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Installing agent for Monitoring service

Service Monitoring uses client application for obtaining data from the server. This application is called Zabbix Agent and is installed on all monitored servers.

Installing Zabbix agent

For installation of new Zabbix client for distribution Ubuntu 20.04 LTS it is required to have full root access.

systemctl stop zabbix-agent
wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.0/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.0-1+focal_all.deb
dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.0-1+focal_all.deb
apt update e.apt install -y zabbix-agent

Editing configuration

You can edit the configuration of Zabbix agent file in /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

  • change Server and ServerActive to monitoring.websupport.eu
  • change Hostname to FQDN server as follows:
  • for dedicated server: server_name.server.wbsprt.com
  • for VPS: server_name.vps.wbsprt.com
  • for VDC VM: server_name.vdc_name.vdc.wbsprt.com

Restarting the service

systemctl restart zabbix-agent
systemctl enable zabbix-agent

Zabbix Proxy

If azabbix-proxy is running on the server, instead of zabbix-agent you need to install zabbix-proxy. Then the edit the configuration file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf

Updated on August 3, 2021

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