zabbix-agent2 package and default Hostname setting

[throw1106a]

Hello,

I have just installed the "zabbix-agent2" package on Debian 9 (stretch) using the instructions at:

* https://www.zabbix.com/download?zabb...tretch&db=&ws=

After doing so, I found that in the default "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf" file, the "Hostname" variable was:

* Hostname=Zabbix server

This does not make any sense to me: the majority of systems out there will not be the Zabbix server, and so for 99.99% of systems it will be changed. I think having the agent config defined it is a bug.

If there is a desire of the Zabbix server to be labeled, and to think of itself, as "Zabbix server" then perhaps the "zabbix-server-*" package(s) should drop a file in /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent.d/ and /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d/ to explicitly do that. However let the clients use "system.hostname" value by default.

Ideally it would be possible to just install the package and the system starts working: perhaps at most drop a file in zabbix_agent(2).d/ with a "Server" line in it.

[radu-snappy]

Hi, I'm from the future Replying now because I had the same question today, and Google showed me your post as the closest thing to an actual answer - and there was no answer.

The hostname is set to "Zabbix Server" in the /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf file:

Hostname=Zabbix server

If you comment that out, or if you set it to an empty string in a .conf file in /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d/ (this will make dpkg not bother you about local changes on package upgrade), then

HostnameItem=system.hostname

will take over.