Installing Zabbix

Installing Zabbix on Ubuntu is really easy, you’ll find everything you need under Synaptic. Choose those packages:

• zabbix-server-mysql
  

This Package provides all binaries which are needed to run an Zabbix Server. The Server collects all Informations of your Zabbix Client Systems and stores them in an DBMS. This Package is compiled with MySQL support.

• zabbix-frontend-php

This Package provides the php Frontend to your Zabbix Server database, which displays the collected Informations of your Zabbix-Clients using graphs.

To use the frontend, open your favorite browser, type localhost/zabbix in the address bar (assuming you are logged in on your serveur). To access it remotely, use the IP adress and make sure the firewall is correctly configured to allow access.

Note that under Ubuntu 8.10 there was a bug preventing the php5-mysql package to be downloaded. So if you encounter error message while loading the Zabbix frontend, the problem might come from a missing package. This bug should be fixed in Jaunty (9.04).

Installing Zabbix on Debian is exactly the same, just use this command:

apt-get install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php

On Debian Lenny (501) there’s one package not downloaded with the commande above. You need to manually install it:

apt-get install php5-mysql