Configuration

Windows

Basic

This is a very basic config file. You will still get a ton of metrics with that one. Plus linking some templates in the Zabbix Web Interface

# Host Settings
Hostname=MyAgentUniqueName
HostMetadata=MyAgentMetadata

# Server Settings
ServerActive=zabbix.domain.com:10051

# Log Settings
LogType=file
LogFile=C:\monitoring\monitoring\zabbix_agent2.log

# System Settings
ControlSocket=\\.\pipe\agent.sock

# Include configuration files for plugins
Include=.\zabbix_agent2.d\plugins.d\*.conf

TLS Settings

If your agents are remote, you should consider using at least PSK for encryption.

# TLS Settings
TLSConnect=psk
TLSPSKIdentity=PSK_ID (Can be anything)
TLSPSKFile=path/to/the/psk/file

Custom data

I wanted to get some extra data, which needed to create some extra keys.

# Custom Data
# Get Public IP
UserParameter=net.public,powershell -nologo -command "(Invoke-WebRequest https://ifconfig.io/ip -UseBasicParsing).Content.Trim()"

# Get TCP Stats (For this, you can import a ready made template)
UserParameter=sockstat.sockets, netstat -ano | find /V "hola" /C
UserParameter=sockstat.tcp.inuse, netstat -ano | findstr "ESTABLISHED"
UserParameter=sockstat.tcp.inuse.count, netstat -ano | find /C "ESTABLISHED"
UserParameter=sockstat.tcp.orphan, netstat -ano | findstr "CLOSE_WAIT"
UserParameter=sockstat.tcp.orphan.count, netstat -ano | find /C "CLOSE_WAIT"
UserParameter=sockstat.tcp.timewait, netstat -ano | findstr "TIME_WAIT"
UserParameter=sockstat.tcp.timewait.count, netstat -ano | find /C "TIME_WAIT"
UserParameter=sockstat.tcp.allocated, netstat -ano | findstr "LISTENING"
UserParameter=sockstat.tcp.allocated.count, netstat -ano | find /C "LISTENING"
UserParameter=sockstat.udp.inuse, netstat -ano | findstr "UDP"
UserParameter=sockstat.udp.inuse.count, netstat -ano | find /C "UDP"

Link for the template here

Plugins

I usually add the SMART plugin to get disk stats. Don’t forget to link the template.

#Plugin Settings
Plugins.Smart.Path="C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartctl.exe"