Zabbix-agent2 vs zabbix-agent

pike · March 18, 2021, 6:10pm

May i vote against that?
I suggest to create a separate user for the agent on Zabbix Server and on client setup.

stephdl · March 18, 2021, 6:54pm

this user must exist also in the mysql db, not easy

mrmarkuz · March 18, 2021, 6:55pm

We could create a Zabbix user with zabbix-cli on first install.

stephdl · March 18, 2021, 6:58pm

use zabbix-agent2, then import this template and add it to your host, you will monitor systemd service when it stop (if enabled, we do not monitor if they are disabled). I query each hour, you have to wait (or edit the template and do a query each minute, and keep lost resource to 0)

maybe we could use a backend plugin, however this one is easy,native and adapted to NethServer

Some services are stopped like iscsi or mdadm, if you do not need them, you can disable the zabbix monitoring for these service

mrmarkuz · March 18, 2021, 7:12pm

It’s not about a system user and it’s only on server side.
The idea is to find a way to automate template imports or other configurations to the Zabbix server.
zabbix-cli can do that but it needs one Zabbix mysql web portal user to be allowed to change configurations.

stephdl · March 18, 2021, 7:18pm

however this solution is not satisfying me for some reasons

how to not modify a template that someone has modified (After we import a template, the sysadmin could make some modifications that we could overwrite by a new rpm)
it is only true for new installations, former must create the user manually (even if we could script it)

however how to maintain templates and backends if we do not use rpm

mrmarkuz · March 18, 2021, 7:31pm

Hm, the whole thing really seems hard to maintain and much effort.
I don’t see a possibility without creating a user.

stephdl · March 19, 2021, 1:17pm

2 VM migrated to zabbix-agent2, it seems harmless

stephdl · March 19, 2021, 3:35pm

proxmox migrated to agent2
Agent2 is native docker monitoring

fausp · March 20, 2021, 8:52am

How did you install agent2 on Proxmox?

stephdl · March 20, 2021, 8:52am

@fausp to install zabbix-agent2 on proxmox

apt install zabbix-agent2

then enable the configuration inside /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf, move your plugin from /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.d/ to /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d/

think to import the template from my github if you want to monitor systemd service

fausp · March 20, 2021, 8:54am

stephdl · March 20, 2021, 8:55am

root@proxmox:~# apt search zabbix-agent2
En train de trier... Fait
Recherche en texte intégral... Fait
zabbix-agent2/inconnu,now 1:5.0.9-1+buster amd64  [installé]
  Zabbix network monitoring solution - agent

did you install the zabbix-repo on your proxmox ?

stephdl · March 20, 2021, 8:57am

https://www.zabbix.com/download?zabbix=5.0&os_distribution=debian&os_version=10_buster&db=mysql

fausp · March 20, 2021, 9:00am

Thank you, agent2 is installed…

stephdl · March 20, 2021, 9:01am

disable zabbix-agent and stop it else you could have some tcp port conflict they use the same

fausp · March 20, 2021, 9:55am

tessierp · April 22, 2021, 1:21pm

Hi @Andy_Wismer ,

If I may inquire, from where the you grab the Zabbix Agent 2 package for Proxmox ? I had to reinstall the repo and did apt search on zabbix-agent and only version 1 is available. I’m using this repo : zabbix-release_5.0-1+buster_all.deb

Thanks

Update :
Never mind, forgot the update. “apt update”

Andy_Wismer · April 27, 2021, 8:07am

@tessierp

Hi

Sorry, moved last week and had to wait until today for a tech to fix my cable-Internet… (Too old wall socket…).

Back online now!

My 2 cents
Andy

tessierp · April 28, 2021, 8:25pm

Hi Andy,

No worries! How was your move? Hope you are happy with your new place. Planning to do that myself soon, not looking forward to boxing.