing parent host group, user group permissions to the child are inherited from the parent (for example, when creating Riga/Zabbix servers if Riga already exists)
• When creating a parent host group to an existing child host group, no permissions to the parent are set (for example, when creating Riga if Riga/Zabbix servers already exists)