9 Running agent as root
Starting with version 5.0.0 the systemd service file for Zabbix
agent in official
packages
was updated to explicitly include directives for User and Group.
Both are set to zabbix.
This means that the old functionality of configuring which user Zabbix
agent runs as via zabbix_agentd.conf file is bypassed and agent will
always run as the user specified in the systemd service file.
To override this new behavior create a
/etc/systemd/system/zabbix-agent.service.d/override.conf file with the
following content:
[Service]
User=root
Group=rootReload daemons and restart the zabbix-agent service:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart zabbix-agentFor Zabbix agent2 this completely determines the user that it runs as.
For old agent this only re-enables the functionality of configuring
user in the zabbix_agentd.conf file. Therefore in order to run zabbix
agent as root you still have to edit the agent configuration
file and specify User=root as
well as AllowRoot=1 options.
Zabbix agent
To override the default user and group for Zabbix agent, run:
systemctl edit zabbix-agentThen, add the following content:
[Service]
User=root
Group=rootReload daemons and restart the zabbix-agent service:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart zabbix-agentFor Zabbix agent this re-enables the functionality of configuring user in the zabbix_agentd.conf file.
Now you need to set User=root and AllowRoot=1 configuration parameters in the agent configuration file.
Zabbix agent 2
To override the default user and group for Zabbix agent 2, run:
systemctl edit zabbix-agent2Then, add the following content:
[Service]
User=root
Group=rootReload daemons and restart the zabbix-agent service:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart zabbix-agent2For Zabbix agent2 this completely determines the user that it runs as. No additional modifications are required.