Satellite checks 'greyed out' and Client stuck at pending

Icinga 2
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Hi again.

I am really glad you asked. You are absolutely right, my linked post was in another context and doesn’t contain all information.

So here, some further information.

The master:

  • “knows them all”.
  • all endpoints and zones are known to the master.
Side note

(Side note: I have to admit that I use a way not placing the agent-nodes
in the zones.conf of the master, but in files under the zone-directory.
I don’t want to spread confusion, but this is also possible.
Files under

/etc/icinga2/zones.d/<zonename>/

containing “Endpoint” and “Zone”)

The satellite:

  • knows the master
  • know itself and the zone it is the satellite for
  • has no endpoints of the agents (!) in the zones.conf

The agent in the satellite zone:

  • knows the satellite
  • knows itself and his own, unique zone

Here real examples of the zones.conf with dummy-values.
For better readability, without the global zones:

In this example:

master : zone of the master
satellite-zone: zone of the satellite
hostin.satellite.zone: an example host in the satellite-zone

Master 
object Endpoint "master.your.domain"  {
}

object Endpoint "satellite.your.domain" {
        host = "satellite.your.domain"
}

object Zone "master"  {
         endpoints = [ "master.your.domain", ]
}

object Zone "satellite-zone" {
        endpoints = [ "satellite.your.domain" ]
        parent = "master"
}

object Endpoint "hostin.satellite.zone"  {
}

object Zone "hostin.satellite.zone"  {
  endpoints = [ "hostin.satellite.zone", ]
  parent = "satellite-zone"
}
Satellite 
// Satellite (complete zones.conf - just without global zones).
// No informations about the agents of the connected zone

object Endpoint "master.your.domain" {
        host = "master.your.domain"
        port = "5665"
}

object Endpoint "satellite.your.domain" {
}

object Zone "master" {
        endpoints = [ "master.your.domain" ]
}

object Zone "satellite-zone" {
        endpoints = [ "satellite.your.domain" ]
        parent = "master"
}
Agent in satellite zone 
object Endpoint "satellite.your.domain" {
        host = "satellite.your.domain";
        port = "5665";
}

object Zone "satellite-zone" {
        endpoints = [ "satellite.your.domain" ]
}

object Endpoint "hostin.satellite.zone" {
}

object Zone "hostin.satellite.zone" {
        endpoints = [ "hostin.satellite.zone" ]
        parent = "satellite-zone"
}

Maybe this clears it up a little bit.

Greetings.