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4 Windows agent installation from MSI
Overview
Zabbix Windows agent can be installed from Windows MSI installer packages (32-bit or 64-bit) available for download.
A 32-bit package cannot be installed on a 64-bit Windows.
All packages come with TLS support, however, configuring TLS is optional.
Both UI and command-line based installation is supported.
Installation steps
To install, double-click the downloaded MSI file.
Accept the license to proceed to the next step.
Specify the following parameters.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Host name | Specify host name. |
| Zabbix server IP/DNS | Specify IP/DNS of Zabbix server. |
| Agent listen port | Specify agent listen port (10050 by default). |
| Server or Proxy for active checks | Specify IP/DNS of Zabbix server/proxy for active agent checks. |
| Enable PSK | Mark the checkbox to enable TLS support via pre-shared keys. |
| Add agent location to the PATH | Add agent location to the PATH variable. |
Enter pre-shared key identity and value. This step is only available if you checked Enable PSK in the previous step.
Select Zabbix components to install - Zabbix agent daemon, Zabbix sender, Zabbix get.
Zabbix components along with the configuration file will be installed in a Zabbix Agent folder in Program Files. zabbix_agentd.exe will be set up as Windows service with automatic startup.
Command-line based installation
Supported parameters
The following set of parameters is supported by created MSIs:
| Number | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOGTYPE | |
| 2 | LOGFILE | |
| 3 | SERVER | |
| 4 | LISTENPORT | |
| 5 | SERVERACTIVE | |
| 6 | HOSTNAME | |
| 7 | TIMEOUT | |
| 8 | TLSCONNECT | |
| 9 | TLSACCEPT | |
| 10 | TLSPSKIDENTITY | |
| 11 | TLSPSKFILE | |
| 12 | TLSPSKVALUE | |
| 13 | TLSCAFILE | |
| 14 | TLSCRLFILE | |
| 15 | TLSSERVERCERTISSUER | |
| 16 | TLSSERVERCERTSUBJECT | |
| 17 | TLSCERTFILE | |
| 18 | TLSKEYFILE | |
| 19 | LISTENIP | |
| 20 | HOSTINTERFACE | |
| 21 | HOSTMETADATA | |
| 22 | HOSTMETADATAITEM | |
| 23 | STATUSPORT | Zabbix agent 2 only. |
| 24 | ENABLEPERSISTENTBUFFER | Zabbix agent 2 only. |
| 25 | PERSISTENTBUFFERPERIOD | Zabbix agent 2 only. |
| 26 | PERSISTENTBUFFERFILE | Zabbix agent 2 only. |
| 27 | INSTALLFOLDER | |
| 28 | ENABLEPATH | |
| 29 | SKIP | SKIP=fw - do not install firewall exception rule |
| 30 | INCLUDE | Sequence of includes separated by ; |
| 31 | ALLOWDENYKEY | Sequence of "AllowKey" and "DenyKey" parameters separated by ;. Use \\; to escape the delimiter. |
To install you may run, for example:
SET INSTALLFOLDER=C:\Program Files\za
msiexec /l*v log.txt /i zabbix_agent-6.0.0-x86.msi /qn^
LOGTYPE=file^
LOGFILE="%INSTALLFOLDER%\za.log"^
SERVER=192.168.6.76^
LISTENPORT=12345^
SERVERACTIVE=::1^
HOSTNAME=myHost^
TLSCONNECT=psk^
TLSACCEPT=psk^
TLSPSKIDENTITY=MyPSKID^
TLSPSKFILE="%INSTALLFOLDER%\mykey.psk"^
TLSCAFILE="c:\temp\f.txt1"^
TLSCRLFILE="c:\temp\f.txt2"^
TLSSERVERCERTISSUER="My CA"^
TLSSERVERCERTSUBJECT="My Cert"^
TLSCERTFILE="c:\temp\f.txt5"^
TLSKEYFILE="c:\temp\f.txt6"^
ENABLEPATH=1^
INSTALLFOLDER="%INSTALLFOLDER%"^
SKIP=fw^
ALLOWDENYKEY="DenyKey=vfs.file.contents[/etc/passwd]"or