>>>>> "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
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