4 Windows agent installation from MSI

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.

The minimum requirement for MSI installation is:

Windows XP x64 and Server 2003 for Zabbix agent;
Windows 7 x32 for Zabbix agent 2.

The Zabbix get and sender utilities can also be installed, either together with Zabbix agent/agent 2 or separately.

All packages come with TLS support, however, configuring TLS is optional.

Both UI and command-line based installation is supported.

Although Zabbix installation from MSI installer packages is fully supported, it is recommended to install at least Microsoft .NET Framework 2 for proper error handling. See Microsoft Download .NET Framework.

It is recommended to use default paths provided by the installer as using custom paths without proper permissions could compromise the security of the installation.

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 parameters are supported by created MSIs.

Parameter	Description
ADDDEFAULT	A comma-delimited list of programs to install. Possible values: `AgentProgram`, `GetProgram`, `SenderProgram`, `ALL`. Example: `ADDDEFAULT=AgentProgram,GetProgram`
ADDLOCAL	A comma-delimited list of programs to install. Possible values: `AgentProgram`, `GetProgram`, `SenderProgram`, `ALL`. Example: `ADDLOCAL=AgentProgram,SenderProgram`
ALLOWDENYKEY	Sequence of “AllowKey” and “DenyKey” parameters separated by `;` Use `\;` to escape the delimiter.
CONF	The full pathname to a custom configuration file. Example: `CONF=c:\full\path\to\user.conf`
ENABLEPATH	Add agent location to the PATH variable.
ENABLEPERSISTENTBUFFER	Zabbix agent 2 only. Enable the usage of local persistent storage for active items.
HOSTINTERFACE	An optional parameter that defines the host interface.
HOSTMETADATA	An optional parameter that defines the host metadata.
HOSTMETADATAITEM	An optional parameter that defines a Zabbix agent item used for getting the host metadata.
HOSTNAME	An optional parameter that defines the hostname.
INCLUDE	Sequence of includes separated by `;`
INSTALLFOLDER	The full pathname of the folder in which Zabbix components along with the configuration file will be installed.
LISTENIP	A list of comma-delimited IP addresses that the agent should listen on.
LISTENPORT	The agent will listen on this port for connections from the server.
LOGFILE	The name of the log file.
LOGTYPE	The type of the log output.
PERSISTENTBUFFERFILE	Zabbix agent 2 only. The file where Zabbix agent 2 should keep the SQLite database.
PERSISTENTBUFFERPERIOD	Zabbix agent 2 only. The time period for which data should be stored when there is no connection to the server or proxy.
SERVER	A list of comma-delimited IP addresses, optionally in CIDR notation, or DNS names of Zabbix servers and Zabbix proxies.
SERVERACTIVE	The Zabbix server/proxy address or cluster configuration to get active checks from.
SKIP	`SKIP=fw` - do not install the firewall exception rule.
STATUSPORT	Zabbix agent 2 only. If set, the agent will listen on this port for HTTP status requests (http://localhost:<port>/status).
TIMEOUT	Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing.
TLSACCEPT	What incoming connections to accept.
TLSCAFILE	The full pathname of a file containing the top-level CA(s) certificates for peer certificate verification, used for encrypted communications between Zabbix components.
TLSCERTFILE	The full pathname of a file containing the agent certificate or certificate chain, used for encrypted communications between Zabbix components.
TLSCONNECT	How the agent should connect to Zabbix server or proxy.
TLSCRLFILE	The full pathname of a file containing revoked certificates. This parameter is used for encrypted communications between Zabbix components.
TLSKEYFILE	The full pathname of a file containing the agent private key, used for encrypted communications between Zabbix components.
TLSPSKFILE	The full pathname of a file containing the agent pre-shared key, used for encrypted communications with Zabbix server.
TLSPSKIDENTITY	The pre-shared key identity string, used for encrypted communications with Zabbix server.
TLSPSKVALUE	The pre-shared key string value, used for encrypted communications with Zabbix server.
TLSSERVERCERTISSUER	The allowed server (proxy) certificate issuer.
TLSSERVERCERTSUBJECT	The allowed server (proxy) certificate subject.

Examples

To install Zabbix Windows agent from the command-line, you may run, for example:

SET INSTALLFOLDER=C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent
       msiexec /l*v log.txt /i zabbix_agent-6.4.0-x86.msi /qn^
        LOGTYPE=file^
        LOGFILE="%INSTALLFOLDER%\zabbix_agentd.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]"

You may also run, for example:

msiexec /l*v log.txt /i zabbix_agent-6.4.0-x86.msi /qn^
        SERVER=192.168.6.76^
        TLSCONNECT=psk^
        TLSACCEPT=psk^
        TLSPSKIDENTITY=MyPSKID^
        TLSPSKVALUE=1f87b595725ac58dd977beef14b97461a7c1045b9a1c963065002c5473194952

If both TLSPSKFILE and TLSPSKVALUE are passed, then TLSPSKVALUE will be written to TLSPSKFILE.