Overview

    A listing of existing hosts with their details is displayed.

    Displayed data:

    To configure a new host, click on the Create host button in the top right-hand corner. To import a host from an XML file, click on the Import button in the top right-hand corner.

    Mass editing options

    Buttons below the list offer some mass-editing options:

    • Disable - change host status to Not monitored

    • Export - export the hosts to an XML file

    • Delete - delete the hosts

    To use these options, mark the checkboxes before the respective hosts, then click on the required button.

    Filter

    As the list may contain very many hosts, it may be needed to filter out the ones you really need.

    The Filter link is available above the list of hosts. If you click on it, a filter becomes available where you can filter hosts by host group, linked templates, name, if they are monitored by server or by proxy, proxy name, DNS, IP or port number.

    Reading host availability

    Host availability icons reflect the current host interface status on Zabbix server. Therefore, in the frontend:

    • If you disable a host, availability icons will not immediately turn gray (unknown status), because the server has to synchronize the configuration changes first;

    Unknown host status

    • there are no enabled items on the interface (they were removed or disabled);

    • there are only active Zabbix agent items;

    • there are no pollers for that type of the interface (e.g. StartPollers=0);

    • host is disabled;

    • host is set to be monitored by proxy, a different proxy or by server if it was monitored by proxy;

    Setting host availability to unknown is done after server configuration cache synchronization. Restoring host availability (available/unavailable) on hosts monitored by proxies is done after proxy configuration cache synchronization.

    See also more details about host unreachability.