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3 Installation from packages

From distribution packages

Several popular OS distributions have Áú»¢¶Ä²© packages provided. You can use these packages to install Áú»¢¶Ä²©.

From Áú»¢¶Ä²© official repository

Áú»¢¶Ä²© SIA provides official RPM and DEB packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian and Ubuntu LTS.

Package files are available at repo.zabbix.com . yum and apt repositories are also available on the server. A step-by-step tutorial for installing Áú»¢¶Ä²© from packages is provided here.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS

Supported for versions: RHEL 5, RHEL 6, RHEL 7, Oracle Linux 5, Oracle Linux 6, Oracle Linux 7, CentOS 5, CentOS 6, CentOS 7

Installing repository configuration package

Install the repository configuration package. This package contains yum configuration files.

Áú»¢¶Ä²© 2.2 for RHEL5, Oracle Linux 5, CentOS 5:

# rpm -ivh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/rhel/5/x86_64/zabbix-release-2.2-1.el5.noarch.rpm

Áú»¢¶Ä²© 2.2 for RHEL6, Oracle Linux 6, CentOS 6:

# rpm -ivh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-release-2.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm

Áú»¢¶Ä²© 2.2 for RHEL7, Oracle Linux 7, CentOS 7:

# rpm -ivh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-2.2-1.el7.noarch.rpm

Installing Áú»¢¶Ä²© packages

Install Áú»¢¶Ä²© packages. Example for Áú»¢¶Ä²© server and web frontend with mysql database.

# yum install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql

Example for installing Áú»¢¶Ä²© agent only.

# yum install zabbix-agent

Creating initial database

Create zabbix database and user on MySQL.

# mysql -uroot
       mysql> create database zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
       mysql> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost identified by 'zabbix';
       mysql> exit

Import initial schema and data.

# cd /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql-2.2.0/create
       # mysql -uroot zabbix < schema.sql
       # mysql -uroot zabbix < images.sql
       # mysql -uroot zabbix < data.sql

Starting Áú»¢¶Ä²© server process

Edit database configuration in zabbix_server.conf

# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
       DBHost=localhost
       DBName=zabbix
       DBUser=zabbix
       DBPassword=zabbix

Start Áú»¢¶Ä²© server process.

# service zabbix-server start

Editing PHP configuration for Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend

Apache configuration file for Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend is located in /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf. Some PHP settings are already configured.

php_value max_execution_time 300
       php_value memory_limit 128M
       php_value post_max_size 16M
       php_value upload_max_filesize 2M
       php_value max_input_time 300
       # php_value date.timezone Europe/Riga

It's necessary to uncomment the "date.timezone" setting and set the right timezone for you. After changing the configuration file restart the apache web server.

# service httpd restart

Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend is available at in the browser. Default username/password is Admin/zabbix.

Debian / Ubuntu

Supported for version: Debian 6 (Squeeze), Debian 7 (Wheezy), Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

Installing repository configuration package

Install the repository configuration package. This package contains apt configuration files.

Áú»¢¶Ä²© 2.2 for Debian 6:

# wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_2.2-1+squeeze_all.deb
       # dpkg -i zabbix-release_2.2-1+squeeze_all.deb
       # apt-get update

Áú»¢¶Ä²© 2.2 for Debian 7:

# wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_2.2-1+wheezy_all.deb
       # dpkg -i zabbix-release_2.2-1+wheezy_all.deb
       # apt-get update

Áú»¢¶Ä²© 2.2 for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

# wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_2.2-1+precise_all.deb
       # dpkg -i zabbix-release_2.2-1+precise_all.deb
       # apt-get update

Áú»¢¶Ä²© 2.2 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

# wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_2.2-1+trusty_all.deb
       # dpkg -i zabbix-release_2.2-1+trusty_all.deb
       # apt-get update

Installing Áú»¢¶Ä²© packages

Install Áú»¢¶Ä²© packages. dbconfig-common will create the database and populate the initial schema and data automatically. If backend db is located on a different server, please set dbc_remote_questions_default='true' in /etc/dbconfig-common/config.

Example for Áú»¢¶Ä²© server and web frontend with mysql database.

# apt-get install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php

Example for installing Áú»¢¶Ä²© agent only.

# apt-get install zabbix-agent

Editing PHP configuration for Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend

Apache configuration file for Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend is located in /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix. Some PHP settings are already configured. (For ubuntu 14.04, the file is located in /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf)

php_value max_execution_time 300
       php_value memory_limit 128M
       php_value post_max_size 16M
       php_value upload_max_filesize 2M
       php_value max_input_time 300
       # php_value date.timezone Europe/Riga

It's necessary to uncomment the "date.timezone" setting and set the correct timezone for you. After changing the configuration file restart the apache web server.

# service apache2 restart

Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend is available at in the browser. Default username/password is Admin/zabbix.

Troubleshooting

See the section on installation-specific issue troubleshooting.