{"id":6793,"date":"2022-06-11T21:53:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T16:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2022-06-11T21:55:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T16:25:14","slug":"how-to-install-zabbix-agent-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-install-zabbix-agent-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>How To Install Zabbix Agent on Ubuntu&nbsp;<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Zabbix is a monitoring solution for IT infrastructure. We can monitor most of the devices in the network and most of the services on the servers. To monitor applications, we must have a Zabbix server installed in the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zabbix Agent is required on the systems, we need to monitor through the Zabbix server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prerequisite&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(i) Zabbix server\u2019s IP <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(ii) sudo privileged account access to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 1 \u2013 Configure Zabbix Repository<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zabbix team provides apt repositories for the installation of Zabbix packages. Then add the repository to the system, which is required packages for the Zabbix agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Ubuntu 20.04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>$ wget&nbsp; &nbsp; https:\/\/repo.zabbix.com\/zabbix\/5.0\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/z\/zabbix-release\/zabbix-release_5.0-1+focal_all.deb<br>$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.0-1+focal&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>$ wget https:\/\/repo.zabbix.com\/zabbix\/4.0\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/z\/zabbix-release\/zabbix-release_4.0-3+bionic_all.deb<br>$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.0-3+bionic_all.deb<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>$ wget https:\/\/repo.zabbix.com\/zabbix\/4.0\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/z\/zabbix-release\/zabbix-release_4.0-3+xenial_all.deb$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.0-3+xenial_all.deb<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<strong>Step 2 \u2013 Install Zabbix Agent on Ubuntu<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before installing zabbix agent we need to update the system&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>$ sudo apt update<br>$ sudo apt install zabbix-agent<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3 &#8211; Configuration of Zabbix Agent<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to configure Zabbix agent to allow connection from your Zabbix server. Edit Zabbix agent configuration file \/etc\/zabbix\/zabbix_agentd.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>$ sudo nano \/etc\/zabbix\/zabbix_agentd.conf<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And update the below settings then save and exit the file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>#Server=[zabbix server IP]<br>#Hostname=[Hostname of client system ]<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4 \u2013 Manage Zabbix Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, restart the Zabbix service to apply changes. Also, enable service to auto-start on system boot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>$ sudo systemctl restart zabbix-agent<br>$ sudo systemctl enable zabbix-agent<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zabbix is a monitoring solution for IT infrastructure. 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