Client side
- 1. Create the ZABBIX account.
This is the user the agent will run as. For production use you should create a dedicated unprivileged account (“zabbix” is commonly used). ZABBIX agents have protection against running under root account.
- Untar ZABBIX sources.
shell> gunzip zabbix.tar.gz && tar xvf zabbix.tar
2. Configure and compile the source code for your system.
The sources must be compiled for the client only.
To configure the source for the client:
shell> ./configure --enable-agent
Note: Use flag --enable-static to statically link libraries. If you plan to distribute compiled binaries among different servers, you must use this flag to make these binaries work without required libraries.
3. Build agent:
shell> make
Copy created binaries from bin/ to /opt/zabbix/bin or any other directory
Other common directories are /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/zabbix/bin.
4. Configure /etc/services
The step is not real requirement. However, it is recommended.
On the client (monitored) machines, add the following lines to /etc/services:
zabbix_agent 10050/tcp
zabbix_trap 10051/tcp
5. Configure /etc/inetd.conf
If you plan to use zabbix_agent instead of the recommended zabbix_agentd, the following line must be added:
zabbix_agent stream tcp nowait.3600 zabbix /opt/zabbix/bin/zabbix_agent
Restart inetd
shell> killall -HUP inetd
6. Configure /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent.conf
You need to configure this file for every host having zabbix_agent installed. The file should contain IP address of ZABBIX server. Connections from other hosts will be denied. Note, that no end of line character should present in the file.
You may take misc/conf/zabbix_agent.conf as example.
7. Configure /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
You need to configure this file for every host with zabbix_agentd installed. The file should contain IP address of ZABBIX server. Connections from other hosts will be denied. You may take misc/conf/zabbix_agentd.conf as example.
8. Run zabbix_agentd on all monitored machines
shell> /opt/zabbix/bin/zabbix_agentd
Note that you should not run zabbix_agentd if you have chosen to use zabbix_agent!
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