Install zabbix agent on Solaris 10

[2hard]

I was try to configure zabbix agent on Solaris 10 but not succesfull. I follow this instruction https://www.zabbix.com/wiki/howto/install/solaris. But got stuck when i running this script /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd .
And i got this error message "/etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd: syntax error at line 21: `(' unexpected" . Please help me.
Or maybe someone can provide another way to install zabbix agent on Solaris10


Many thanks before

[aib]

I'm not sure about Solaris, but in CentOS this file contains the text script for start/stop/restart zabbix_agentd which saved in /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd executable file.

As it is a text file you can use command like:

cat -n /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd | more

to check which line give you the error message.

Also if you are going to install a lot of Solaris 10 agents you can check the article: Zabbix agent package for Solaris 10/ to make your own package.

[NE1Scott]

Based on what I saw a few others post I found them lacking alot of the detail I needed to "actually" get it all installed and functioning to start on boot.
I am posting my version that I have been using to install my Solaris 10/11 systems.
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Download the pre-compiled zabbix agent for Solaris 10 or 11 fromhttps://www.zabbix.com/download_agents
I downloaded "zabbix_agent-4.4.4-solaris-10-amd64-openssl.tar.gz" for Solaris 10
I downloaded "zabbix_agent-4.4.4-solaris-11.3-amd64-openssl.tar.gz" for Solaris 11

Create a temp folder /ztemp and put the file in there using WinScp /scp or whatever method you’d like.

Unzip and then extract the files using : (Use the filename you downloaded for Solaris 10/11)

gunzip /ztemp/zabbix_agent-4.4.4-solaris-10-amd64-openssl.tar.gz
tar -xvf /ztemp/zabbix_agent-4.4.4-solaris-10-amd64-openssl.tar

You will have the following folders
sbin/
bin/
conf/

Now move the content of the files to the proper system folders :

mkdir /etc/zabbix
mv /ztemp/conf/zabbix_agentd.conf /etc/zabbix/
mv /ztemp/conf/zabbix_agentd /etc/zabbix/
mv /ztemp/bin/zabbix_sender /bin/
mv /ztemp/bin/zabbix_get /bin/
mv /ztemp/sbin/zabbix_agentd /sbin/

Edit the /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf to point to your Zabbix server :

Server=IP of your Zabbix Server
Hostname=Your host name (Don't use this if you use passive agent only)

Create a zabbix user on the system since running as root is not allowed :

useradd zabbix

Create a Zabbix start/stop script in /etc/init.d/

vi /etc/init.d/zabbix and paste the following :

#!/sbin/sh
# Script to start Zabbix Agent on boot

state="$1"

case "$state" in
'start')
echo 'Starting Zabbix Agent'
/sbin/zabbix_agentd -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
;;

'stop')
echo 'Stopping Zabbix Agent'
/usr/bin/pkill -9 zabbix
;;

*)
echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0

Change the permissions on the file using :

chmod 744 /etc/init.d/zabbix
chgrp sys /etc/init.d/zabbix

Link this file to the proper start/stop runlevel directories using :

ln -s /etc/init.d/zabbix /etc/rc3.d/S99zabbix
ln -s /etc/init.d/zabbix /etc/rc0.d/K99zabbix

Start the Zabbix Agent using your script with :

/etc/rc3.d/S99zabbix start

Add this host to your Zabbix server monitoring using the proper template and you're done.

Template OS Solaris (Template Module Zabbix agent)