Install zabbix without being root

[lerad]

Hi,

I read in this forum that you do not need to have root access to install zabbix (http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3586)

How can I install zabbix without being root?
I tried to install zabbix in my home directory:

./configure --prefix=$HOME/zabbix-1.6.6 --with-sqlite3=$HOME/sqlite/ --enable-agent --enable-server

make install

In $HOME/zabbix-1.6.6 it created the only the sbin directory with the binaries in it.
When i try to start the server it fails with:

./zabbix_server [26169]: Cannot open config file [/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf] [No such file or directory].

Because i have no rights to edit /etc i can not do any changes there.


Is it possible to edit the place for the configuration file?
I thought this would be done with --prefix=... but obviously this is not the case.

Greetings,
lerad

[lerad]

I found the "-c" Option to specify the configuration file ... i think the problem is now solved.

[vladkras]

Yes it's possible to install zabbix agent without root privileges

1. Download .tar.gz source with wget from repo.zabbix.com/<version>/<os_name>/pool/main/z/zabbix/
2. unpack $ tar xvfz
3. go into it $ cd zabbix-<version>
4. create some dir in your home folder
5. run $ ./configure --disable-server --disable-proxy --enable-agent --prefix=/path/to/home/folder
6. find zabbix_agentd $ find /home/folder -name "zabbix_agent*"
7. previuos command also finds zabbix_agentd.conf, edit it
8. run $ /home/floder/sbin/zabbix_agentd -c /home/folder/path/to/zabbix_agents.conf
9. check $ netstat -tulpn | grep 10050 if you use default port