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## **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_ 



### **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_

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 )
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Then restart the SearchBlox service:  # service searchblox restart
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Confirm that it is listening using netstat –nutlp 


### **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: <give meaningful host name>
  2. Visible Name: <give some name(optional) >
  3. Groups : <Template/Application>
  4. Agent Interface : <add host ip address> and Port no is 10050 
  5. JMX insterface : <add host ip address> 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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