Zabbix on FreeBSD
This guide will show you how to get a basic Zabbix server and frontend running on your FreeBSD 8.1 – as always I assume you know basic FreeBSD to use the guide.
First we install Zabbix server from ports with the options that suit your goals.
cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/zabbix-server make install clean
Next up you create a database and a user for it in your preferred backend. Once the database and the user is ready it’s time to populate the database with the default layout and data. Remember to change where needed according to your backend.
cd /usr/local/share/zabbix/server/create cat schema/mysql.sql data/data.sql data/images_mysql.sql | mysql -u zabbix -p zabbix
That takes a short while up next is configuration of your Zabbix server
cd /usr/local/etc/zabbix cp zabbix_server.conf.sample zabbix_server.conf
Now edit the zabbix_server.conf – by default it is geared towards monitoring small networks so adjust accordingly. Most importantly adjust the backend settings. Then we add the startup value to rc.conf and start the server.
echo "zabbix_server_enable=\"YES\"" >> /etc/rc.conf /usr/local/etc/rc.d/zabbix_server start
Second to last part is the Zabbix agent
cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent make install clean echo "zabbix_agentd_enable=\"YES\"" >> /etc/rc.conf /usr/local/etc/rc.d/zabbix_agentd start
Now we want the frontend (php webpage) installed – again chose the same backend type you used for the server.
cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/zabbix-frontend make install clean
Add /usr/local/www/zabbix as a vhost or move it to suit your setup/webserver. Then access the webpage and the frontend setup will start. Just follow the install and edit your php.ini accordingly to at least the minimum requirements.
There you go – login with admin/zabbix and you have a working Zabbix system. For detail about the options in the frontend go to the official documentation.
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