- Become root user
Start new shell session with root privileges.
sudo -s
- Install Zabbix repository
wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.2/release/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest_7.2+ubuntu24.04_all.deb
dpkg -i zabbix-release_latest_7.2+ubuntu24.04_all.deb
apt update
- Install Zabbix server, frontend, agent
apt install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-nginx-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent
- Create initial database
Make sure you have database server up and running.
Run the following on your database host.
mysql -uroot -p
password
mysql> create database zabbix character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
mysql> create user zabbix@localhost identified by 'password';
mysql> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost;
mysql> set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 1;
mysql> quit;
On Zabbix server host import initial schema and data. You will be prompted to enter your newly created password.
zcat /usr/share/zabbix/sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz | mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -uzabbix -p zabbix
Disable log_bin_trust_function_creators option after importing database schema.
mysql -uroot -p
password
mysql> set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 0;
mysql> quit;
- Configure the database for Zabbix server
Edit file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
DBPassword=password
- Configure PHP for Zabbix frontend
Edit file /etc/zabbix/nginx.conf uncomment and set ‘listen’ and ‘server_name’ directives.
# listen 8080;
# server_name example.com;
- Start Zabbix server and agent processes
Start Zabbix server and agent processes and make it start at system boot.
systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php8.3-fpm
systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php8.3-fpm
- Open Zabbix UI web page
The URL for Zabbix UI when using Nginx depends on the configuration changes you should have made.
- Secure Your Site with SSL
Install Certbot and obtain an SSL certificate:
apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx -y
certbot --nginx -d zabbix.maksonlee.com