Would you like to learn how to do a Zabbix 4.4 installation on Ubuntu Linux using Nginx? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install, configure and access Zabbix4.4 on a computer running Ubuntu Linux.
• Ubuntu 18.04
• Ubuntu 19.10
• Zabbix 4.4.1
• PHP 7.3-fpm
• Nginx 1.16.1
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Tutorial – Zabbix 4.4 Installation on Ubuntu Linux
Install the MySQl database service.
Access the MySQL service command-line.
Create a database named zabbix.
Create a database user named zabbix.
In our example, the password kamisma123 was set to the user named zabbix.
Give the MySQL user named zabbix permission over the database named zabbix.
Download the Zabbix 4.4 installation package.
Import Zabbix database template inside MySQL.
You have finished the Zabbix database installation.
Tutorial Zabbix – Install Nginx on Ubuntu Linux
Use the Ubuntu APT command to install the Nginx server.
Edit the nginx.conf configuration file.
Add client_max_body_size to the HTTP section.
Configure the maximum upload size to 32 Megabytes.
Here is the file with our configuration.
Restart the Nginx web server.
The Nginx web server was installed successfully.
Tutorial Zabbix – Add PHP support to Nginx
Nginx needs an external program to add PHP support.
Use the Ubuntu APT command to install the PHP required packages.
Use the following command to install the required PHP modules.
Find the location of the PHP configuration file on your system.
Edit the php.ini configuration file.
Your PHP version may not be the same as ours.
Your PHP configuration file location may not be the same as ours.
Here is the file with our configuration.
Edit the Nginx default website configuration file to enable the PHP support.
Here is the original file, before our configuration.
Here is the new file with our configuration
Verify if your Nginx configuration file has no error.
Restart the PHP service and restart the Nginx service.
The Nginx server PHP configuration was completed.
Tutorial – Zabbix Server 4.4 Installation on Ubuntu
Download and install the GOLANG package.
The GOLANG software was installed under the /usr/local folder.
In order to work properly, the GO software expect the system to have a set of environment variables.
Let’s create a file to automate the required environment variables configuration.
Here is the go.sh file content:
Reboot your computer.
Verify if the required environment variables were created automatically.
Here is the correct output:
Create a Linux account to the Zabbix user and install the required packages.
Access the Zabbix package folder, compile and install the Zabbix server
Find the location of the zabbix_server.conf file.
Here is the original file, before our configuration.
Here is the new file with our configuration.
Start the Zabbix server.
Now, you need to choose which version of Zabbix agent you want to use.
Use the following command to start the default Zabbix Agent.
Or use the following command to start the new Zabbix Agent2.
Zabbix agent 2 appears to run only in the foreground.
Move all the Zabbix frontend files to the root directory of your Nginx installation.
Set the correct file permission on all moved files
Restart the Nginx service.
Tutorial – Zabbix 4.4 Web Installer
Open your browser and enter the IP address of your web server plus /zabbix.
In our example, the following URL was entered in the Browser:
• http://35.162.85.57/zabbix
The Zabbix web installation interface should be presented.
Click on the Next button.
On the next screen, you will have to check if all the requirements were achieved.
Click on the Next button.
Enter the Database information required to connect to the Zabbix database.
• Host: localhost
• Database Username: zabbix
• Database Password: kamisama123
On the next screen, you just have to click on the Next button.
Now, take a look on the configuration summary.
Click on the Next button.
On the next screen, you will have to click on the Finish button.
Finally, you will be presented with the Zabbix login screen.
• Zabbix default username: Admin
• Zabbix default Password: zabbix
After a successful login, you will be sent to the new Zabbix Dashboard.
Congratulations! The Zabbix server 4.4 installation was finished successfully.
