>>>>> "Edward" == Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) <[email protected]> writes:
Edward> 5. The agent opens a TCP listening port. You need to Edward> configure the agent to listen for your server, and you need to Edward> configure the monitored-system firewall to permit the inbound Edward> traffic from the server IP. Edward> 5a. Unfortunately, on one of my most important systems to Edward> monitor, I cannot listen on a new port. (Long story.) Which Edward> means I can't get the agent to run there, which unfortunately Edward> tanks my whole zabbix deployment. I need something else, Edward> where the agent doesn't need a listening port. The agent Edward> needs to make an *outbound* connection to report info to the Edward> server. Can anybody confirm or deny the pull/push nature of Edward> the agent on these other solutions? I'm looking at nagios Edward> next, unless I hear otherwise... How about a stunnel reverse proxy port? Have the important system setup a tunnel back to the Zabbix server which the server can talk to the client over? John _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
