Install Zabbix on Raspberry Pi

26 Jul 2017

1. Install Packages:

   export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
   export MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="<$PASSWORD>"
   echo mysql-server mysql-server/root_password select $MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD | debconf-set-selections
   echo mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again select $MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD | debconf-set-selections
   apt-get update
   apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
     curl \
     mariadb-server \
     libxml2-dev \
     libcurl4-openssl-dev \
     libmariadbclient-dev \
     libsnmp-dev \
     libevent-dev \
     libpcre3-dev \
     snmp-mibs-downloader \
     snmp \
     nginx \
     php7.0-fpm \
     php7.0-mysql \
     php7.0-gd \
     php7.0-mbstring \
     php7.0-bcmath \
     php7.0-xml
   

2. Add User & Group:

   groupadd zabbix
   useradd -g zabbix zabbix
   

3. Build & Install Zabbix:

   curl -fsSL http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.2/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix/zabbix_3.2.7.orig.tar.gz | tar zxvf -
   cd zabbix-3.2.7
   ./configure \
     --enable-server \
     --enable-agent \
     --with-mysql \
     --with-net-snmp \
     --with-libcurl \
     --with-libxml2
   make install
   

4. Setup Database:

   mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD << EOF
   CREATE DATABASE zabbix CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON zabbix.* TO 'zabbix'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'zabbix';
   EOF
   mysql -uzabbix -pzabbix zabbix < database/mysql/schema.sql
   mysql -uzabbix -pzabbix zabbix < database/mysql/images.sql
   mysql -uzabbix -pzabbix zabbix < database/mysql/data.sql
   

5. Edit /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf:

   DBHost=localhost
   DBName=zabbix
   DBUser=zabbix
   DBPassword=zabbix
   

6. Edit /etc/systemd/system/zabbix-server.service:

   [Unit]
   Description=Zabbix Server
   After=syslog.target network.target mysqld.service
   [Service]
   Type=oneshot
   ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/zabbix_server -c /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf
   ExecReload=/usr/local/sbin/zabbix_server -R config_cache_reload
   RemainAfterExit=yes
   PIDFile=/run/zabbix/zabbix_server.pid
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

7. Edit /etc/systemd/system/zabbix-agent.service:

   [Unit]
   Description=Zabbix Agent
   After=syslog.target network.target network-online.target
   Wants=network.target network-online.target
   [Service]
   Type=oneshot
   ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/zabbix_agentd -c /usr/local/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf
   RemainAfterExit=yes
   PIDFile=/var/run/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.pid
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

8. Enable & Start Services:

   systemctl daemon-reload
   systemctl enable zabbix-server
   systemctl enable zabbix-agent
   systemctl start zabbix-server
   systemctl start zabbix-agent
   

9. Copy Frontend Files to Web-Server Document Root:

   mkdir -p /var/www/html/zabbix
   cp -r frontends/php/* /var/www/html/zabbix/
   

10. Configure Nginx.

Updates

For installing Zabbix updates, just repeat steps 3. and 9. & restart services.