Zabbix Agent Puppet Module

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Setup requirements
3. Parameters
4. Usage
5. Contributing
6. Contributors
7. License

Overview

This module manages the zabbix agent for a monitored machine. It can also, optionally, manage repositories related to Zabbix on Linux. On the Red Hat family of OS's, this includes both EPEL and Zabbix. On the Debian family, this is just the Zabbix repo. On Windows this module utilizes the Chocolatey provider.

Setup Requirements

This module has been tested against Puppet 3.7.3 on:

• CentOS 6.6
• Ubuntu Server 14.04
• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2012 R2

Parameters:

Depreciated options

These options were removed in v2.1.0. If they exist in your manifests or hiera data they will cause a compilation failure.

$include_dir
$include_file
$logfile
$servers
$servers_active

preinstall.pp settings

#####manage_repo_epel
Determines if the EPEL repo is managed on the RedHat family of OS's.
Default: false
Type: boolean

#####manage_repo_zabbix
Determines if the Zabbix repo is managed on the RedHat family of OS's.
Default: false
Type: boolean

install.pp settings

#####ensure_setting
Passed directly to ensure of package resource
Default: 'present'

#####custom_require_linux
Passed directly to require of package resource when on Linux
Default: undef

#####custom_require_windows
Passed directly to require of package resource when on Windows
Default: undef

config.pp settings

#####allow_root
0 - do not allow, 1 - allow
Type: integer

#####buffer_send
Range: 1-3600
Type: integer

#####buffer_size
Range: 2-65535
Type: integer

#####debug_level
Range: 0-4
Type: integer

#####enable_remote_commands
0 - not allowed, 1 - allowed
Type: integer

#####host_metadata
Range: 0-255 characters
Type: string

#####host_metadata_item
Parameter that defines an item used for getting host metadata used during host auto-registration process. To disable, set to ''.
Default: 'system.uname'

#####hostname
The hostname used in the config file.
Default: downcase($::fqdn)

#####hostname_item
An item to be used for determining a host's name

#####include_files
Equates to include in zabbix_agentd.conf. Renamed due to include being special in Puppet. An array with one or more files to be included in the config. On non-Windows systems, this can be a folder or a path with a wildcard. See zabbix_agentd.conf for details.
Type: array

#####item_alias
Equates to alias in zabbix_agentd.conf. Renamed due to alias being the name of a Puppet metaparameter. Sets an alias for an item key.
Type: array

#####listen_ip
List of comma delimited IP addresses that the agent should listen on.
Type: string

#####listen_port
Range: 1024-32767
Default: 10050
Type: integer

#####load_module
Type: string

#####load_module_path
Type: string

#####log_file_size
Range: 0-1024
Type: integer

#####log_file
The full path to where Zabbix should store it's logs.
Default: 'C:\zabbix_agentd.log' OR '/var/log/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.log'
Type: string

#####log_remote_commands
0 - disabled, 1 - enabled
Type: integer

#####max_lines_per_second
Range: 1-1000
Type: integer

#####perf_counter
Each item should be formated as follows:
<parameter_name>,"<perf_counter_path>",<period>
Type: array

#####pid_file
Name of PID file.
Type: string

#####refresh_active_checks
Range: 60-3600
Type: integer

#####server
Default: '127.0.0.1'
Type: String separated by commas OR Array

#####server_active
Default: '127.0.0.1'
Type: String separated by commas OR Array

#####source_ip
Source IP address for outgoing connections.
Type: string, formatted as an IP address

#####start_agents
Range: 0-100
Type: integer

#####timeout
Range: 1-30
Type: integer

#####unsafe_user_parameters
0 - do not allow, 1 - allow

#####user_parameter
User-defined parameter to monitor.
Type: array

#####user
Drop privileges to a specific, existing user on the system.
Type: string

Usage

class { 'zabbixagent':
  ensure_setting => 'latest',
  include_files  => ['/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf.d/userparams.conf',],
  log_file_size  => 0,
  server         => 'zabbix.example.com,offsite.example.com',
  server_active  => ['zabbix.example.com', 'offiste.example.com',],
}

All parameters available in zabbix_agentd.conf should be listed above. Please submit a bug report if you find this not to be the case and it will be added.

Contributing

Pull requests, bug reports, and enhancement requests are welcome! Enhancement requests should be filed just like other issues.

Contributors

• Scott Smerchek (@smerchek) - Author of softek-zabbixagent
• Martijn Storck (@martijn) - Added CentOS support

License

This is released under the New BSD / BSD 3 Clause license. A copy of the license can be found in the root of the module.

History

This was originally softek-zabbixagent before undergoing a total rewrite in January 2015. Post rewrite, only a couple of comments and part of one line of the original code was left. Since no 'substantial portions' of the code was reused and no written licence was contained in the repository I have chosen not to reuse the MIT license that was referenced in the original metadata.json file.

This module has been released independant of the original after reviewing the original author's GitHub issue tracker. Specifically, it appeared that they had not been responding to issues or pull requests for at least six months and some had sat for nearly two years. This response timeframe and my needs didn't line up so here we are.

2015-03-02 Release 2.2.0

• Added the ability to define a require on the package resource

2015-02-27 Release 2.1.1

• Updated Gemfile to use rspec-puppet v2.0 instead of git master
• Added default value for PidFile due to Zabbix's default being /run

2015-02-12 Release 2.1.0

• Transitioned to a fully templated zabbix_agentd.conf
• Added code to fail compilation if depreciated variables exists
• Added more tests

2015-01-25 Release 2.0.7

• Fixed validation
• Added new tests for Servers and ServersActive settings

2015-01-25 Release 2.0.6

• Updated Vagrantfile
• Fixed rspec settings so that details are shown

2015-01-25 Release 2.0.5

• Added puppet_blacksmith for packaging

2015-01-25 Release 2.0.4

• Cleaned up formatting

2015-01-25 Release 2.0.3

• Moved exec's in preinstall.pp inside osfamily case statement

2015-01-19 Release 2.0.2

• Reformatted this file

2015-01-19 Release 2.0.1

• Fixed some spelling and a link in the README.md file

2015-01-17 Fork - Release 2.0.0

Total Rework by genebean:

• Converted to use the install -> config -> service pattern
• Moved all parameters to params.pp
• Removed dependency on epel module
• Added Zabbix repo
• Added option to disable repo management per repo
• Changed Windows setup to utilize the official Zabbix package via Chocolatey
• Added .project file for Geppetto
• Added Vagrant config to facilitate testing and development
• Added several new parameters (see changes to README.md)

2014-07-15 Release 1.0.1

Changes:

• Upgrade package format and fix deprecation warnings.

2013-02-18 Release 1.0.0

Breaking Changes:

• Default hostname is now $::fqdn instead of $::hostname

Changes:

• Added CentOS support (by @martijn)

Bugfixes:

• Added restarting of the zabbix-agent service when a setting is changed (#3)
• Fix dependency issues between package, service, and ini_settings (#4)

2013-01-02 Release 0.1.0

Changes:

• Use ini_setting module to only change necessary settings rather than use the entire config file as a template. This will insulate us from changes in the Zabbix configuration with new versions.
• Other fixes