revenni.zabbix_agent2

This is an Ansible role that installs and configures the Zabbix agent. It works with Zabbix versions 4.4, 5.0, and 5.2 or higher.

Requirements

• Correct inventory_hostname

Role Variables

General variables (found in defaults/main.yml and can be changed in vars/main.yml)

• zabbix_version (5.0) - Version of Zabbix, must be 4.4 or higher for agent2.
• zabbix_agent_pid_file (/var/run/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.pid) - Path for the PID file.
• zabbix_agent_log_file (/var/log/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.log) - Path for the Zabbix agent log.
• zabbix_agent_config_file (/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf) - Configuration file for the Zabbix agent.
• zabbix_agent_control_socket_path (/tmp/agent.sock) - Path for the control socket.
• zabbix_agent_include_path (/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d/*.conf) - Path for user parameter files.
• zabbix_agent_psk_file (/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.psk) - File for pre-shared key.
• zabbix_agent_psk_hash (kmWCW6jtSSFK7XRuMJct2fVINNL1QTYt) - Pre-shared keys are an MD5 hash of inventory_hostname plus the specified hash. Change this by running pwgen -s 32 1.
• zabbix_agent_log_size (0) - Size in MB for log rotation. 0 means use logrotate.
• zabbix_agent_server_ip (127.0.0.1) - IP address of the Zabbix server.
• zabbix_agent_server_active_ip (127.0.0.1) - IP of the Zabbix server for active checks.
• zabbix_agent_timeout (3) - Time spent on processing.
• zabbix_agent_allow_remote_commands (false) - If set to true, allows Zabbix server to run commands on this agent.

Dependencies

• None

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  become: true
  roles:
     - { role: revenni.zabbix_agent2, tags: zabbix_agent2 }

License

MIT

Author Information

• Vince Hillier | email | twitter