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I need to monitor remote customer sites that are only Windows based, with no virtualisation. I'd like to run the Zabbix Proxy on the server so I can monitor the rest of the network.

As there's no Zabbix Proxy for Windows as far as I an tell, what other options are people using? I've thought of installing Docker or similar to run a bare Zabbix Proxy under a Linux environment, but wondered if there's a better way to do it.

I have the Agent on the Windows server running in Active mode, but obviously, this only handles one device and can't do SNMP etc.

fistameeny
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Using the new Windows Subsystem for Linux feature you can install a zabbix server or a proxy on windows 2019 or Windows 10 easily. I have created an installation guide for zabbix proxies. How to install Zabbix Proxy on Windows

Zoltan veress
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I assume that with "no virtualisation" you mean "no existing virtualisation". Two options:

  • run a Linux virtual machine with a proxy; in this case, availability depends on the host Windows machine
  • deploy proxy on a small form factor system, call it "Monitoring appliance"
Richlv
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  • Thanks Richlv. I don't particular want to run a VM on the current Windows Server if I can get away with it, but I had considered using something like a Raspberry Pi. It's a shame there isn't an official Proxy package for Windows however – fistameeny Oct 05 '17 at 14:47