How can I use Zabbix Agent 2 in systemd?

[Kevimuxx69]

Hi,

I am trying to use a Zabbix Agent 2 compiled in systemd so I can start it as a service and have more control over it. I created the .service but when starting it it returns this error:

Job for zabbix-agent2.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.

But really the process has started correctly. The problem with this is that it tries to start it every X time since for the OS it has not started correctly. Do you know if I have done something wrong?

I leave the .service file that I use (same as the normal agent):

[Unit]
Description=Zabbix Agent 2
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Environment="CONFFILE=/etc/zabbix/zabbix-agent2/conf/zabbix_agent2.conf"
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/zabbix-agent2
Type=forking
Restart=on-failure
PIDFile=/run/zabbix/zabbix_agentd2.pid
KillMode=control-group
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd2 -c $CONFFILE
ExecStop=/bin/kill -SIGTERM $MAINPID
RestartSec=10s
User=zabbix
Group=zabbix

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[tim.mooney]

If systemd doesn't realize it started, even though it actually did, that usually means that there is a disagreement between how the daemon behaves and how the service file says the daemon behaves. The first place I would look is at the "Type=" setting. There are many possible options for that setting, and they all depend on how the software actually behaves on startup, whether it truly daemonizes, etc.

Also, does the PIDFile actually exist after the software starts?

[Kevimuxx69]

Thank you! The PIDFile exists but checking the available types I saw that the selected one would not work

[Atsushi]

The settings used in the package for RHEL are as follows.

[Unit]
Description=Zabbix Agent 2
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Environment="CONFFILE=/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf"
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/zabbix-agent2
Type=simple
Restart=on-failure
PIDFile=/run/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.pid
KillMode=control-group
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/zabbix_agent2 -c $CONFFILE
ExecStop=/bin/kill -SIGTERM $MAINPID
RestartSec=10s
User=zabbix
Group=zabbix

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Please try set Type to simple.

[Kevimuxx69]

Thank you very much it worked for me!