UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hi,

In that case, I'd just be tempted to write your own "start|stop|restart" and put it into /etc/init.d with the Start and Kill in /etc/rc3.d. Check this thread out - I know it's AIX but the example is valid.

Regards

Gull04

Guys,

You don't need to jump to writing a startup script until you install the binary files, the config files; and manually start of the process to make sure it works.

Just install (copy) the zabbix binaries to any bin folder you want (based on other installations if that makes you happy), and install (copy) the config files to somewhere in /etc, like /etc/zabbix

(maybe the files are already copied to their final resting places?)

Then, try to start the zabbix agent.

It will give you an error.

The error will be something like "cannot find config file in /etc/zabbix.config.blah.blah and then move to the config file to where the zabbix agent wants it to be.

If you did something like this, you would already have it up and running. It's not rocket science

You (sph919) are looking for a clear instruction on something you can easily do in less than a 1/2 hour with a bit of trial and error.

PS: Your server will not catch on fire if you try to get zabbix up and running by trial and error

Hi all,

Solved my own problem so thought I would share it.

Download the pre-compiled Zabbix agents from zabbix
In my case it was

Code:

zabbix_agents_3.2.0.solaris10.sparc.tar.gz

(although its for Solaris 10 it will work on 11)

Extract the files

Code:

tar -xvzf zabbix_agents_3.2.0.solaris10.sparc.tar.gz

You will have the following folders

Code:

sbin/
bin/
conf/

Now move the content of the files to there system folders eg

Code:

mv /export/home/username/conf/zabbix_agentd.conf /etc/
mv /export/home/username/conf/zabbix_agentd /etc/
mv /export/home/username/bin/zabbix_sender /bin/
mv /export/home/username/bin/zabbix_get /bin/
mv /export/home/username/sbin/zabbix_agentd /sbin/

Edit your zabbix_agentd.conf to point to your Zabbix server and add the host servers name.

Now run :

Code:

/sbin/zabbix_agentd -c /etc/zabbix_agentd.conf

to start the agent

Add it to your Zabbix server and your done.

Note that the pre-compiled Zabbix agent for Solaris was not compiled without TLS support

Also, as an option, or you can compile zabbix_agent from the source files from

Code:

sourceforge /projects/zabbix/files/ZABBIX20Latest20Stable/3.4.15/zabbix-3.4.15.tar.gz/download

Install the required dependencies and gcc (gnu-compiler) + make.
untar the source code

Follow this manual: on

Code:

zabbix documentation/3.4/manual/installation/install#installing_zabbix_daemons

Code:

./configure --enable-agent

The zabbix_sender, zabbix_get and zabbix_agentd + conf file will be place under the /usr/local/ directories.