On

  • Install repository configuration package

get the suitable package for your machine

#cat /etc/debian_version
download from repo.zabbix.com based from your version.
example,my debian version is wheezy

# wget http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.0/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_2.0-
1wheezy_all.deb

#dpkg -i zabbix-release_2.0-1wheezy_all.deb

#apt-get update

  • Install zabbix agent
#apt-get install zabbix-agent

  • edit configuration file
#nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

Basic configuration file

PidFile=/var/run/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.pid
LogFile=/var/log/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.log
LogFileSize=0
# zabbix server
Server=yourzabbixserverip
ServerActive=yourzabbixserverip
Hostname=zabbixagenthostname
#DisablePassive=1
#DisableActive=0
#DebugLevel=4

restart the agent service
#/etc/init.d/zabbix-agent restart

check the startup config
#ls /etc/rc*.d

DONE !