zabbix_agent

Install and configure zabbix_agent on your system.

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Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: buluma.zabbix_agent

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  become: yes

  roles:
    - role: buluma.bootstrap
    - role: buluma.ca_certificates
    - role: buluma.zabbix_repository

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# Values used to configure zabbix_agent.

zabbix_agent_server_address: "127.0.0.1"
zabbix_agent_listen_port: 10050
zabbix_agent_server_active_address: "127.0.0.1"
# Not mandatory, but possible to overwrite.
# zabbix_agent_source_ip: "127.0.0.1"

zabbix_agent_hostname: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
zabbix_agent_hostmetadata: system.uname
zabbix_agent_timeout: 3

# Enable logging of remote commands by setting this value to 1.
zabbix_agent_logremotecommands: "1"

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

Status of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
buluma.bootstrap
buluma.ca_certificates
buluma.zabbix_repository

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
el	8
debian	bullseye
opensuse	all
ubuntu	focal, bionic

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.10, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

Exceptions

Some roles can't run on a specific distribution or version. Here are some exceptions.

variation	reason
Alpine	Zabbix has limited OS support.
amazonlinux	Zabbix has limited OS support.
Archlinux	Zabbix has limited OS support.
CentOS 8	Zabbix has limited OS support.
Debian	Zabbix has limited OS support.
Fedora	Zabbix has limited OS support.
openSUSE	Zabbix has limited OS support.
Ubuntu rolling	Zabbix has limited OS support.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

Changelog

Role History

License

Apache-2.0

Author Information

buluma