How to open Vmware ESX firewall for zabbix
Create a file in /etc/vmware/firewall/zabbix.xml
Contents of zabbix.xml
<configroot>
<br />
<service id="4000"></service>
<id>zabbix</id>
<rule id="0000"></rule>
<direction>inbound</direction>
<protocol>tcp</protocol>
<porttype>dst</porttype>
<port>10050</port>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<required>true</required>
Refresh the ESX cli firewall ruleset
# esxcli network firewall refresh
