Installing Zabbix Agent

Follow these instructions to install Zabbix Agent on CentOS, RHEL 7/6/5 systems.

Step 1 – Add Required Repository

Configure the Zabbix yum repository using the following commands depending on your required version and operating system.
Centos 7
rpm -ivh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-4.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm
Ubuntu 18.04
wget http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.2/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_3.2-1+xenial_all.deb
dpkg -i zabbix-release_3.2-1+xenial_all.deb

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Step 2 – Install Zabbix Agent

Centos7
yum install -y zabbix-agent
Ubuntu
apt-get install zabbix-agent -y

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Step 3 – Edit Zabbix Agent Configuration

Configure zabbix agent by adding zabbix server IP in its configuration file/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

#Server=[zabbix server ip]
#Hostname=[ Hostname of client system ]
Server=104.131.113.198
Hostname=Zabbix Server

Step 4 – Restarting Zabbix Agent

Restart agent service using the following commands.
systemctl enable zabbix-agent
systemctl start Zabbix-agent

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To start and stop zabbix-agent service anytime, use the following commands.
systemctl start zabbix-agent
systemctl stop zabbix-agent

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Port#10050 should be allowed in your Firewall (iptables, firewalld)

Adding JMX Monitoring to Zabbix

Step 1 – Enable jmx in jetty configuration

Open start.ini in searchblox directory (Eg: /opt/searchblox )
In line 48

-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
    -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
    -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
    -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=1099

Then restart the SearchBlox service: # service searchblox restart

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Confirm that it is listening using netstat –nutlp

netstat -nutpl | grep 1099
tcp6       0      0 :::1099                 :::*                    LISTEN      10419/java

Step 2 – Adding JMX monitoring in Zabbix

In Zabbix, go to Configuration -> Hosts

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Adding the host into zabbix server

  1. Hostname:
  2. Visible Name: <give some name(optional) >
  3. Groups : <Template/Application>
  4. Agent Interface : and Port no is 10050
  5. JMX insterface : and port no 1099
  6. And click add to complete the host creation
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Step 3 - Select the custom Template

  1. click Template
  2. click Link new template
  3. select the Template for SearchBlox
  4. click Select
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Step 4 - Creating the Application:

  1. Click Configuration
  2. Click Hosts
  3. Select Application Group :<application Template>
  4. Select Host: <select created host>
  5. Click Create Application
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  1. Name: <Searchblox>
  2. Click Add option.
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Step 5 – Creating Web Scenario

  1. Click Configuration
  2. Click Hosts
  3. Click Web scenarios
  4. Click Scenarios
  5. Name: <give some meaning full name>
  6. Application: <select the application Name>
  7. Click Update
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  1. Click Steps
  2. Name : <application name>
  3. URL: <application url>
  4. Click Follow Redirection
    Note: status code should be 200
  5. Click Add button
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Step 6 – Monitoring

  1. Click Monitoring
  2. Click Web
  3. Select the server
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Go to Monitoring -> Latest data

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What’s Next