In the previous article, I showed you how to install Zabbix Server on CentOS 7 / Ubuntu 18.04 / Debian 9.
READ: How To Install Zabbix Server 4.0 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7
READ: How To Install Zabbix Server 4.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 / Ubuntu 16.04 & Debian 9
In continuation to that, I will now install Zabbix client package zabbix-agent on client machines to monitor them.
Zabbix Agent collects the data from the client machine such as resource statistics, application data, etc.. and sends them to the Zabbix Server.
Add Zabbix Agent repository
Log in as root or switch to the root user.
sudo su -
OR
su -
zabbix-agent is not available in the base repository. To obtain the zabbix-agent package, you would need to install Zabbix repository configuration package on the client system.
### CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 ### rpm -ivh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-4.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm ### CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 ### rpm -ivh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-release-4.0-1.el6.noarch.rpm ### Ubuntu 18.04 ### wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_4.0-2+bionic_all.deb dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.0-2+bionic_all.deb apt update ### Ubuntu 16.04 ### wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_4.0-2+xenial_all.deb dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.0-2+xenial_all.deb apt update ### Debian 9 ### wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_4.0-2+stretch_all.deb dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.0-2+stretch_all.deb apt update ### Debian 8 ### wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_4.0-2+jessie_all.deb dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.0-2+jessie_all.deb apt update
Install Zabbix Agent
Once you have configured Zabbix repository on your machine, install the Zabbix Agent using the following command.
### CentOS 7/6 & RHEL 7/6 ### yum install -y zabbix-agent ### Ubuntu 18.04 / 16.04 & Debian 9/8 ### apt-get install -y zabbix-agent
Configure Zabbix Agent
Edit the Zabbix agent file to specify the Zabbix Server details.
vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
Update the following details on the Zabbix agent file.
### Zabbix Server IP Address or Hostname ### Server=ubuntu.itzgeek.local ### Client Hostname ### Hostname=centos.itzgeek.local
Control Zabbix Agent
Run the following command to restart the Zabbix agent.
service zabbix-agent restart
Enable zabbix-agent to start automatically on system boot.
### CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 / Ubuntu 18.04 / Debian 9 ### systemctl enable zabbix-agent ### CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 ### chkconfig zabbix-agent on ### Ubuntu 16.04 / Debian 8 ### update-rc.d zabbix-agent enable
What Next
READ: How To Add a Node to Zabbix Server for monitoring
That’s All.
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