Handy Tips #18: Distributed monitoring with a lightweight Zabbix SQLite proxy

Anonymous Anonymous

Zabbix Certified Expert & Trainer

December 28, 2021

Distribute your monitoring by deploying a lightweight Zabbix SQLite proxy in 5 minutes. Monitoring remote data centers can be challenging when the data collection is performed from a single location. Distributed monitoring can help us resolve potential issues such as loss of data in case of network outages, horizontal scalability, and much more. Distribute and […]

Distribute your monitoring by deploying a lightweight Zabbix SQLite proxy in 5 minutes.

Monitoring remote data centers can be challenging when the data collection is performed from a single location. Distributed monitoring can help us resolve potential issues such as loss of data in case of network outages, horizontal scalability, and much more.

Distribute and scale your monitoring with a lightweight Zabbix SQLite proxy:

Collect data in case of network outages between data centers
Deploy an unlimited number of Zabbix proxies

SQLite proxies are perfect for running on embedded hardware
Proxy connections can be encrypted

Check out the video to learn how to deploy a Zabbix SQLite proxy.

How to deploy a Zabbix SQLite proxy:

Install the Zabbix repository and Zabbix proxy packages
Locate and open the zabbix_proxy.conf configuration file
Populate the Server, Hostname, and DBName parameters
Enable and start the Zabbix proxy
Open Administration → Proxies and click the Create Proxy button
Provide the proxy name and click the Add button
Open the Zabbix agent configuration file
Populate the Server and/or ServerActive parameters
Restart the Zabbix agent
Navigate to Configuration → Hosts and open your host
Select the proxy in the Monitored by proxy field and click the Update button
Wait for the proxy to receive the configuration changes
Navigate to Monitoring → Latest data
Check if the Zabbix proxy has collected the metrics

Tips and best practices:

By default, Zabbix proxies receive configuration updates once an hour
Each Zabbix Proxy can use a different database engine
Monitor the proxy performance with the Zabbix proxy templates
Zabbix proxies will perform preprocessing tasks before sending the data to the Zabbix server