5 Minimum permission level for Windows agent items

Overview

When monitoring systems using an agent, a good practice is to obtain metrics from the host on which the agent is installed. To use the principle of least privilege, it is necessary to determine what metrics are obtained from the agent.

The table in this document allows you to select the minimum rights for guaranteed correct operation of Zabbix agent.

If a different user is selected for the agent to work, rather than ‘LocalSystem’, then for the operation of agent as a Windows service, the new user must have the rights “Log on as a service” from “Local Policy→User Rights Assignment” and the right to create, write and delete the Zabbix agent log file. An Active Directory user must be added to the Performance Monitor Users group.

When working with the rights of an agent based on the “minimum technically acceptable” group, prior provision of rights to objects for monitoring is required.

Common agent items supported on Windows

Windows-specific item keys