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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)
echo "deb http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.5/ubuntu xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbix4.list > /dev/null
Add the missing public key for repository with
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 082AB56BA14FE591
and update the apt package list with
apt-get update
Install Zabbix 4 Server
Install the Zabbix server (if mysql has not been installed before, please note down the root password!)
apt-get install mysql-server zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-release
Secure your Mysql/MariaDB installation with
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
apt-get install zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-get
Set the 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
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 .
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!)