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Zabbix Active Agent Conf — Amazon Linux AMI (Outdated)

Install packages

rpm -Uvh http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-2.4.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-agent-2.4.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Edit agent conf

vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

Zabbix Server IP Address or Hostname:

Server=$SERVERNAME or $SERVERIP
ServerActive=$SERVERNAME or $SERVERIP

Comment Hostname, uncomment HostnameItem:

HostMetadataItem=system.uname  # For registration in Actions

# Restart zabbix_agentd
service zabbix-agent restart

# Enable Zabbix service
systemctl enable zabbix-agent

Install in a single command

rpm -Uvh http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-2.4.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpm && rpm -Uvh http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-agent-2.4.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpm && sed -i 's/127.0.0.1/$SERVERNAME/' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf && sed -i 's/Hostname=Zabbix server//' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf && sed -i 's/\#\ HostnameItem=system.hostname/HostnameItem=system.hostname/' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf && sed -i 's/\#\ HostMetadataItem=/HostMetadataItem=system.uname/' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf && chkconfig zabbix-agent on && service zabbix-agent start

Seds

sed -i 's/127.0.0.1/$SERVERNAME/' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
sed -i 's/Hostname=Zabbix server//' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
sed -i 's/\#\ HostnameItem=system.hostname/HostnameItem=system.hostname/' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
sed -i 's/\#\ HostMetadataItem/HostMetadataItem=system.uname/' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf