Zabbix server installation

install zabbix for ubuntu 18.04

• wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.2/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_4.2-1+bionic_all.deb
• dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.2-1+bionic_all.deb
• apt update
• apt -y install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-agent mysql-server

prepare database

• sudo mysql
• GRANT ALL ON zabbix.* TO 'zabbix'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'change-with-strong-password';
• EXIT;

make settings

• vim /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zabbix.conf

change
php_value date.timezone America/Denver
to
php_value date.timezone Europe/Berlin

restart apache2

• sudo systemctl restart apache2

import database

• zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix

make settings

• vim /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

DBPassword=change-with-strong-password

restart zabbix

• sudo systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent
• sudo systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent