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Install Zabbix Agent from Source on Linux

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groupadd zabbix
useradd -g zabbix zabbix

Download and install latest version of zabbix from source.
1. cd /usr/local/src
2. wget http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/zabbix/ZABBIX%20Latest%20Stable/3.0.3/zabbix-3.0.3.tar.gz
3. tar -zxvf zabbix-3.0.3.tar.gz
4. cd zabbix-3.0.3
5. ./configure --enable-agent
6. make install

Edit Zabbix agent configuration file at

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vi /usr/local/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf

Add Zabbix server IP address to the file.

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Server = 127.0.0.1, ZABBIX_SERVER_IP

Start zabbix_agentd

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[root@server ~]# zabbix_agentd

Verify Zabbix agent log for errors.

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tail /tmp/zabbix_agentd.log

Then login to Zabbix Dashboard on zabbix server and add a new host by entering the following details.

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Host name: client host name
Groups: Linux Servers
IP address: client host IP

Enable Zabbix Agent to start on Boot CentOS

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[root@server ~]# cd /usr/local/src/zabbix-*/
[root@server zabbix-3.0.3]# cp misc/init.d/fedora/core5/zabbix_agentd /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd
[root@server zabbix-3.0.3]# chkconfig --add zabbix_agentd
[root@server zabbix-3.0.3]# chkconfig zabbix_agentd on

If everything is alright, you should see 3:on like below when running the following command.

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[root@server ~]# chkconfig | grep zabbix
zabbix_agentd   0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
[root@server ~]#

Enable Zabbix Agent to start on Boot (Ubuntu/Debian)

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cd ~/zabbix-source/zabbix-*/
cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-agent /etc/init.d
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent
update-rc.d zabbix-agent defaults

Reference: https://blog.hostonnet.com/install-zabbix-agent-from-source-linux