Overview

This section describes an example of configuring Kerberos with Zabbix server to perform web monitoring of with user ‘zabbix’.

Steps

Step 1

Install Kerberos package.

For RHEL/CentOS:

Step 2

Configure Kerberos configuration file (see MIT documentation for details)

Step 3

It is important to run the above command as user zabbix. If you run it as root the authentication will not work.

Step 4

Create a web scenario or HTTP agent item with Kerberos authentication type.

Note that for lengthy web monitoring it is necessary to take care of renewing the Kerberos ticket. Default time of ticket expiration is 10h.