{"id":28918,"date":"2022-03-22T03:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T03:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=28918"},"modified":"2022-12-23T06:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T06:20:28","slug":"zabbix-agent-vs-zabbix-agent-2-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/zabbix-agent-vs-zabbix-agent-2-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Zabbix Agent vs Zabbix Agent 2 Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This section describes the differences between the Zabbix agent and the Zabbix agent 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parameter<\/th>Zabbix agent<\/th>Zabbix agent 2<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Programming language<\/td>C<\/td>Go with some parts in C<\/td><\/tr>
Daemonization<\/td>yes<\/td>by systemd only (yes on Windows)<\/td><\/tr>
Supported extensions<\/td>Custom loadable modules<\/a> in C.<\/td>Custom plugins<\/a> in Go.<\/td><\/tr>
Requirements<\/td><\/tr>
Supported platforms<\/td>Linux, IBM AIX, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX, Mac OS X, Solaris: 9, 10, 11, Windows: all desktop and server versions since XP<\/td>Linux, Windows: all desktop and server versions since XP.<\/td><\/tr>
Supported crypto libraries<\/td>GnuTLS 3.1.18 and newer
OpenSSL 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1
LibreSSL – tested with versions 2.7.4, 2.8.2 (certain limitations apply, see the Encryption<\/a> page for details).<\/td>		Linux: OpenSSL 1.0.1 and later is supported since Zabbix 4.4.8.
MS Windows: OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later.
The OpenSSL library must have PSK support enabled. LibreSSL is not supported.<\/td><\/tr>
Monitoring processes<\/td><\/tr>
Processes<\/td>A separate active check process for each server\/proxy record.<\/td>Single process with automatically created threads.
The maximum number of threads is determined by the GOMAXPROCS environment variable.<\/td><\/tr>
Metrics<\/td>UNIX<\/strong>: see a list of supported items<\/a>.

Windows<\/strong>: see a list of additional Windows-specific items<\/a>.<\/td>		UNIX<\/strong>: All metrics supported by Zabbix agent.
Additionally, the agent 2 provides Zabbix-native monitoring solution for: Docker, Memcached, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, systemd, and other monitoring targets – see a full list of agent 2 specific items<\/a>.

Windows<\/strong>: All metrics supported by Zabbix agent, and also net.tcp.service* checks of HTTPS, LDAP.
Additionally, the agent 2 provides Zabbix-native monitoring solution for: PostgreSQL, Redis.<\/td><\/tr>
Concurrency<\/td>Active checks for single server are executed sequentially.<\/td>Checks from different plugins or multiple checks within one plugin can be executed concurrently.<\/td><\/tr>
Scheduled\/flexible intervals<\/td>Supported for passive checks only.<\/td>Supported for passive and active checks.<\/td><\/tr>
Third party traps<\/td>no<\/td>yes<\/td><\/tr>
Additional features<\/td><\/tr>
Persistent storage<\/td>no<\/td>yes<\/td><\/tr>
Persistent files for log*[] metrics<\/td>yes (only on Unix)<\/td>no<\/td><\/tr>
Timeout settings<\/td>Defined on an agent level only.<\/td>Plugin timeout can override the timeout defined on an agent level.<\/td><\/tr>
Changes user at runtime<\/td>yes (Unix-like systems only)<\/td>no (controlled by systemd)<\/td><\/tr>
User-configurable ciphersuites<\/td>yes<\/td>no<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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