Execute Bat File on Remote Windows Host with Zabbix Agent
Video Lecture
Description
Note
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Zabbix Agents pre 5.02. In the zabbix_agentd.conf for the remote host, add EnableRemoteCommands=1 and then restart the agent process.
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Zabbix Agents 5.0 and 5.01. Comment out the DenyKey parameter which blocks system.run by default, add EnableRemoteCommands=1 and then restart the agent process.
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Zabbix Agents 5.02 and later. Either,
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Comment out the DenyKey and add AllowKey=system.run[*]
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or Comment out the DenyKey and add EnableRemoteCommands=1 (EnableRemoteCommands is now deprecated so it is no longer recommended and will eventually stop working as versions are updated)
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See Restricting agent checks for more info.
To get the version of the agent on Windows, open a CMD prompt in the folder containing zabbix_agentd.exe and run
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In this video, I create a bat file that backups a file. I then execute it and read the response from the remote Zabbix Agent host using the system.run item key.
example.bat
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