2 Debian/Ubuntu/Raspbian

    Packages are available with either MySQL/PostgreSQL database and Apache/Nginx web server support.

    See the per platform in the download page for:

    • installing the repository
    • installing server/agent/frontend
    • creating initial database, importing initial data
    • configuring database for Zabbix server
    • configuring PHP for Zabbix frontend
    • starting server/agent processes

    If you want to run Zabbix agent as root, see running agent as root.

    Zabbix web service process, which is used for , requires Google Chrome browser. The browser is not included into packages and has to be installed manually.

    Importing data with Timescale DB

    With TimescaleDB, in addition to the import command for PostgreSQL, also run:

    TimescaleDB is supported with Zabbix server only.

    SELinux configuration

    See SELinux configuration for RHEL.

    Once the required repository is added, you can install Zabbix proxy by running:

    Substitute ‘mysql’ in the command with ‘pgsql’ to use PostgreSQL, or with ‘sqlite3’ to use SQLite3.

    The package ‘zabbix-sql-scripts’ contains database schemas for all supported database management systems for both Zabbix server and Zabbix proxy and will be used for data import.

    Creating database

    a separate database for Zabbix proxy.

    Zabbix server and Zabbix proxy cannot use the same database. If they are installed on the same host, the proxy database must have a different name.

    Importing data

    Import initial schema:

    1. # cat /usr/share/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/proxy.sql | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix

    For proxy with PostgreSQL (or SQLite):

    Configure database for Zabbix proxy
    1. # vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf
    3.        DBName=zabbix
    4.        DBUser=zabbix

    In DBName for Zabbix proxy use a separate database from Zabbix server.

    In DBPassword use Zabbix 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 Zabbix. Refer to the respective section for RHEL for instructions.

    Starting Zabbix proxy process

    To start a Zabbix proxy process and make it start at system boot:

    Frontend configuration

    A Zabbix proxy does not have a frontend; it communicates with Zabbix server only.

    It is required to install Java gateway only if you want to monitor JMX applications. Java gateway is lightweight and does not require a database.

    Once the required repository is added, you can install Zabbix Java gateway by running: