Zabbix Server - Missing zabbix_sender

[slpefanis]

Hi All

I'm looking to automate soem functionality and am trying to use zabbix_sender on my server.

username@zabbix:/usr/bin$ zabbix_sender
Command 'zabbix_sender' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install zabbix-agent

But when I run the install

username@zabbix:/usr/bin$ sudo apt install zabbix-agent
[sudo] password for username:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
zabbix-agent is already the newest version (1:6.4.6-1+ubuntu20.04).
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I'm not sure why it's not available. Any thoughts?

[solution]

Have you installed it?
try:

apt install zabbix-sender

wellington

[slpefanis]

Tried that with no luck unfortunately.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package zabbix-sender is a virtual package provided by:
  zabbix-agent 1:5.0.17+dfsg-1 [Not candidate version]

E: Package 'zabbix-sender' has no installation candidate

[solution]

Install Zabbix 6.4 repo

https://www.zabbix.com/download

Example for Ubuntu 20 x64

# wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_6.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
# dpkg -i zabbix-release_6.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
# apt update

And then try installing again:

apt install zabbix-sender

Wellington

[slpefanis]

No love sorry, I'm not sure why it's beeing so difficult for something that should be so easy?

username@zabbix:/var/log$ sudo wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_6.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
--2024-03-03 14:07:53--  https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_6.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
Resolving repo.zabbix.com (repo.zabbix.com)... 178.128.6.101, 2604:a880:2:d0::2062:d001
Connecting to repo.zabbix.com (repo.zabbix.com)|178.128.6.101|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3752 (3.7K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘zabbix-release_6.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb’

zabbix-release_6.4-1+ub 100%[============================>]   3.66K  --.-KB/s    in 0s

2024-03-03 14:07:53 (1.29 GB/s) - ‘zabbix-release_6.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb’ saved [3752/3752]

username@zabbix:/var/log$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_6.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
(Reading database ... 142079 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack zabbix-release_6.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb ...
Unpacking zabbix-release (1:6.4-1+ubuntu20.04) over (1:6.4-1+ubuntu20.04) ...
Setting up zabbix-release (1:6.4-1+ubuntu20.04) ...
username@zabbix:/var/log$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:2 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [119 kB]
Hit:3 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Get:4 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages [1,421 kB]
Get:5 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/22.04/prod jammy InRelease [3,631 B]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB]
Fetched 1,653 kB in 2s (854 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
57 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
username@zabbix:/var/log$ sudo apt install zabbix-sender
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package zabbix-sender is a virtual package provided by:
  zabbix-agent 1:5.0.17+dfsg-1 [Not candidate version]

E: Package 'zabbix-sender' has no installation candidate
username@zabbix:/var/log$

[solution]

Your first post shows "zabbix...ubuntu20.."
But your last post shows "azure...jammy" that is Ubuntu 22

Be careful, use the repo compatible with your system.

Ubuntu 22:
https://www.zabbix.com/download?zabb...ubuntu&os_vers ion=22.04&components=server_frontend_agent&db=mysq l&ws=apache


If necessary, remove and reinstall the zabbix packages.

Wellington

[slpefanis]

Thanks, I done an upgrade to try and resolve this one. I'm running 22.04

[slpefanis]

I ran an upgrade of the zabbix_agent package and it seems to be working now. Thanks for all your help.