zabbix-agent docker container fails to start with default configuration

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    • Type: Incident report
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Trivial
    • None
    • Affects Version/s: 7.0.25
    • Component/s: Agent (G)
    • Environment:
      Docker 29.3.0
      Docker compose v5.1.0

      Steps to reproduce:

      Follow instructions from https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/7.0/en/manual/installation/containers using all defaults:

      git clone https://github.com/zabbix/zabbix-docker.git
      cd zabbix-docker
      git checkout 7.0
      docker compose up zabbix-agent
      

      Result:
      zabbix-agent container continuously fails and restarts.

      Logs from zabbix-agent container:

      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Preparing Zabbix agent
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Using 'zabbix-server' servers for passive checks
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Updating /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf parameter 'Server': 'zabbix-server'... exists
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Using 'zabbix-server' servers for active checks
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Updating /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf parameter 'ServerActive': 'zabbix-server'... exists
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Updating /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf parameter 'LogType': 'console'... exists
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Updating /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf parameter 'Include': '/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.d/*.conf'... exists
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Updating /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf parameter 'UserParameterDir': '/var/lib/zabbix/user_scripts'... exists
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [info]: ** Updating /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf parameter 'LoadModulePath': '/var/lib/zabbix/modules/'... exists
      zabbix-agent-1  | 2026-04-12T04:26:59Z [error]: Missing configuration file: /var/lib/zabbix/enc_internal
      

      Expected:
      zabbix-agent container should start.

       

            Assignee:
            Zabbix Support Team
            Reporter:
            Bob West
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