Installing agent 2 MSI via MSIEXEC using the hostinterfaceitem parameter

[itimanuf]

Hello,

I have been trying to install the zabbix agent 2 using Endpoint Central. To do this, I copy over the MSI to the server in question and run a bat file to install the agent as a service.
To get this done, I would like to use this command, but currently it isn't changing the



msiexec /lv "C:\log.txt" /i "C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent 2\zabbix_agent2-7.2.2-windows-amd64-openssl.msi" TARGETDIR="C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent 2" SERVER="ZabbixProxyServerHere".internal.cloudapp.n et HOSTNAMEITEM=system.hostname[fqdn] HOSTINTERFACEITEM=system.hostname[fqdn] SERVERACTIVE=ZabbixProxyServerHere HOSTMETADATA=Windows ENABLEPATH=1 /qn

The issue I'm having is that this isn't adding these values to the conf file.

HOSTNAMEITEM=system.hostname[fqdn]
and
HOSTINTERFACEITEM=system.hostname[fqdn]

The SERVERACTIVE and HOSTMETADATA is being added to the conf file without an issue.

I found that if I use the HOSTINTERFACE parameter instead of HOSTINTERFACEITEM, it does add this value to the conf file, but then the auto registration doesn't work.
I then get this error. "no active checks on server [ZabbixProxyServerHere:10051]: "system.hostname[fqdn]" is not a valid IP or DNS

Any tips on how this should be configured?
Thanks in advance!

Kr,

Maarten

[cyber]

I have not dealt with windows installs much, but maybe because "system.hostname" item has no such option as "fqdn" ?

system.hostname[<type>, <transform>]
System host name.	String	type (before version 5.4.7 supported on Windows only) - possible values: netbios (default on Windows), host (default on Linux), shorthost (since version 5.4.7; returns part of the hostname before the first dot, a full string for names without dots). transform (since version 5.4.7) - possible values: none (default), lower (convert to lowercase)

hostinterfaceitem, if you set it as "system.hostname[fqdn]" it is taken literally and you get that error in logfile, as you dont have a host called "system.hostname[fqdn]"

[itimanuf]

I ended up going with this instead.
msiexec /lv "C:\log.txt" /i "C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent 2\zabbix_agent2-7.2.2-windows-amd64-openssl.msi" TARGETDIR="C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent 2" SERVER=PROXY.internal.cloudapp.net SERVERACTIVE=PROXY HOSTMETADATA=Windows Include="C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent 2\preconfig_zabbix_agent2.conf" ENABLEPATH=1 /qn

In the included conf file I added HostnameItem=system.hostname[fqdn] and HostInterfaceItem=system.hostname[fqdn]

This works like a charm. Autoregistration is blazingly fast.
Kudos to the zabbix dev team. This is a lifesaver feature.

[cyber]

I still claim that "system.hostname[fqdn]" does not work...

zabbix_agentd -t system.hostname[fqdn]
system.hostname[fqdn] [m|ZBX_NOTSUPPORTED] [Invalid first parameter.]
zabbix_agent2 -t system.hostname[fqdn]
system.hostname[fqdn] [m|ZBX_NOTSUPPORTED] [Invalid first parameter.]

[M D]

cyber
here is the documentation for system.hostname[fqdn] ->https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...name-parameter