Run Many instances of Agent in one machine

[WagnerEits]

Hi everybody, i need to collect many hosts datas from the same machinne, i supose that i cant do it with one instance of agent, cause i need to specify the hostname on zabbix_agentd.conf. So, is there a way to run many instances of zabbix agent on one single server?

[andris]

So, is there a way to run many instances of zabbix agent on one single server?

Each instance should be started with its own configuration file with a different Hostname, ListenPort, LogFile, PidFile values configured.

[WagnerEits]

How do i set many agents conf files?

[andris]

For example, to start 2 instances from command line :

zabbix_agentd -c /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd1.conf
zabbix_agentd -c /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd2.conf

[Semiadmin]

i need to collect many hosts datas from the same machinne, i supose that i cant do it with one instance of agent

In fact, while you are not using Zabbix agent active checks, you don't need multiple instances of Zabbix agent.

[WagnerEits]

For example, to start 2 instances from command line :

zabbix_agentd -c /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd1.conf
zabbix_agentd -c /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd2.conf

Ok, thanks. I will do something like that

[WagnerEits]

In fact, while you are not using Zabbix agent active checks, you don't need multiple instances of Zabbix agent.

But i'm using active checks