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Working with Agents and Config Zones
Working with Icinga 2 Agents can be quite tricky, as each Agent needs it's own Endpoint and Zone definition, correct parent, peering host and log settings. There may always be reasons for a completely custom-made configuration. I'd however strongly suggest to give the Director-assisted variant at least a try first. It might safe you a lot of headaches.
Preparation
Agent settings are not available for modification directly on a host object. This requires you to create an "Icinga Agent" template. You could name it exactly like that, it's important to use meaningful names for your templates.
As long as you're not using Satellite nodes a single Agent zone is all you need. Otherwise you should create one Agent template per satellite zone. If you want to move an Agent to a specific zone just assign it the correct template and you're all done.
Usage
Once you import the "Icinga Agent" template you'll see a new "Agent" tab. It tries to assist you with the initial Agent setup by showing a sample config