Introduction

This tutorial has been created to help users install Zabbix Agent on Debian 10 (Buster) Linux.

Step 1: Add Zabbix repository

We will use packages in Zabbix’s repository to get our agent installed. Let us add this repository.

sudo wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.2/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.2-1+debian10_all.deb

Install the repository with the commands below.

sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.2-1+debian10_all.deb

Step 2: Install Zabbix Agent

Zabbix Server uses an agent or SNMP to monitor its clients. Let us explore how it uses the agent.

Install Zabbix Agent on Debian Linux

sudo apt update
sudo apt install zabbix-agent

Start and enable Zabbix agent

sudo systemctl enable zabbix-agent
sudo systemctl start zabbix-agent

Step 3: Configure Zabbix Agent

Open up the Zabbix agent file (/etc/zabbix/) and make sure that the following options are set at a minimum.

Server=172.18.36.77             # The IP or Hostname of your Zabbix Server

ServerActive=172.18.36.77       # The IP or Hostname of your Zabbix Server

Hostname=YourHostName           # The Name of your Linux host to be monitored