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Download zabbix and untar it.
wget http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zabbix/zzabbix-1.4.4.tar.gz
tar -xzvf zabbix-1.4.4.tar.gz

Compile the zabbix agent:

./configure –enable-agent –prefix=/usr/local/zabbix –enable-static
make install

Add the zabbix server and agent ports to /etc/services file.

echo "zabbix_agent 10050/tcp" >> /etc/services
echo "zabbix_trap 10051/tcp" >> /etc/services

Copy the sample .conf files to /etc/zabbix for agentd.

mkdir /etc/zabbix
cp misc/conf/zabbix_agentd.conf /etc/zabbix


In /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf, modify:

Server=127.0.0.1, ip of server in which we installed zabbix server
Hostname=EnterTheHostName
cp misc/init.d/redhat/zabbix_agentd_ctl /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd

In /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd

BASEDIR=/usr/local/zabbix

In /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd, add near the top, just below #!/bin/sh:

# chkconfig: 345 95 95
# description: Zabbix Agentd

Automatic starting and stopping of services configuration:

chkconfig –level 345 zabbix_agentd on