How to Install Zabbix on RHEL/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu – Part 1

Zabbix is an Open Source, high-level enterprise software designed to monitor and keep track of networks, servers, and applications in real-time. Build in a server-client model, Zabbix can collect different types of data that are used to create historical graphics and output performance or load trends of the monitored targets.

The server has the ability to check standard networking services (HTTP, FTP, SMTP, IMAP, etc) without the need to install extra software on the monitored hosts.

However, in order to gather data and create statistics about local services or other specific system resources that run on remote instances, such as CPU, disks, internal system process, RAM, etc, you need to install and configure a Zabbix agent.

Following are the 4-article series about the Zabbix Monitoring application:

Part 1: Install Zabbix on Debian/Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS/Fedora/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

This tutorial will focus on how to install the latest version of the Zabbix Server on Debian/Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS /Fedora/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux with MySQL/MariaDB backend database to store collected data, PHP and Apache Web Server as the mainly web interface.

Important: The given Zabbix instructions also work on all Debian derivatives and RedHat-based distros like RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux.

Step 1: Install Apache Web Server and PHP

1. First, update the software packages and then install Apache Web Server alongside PHP and its extensions in order to provide the web-backed functionality for Zabbix Server by issuing the following command.

--------------- On Debian/Ubuntu --------------- 
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
$ sudo apt install apache2 php php-mysql php-mysqlnd php-ldap php-bcmath php-mbstring php-gd php-pdo php-xml libapache2-mod-php

--------------- On RHEL-based Distros ---------------
# yum update && yum upgrade
# yum -y install epel-release
# yum install httpd php php-mysqlnd php-ldap php-bcmath php-mbstring php-gd php-xml		

2. Next, you need to tune the PHP interpreter and adjust some values in order to run Zabbix Server. So, open Apache php.ini configuration file for editing by issuing the following command:

$ sudo nano /etc/php/7.X/apache2/php.ini 	[On Debian/Ubuntu] 
# vi /etc/php.ini				[On RHEL/CentOS/]

Now, search with CTRL+C and replace the following PHP values as it follows:

post_max_size = 16M
upload_max_filesize = 2M
max_execution_time 300
max_input_time = 300
memory_limit 128M
session.auto_start = 0
mbstring.func_overload = 0
date.timezone = Europe/Bucharest

Replace the date.timezone variable according to your server’s geographical location. A list of PHP-supported Timezones can be found here http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php.

3. After updating the PHP configuration file, restart Apache daemon to reflect changes by issuing the following command.

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2.service	 [On Debian/Ubuntu] 
# systemctl restart httpd.service		 [On RHEL/CentOS]

Step 2: Install MariaDB Database and Library

4. On the next step install the MariaDB database and MySQL development library from binary packages. As MariaDB installs on your system you will be asked to set a password for the database root user during installation (Only on Debian). Choose a strong password, repeat it and wait for the installation to finish.

$ sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client libmysqld-dev	 [On Debian/Ubuntu] 
# yum install mariadb-server mariadb-client mariadb-devel	         [On RHEL/CentOS]
Set MySQL root Password
Set MySQL root Password

5. When the installation of Mariadb finishes, start and secure the database by issuing mysql_secure_installation command with system root privileges ( answer with yes for removing anonymous users, disable root login remotely, remove test database and access to it and apply all changes).

$ sudo systemctl start mariadb
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
OR
# systemctl start mariadb
# mysql_secure_installation

Use the below screenshot as a guide.

Secure MySQL Installation

6. The next requirement for Zabbix is setting up an RDBMS database. Log in to your LAMP stack database component (MySQL or MariaDB) and create a Zabbix database and the credentials required to manage the database, by issuing the following commands.

Make sure you replace the database name, user, and password to match your own settings.

# mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> create database zabbixdb character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on zabbixdb.* to 'zabbixuser'@'localhost' identified by 'password1';
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit

Step 3: Install Zabbix Server

7. Now, start to install the Zabbix server and Zabbix PHP frontend application by adding the official Zabbix repositories to your system package manager by issuing the following commands with root privileges.

Install Zabbix on Debian

--------------- On Debian 11 --------------- 
$ sudo wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.4-1+debian11_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.4-1+debian11_all.deb
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent

--------------- On Debian 10 --------------- 
$ sudo wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.4-1+debian10_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.4-1+debian10_all.deb
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent

Install Zabbix on Ubuntu

--------------- On Ubuntu 20.04 --------------- 
$ sudo wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent

--------------- On Ubuntu 18.04 --------------- 
$ sudo wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu18.04_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu18.04_all.deb
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent

Install Zabbix on RHEL-based Distros

--------------- On RHEL/CentOS 8 --------------- 
# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/rhel/8/x86_64/zabbix-release-5.4-1.el8.noarch.rpm
# dnf clean all
# dnf install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent

--------------- On RHEL/CentOS 7 ---------------
# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-5.4-1.el7.noarch.rpm
# dnf clean all
# dnf install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent

If you want to download and compile an older version, please visit Zabbix official Sourceforge repositories.

8. On the next step, restart the Apache HTTP server in order to apply the Zabbix configuration file installed for Apache.

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2   [On Debian/Ubuntu] 
# systemctl restart httpd     [On RHEL/CentOS] 
# setenforce 0                [Disable SELinux on RHEL/CentOS] 

Step 4: Configure Zabbix Server and Agent

9. Before configuring the server, first, import Zabbix’s initial database schema to the MySQL database. Import the schema against the database created for the Zabbix application, by issuing the below command.

$ sudo zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/create.sql.gz | mysql -u zabbixuser zabbixdb -p
OR
# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/create.sql.gz | mysql -u zabbixuser zabbixdb -p

10. On the next step, set up the Zabbix server by opening the main configuration file for editing with the following command.

$ sudo nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
OR
# nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

In zabbix_server.conf file search and modify the following lines as presented in the below excerpt. Update the variables to reflect your own database settings.

DBHost=localhost
DBName=zabbixdb
DBUser=zabbixuser
DBPassword=password1

11. Finally, save and close the Zabbix server configuration file by pressing Ctrl+o and Ctrl+x file and restarting the Zabbix daemon to apply changes by issuing the below command.

# systemctl restart zabbix-server.service

12. Next, configure the Zabbix Agent configuration file by updating the following lines. First, open the file for editing.

# nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf 

Zabbix agent configuration file excerpt:

Server=127.0.0.1
ListenPort=10050

13. Save and close the Zabbix agent configuration file and restart Zabbix Agent to reflect changes by issuing the following command.

# systemctl restart zabbix-agent.service 

Step 5: Install and Configure Zabbix Frontend Interface

15. Now it’s time to install the Zabbix Server Frontend web interface. In order to accomplish this step open a browser and navigate to your server IP Address using HTTP or HTTPS protocol and the welcome screen should appear. Hit the Next button to move forward.

http://192.168.1.151/zabbix/setup.php
OR
https://192.168.1.151/zabbix/setup.php

On the first welcome screen, just hit the Next step button to move to the new step of the installation process.

Zabbix Web Installer
Zabbix Web Installer

16. After a series of checks, if all pre-requires values are satisfied, hit the Next button to proceed further.

Zabbix Checks Pre-requisites
Zabbix Checks Pre-requisites

17. On the next step provide the settings for the MySQL database, hit the Test connection button to test MySQL connectivity, and move to the step by pressing the Next button.

Zabbix Database Settings
Zabbix Database Settings

18. Next, supply the Host (or IP Address) and the Port of the Zabbix server (use the host localhost and the port 10051 because Zabbix server is configured to run on the same host as the Zabbix frontend web interface in this tutorial) and a Name for Zabbix frontend installation. When you’re done hit Next to continue.

Zabbix Server Details
Zabbix Server Details

19. Next, check all the configurations parameters.

Zabbix Pre Installation Summary
Zabbix Pre Installation Summary

20. After the installation process completes, a congratulations message will appear in your browser. Hit on the Finish button to exit the Zabbix frontend installer.

Zabbix Installation Complete
Zabbix Installation Complete

21. Finally, navigate to your server IP address or domain name by appending /zabbix URL address and log in to the Zabbix web admin panel with the default credentials presented below.

https://your_domain.tld/zabbix/ 
Username: Admin
Password: zabbix
Zabbix Login
Zabbix Login

22. After you’ve logged in to the Zabbix admin panel, you can start to configure Zabbix and add new network resources to be monitored by the Zabbix server.

Zabbix Dashboard
Zabbix Dashboard

23. To change the Zabbix frontend admin account password, navigate to Administration -> Users –> User and hit on the Change password button and add your new password, as illustrated in the below screenshot. Finally, hit on the bottom Update button in order to save the admin account’s new password.

Zabbix Admin Password Change
Zabbix Admin Password Change

That’ll! The next series concerning the Zabbix monitoring system will discuss how to set up the server further using the web interface and how to install and configure Zabbix agents on different Linux distributions or even Windows systems.

Matei Cezar
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93 thoughts on “How to Install Zabbix on RHEL/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu – Part 1”

  1. After completing all the steps, I logged into the Zabbix service website and was prompted that the Zabbix server was not running, and the information displayed may not be current.

    Reply
    • @Weidashuai,

      First, ensure that the Zabbix server service is running. If not, you can start the service using the following command:

      sudo systemctl start zabbix-server
      

      After starting the Zabbix server, monitor the server’s logs to check for any issues or error messages that might provide more information about the problem.

      sudo journalctl -xe -u zabbix-server
      

      Look for any error messages that might point to the cause of the Zabbix server not running.

      Next, you need to check that the Zabbix web interface is properly configured to communicate with the Zabbix server in the configuration settings, including the Zabbix server hostname and port.

      sudo nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
      OR
      sudo vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
      

      After making any necessary configuration changes, restart the Zabbix server to apply the changes:

      sudo systemctl restart zabbix-server
      

      Finally, make sure that your firewall not blocking Zabbix server communication. Adjust your firewall rules or SELinux policies if needed.

      Then, log in again to the Zabbix web interface.

      Reply
  2. Dear Sir,

    I am stuck in installing Zabbix to my centos 7. I tried multiple times so it shows a conflict.

    ​Kindly find below the Details

    I checked all the packages by:

    # yum search zabbix*

    Did clean by yum clean all and after that, I tried to remove them by yum remove Zabbix but it shows there is no package installed.

    Try to delete Zabbix-release by rpm -e Zabbix-release but didn’t find anything.

    I want 6.2 but Zabbix 50 and 4 conflict with them and also didn’t be deleted. One more thing did anyone let me know where the zabbix.arch files placed.

    –> Finished Dependency Resolution
    Error: zabbix50 conflicts with zabbix40-4.0.39-1.el7.x86_64
    You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
    You could try running: rpm -Va –nofiles –nodigest

    Reply
    • @Desh,

      First, you need to remove the already installed zabbix40 which is not Zabbix official package as shown.

      # yum remove zabbix40
      

      After removing all zabbix40 packages, you can follow the guide to install Zabbix from official repo as shown in this article…

      Reply
  3. How to resolve the error:

    skipping https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-5.4-1.el7.noarch.rpm
    - transfer failed

    Reply
  4. I solved installing zabbix 4.0 in Debian 9.

    # wget http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.5/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_3.5-1%2Bstretch_all.deb
    # dpkg -i zabbix-release_3.5-1+stretch_all.deb
    # apt-get update
    # apt-get install zabbix-server-mysql (zabbix 4.0)
    
    Reply
  5. At the point 4 the packet libmysql-dev send package libmysqld-dev is not available and libmariadbd18, libmariadbd-dev is available.

    Reply
  6. Hello Matei,

    I find a little spelling mistake through the guide:

    “MariaDB [(none)]> create database zabbixdb character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;”

    Thanks for detailed sharing and hope this helps.

    Reply
  7. Good Day,

    Finally I found a direct tutorial and to the core of how to install this application so novel, after about 30 failed installation attempts of other pages, this was the only one that actually helped me.

    Thank you! I will be attentive to your forum!

    Reply
  8. I just shared my experience Zabbix with CentOS 7. in case you not yet disabled firewall and selinux you need to some command for allow Zabbix and httpd work together as below:

    # firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp --permanent
    # firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=10050/tcp --permanent
    # firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=10051/tcp --permanent
    # firewall-cmd --reload
    

    SELinux rule

    # setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on
    # setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_zabbix 1
    # setsebool -P zabbix_can_network 1
    

    and restart apache and zabbix server.

    if not like this you will see the message announce that;
    your zabbix server is not running….

    for who have problem the same as me.

    Reply
  9. Dear Sir,
    please help me to solve this issue in CentOS7 how can i enabled this i am tired to resolve this issue.
    PHP bcmath off Fail
    PHP mbstring off Fail

    Reply
  10. Hi! i’m senegalese and i speak english a little. But i confirm it’s work for me 100% on debian. Thank’s for this topic. Good luck for the next!

    Reply
  11. I have followed step by step according to this instruction. But it is not working for Debian 8. I am getting an error message: Zabbix server is not running.

    Reply
  12. hi guys
    installed successfully now i want know whats open port needed in the zabbix server and slave server added to zabbix?

    Reply
  13. Hy, guys.
    I have the same problem, Zabbix server is running No localhost, in debian. After review again the tutorial i realize that when i edit the configuration file line “DBSocket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock” i keep the default “mysql.sock” in the end. After edit to “mysqld.sock” it works.

    Txs for the tutorial.

    Reply
  14. When I am running command:::

    # make
    # make install

    I am getting out :::

    [root@network1 zabbix-2.4.5]# make
    make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
    [root@network1 zabbix-2.4.5]#
    [root@network1 zabbix-2.4.5]# make install
    make: *** No rule to make target `install’. Stop.
    [root@network1 zabbix-2.4.5]#

    Reply
      • While I am running Command :: make install

        my output is different from your output . Please help me .

        See::

        [root@network1 zabbix-2.4.5]# make install
        Making install in src
        make[1]: Entering directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/src’
        make[2]: Entering directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/src’
        make[3]: Entering directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/src’
        make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am’.
        make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am’.
        make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/src’
        make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/src’
        make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/src’
        Making install in database
        make[1]: Entering directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/database’
        make[2]: Entering directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/database’
        make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am’.
        make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am’.
        make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/database’
        make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/database’
        Making install in man
        make[1]: Entering directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/man’
        make[2]: Entering directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/man’
        make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am’.
        make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/man’
        make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/zabbix-2.4.5/man’

        Reply
  15. When I run the command
    $ mysql_secure_installation

    I am prompted to “Enter the current password for root” . Since one has not been setup yet, I just press enter. I get the following error

    ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ (2)

    Any thoughts?

    Reply
    • Did you used service command to get the output of zabbix daemon? Because zabbix is installed from sources, it can only be started, in this case, with /usr/local/sbin/zabbix_server command. If you run service command against zabbix you won’t get any output, right?
      Confirm zabbix is listening on specific ports with netstat command!

      Reply
    • Run the script /usr/local/sbin/zabbix_server to start Zabbix server. Then run netstat -tlpn to confirm if zabbix service is listening on the default ports.

      Reply
  16. Hi,

    I want to install Zabbix agent without opening the port 10050.Is it possible to install if it so please help me to install the zabbix agent.And also please give me a tutorials on this

    Reply
    • If you don’t open the port 10050 how do you expect zabbix agent to communicate with the server. Is there a reason why you don’t want to add this firewall rule? In case you want to change agent port number replace ListenPort zabbix_agentd directive accordingly.

      Reply
  17. Hi, thanks for the tutorial.

    I have a question, I hope you can help me out. I am not that firm with Linux already, but in step 5 you created a zabbix-user in order to run the deamon process with unprevileged rights.
    In Step 8-18 you start the deamon. But if i start the deamon as root (which i use), i guess the services run as root? Is that right? How can i make sure to start the services as zabbix-user?

    yours D.

    Reply
  18. A error message appears when i login in frontend: “zabbix server is not running the information displayed may not be current”
    How i can fix it?

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Edit /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf file and make sure the line START is set to yes (START=yes). Also verify Selinux config and the firewall to see if it’s blocking zabbix port.

      Reply
  19. Hi. Thanks for great instruction! I have encountered with following issue. Did everything step by step following your instruction, but noticed my zabbix graphs shows wrong date/time.
    I believe this is due to wrong timezone, which must be defined in /etc/apache/conf-enabled/zabbix.conf, but this file (zabbix.conf) is missing. I see from other tutorials, timezone configures exactly in /etc/apache/conf-enabled/zabbix.conf.
    Zabbix is running on Deb Jessie and timezone in /etc/php.ini is set correctly.
    Please advise, how I may fix it. Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Do not know what was root cause, but change of:
      date.timezone = Asia/Tashkent
      to
      date.timezone = Etc/GMT+5 solved issue. I have no idea, why date.timezone string in /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini gives wrong date/time in case of my timezone.

      Reply
  20. Hi,
    I have installed and added hosts and templates but how to monitor the cpu, memory utilization. I tried all tabs can only see the configurations setup.

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Go to Configuration –> Hosts –> Graphs, for your template, select the graph that you want to monitor, then ‘Copy selected to …’, then hit ‘Go’ and select the target host/template.

      Reply
  21. Hi, I’m installing the Zabbix in RHEL 7.2 server, from Redhat I cannot find ssmtp package, can you please help me from where I can get the same. I google already but found ssmtp package for rhel6/5 not rhel7. Thanks in advance

    Reply
  22. Hi, In the step 3: When the installation of Mariadb finishes, secure the database by issuing mysql_secure_installation command with system root privileges, I ran “# mysql_secure_installation”,
    when asked for “Enter current password for root (enter for none):” I gave server root login passowrd it doesn’t accept, i just pressed enter didn’t accept. Kindly assist here.

    Reply
    • @pugazhendhi,

      No need to type the current root password, just enter and when asked to set new mysql root password, set it there and carry further steps..

      Reply
  23. good morning.

    MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@’localhost’ indentified by ‘password’;
    ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntaxe; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ‘identified by ‘password” at line 1

    help-me please.

    Reply
    • @Assis,

      Yes, there is a error in your MySQL command, the correct way to run the command is:

      MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@'localhost' indentified by 'password';
      
      Reply
      • I got with the command below:

        MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@’%’ identified by ‘password’;

        Thank you very much,

        Reply
  24. hi thank you very much for the wonderful tutorial

    please i am getting this error
    441:20151126:100552.738 [Z3001] connection to database ‘zabbix’ failed: [2002] Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock’ (2)
    441:20151126:100552.738 database is down: reconnecting in 10 seconds

    is there something i am missing

    Reply
        • Hello Donmay,

          I had the same issue yesterday. Please check your config correspoding the right mysqld.sock filename.
          In my case under /etc/mysql/my.cnf:

          [mysqld_safe]
          socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
          nice = 0

          This value has to be the same in config file /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf in value “DBSocket”.
          After installation my path configuration was:
          /var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock

          Reply
  25. Hi man, don’t exist this path: “/usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf” in my installation. Nano creates a new file in blank, but don’t appear something write. I’m trying Zabbix 2.4.6.

    Reply
    • Hey guys, I found the problem, I edited the file, and changed the following line . It worked but still do not know the main reason .

      See you later,

      # vi /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf
      Before and after:
      # Dbhost = localhost
      Dbhost = 127.0.0.1

      tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:10050 0.0.0.0:* OUÇA 1162/zabbix_agentd

      tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:10050 0.0.0.0:* OUÇA 1162/zabbix_agentd
      tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:10051 0.0.0.0:* OUÇA 1317/zabbix_server

      root@debian:~# telnet localhost 10051
      Trying ::1…
      Connected to localhost.
      Escape character is ‘^]’.

      Reply
      • @Fábio

        I did same changes but still same error Zabbix server is running No localhost:10051

        telnet localhost 10051
        Trying ::1…
        telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
        Trying 127.0.0.1…

        Reply
        • # /usr/local/sbin/zabbix_agentd
          # /usr/local/sbin/zabbix_agent
          # /usr/local/sbin/zabbix_server

          replace

          # /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd
          # /etc/init.d/zabbix_agent
          # /etc/init.d/zabbix_server

          Reply
  26. Good read ! I am looking forward to the monitoring setup. Specially if you could SNMPchecks and nagios plugins a bit that would be nice. Does zabbix provide an agent for Linux/Windows Host like ICinga2 does ? What level of SNMP granularity is built into Zabbix ?

    Reply
    • Yes, because the official zabbix sources does’nt provide any systemd services conf files. Also, the old upstart (init.d) scripts are not fully compatible and run a little bit tricky on systemd, so i suggest you use this method for now to be safe!

      Reply
    • @Udaya,
      Surely, in our upcoming articles, we will show how to set email and sms alerts to get critical notifications..just stay tuned for the updates..

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      • Can you just give a clue on how to configure SMS alerts? I tried with minicom but it didn’t work for me.

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