Zabbix Agent installation

Zabbix Agent Installation on Ubuntu

1. Download agent package,

    #wget http://www.zabbix.com/downloads/1.8.5/zabbix_agents_1.8.5.linux2_6.amd64.tar.gz

2. Abstract agent package

    #tar zxvf zabbix_agents_1.8.5.linux2_6.amd64.tar.gz

3. Copy files to destination directory 

    #cp bin/zabbix_get /usr/bin/

    #cp bin/zabbix_sender /usr/bin/

    #cp sbin/zabbix_agent /usr/sbin/

    #cp sbin/zabbix_agentd /usr/sbin/  

4. create zabbix folder

    #mkdir /etc/zabbix

    #cp conf/zabbix_agent* /etc/zabbix/

5. configure agent, 

    #vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

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    #LogFile=c:\win32\zabbix_agentd.log

    LogFile=/tmp/zabbix_agentd.log

    Hostname=mmot

    Server=192.168.1.103

    ServerPort=10051

    ListenPort=10050

    ListenIP=192.168.1.112

    StartAgents=3

    Timeout=3

    ****************************

6. create /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent

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#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides:          zabbix-agent

# Required-Start:    $local_fs $network

# Required-Stop:     $local_fs

# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5

# Default-Stop:      0 1 6

# Short-Description: Start zabbix-agent daemon

### END INIT INFO

set -e

NAME=zabbix_agentd

DAEMON=/usr/sbin/$NAME

DESC="Zabbix agent"

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

DIR=/var/run/zabbix-agent

PID=$DIR/$NAME.pid

RETRY=15

if test ! -d "$DIR"; then

  mkdir "$DIR"

  chown -R zabbix:zabbix "$DIR"

fi

export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"

# define LSB log_* functions.

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "$1" in

  start)

    log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"

        start-stop-daemon --oknodo --start --pidfile $PID \

          --exec $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>&1

    case "$?" in

        0) log_end_msg 0 ;;

        *) log_end_msg 1; exit 1 ;;

    esac

        ;;

  stop)

    log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"

        start-stop-daemon --oknodo --stop --exec $DAEMON --retry $RETRY

    case "$?" in

        0) log_end_msg 0 ;;

        *) log_end_msg 1; exit 1 ;;

    esac

        ;;

  status)

   ls -l /proc/`cat $PID`/exe &> /dev/null

   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

       echo "$DESC is running"

       exit 0

   else

       echo "$DESC is NOT running"

       exit 1

   fi

   ;;

  restart|force-reload)

        $0 stop

        $0 start

        ;;

  *)

    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2

        exit 1

        ;;

esac

exit 0

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7. start zabbix agent 

    #/etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start

8. Open iptables 10050 port, and restart iptables

The second way to install zabbix agent on ubuntu server

1.  aptitude install zabbix-agent -y

2.  alter following items of zabbix_agentd.conf under /etc/zabbix

Server=112.121.148.102  #change to your ip of zabbix server

ServerPort=10051             # zabbix server listening port

Hostname=ubuntu94         #hostname of zabbix agent

ListenPort=10050               #zabbix agent listening port
ListenIP=203.116.138.94    #local public ip of zabbix agent

LogFile=/var/log/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.log

3.  restart zabbix agent 

# /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent restart

4.  open ip of zabbix server and port 10050 of iptables, and restart iptables

vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables

add following two lines:

-A INPUT -s 112.121.148.102 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 10050 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s 112.121.148.102 -p udp -m udp --dport 10050 -j ACCEPT

restart iptables

#/etc/init.d/iptables restart

 

Zabbix Agent installation on Windows server

1. Download zabbix agent package file from http://www.zabbix.com/download.php

2. Create a New Folder named Zabbix under D: , extract zabbix agent package to D:\Zabbix. (You can put everywhere what you want)

3. Setting config file zabbix_agentd.win.conf under D:\Zabbix\conf

    Server=112.121.148.102

    ListenPort=10050

    Hostname=Windows host

4. Install Zabbix agent by running following commands in CMD

    D:\Zabbix\bin\win64>zabbix_agentd.exe -c "D:\Zabbix\conf\zabbix_agentd.win.conf" --install

5. Add it to Windows serives

    D:\Zabbix\bin\win64>zabbix_agentd.exe -c "D:\Zabbix\conf\zabbix_agentd.win.conf" -s 

6. If you want to uninstall it from services, Can run following commands

    D:\Zabbix\bin\win64>zabbix_agentd.exe -c "D:\Zabbix\conf\zabbix_agentd.win.conf" -x

    D:\Zabbix\bin\win64>zabbix_agentd.exe -c "D:\Zabbix\conf\zabbix_agentd.win.conf" -d

    #-c: assign the directory of config file

    #-i:  install zabbix agent

    #-s: start zabbix agent

    #-x: stop running of zabbix agent

    #-d: uninstall zabbix agent                     

      

7. Start zabbix agent

    D:\Zabbix\bin\win64>zabbix_agentd.exe -c "D:\Zabbix\conf\zabbix_agentd.win.conf" --start

8. Open both tcp and udp for 10050 of the server firewall

9. Add this server to Zabbix server monitoring.