need help to setup a windows 7 zabbix agent

[3piglets]

Quite new to zabbix, just have server (2.0.4) installed on ubuntu 12.04 server and a couple of agents on ubuntu machines. Now tried a few times to set up a zabbix agent on a windows 7 machine. The installation seems to be working and the window service seem to be running.

However, got an error on server: cannot connect to agent. After some digging, here is what I found out:

telnet to agent 10050 from server: connection refused.

suspect window firewall issues, but got the same connection refused error if firewall is completely turned off.

Both server and agent are on the same LAN, a very simple case. ping to agent ok, agent listen to 10050 tcp.

Any help is greatly appreciated! I just want to get zabbix to monitor net traffic from this window box as it seems to generate strange outgoing traffic.

Thanks!

[steveboyson]

Check the value of "ListenIP" on your agent's config file.

Can you telnet from the Windows 7 box to "localhost:10050" or "<LAN ip address>:10050" successfully?

[3piglets]

The zabbix agent on windows only specified if I remember correctly:

Server ip
ServerActive ip
Hostname

I have used port scan on window box and it has shown the port 10050 open with unknown service name.

I tried again telnet agent:10050 from server, it also showed unknown service error. I will have to try to install a telnet program on windows box later (not at physical location at the moment).

[3piglets]

don't know what's going on, the "Z" button turned green now. I have not done anything differently.

but now I have a new question:

I do not have a window template to work with, not like the linux servers. I have to create a new host, new items, etc. I have a item agent.ping which seems to work now (green).

But problem is when I tried to create an item as network traffic (outgoing) using key: net.if.out[if,<mode>]. it complained as "not supported". I checked the same item on a linux host, it said net.if.out[eth0]. I did the same for windows box, it did not work. I must have missed something very simple.

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

[aib]

I - personally - use .MSI installer from w_w_w.suiviperf.com/zabbix/index.php

It install agent, install Zabbix Agent Service and do some startup configuration.

Working like a charm.

[aib]

don't know what's going on, the "Z" button turned green now. I have not done anything differently.

but now I have a new question:

I do not have a window template to work with, not like the linux servers. I have to create a new host, new items, etc. I have a item agent.ping which seems to work now (green).

From Zabbix Templates page you can download Windows Template and Windows Template Enhanced.

https://www.zabbix.com/wiki/templates/start

Just use it because of Discovery rules and don't try to create your own Item about network interfaces.
Almost any Windows PC has a different name for Network interface which also can be easily changed in any time.
Discovery rule cares about it and automatically create the correct Items/Triggers/Graphs.

[3piglets]

To Aib, for next windows box, I will try the installer.

The template works like a charm. It discovered lots more items than I need!

Many thanks!

[aib]

It's not important to wait until next windows box.
Just start the installation of fresh version of agent over the current one.

[3piglets]

When I tried the second window box, the installer program did not work. After some dig, I finally got to the bottom of it. It was the windows' firewall. Simply enabled zabbix in firewall, I now have three windows agents working.

[aib]

Congratulations!