Question about xinetd

dragonauta

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Hi,
I have a proxmox server. It's a really small implementation, for my personal use, at my home.
Code:
# pveversion -v
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 3.3-139 (running kernel: 2.6.32-33-pve)
pve-manager: 3.3-5 (running version: 3.3-5/bfebec03)
pve-kernel-2.6.32-33-pve: 2.6.32-138
pve-kernel-2.6.32-29-pve: 2.6.32-126
pve-kernel-2.6.32-34-pve: 2.6.32-140
pve-kernel-2.6.32-26-pve: 2.6.32-114
lvm2: 2.02.98-pve4
clvm: 2.02.98-pve4
corosync-pve: 1.4.7-1
openais-pve: 1.1.4-3
libqb0: 0.11.1-2
redhat-cluster-pve: 3.2.0-2
resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-4
fence-agents-pve: 4.0.10-1
pve-cluster: 3.0-15
qemu-server: 3.3-3
pve-firmware: 1.1-3
libpve-common-perl: 3.0-19
libpve-access-control: 3.0-15
libpve-storage-perl: 3.0-25
pve-libspice-server1: 0.12.4-3
vncterm: 1.1-8
vzctl: 4.0-1pve6
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.1-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 2.1-10
ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1
glusterfs-client: 3.5.2-1
I'm testing Observium inside a container for monitoring.
On proxmox I installed and configured snmpd (v3) so observium gets all MIBs.
But this tool also uses an agent called "Unix Agent" for better information retrieving that runs under xinetd.
Also I noted that proxmox doesn't have xinetd nor inetd

Can I safelly install xinetd on my server?
Would it break anything?
Thanks