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3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Overview

Official Áú»¢¶Ä²© 6.0 LTS packages for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server are available on Áú»¢¶Ä²© website.

Áú»¢¶Ä²© agent packages and utilities Áú»¢¶Ä²© get and Áú»¢¶Ä²© sender are available on Áú»¢¶Ä²© Official Repository for and .

Adding Áú»¢¶Ä²© repository

Install the repository configuration package. This package contains yum (software package manager) configuration files.

SLES 15:

rpm -Uvh --nosignature https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/sles/15/x86_64/zabbix-release-latest.sles15.noarch.rpm
       zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh 'Áú»¢¶Ä²© Official Repository' 

SLES 12:

rpm -Uvh --nosignature https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/sles/12/x86_64/zabbix-release-latest.sles12.noarch.rpm
       zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh 'Áú»¢¶Ä²© Official Repository' 

Please note that Áú»¢¶Ä²© web service process, which is used for scheduled report generation, requires Google Chrome browser. The browser is not included into packages and has to be installed manually.

Server/frontend/agent installation

To install Áú»¢¶Ä²© server/frontend/agent with MySQL support:

zypper install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-agent

Substitute 'apache' in the command with 'nginx' if using the package for Nginx web server. See also: Nginx setup for Áú»¢¶Ä²© on SLES 12/15.

Substitute 'zabbix-agent' with 'zabbix-agent2' in these commands if using Áú»¢¶Ä²© agent 2 (only SLES 15).

To install Áú»¢¶Ä²© proxy with MySQL support:

zypper install zabbix-proxy-mysql zabbix-sql-scripts

Substitute 'mysql' in the commands with 'pgsql' to use PostgreSQL.

The package 'zabbix-sql-scripts' contains database schemas for all supported database management systems for both Áú»¢¶Ä²© server and Áú»¢¶Ä²© proxy and will be used for data import.

Creating database

For Áú»¢¶Ä²© server and proxy daemons a database is required. It is not needed to run Áú»¢¶Ä²© agent.

Create the database using the provided instructions for MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Importing data

Now import initial schema and data for the server with MySQL:

zcat /usr/share/packages/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix

You will be prompted to enter your newly created database password.

With PostgreSQL:

zcat /usr/share/packages/zabbix-sql-scripts/postgresql/create.sql.gz | sudo -u zabbix psql zabbix

With TimescaleDB, in addition to the previous command, also run:

zcat /usr/share/packages/zabbix-sql-scripts/postgresql/timescaledb.sql.gz | sudo -u <username> psql zabbix

For proxy, import initial schema:

zcat /usr/share/packages/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/schema.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix

For proxy with PostgreSQL:

zcat /usr/share/packages/zabbix-sql-scripts/postgresql/schema.sql.gz | sudo -u zabbix psql zabbix

Configure database for Áú»¢¶Ä²© server/proxy

Edit Áú»¢¶Ä²© server configuration file (/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf) and, if required, Áú»¢¶Ä²© proxy configuration file (/etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf) for their respective databases. For example:

DBHost=localhost
       DBName=zabbix
       DBUser=zabbix
       DBPassword=<password>

In DBPassword use Áú»¢¶Ä²© database password for MySQL; PostgreSQL user password for PostgreSQL.

Use DBHost= with PostgreSQL. You might want to keep the default setting DBHost=localhost (or an IP address), but this would make PostgreSQL use a network socket for connecting to Áú»¢¶Ä²©.

Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend configuration

Depending on the web server used (Apache/Nginx) edit the corresponding configuration file for Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend:

• For Apache the configuration file is located in /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix.conf. Some PHP settings are already configured. But it's necessary to uncomment the "date.timezone" setting and for you.

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 max_input_vars 10000
       php_value always_populate_raw_post_data -1
       # php_value date.timezone Europe/Riga

• The zabbix-nginx-conf package installs a separate Nginx server for Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend. Its configuration file is located in /etc/nginx/conf.d/zabbix.conf. For Áú»¢¶Ä²© frontend to work, it's necessary to uncomment and set listen and/or server_name directives.

# listen 80;
       # server_name example.com;

• Áú»¢¶Ä²© uses its own dedicated php-fpm connection pool with Nginx:

Its configuration file is located in /etc/php7/fpm/php-fpm.d/zabbix.conf. Some PHP settings are already configured. But it's necessary to set the right setting for you.

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[max_input_vars] = 10000
       ; php_value[date.timezone] = Europe/Riga

Now you are ready to proceed with frontend installation steps which will allow you to access your newly installed Áú»¢¶Ä²©.

Note that a Áú»¢¶Ä²© proxy does not have a frontend; it communicates with Áú»¢¶Ä²© server only.

Starting Áú»¢¶Ä²© server/agent process

Start Áú»¢¶Ä²© server and agent processes and make it start at system boot.

With Apache web server:

systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent apache2 php-fpm
       systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent apache2 php-fpm

Substitute 'apache2' with 'nginx' for Nginx web server.

Installing debuginfo packages

To enable debuginfo repository edit /etc/zypp/repos.d/zabbix.repo file. Change enabled=0 to enabled=1 for zabbix-debuginfo repository.

[zabbix-debuginfo]
       name=Áú»¢¶Ä²© Official Repository debuginfo
       type=rpm-md
       baseurl=http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/sles/15/x86_64/debuginfo/
       gpgcheck=1
       gpgkey=http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/sles/15/x86_64/debuginfo/repodata/repomd.xml.key
       enabled=0
       update=1

This will allow you to install zabbix-<component>-debuginfo packages.