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9 Web service
Overview
Áú»¢¶Ä²© web service is a process that is used for communication with external web services. Currently, Áú»¢¶Ä²© web service is used for generating and sending scheduled reports with plans to add additional functionality in the future.
Áú»¢¶Ä²© server connects to the web service via HTTP(S). Áú»¢¶Ä²© web service requires Google Chrome to be installed on the same host; on some distributions the service may also work with Chromium (see known issues).
Installation
The official zabbix-web-service package is available in the .
To compile Áú»¢¶Ä²© web service from sources, specify the --enable-webservice configure option.
To configure Áú»¢¶Ä²© web service, update the zabbix_web_service.conf configuration file parameters.
It is strongly recommended to set up encryption between Áú»¢¶Ä²© server and Áú»¢¶Ä²© web service using certificates. By default, data transmitted between Áú»¢¶Ä²© server and Áú»¢¶Ä²© web service is not encrypted, which can lead to unauthorized access.