How to config zabbix in docker container to monitor vmware

[Tec_francis]

Hi guys!!

I am trying zabbix 6.4 in Docker container and I would like monitor vmware but I do not know how edit "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf" and restart service.

Thanks

[Mrbibi]

Hey,

You need to configure this through the environment variables. Each zabbix_server.conf parameters can be configured this way

From https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...ion/containers:

All Zabbix component images provide environment variables to control configuration. These environment variables are listed in each component repository. These environment variables are options from Zabbix configuration files, but with different naming method. For example, ZBX_LOGSLOWQUERIES is equal to LogSlowQueries from Zabbix server and Zabbix proxy configuration files.

In your case the following paramters of zabbix_server.conf

StartVMwareCollectors=3
VMwareFrequency=60
VMwarePerfFrequency=60
VMwareCacheSize=32M
VMwareTimeout=120

Have to be passed as environment variables like bellow (docker-compose):

# VMware monitoring settings
ZBX_STARTVMWARECOLLECTORS: 3
ZBX_VMWAREFREQUENCY: 60
ZBX_VMWAREPERFFREQUENCY: 60
ZBX_VMWARECACHESIZE: 32M
ZBX_VMWARETIMEOUT: 120

Have a nice day.

[einsteinagogo]

is this still valid in 2025 ?

[Mrbibi]

einsteinagogo, yes, I think so. Check the documentation to see if anything has changed, or perform a simple test. Then, inspect the zabbix_server.conf inside the container to verify if the changes have been applied correctly.

[einsteinagogo]

Does not parse these variables into the container

[Brambo]

See my post in this topic: https://www.zabbix.com/forum/zabbix-...055#post500055