ZabbixAgent-update

Interactive manager for Windows Zabbix Agent installation

28.07.2023 Roman Ermakov r.ermakov@emg.fm

Interactive manager for Zabbix Agent installation, update and removal on remote or local Windows host.

Requirements:

• You need to have PowerShell enabled on local machine as this scipts partialy uses PoSh;
• You need to have admin credentials or remote or local machine. If you running the script local please use "Run as Admin" feature;
• You need to configure default zabbix_agentd.conf, at least server IP addresses. Defaults are:
  • store warning-level file log at C:\ProgramData\Zabbix;
  • enable and log remote commands;
  • hostname = system.hostname
• You'll get zabbix_agentd.conf stored at C:\ProgramData\Zabbix by default. Otherwise change set configFile variable in the code.
• Update latest Agent version and release numbers in ZabbixAgentVersion and ZabbixAgentRelease variables in the code.

Usage:

update-agent \\COMPUTERNAME

Run interactive script for \\COMPUTERNAME

update-agent \\COMPUTERNAME --default

Run non-interactive script for \\COMPUTERNAME

update-agent \\localhost

Run interactive script for local machine. Please use elevation (Run as Admin).

update-agent \\localhost --default

Run non-interactive script for local machine. Please use elevation (Run as Admin).

What this script do:

• Checks for remote host availability by pinging it once.
• Disconnects admin share (c$) for remote host.
• Detects OS architecture (32/64-bit)
• Downloads Zabbix Agent .ZIP-file, please manually update latest version in ZabbixAgentVersion variable in the code.
• Extracts Zabbix Agent. Example location: .\6.4.4\64-bit\bin
• Search for Zabbix Agent service on remote machine.
• If found:
  • query existing service for zabbix_agentd.exe and zabbix_agentd.conf locations;
  • stops service;
  • ask for backup zabbix_agentd.conf to zabbix_agentd.conf.bak;
  • ask for remove Zabbix Agent service;
  • ask for zabbix_agentd.conf location - new by default to C:\ProgramData\Zabbix, or old as provided by old service;
  • ask for remove service folder with old files.
• Asks to copy new version of Zabbix Agent and configuration file.
• Creates Zabbix Agent service.
• Ask to start Zabbix Agent service.

Non-interactive mode using --default switch:

• Checks for remote host availability by pinging it once.
• Disconnects admin share (c$) for remote host.
• Detects OS architecture (32/64-bit)
• Downloads Zabbix Agent .ZIP-file, please manually update latest version in ZabbixAgentVersion variable in the code.
• Extracts Zabbix Agent. Example location: .\6.4.4\64-bit\bin
• Search for Zabbix Agent service on remote machine.
• If found:
  • stops service;
  • removes Zabbix Agent service;
  • sets configuration file location to C:\ProgramData\Zabbix\abbix_agentd.conf;
  • removes service folder with old files.
• Copies new version of Zabbix Agent and configuration file.
• Creates Zabbix Agent service.
• Starts Zabbix Agent service.

History

• 2021-08-03: 2.0 Initial release on Windows Batch
• 2023-07-28: 2.1 Added check for host availability