Zabbix is one of the best open source monitoring system out there with flexibly and ready templates it is easy to install and get started fast. Here is step by step installation guide to run it on Linux CentOS 7.X
install repository: (make sure the path to the latest version by surfing to http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/rhel/7/x86_64/ )
rpm -i http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-4.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm On CentOS you might get error on missing libssh2, you can install it from here:
dnf -y install https://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/7.8.2003/os/x86_64/Packages/libssh2-1.8.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
install zabbix using MYSQL (Mariadb) as database, recommended for large scale systems:
yum -y install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql mysql mariadb-server httpd php zabbix-get zabbix-sender
make run and start automatic when booting
systemctl start mariadb systemctl enable mariadb
Lats start MariaDB installation, enter the password for SQL administrator (none if you run it for the first time,Then choose password) :
mysql_secure_installation mysql -u root -p
We will create Database called: zabbix_db
create database zabbix_db;
Lets create user for the Database=zabbix_user and the password=zabbix
grant all privileges on zabbix_db.* to zabbix_user@localhost identified by 'zabbix' ; flush privileges; exit
Then import initial schema and data. Make sure to insert correct version for 3.4.X. You will be prompted to enter your newly created password.the script are here:
/usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql
zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql-4.0.0/create.sql.gz | mysql -u zabbix_user -p zabbix_db
Enter the password that you use to create the database, make sure you have zabbix_user@localhost and that he have full permission to the database, IF not just create the user with WEBMIN on mysql .
another option is to just extract the db schema and create in steps :
cd /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql-4.0.0
gunzip create.sql.gz mysql -u zabbix_user -p zabbix_db < create.sql (you can create the db with webmin and then execute the script)
Now lets edit the Zabbix config files :
nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf DBHost=localhost DBName=zabbix_db DBUser=zabbix_user DBPassword=XXXXXXX
Edit the PHP file to support the zabbix on apache :
nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf php_value max_execution_time 300 php_value memory_limit 256M php_value post_max_size 32M php_value upload_max_filesize 32M php_value max_input_time 600 php_value always_populate_raw_post_data -1 php_value date.timezone Asia/Jerusalem
Make the zabbix run and start automatic (if it do not run disable the SElinux):
systemctl start zabbix-server systemctl enable zabbix-server systemctl start httpd systemctl enable httpd
Open the firewall ports for the system to communicate :
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=10050/tcp firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=10051/tcp firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp firewall-cmd --reload systemctl restart firewalld
Check the firewall status :
firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --list-ports
Allow Zabbix with SElinux
setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_zabbix=1
Now open browser and surf to :
http://your-zabbix-server-IP/zabbix
The default Zabbix admin username :
user= Admin pass=zabbix
Follow the first time wizard to complete the installation
Tamplates can be downloaded from https://share.zabbix.com/
Presentation of Zabbix : http://www.zabbix.com/presentation
All downloads including ready Zabbix on ubuntu system ISO : http://www.zabbix.com/download