Installing the Linux Zabbix Agent, getting the files from monitor.rice.edu

For servers in a closed network, the easiest way to install the Zabbix agent is probably
to download the files from monitor.rice.edu to a local workstation, then copy them over to
/tmp on your server and install from there.
This example assumes we downloaded the files and then copied to EA12.rice.edu:/tmp/

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Download zabbix agent and files from monitor.rice.edu

# Grab zabbix_agent and its required packages:
divsite -l sandmant zabbix_agent

• Copy all files to client you are installing agent on, into /tmp/ZABBIX/

Setup Zabbix user/groups on new client

• Verify/add Zabbix user/groups on Linux client:

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cat /usr/site/zabbix_agent/share/install/services/zabbix >> /etc/services

Start zabbix_agent on client

Fire it up:

/etc/init.d/zabbix_agent start

Define monitoring for new client on monitor.rice.edu