The default values reflect daemon defaults, not the values in the shipped configuration files.
The parameters supported in a Zabbix agent configuration file (zabbix_agentd.conf):
Parameter
Mandatory
Range
Default
Description
Alias
no
Sets an alias for an item key. It can be used to substitute long and complex item key with a smaller and simpler one.Multiple Alias parameters may be present. Multiple parameters with the same Alias key are not allowed.Different Alias keys may reference the same item key.For example, to retrieve the ID of user 'zabbix':Alias=zabbix.userid:vfs.file.regexp[/etc/passwd,^zabbix:.:([0-9]+),,,,\1]Now shorthand key zabbix.userid may be used to retrieve data.Aliases can be used in HostMetadataItem but not in HostnameItem parameters.
AllowRoot
no
0
Allow the agent to run as 'root'. If disabled and the agent is started by 'root', the agent will try to switch to user 'zabbix' instead. Has no effect if started under a regular user.0 - do not allow1 - allow
BufferSend
no
1-3600
5
Do not keep data longer than N seconds in buffer.
BufferSize
no
2-65535
100
Maximum number of values in a memory buffer. The agent will sendall collected data to Zabbix server or proxy if the buffer is full.
DebugLevel
no
0-5
3
Specifies debug level:0 - basic information about starting and stopping of Zabbix processes1 - critical information2 - error information3 - warnings4 - for debugging (produces lots of information)5 - extended debugging (produces even more information)
EnableRemoteCommands
no
0
Whether remote commands from Zabbix server are allowed.0 - not allowed1 - allowed
HostMetadata
no
0-255 characters
Optional parameter that defines host metadata. Host metadata is used only at host auto-registration process (active agent).If not defined, the value will be acquired from HostMetadataItem.An agent will issue an error and not start if the specified value is over the limit or a non-UTF-8 string.This option is supported in version 2.2.0 and higher.
HostMetadataItem
no
Optional parameter that defines a Zabbix agent item used for getting host metadata. This option is only used when HostMetadata is not defined.Supports UserParameters and aliases. Supports system.run[]regardless of EnableRemoteCommands value.Host metadata is used only at host auto-registration process (active agent).During an auto-registration request an agent will log a warning message if the value returned by the specified item is over the limit of 255 characters.The value returned by the item must be a UTF-8 string otherwise it will be ignored.This option is supported in version 2.2.0 and higher.
Hostname
no
Set by HostnameItem
Unique, case sensitive hostname.Required for active checks and must match hostname as configured on the server.Allowed characters: alphanumeric, '.', ' ', '_' and '-'.Maximum length: 64
HostnameItem
no
system.hostname
Optional parameter that defines a Zabbix agent item used for getting host name. This option is only used when Hostname is not defined.Does not support UserParameters or aliases, but does support system.run[] regardless of EnableRemoteCommandsvalue.This option is supported in version 1.8.6 and higher.
Include
no
You may include individual files or all files in a directory in the configuration file.To only include relevant files in the specified directory, the asterisk wildcard character is supported for pattern matching. For example: /absolute/path/to/config/files/*.conf
. Pattern matching is supported since Zabbix 2.4.0.See special notes about limitations.
ListenIP
no
0.0.0.0
List of comma delimited IP addresses that the agent should listen on.Multiple IP addresses are supported in version 1.8.3 and higher.
ListenPort
no
1024-32767
10050
Agent will listen on this port for connections from the server.
LoadModule
no
Module to load at agent startup. Modules are used to extend functionality of the agent.Format: LoadModule=<module.so>The modules must be located in directory specified by LoadModulePath.It is allowed to include multiple LoadModule parameters.
LoadModulePath
no
Full path to location of agent modules.Default depends on compilation options.
LogFile
yes, if LogType is set to file, otherwiseno
Name of log file.
LogFileSize
no
0-1024
1
Maximum size of log file in MB
.0 - disable automatic log rotation.Note: If the log file size limit is reached and file rotation fails, for whatever reason, the existing log file is truncated and started anew.
LogType
no
file
Log output type:file - write log to file specified by LogFile parameter,system - write log to syslog,console - write log to standard output.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
LogRemoteCommands
no
0
Enable logging of executed shell commands as warnings.0 - disabled1 - enabled
MaxLinesPerSecond
no
1-1000
20
Maximum number of new lines the agent will send per second to Zabbix server or proxy when processing 'log' and 'eventlog' active checks.The provided value will be overridden by the parameter 'maxlines',provided in 'log' or 'eventlog' item key.Note: Zabbix will process 4 times more new lines than set in MaxLinesPerSecond to seek the required string in log items.
PidFile
no
/tmp/zabbix_agentd.pid
Name of PID file.
RefreshActiveChecks
no
60-3600
120
How often list of active checks is refreshed, in seconds.Note that after failing to refresh active checks the next refresh will be attempted after 60 seconds.
Server
no
List of comma delimited IP addresses (or hostnames) of Zabbix servers. Spaces are allowed since the Zabbix 2.2 version.Incoming connections will be accepted only from the hosts listed here.Note that hostnames must resolve hostname→IP address and IP address→hostname.If IPv6 support is enabled then '127.0.0.1', '::127.0.0.1', '::ffff:127.0.0.1' are treated equally.
ServerActive
no
IP:port (or hostname:port) of Zabbix server or Zabbix proxy for active checks.Multiple comma-delimited addresses can be provided to use several independent Zabbix servers in parallel. No spaces allowed.If port is not specified, default port is used.IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets if port for that host is specified.If port is not specified, square brackets for IPv6 addresses are optional.If this parameter is not specified, active checks are disabled.
SourceIP
no
Source IP address for outgoing connections.
StartAgents
no
0-100
3
Number of pre-forked instances of zabbix_agentd that process passive checks.If set to 0, disables passive checks and the agent will not listen on any TCP port.The upper limit used to be 16 before version 1.8.5.
Timeout
no
1-30
3
Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing
TLSAccept
yes, if TLS certificate or PSK parameters are defined (even for unencryptedconnection), otherwise no
What incoming connections to accept. Used for a passive checks. Multiple values can be specified, separated by comma: unencrypted - accept connections without encryption (default) psk - accept connections with TLS and a pre-shared key (PSK) cert - accept connections with TLS and a certificateThis parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSCAFile
no
Full pathname of a file containing the top-level CA(s) certificates for peer certificate verification, used for encrypted communications between Zabbix components.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSCertFile
no
Full pathname of a file containing the agent certificate or certificate chain, used for encrypted communications with Zabbix components.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSConnect
yes, if TLS certificate or PSK parameters are defined (even for unencryptedconnection), otherwise no
How the agent should connect to Zabbix server or proxy. Used for active checks. Only one value can be specified: unencrypted - connect without encryption (default) psk - connect using TLS and a pre-shared key (PSK) cert - connect using TLS and a certificateThis parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSCRLFile
no
Full pathname of a file containing revoked certificates. This parameter is used for encrypted communications with Zabbix components.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSKeyFile
no
Full pathname of a file containing the agent private key used for encrypted communications with Zabbix components.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSPSKFile
no
Full pathname of a file containing the agent pre-shared key used for encrypted communications with Zabbix components.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSPSKIdentity
no
Pre-shared key identity string, used for encrypted communications with Zabbix server.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSServerCertIssuer
no
Allowed server (proxy) certificate issuer.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
TLSServerCertSubject
no
Allowed server (proxy) certificate subject.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 3.0.0.
UnsafeUserParameters
no
0,1
0
Allow all characters to be passed in arguments to user-defined parameters. Supported since Zabbix 1.8.2.The following characters are not allowed:\ ' " ` * ? [ ] { } ~ $ ! & ; ( ) < > | # @Additionally, newline characters are not allowed.
User
no
zabbix
Drop privileges to a specific, existing user on the system.Only has effect if run as 'root' and AllowRoot is disabled.This parameter is supported since Zabbix 2.4.0.
UserParameter
no
User-defined parameter to monitor. There can be several user-defined parameters.Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell command>Note that shell command must not return empty string or EOL
only.Example: UserParameter=system.test,who|wc -l
In Zabbix agent 2.0.0 version configuration parameters related to active and passive checks have been changed.See the "See also" section at the bottom of this page to read more details about these changes.
Zabbix supports configuration files only in UTF-8 encoding without BOM.Comments starting with “#” are only supported in the beginning of the line.
