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@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ installation of zabbix_server on Slackware.
zabbix-java has been moved to a separate package - zabbix-java-gateway
+Frontend is now also in a seperate package - zabbix_frontend as it might be installed on a seperate machine
+
+
You will need to have a working installation of httpd and MariaDB (*) for
zabbix_server to run. MariaDB server does not have to be on the same box as
zabbix_server, but they need to be able to communicate and you will need at
least the MariaDB client on the box that will run zabbix_server.
-(*) zabbix can work with MySQL and its forks, Oracle, PostgreSQL and IBM DB2
+(*) zabbix can work with MySQL and its forks, Oracle and PostgreSQL
databases, but these instructions are for MariaDB, as it is included with
Slackware.
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ On your MariaDB server, connect with full privileges:
Create the zabbix database & user:
- mysql> create database zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
+ mysql> create database zabbix set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
mysql> use mysql;
mysql> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@<your_zabbix_server> identified by '<your_password>';
mysql> flush privileges;
@@ -66,33 +69,8 @@ In MariaDB, create the schema & add initial data:
mysql> source images.sql;
mysql> quit
-1.2) Configure PHP
-
-zabbix requires some parameters in /etc/php.ini to be altered:
-
- - post_max_size = 16M Default = 8M
- - max_execution_time = 300 Default = 30
- - max_input_time = 300 Default = 60
- - date.timezone Needs to be set (default = blank)
- - always_populate_raw_post_data = -1
-
-After changing the php.ini file, you'll need to restart httpd for the
-changes to have effect:
-
- # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
-
-1.3) Configure httpd
-zabbix requires php enabled in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
-
-uncomment the line:
- Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf
-
-add index.php to the DirectoryIndex parameter
- Directory index.html index.php
-
-
-1.4) zabbix_server configuration file
+1.2) zabbix_server configuration file
A standard configuration file is installed as /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
@@ -139,10 +117,3 @@ Now you are ready to start zabbix_server by calling the startup script:
# /etc/rc.d/rc.zabbix_server start
-Once zabbix_server has started and configured correctly, you should be able
-to access it by pointing your browser at:
-
- http://(ip-of-your-zabbix-server)/zabbix/
-
-From here on, you can follow the manual to start the initial configuration
-and set up all the items to monitor.