Zabbix 7.4 : Add Monitoring Target (Debian)2025/10/01

	Add Monitoring Target Host. Add a Debian 13 server as an example on here.
[1]	Install Zabbix Agent on the server you'd like to add for monitoring target.

root@node01:~#

wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/release/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest_7.4+debian13_all.deb

root@node01:~#

dpkg -i zabbix-release_latest_7.4+debian13_all.deb

Selecting previously unselected package zabbix-release.
(Reading database ... 39559 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack zabbix-release_latest_7.4+debian13_all.deb ...
Unpacking zabbix-release (1:7.4-1+debian13) ...
Setting up zabbix-release (1:7.4-1+debian13) ...

root@node01:~#

apt update

root@node01:~#

apt -y install zabbix-agent2

root@node01:~#

vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf

# line 82 : specify Zabbix server

Server=

10.0.0.30

# line 135 : specify Zabbix server

ServerActive=

10.0.0.30

# line 146 : change to your hostname

Hostname=

node01.srv.world

root@node01:~#

systemctl restart zabbix-agent2

[2]	Login to Zabbix admin site with [Admin] user and select [Data collection] - [Hosts] on the left pane, then click [Create Host] button on the right pane.

[3]	Input a hostname for [Hostname] field, input any name you like for [Visible name] field, select a group or add a new group for [Groups] field, input IP address and DNS name for [Interfaces] field. For monitoring items, there are many templates, click [Select] button that is in [Templates] field.

[4]	Click [Select] button.

[5]	Select [Templates/Operating systems].

[6]

Select [Template OS Linux by Zabbix agent active].
The difference between having [active] and not having it is that without [active], the Zabbix server requests the Zabbix agent to send data and the data is sent, while with [active], the Zabbix agent sends data to the Zabbix server according to the configuration.
There is not much difference in the items that can be monitored, but with [active], log monitoring is also possible, so set it with [active] on here.
However, when there are a large number of hosts to be monitored, you must also consider the load on the Zabbix server when setting with [active].

[7]	After setting items, click [Add] button.

[8]	New monitoring target host is added. After few minutes, monitoring data are collected like follows.

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