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/
This installs just the Linux agent program; zabbix_agentd for monitoring. The default
config file will be placed at /etc/opt/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf. Everything else is specified
in the config file.
Download zabbix agent and files from monitor.rice.edu
From any section page on monitor
click the tab on the bottom labeled "Get the zabbix agents here"
- Select from these options, and download the appropriate files
Linux agent RH5 32bit statically linked agent RH5 64bit statically linked agent Start/Stop script Win32 agent Win64 agent Config file
- Copy all files to client you are installing agent on, into /tmp/ZABBIX/
Setup Zabbix user/groups on the new client
You will need to sudo to root to do the following:
- Verify/add Zabbix user/groups on Linux client:
egrep '^zabbix:' /etc/passwd >/dev/null || cat - >> /etc/passwd << EOF zabbix:x:906:906:Zabbix User:/home/zabbix:/bin/bash EOF egrep '^zabbix:' /etc/group >/dev/null || cat - >> /etc/group << EOF zabbix:x:906: EOF pwconv
- Setup Zabbix config file
Create a local configuration directory ONLY if you plan on customizing your zabbix_agentd.conf file. The default init script checks for /etc/opt/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf, and if found this file will be used instead of the default config file.
mkdir /etc/opt/zabbix cp -p /tmp/ZABBIX/zabbix_agentd.conf /etc/opt/zabbix
- Install/activate Zabbix init script:
cp -pi /tmp/ZABBIX/zabbix_agent_init /etc/init.d/zabbix_agent chkconfig zabbix_agent on chkconfig --list zabbix_agent
- Create local var directory for log and pid files:
mkdir /var/opt/zabbix chown -R zabbix:zabbix /var/opt/zabbix
- Verify IPTABLES for Zabbix connections
Be sure IPTABLES is updated to accept connections on port 10050, from 10.129.92.52. May be already
done with sitedisk iptables when your system was first installed. Check for a line allowing
connections from 10.129.92.52 (monitor.rice.edu) to port 10050 on client.
## Add this IF needed to iptables ## accept Zabbix agent connections on port 10050, from zabbix server ## at 10.129.92.52 -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 10050 -s 10.129.92.52/32 -j ACCEPT
- Update /etc/services file if necessary:
This may have already been added to /etc/services at initial install. Check for and
add if necessary.
Start zabbix_agent on client
Fire it up:
/etc/init.d/zabbix_agent start