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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:

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.
Remote commands	Mark the checkbox to enable remote commands.
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	ENABLEREMOTECOMMANDS
4	SERVER
5	LISTENPORT
6	SERVERACTIVE
7	HOSTNAME
8	TIMEOUT
9	TLSCONNECT
10	TLSACCEPT
11	TLSPSKIDENTITY
12	TLSPSKFILE
13	TLSPSKVALUE
14	TLSCAFILE
15	TLSCRLFILE
16	TLSSERVERCERTISSUER
17	TLSSERVERCERTSUBJECT
18	TLSCERTFILE
19	TLSKEYFILE
20	INSTALLFOLDER
21	ENABLEPATH
22	SKIP	`SKIP=fw` - do not install firewall exception rule

To install you may run, for example:

SET INSTALLFOLDER=C:\Program Files\za
msiexec /l*v log.txt /i zabbix_agent-4.0.6-x86.msi /qn^
 LOGTYPE=file^
 LOGFILE="%INSTALLFOLDER%\za.log"^
 ENABLEREMOTECOMMANDS=1^
 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

msiexec /l*v log.txt /i zabbix_agent-4.4.0-x86.msi /qn^
 SERVER=192.168.6.76^
 TLSCONNECT=psk^
 TLSACCEPT=psk^
 TLSPSKIDENTITY=MyPSKID^
 TLSPSKVALUE=1f87b595725ac58dd977beef14b97461a7c1045b9a1c963065002c5473194952