zabbix 7.4 package
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Is there going to be a zabbix Proxy and Agent for zabbix version 7.4?
I updated my server, but i didnt realized there was no update for the pfsense package. I use the proxy and the agent package on 3 pfsense Netgate 2100 devices.Thank you.
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Looking at [https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/16089](link url) you should maybe find another way to do zabbix-proxy.
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@elamigosam2 You can get most of the same functionality by eliminating the Zabbix proxy and using the agent in active mode. The downsides are:
- The agent does not buffer data, so data will be lost whenever the agent is unable to reach the server.
- You can only use the Zabbix Agent (active) item type.
- You cannot monitor other devices on the network (i.e. SNMP, simple checks, etc) as these can only be performed by the server or a proxy.
In pfSense > Packages > Zabbix Agent, set the "Server Active" field to your Zabbix server (the "Server" field on the Zabbix Proxy page).
In Zabbix server, you will need to bulk change all item types from "Zabbix Agent" to "Zabbix Agent (active) for each pfSense host.
The result is that the Zabbix agent on pfSense will contact the server to get the configuration, gather the values, and then push them to the server.
Hopefully this will get you all or most of the monitoring data you were able to collect before upgrading your server to 7.4.
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Zabbix 7.4 packages will be included in the next version of pfSense (tentatively 26.03)
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@elamigosam2 If you are going to use active zabbix components on your pfSense, then this is a VERY good reason to stay/use the LTS version of Zabbix rather than the minor builds.
This way you don't get into as much trouble with especially the proxy version problem. The agent can be one or more versions old without issues in Zabbix, but not the proxy.
