Manual Zabbix Agent Installation

This article describe how to manually install the Zabbix agent (verstion 2.2) on a Linux and Windows OS. Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Amazon) Install the repository configuration package. This package contains yum configuration files # rpm -ivh http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-release-2.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm Install Zabbix agent packages # yum install zabbix-agent Edit Zabbix agent Windows config file template. Make sure: ServerActive=<Private IP of Zabbix Server> Hostname=<Identifiable name that will match exactly how it is defined on Zabbix Server> HostMetadata=linux Copy Zabbix agent config file to /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf Set Zabbix agent to start on startup # chkconfig zabbix-agent on Restart Zabbix Agent # service zabbix-agent restart Windows Download the pre-compiled Zabbix agent for Windows from http://www.zabbix.com/downloads/3.0.4/zabbix_agents_3.0.4.win.zip Create the directory C:\Program Files\Zabbix on the Windows instance. Edit Zabbix agent Windows config file template. Make sure: ServerActive=<Private IP of Zabbix Server> Hostname=<Identifiable name that will match exactly how it is defined on Zabbix Server> HostMetadata=windows Copy Zabbix agent config file to C:\Program Files\Zabbix\zabbix_agentd.win.conf Install the Zabbix agent by opening the command prompt and entering the following command "C:\Program Files\Zabbix\bin\win64\zabbix_agentd.exe" --install -c "C:\Program Files\Zabbix\conf\zabbix_agentd.win.conf" && net start "Zabbix Agent" && sc config "Zabbix Agent" start=auto zabbix_agentd.exe [1720]: service [Zabbix Agent] installed successfully zabbix_agentd.exe [1720]: event source [Zabbix Agent] installed successfully The Zabbix Agent service is starting. The Zabbix Agent service was started successfully. [SC] ChangeServiceConfig SUCCESS