Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V - Zabbix Server Installation
This install was done mostly from this guide located at muck.net
0. Login as Root on the Monitoring Server (assuming the same server in the Nagios Server Setup)
1. Install prerequisite packages
yum -y install ntp php php-bcmath php-gd php-mysql httpd mysql gcc mysql-server mysql-devel net-snmp net-snmp-utils net-snmp-devel net-snmp-libs curl-devel mak
2. Fping is not part of the base repository, so the RPM's is downloaded from Dag Rep.
wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fping/fping-2.4-1.b2.2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh fping-2.4-1.b2.2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
chmod 7555 /usr/sbin/fping
3. Create the Zabbix User
useradd zabbix
4. Download and Install Zabbix
mkdir /temp/zabbix && cd /temp/zabbix
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zabbix/ZABBIX%20Latest%20Stable/1.8.1/zabbix-1.8.1.tar.gz?use_mirror=iweb
tar -xzvf zabbix-1.8.1.tar.gz
5. Start/Restart Mysql and create the empty database shell
service mysqld restart
mysql -u root -p
In MYSQL:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE zabbix character set utf8;
mysql> GRANT DROP,INDEX,CREATE,SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,ALTER,DELETE ON zabbix.* TO zabbixmysqluser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘zabbixmysqlpassword’;
mysql> quit;
6. Create the DB Schema
cd zabbix-1.8.1
cat create/schema/mysql.sql | mysql -u zabbixmysqluser -pzabbixmysqlpassword zabbix
cat create/data/data.sql | mysql -u zabbixmysqluser -pzabbixmysqlpassword zabbix
cat create/data/images_mysql.sql | mysql -u zabbixmysqluser -pzabbixmysqlpassword zabbix
./configure --enable-server --prefix=/usr/local/zabbix –-ith-mysql --with-net-snmp --with-libcurl
make install
make clean
7. Compile the Zabbix Agent
./configure --enable-agent --prefix=/usr/local/zabbix --enable-static
make install
8. Add Zabbix Server and Agent ports to the Services file
echo ‘zabbix_agent 10050/tcp’ >> /etc/services
echo ‘zabbix_trap 10051/tcp’ >> /etc/services
9. Copy the sample configs to /etc/zabbix for server and agentd.
mkdir /etc/zabbix
cp misc/conf/zabbix_agentd.conf /etc/zabbix
cp misc/conf/zabbix_server.conf /etc/zabbix
10. Modify Zabbix server configuration
nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
Change the following entries
DBUser=zabbixmysqluser
BPassword=zabbixmysqlpassword
DBSocket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
FpingLocation=/usr/sbin/fping
11. Modify the Agent configuration
nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
Change the following entries
Server=127.0.0.1,Your.Zabbix.Server.IP
Hostname=UniqueHostnameForEachAgent
12. Copy Server and Agent files
cp misc/init.d/redhat/zabbix_agentd_ctl /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd
cp misc/init.d/redhat/zabbix_server_ctl /etc/init.d/zabbix_server
Modify /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd AND /etc/init.d/zabbix_server:
BASEDIR=/usr/local/zabbix
13. Edit Agentd and Server config
nano /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd (Note the # hash marks, they are necessary), add near the top, just below #!/bin/sh:
# chkconfig: 345 95 95
# description: Zabbix Agentd
nano /etc/init.d/zabbix_server (again, note the # Hash marks, they are required), add near the top, just below #!/bin/sh:
# chkconfig: 345 95 95
# description: Zabbix Server
14. Configure Services to start automatically on boot.
chkconfig zabbix_server on
chkconfig zabbix_agentd on
chkconfig httpd on
chkconfig mysqld on
15. Depending on your firewall setup, open the follwoing ports:for port 80, 10050, and 10051.
16. Copy phpfiles to site root
cp -r frontends/php /var/www/html/zabbix
17. Tweak php.ini
nano /etc/php.ini
max_execution_time = 300
date.timezone = Pick a Timezone from here
18. Start Apache and make the zabbix folder writable
service httpd start
chmod 777 /var/www/html/zabbix/conf
19. Launch http://your.server.ip/zabbix in your web browser.
A Setup Screen should be displayed.
Click the EULA, and confirm all prerequisites are met on the next screen.
Setup the DB connection using the user and password set in step 6.
20. When the setup is complete, the webroot needs to be secured and the services restarted.
chmod 755 /var/www/html/zabbix/conf
mv /var/www/html/zabbix/setup.php /var/www/html/zabbix/setup.php.bak
service zabbix_agentd start
service zabbix_server start
21. Zabbix is now accessible using http://your.server.ip/zabbix
username: admin
Password:
(no password)
On to configuring the Zabbix Agents!
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