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--- notes:zabbix4-ubuntu16-install [2018/09/03 14:30] – [Install Zabbix 4.0 Server on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) LTS] admin
+++ notes:zabbix4-ubuntu16-install [2018/09/07 10:11] – admin
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-Tested with **Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) LTS** and **Zabbix Server 4.0 beta 1** on **September 2018**
 ====== Install Zabbix 4.0 Server on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) LTS ======
+-- //Tested with **Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) LTS** and **Zabbix Server 4.0 beta 1** on **September 2018**// --
 ==== Add Zabbix 4 Repository =====
-Add zabbix 4 repository (beta is version still numbered as 3.5)
+Add Zabbix 4 repository (beta is version still numbered as 3.5)
   echo "deb http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.5/ubuntu xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbix4.list > /dev/null
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 and update the apt package list with
-  apt-get update
+  sudo apt-get update
 ==== Install Zabbix 4 Server =====
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   apt-get install mysql-server zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-release
-If everything went well, we can also add the Zabbix Web UI (not needed but really, really useful) with
+Secure your Mysql/MariaDB installation with
-  apt-get install zabbix-frontend-php
+  sudo mysql_secure_installation
+default answers (see below) are fine for a normal setup
+  Enter current password for root (enter for none): --> should be empty, just press Enter
+  Set root password? [Y/n] --> Y
+  Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] --> Y
+  Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] -->  Y
+  Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] --> Y
+  Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] --> Y
+Now login on mysql as root with the password just choosen
+  $ mysql -uroot -p
+and create a database (and a user) for Zabbix
+  MariaDB [(none)]> create database zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
+  MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost identified by '<mysql-zabbix-password>';
+  MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
+  MariaDB [(none)]> quit;
+Import initial schema and data for the Zabbix server with:
+  zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix
+(when asked, type the <mysql-zabbix-password>)
+Edit /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf and set
+  DBPassword=<mysql-zabbix-password>
+Now install Zabbix web frontend
+  sudo apt-get install zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-get
+Set the [[http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php|right timezone]] for you (mine is Europe/Rome)
+  echo -e "<Directory \"/usr/share/zabbix\">\n   php_value date.timezone Europe/Rome\n</Directory>" | sudo tee /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix-local.conf
+  sudo a2enconf zabbix-local
+and restart Apache and Zabbix Server
+  sudo systemctl restart apache2
+  sudo systemctl restart zabbix-server
+==== Install Zabbix 4 Local Agent =====
+This step it is not mandatory, but really useful for monitoring the server itself through Zabbix. Follow the instructions posted here to install the Agent. Then, proceed with this guide.
+==== Configure Web UI =====
+Now point your browser to
+  http://your-webserver/zabbix/
+and follow the wizard to configure Zabbix frontend and its access to the Mysql database .
-Now edit ''/etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix'', uncomment the ''date.timezone'' line and set the correct timezone. Mine looks like
+Finally, when presented the Zabbix “Welcome” screen, enter the user name '//Admin//' with password '//zabbix//' to log in as a Zabbix superuser for the first time(then change immediately the password!)
-    php_value date.timezone Europe/Rome