# Zabbix agent

## Overview

For Zabbix version: 6.0 and higher  

## Setup

Refer to the vendor documentation.

## Zabbix configuration

No specific Zabbix configuration is required.

### Macros used

|Name|Description|Default|
|----|-----------|-------|
|{$AGENT.TIMEOUT} |<p>Timeout after which agent is considered unavailable. Works only for agents reachable from Zabbix server/proxy (passive mode).</p> |`3m` |

## Template links

There are no template links in this template.

## Discovery rules


## Items collected

|Group|Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info|
|-----|----|-----------|----|---------------------|
|Monitoring_agent |Version of Zabbix agent running |<p>-</p> |ZABBIX_PASSIVE |agent.version<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT: `1d`</p> |
|Monitoring_agent |Host name of Zabbix agent running |<p>-</p> |ZABBIX_PASSIVE |agent.hostname<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT: `1d`</p> |
|Monitoring_agent |Zabbix agent ping |<p>The agent always returns 1 for this item. It could be used in combination with nodata() for availability check.</p> |ZABBIX_PASSIVE |agent.ping |
|Status |Zabbix agent availability |<p>Monitoring agent availability status</p> |INTERNAL |zabbix[host,agent,available] |

## Triggers

|Name|Description|Expression|Severity|Dependencies and additional info|
|----|-----------|----|----|----|
|Zabbix agent is not available (for {$AGENT.TIMEOUT}) |<p>For passive only agents, host availability is used with {$AGENT.TIMEOUT} as time threshold.</p> |`max(/Zabbix agent/zabbix[host,agent,available],{$AGENT.TIMEOUT})=0` |AVERAGE |<p>Manual close: YES</p> |

## Feedback

Please report any issues with the template at https://support.zabbix.com

# Zabbix agent active

## Overview

For Zabbix version: 6.0 and higher  

## Setup

Refer to the vendor documentation.

## Zabbix configuration

No specific Zabbix configuration is required.

### Macros used

|Name|Description|Default|
|----|-----------|-------|
|{$AGENT.NODATA_TIMEOUT} |<p>No data timeout for active agents. Consider to keep it relatively high.</p> |`30m` |

## Template links

There are no template links in this template.

## Discovery rules


## Items collected

|Group|Name|Description|Type|Key and additional info|
|-----|----|-----------|----|---------------------|
|Monitoring_agent |Version of Zabbix agent running |<p>-</p> |ZABBIX_ACTIVE |agent.version<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT: `1d`</p> |
|Monitoring_agent |Host name of Zabbix agent running |<p>-</p> |ZABBIX_ACTIVE |agent.hostname<p>**Preprocessing**:</p><p>- DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT: `1d`</p> |
|Status |Zabbix agent ping |<p>The agent always returns 1 for this item. It could be used in combination with nodata() for availability check.</p> |ZABBIX_ACTIVE |agent.ping |

## Triggers

|Name|Description|Expression|Severity|Dependencies and additional info|
|----|-----------|----|----|----|
|Zabbix agent is not available (or nodata for {$AGENT.NODATA_TIMEOUT}) |<p>For active agents, nodata() with agent.ping is used with {$AGENT.NODATA_TIMEOUT} as time threshold.</p> |`nodata(/Zabbix agent active/agent.ping,{$AGENT.NODATA_TIMEOUT})=1` |AVERAGE |<p>Manual close: YES</p> |

## Feedback

Please report any issues with the template at https://support.zabbix.com