zabbix server setup

requirements

apt install locales locales-all jq

database backend

use a recent MariaDB version otherwise you would get

Unable to start Zabbix server due to unsupported MariaDB database server version (10.03.31)
Must be at least (10.05.00)

see mariadb

prepare the database

mysql -u root

create database zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
create user zabbix@localhost identified by 'PASSWORD-HERE';
grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost;
^D

zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix && echo ALL GOOD

install

grab the latest release and according to your prefered setup (here buster / mariadb / nginx)

wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.5/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.5-1+debian10_all.deb
dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.5-1+debian10_all.deb
apt update
apt install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-nginx-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent

setup access to db

mv -i /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf.dist
grep -vE '^#|^$' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf.dist > /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

DBPassword=PASSWORD-HERE

ln -s /etc/zabbix/nginx.conf
vi nginx.conf

    listen          80 default_server;
    server_name     _;

rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

operations

start

systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php7.3-fpm
systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php7.3-fpm

stop

systemctl stop zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php7.3-fpm

ready to go

http://zabbix-test/setup.php

ls -lF /etc/zabbix/web/zabbix.conf.php

and when done

http://zabbix-test/index.php

Admin / zabbix

User Settings / Profile
    Rows per page: 100

resources

Download and install Zabbix https://www.zabbix.com/download?zabbix=6.0&os_distribution=debian&os_version=10_buster&db=mysql&ws=nginx

6 Web interface installationOld revisionsBacklinksExport to PDF https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/6.0/manual/installation/frontend