{"id":3906,"date":"2019-08-10T11:49:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T08:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2024-03-12T07:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T04:38:34","slug":"install-zabbix-agent-on-freebsd-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-zabbix-agent-on-freebsd-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Zabbix Agent on FreeBSD 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learn how to install Zabbix Agent on FreeBSD 12 for Zabbix monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install and configure Zabbix server on Debian 10 Buster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install Zabbix 4.x from Sources on Debian 10 Buster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install Zabbix Server from APT on Debian 10 Buster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing Zabbix Agent on FreeBSD 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to monitor Linux hosts with Zabbix, you need to install Zabbix agents on them. In this guide, we are use FreeBSD 12 as our host for monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run system update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
pkg update\npkg upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install Zabbix Agent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Zabbix is available on the default FreeBSD 12 repositories. To check whether the latest stable version of Zabbix agent is available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pkg search zabbix | grep agent<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
\nzabbix22-agent-2.2.23_1        Enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring (agent) LTS\nzabbix22-libzbxpgsql-1.1.0_2   Zabbix agent module for comprehensive monitoring of PostgreSQL servers\nzabbix3-agent-3.0.28_1         Enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring (agent) LTS\nzabbix3-libzbxpgsql-1.1.0_2    Zabbix agent module for comprehensive monitoring of PostgreSQL servers\nzabbix4-agent-4.0.10           Enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring (agent) LTS\nzabbix42-agent-4.2.4           Enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring (agent)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
As you can see, Zabbix 4.2 agent which is the current stable release is available. Hence, install it by running the command below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pkg install zabbix42-agent-4.2.4<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Configure Zabbix Agent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Once the installation is done, proceed to configure Zabbix agent in order for it to communicate with Zabbix server for monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FreeBSD installs a sample Zabbix Agent configuration file as \/usr\/local\/etc\/zabbix42\/zabbix_agentd.conf.sample<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy the sample configuration and rename it in place as;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cp \/usr\/local\/etc\/zabbix42\/zabbix_agentd.conf{.sample,}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Next, edit the configuration file and set the Zabbix server IP for both the passive and active checks and Zabbix agent hostname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
vim \/usr\/local\/etc\/zabbix42\/zabbix_agentd.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
...\nServer=192.168.43.62             ## IP for Zabbix Server\n...\nServerActive=192.168.43.62        \n...\nHostname=freebsd12.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Running Zabbix Agent<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
After the configuration, enable and start Zabbix agent to run on system boot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
echo 'zabbix_agentd_enable=\"yes\"' >> \/etc\/rc.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
service zabbix_agentd start<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
To check the status;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
service zabbix_agentd status<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
zabbix_agentd is running as pid 2996.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Add FreeBSD 12 Host to Zabbix Server<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Zabbix agent is installed and running on FreeBSD 12 host server.  The step is to add it to Zabbix server for monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Login to Zabbix server and navigate to Configuration > Hosts > Create host<\/strong> to add your host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Configure the Host details like the hostname, visible (if you want), Groups (Linux Servers for example), IP address. Other details are optional.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\"Install<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
Next, you need to configure host template. Click on Templates > Link new templates<\/strong>. Click select button and choose Template OS FreeBSD<\/strong>. Once selected, click the add<\/strong> button to add the template.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\"Zabbix<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
When templated is added and linked to your host, it should look like;<\/p>\n\n\n
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\"Zabbix<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
Next, click Add<\/strong> to add the host to Zabbix server. The list of hosts is then displayed. You can learn more about Zabbix templates on Zabbix Documentation page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\"Add<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
FreeBSD 12 is now added to Zabbix server for monitoring. To check for the data collected from the host, click Monitoring > Latest data<\/strong>. Select the host and click Apply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\"FreeBSD<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
You can also check the data graphs. Click Monitoring > Graphs > Group <\/strong>(Linux Servers) > Graph <\/strong>(say, CPU Load) > Host <\/strong>(freebsd12.example.com) > View as<\/strong> (Graph). Select the time range, last 1 hour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
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\"FreeBSD<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
You can also add the graphs to Zabbix Screens. Click on Screens<\/strong> > Edit Screens<\/strong>. Click the plus (+<\/strong>) on wherever you want to add your graph and click change<\/strong>. Screen configuration wizard opens up. Choose the graph to add to your screen, for example, CPU Load.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\"Add<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
You can leave other settings as default and click Add to create the graph. You can add as many resources to your screen as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\"FreeBSD<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
Related Tutorials;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Zabbix Agent on Debian 10 Buster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Zabbix Agent on CentOS 7 for Zabbix Monitoring<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
How to Install Nagios Plugins and NRPE agents on CentOS 7\/RHEL 7\/Fedora 29<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
How to Install Nagios Plugins From Source RHEL\/CentOS\/Oracle Linux<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Elastic Stack 7 on Fedora 30\/Fedora 29\/CentOS 7<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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