Zabbix provides real-time monitoring of thousands of metric data from servers, virtual machines, network devices, and web applications. Analyzing the data Zabbix gathers will give you a general idea of the health of your servers and web applications, in addition to helping you detect potential problems before your users report them.<\/p>\n
To monitor a server and collect data from it, Zabbix uses an agent<\/em> that gathers data from different services and sends it to the Zabbix monitoring server. Zabbix supports encrypted communication between the monitoring server and its monitored clients. This ensures that your data is transferred securely over the network.<\/p>\n Zabbix provides a web interface that allows you to monitor your servers (also known as Zabbix clients) and their internal services and manage system settings.<\/p>\n To install Zabbix 7 on Ubuntu 24.04, you'll first download the Zabbix repository configuration package, install the Zabbix web frontend with MariaDB database support, Zabbix server, and Zabbix Nginx configuration packages. Next, you'll configure MariaDB for Zabbix, set up Nginx and PHP, then finish up your Zabbix installation through the Zabbix web interface.<\/p>\n If you want to skip all the technical steps of setting up Zabbix on your server and have it installed in minutes, then I have some great news for you! Our team of engineers has prepared a ready-to-use 1-click Zabbix application for your convenience. Just choose one of our servers<\/a>, and while prompted to choose the operating system, choose\u00a0Zabbix<\/strong> from the dropdown menu.<\/p>\n To follow this tutorial you need:<\/p>\n Check out our\u00a0How to access your server using SSH<\/a>\u00a0guide to learn how to access your server and create a\u00a0 You first need to install Zabbix onto the server where MariaDB and Nginx should be already be installed. Zabbix offers installation packages for different Linux distributions. Zabbix can be found in Ubuntu's package manager, but it is outdated. To install the most recent stable version, use the official Zabbix repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n To download and install the latest Zabbix server, first get the Zabbix repository configuration package. This can be done by downloading the Run the following command:<\/p>\n Once the download finishes, you can install it with the After you run the command above, you will see an output like this:<\/p>\n Next, refresh the package index to use this new repository:<\/p>\n You should see the following as part of the output:<\/p>\n We are now able to install Zabbix after our server has been updated.<\/p>\n Next, we will install the Zabbix web frontend with MySQL database support and the Zabbix server. Note that we will be using MariaDB, but because its compatible with MySQL, you can just install the MySQL packages and they will work as expected:<\/p>\n Here you install the following packages:<\/p>\n This command's will take some time to run. Below are the last few lines of the output:<\/p>\n Finally, install the Zabbix Agent<\/em>, which allows you to collect data about the Zabbix server status.<\/p>\n An output similar to the following will signify a successful installation:<\/p>\n To use Zabbix, you must first set up a database that stores the data the Zabbix server will gather from its agents (also known as Zabbix clients). This is the next step.<\/p>\n To configure Zabbix with a functional database, you will need to create a MariaDB database and fill it with basic information. To ensure that Zabbix doesn't log in to your MariaDB database using the root account, you will also create a unique user for this database.<\/p>\n To create a MySQL\/MariaDB database, use the If you get an error that contains You'll be asked for your MySQL root password, enter it and then press Enter.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> If you've installed the LEMP stack using our 1-Click App, you'll find your MySQL root password in the App Details<\/strong> widget on your SSDNodes Dashboard. As demonstrated in the following image:<\/p>\n You should get a prompt similar to the following:<\/p>\n Now you can create a database for Zabbix, We'll name the database If you receive an error upon entering the preceding command, make sure you've typed it in correctly, and that you end it with a semicolon ( To create a new MariaDB user account for Zabbix, use the following statement in the MariaDB command line interface. Remember to replace Here, Next, you'll need to give all access permissions to the user account that will manage your Zabbix database:<\/p>\n Refresh the privileges for the preceding command to take effect and apply the permission changes to the database server:<\/p>\n This will take care of both the user and the database. You can exit the database console with the following command:<\/p>\n Next, you need to import the initial Zabbix SQL schema and data that Zabbix needs. To do this, run the following command to set up the schema and import data into the Zabbix database. Because the data is compressed, use When prompted, enter the password for your The command will take a while. If you get an error that says You must set the database password in the Zabbix configuration file to allow the Zabbix client to access this database. Use your preferable text editor to open the configuration file. In this tutorial, we will be using Look for the following section of the file:<\/p>\n The file must be modified to change the Make sure to replace Save and close the file, press Now you have configured the Zabbix server for connection to the database. Next, configure Nginx to serve the Zabbix frontend.<\/p>\n Install the automatic configuration package to configure Nginx automatically:<\/p>\n As an output of the above command, you should get the configuration file Next, you need to make some necessary changes to the This file contains an Nginx server configuration automatically generated by Nginx. It includes two lines which determine the server\u2019s name as well as what port it listens on:<\/p>\n Uncomment these lines and replace To set up a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate for Zabbix, first install the Certbot client for Nginx:<\/p>\n Next, generate a certificate using the following command, replacing Enter your email address and type Y <\/strong>to agree on the terms of service. You'll also be asked whether you want to subscribe to receive emails from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a founding Next, unlink the default Nginx configuration from the \/sites-enabled\/ directory. This forces Nginx to use your Zabbix configuration instead of the default configuration:<\/p>\n Next, test your configuration\u2019s syntax using the following command:<\/p>\n You should receive an output that\u2019s similar to the following:<\/p>\n This output shows that there are no errors in the configuration file.<\/p>\n If you receive any errors, review your configuration file and make sure you\u2019ve set your directives and values properly.<\/p>\n Next, reload Nginx for the changes you\u2019ve made to take effect by running the following command:<\/p>\n Next, you will need to modify your PHP configuration to ensure that Nginx can be used to serve Zabbix's frontend.<\/p>\n The Zabbix web interface uses PHP and requires special PHP server settings. These settings were created by Zabbix during installation, and can be found in the directory This file contains PHP settings that satisfy the requirements of the Zabbix web interface. The default timezone setting is not commented out. You must set the appropriate timezone to ensure Zabbix displays the correct time for you, make sure to replace Save the file and close it.<\/p>\n You may have to uncomment the highlighted timezone line in the code block before you change it to your timezone. This list contains all supported time zones<\/a>.<\/p>\n In some Ubuntu servers, the default system locale is To see which system locale your server is currently using, use the following command:<\/p>\n If your output is similar to the following:<\/p>\n Then you should set up a more appropriate locale in order for Zabbix to function correctly.<\/p>\n To set up a comprehensive locale and use it instead of the default \u200cNext, edit the system locale file:<\/p>\n Search your locale, and uncomment it. In this example, we\u2019ll uncomment\u00a0 Save and exit the file.<\/p>\n Generate the locales you just configured:<\/p>\n The output should indicate that the locale is correctly configured:<\/p>\n Set up your locale using the Now, check your current locale:<\/p>\n You should see your chosen locale set up correctly:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now restart Note:<\/strong> You may have another version of php-fpm installed on your system, so you might have to change You should receive the full name and version of your php-fpm service:<\/p>\n After configuring your time zone, you can now start and enable the Zabbix server, Zabbix Agent, Nginx server, and PHP:<\/p>\n Then check whether the Zabbix server is running properly, run the following command:<\/p>\n You should see the following output:<\/p>\n Next, enable all the components to start at boot time:<\/p>\n You now need to configure the Zabbix Web Interface. You will do this in the next step.<\/p>\n To set up your Zabbix web interface.<\/p>\n Launch your browser and go to the domain name or IP address associated with your Zabbix server:<\/p>\n You will see the following screen:<\/p>\n Click Next step<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The next screen will show a table listing all the prerequisites for Zabbix. All items should have an OK<\/strong> tag on the right.<\/p>\n Scroll down to see all the prerequisites. After you have verified that everything is OK, click Next step<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n The next screen will ask you for your database connection information.<\/p>\n Your Zabbix server has been informed about your database earlier, but Zabbix's web interface also needs to have access to it.<\/p>\n Enter your MariaDB credentials that you created earlier in step 2, then click Next step<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You'll be moved to a Settings<\/strong> screen, just click Next step<\/strong> and leave the default values.<\/p>\n The Zabbix server name<\/strong> is an optional parameter used in the web interface to identify each server in case you are monitoring a lot of servers at once.<\/p>\n The next screen shows a Pre-installation summary so you can confirm everything is correct:<\/p>\n Click Next step<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You will be shown a screen that confirms that the installation has been successfully completed. This screen also informs you that a configuration file was created at Finally, Click Finish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You will be redirected to a login screen. The default username is You'll be taken to the Zabbix dashboard:<\/p>\n You now have Zabbix installed and you can use it to monitor your servers remotely. Check out the official documentation<\/a> to learn more about the capabilities of Zabbix.<\/p>\n![\"install](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zabix-article.png\")
<\/p>\nInstalling Zabbix on Ubuntu 24.04<\/h2>\n
Note<\/h3>\n
Prerequisites<\/h2>\n
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sudo<\/code> privileges. \u00a0If you haven't noticed, we offer extremely powerful Ubuntu 24.04 VPS servers at a bargain. Take a look at our offerings<\/a>\u00a0and prepare for your mind to be blown \ud83e\udd2f.<\/li>\nsudo<\/code>\u00a0user.<\/p>\nStep 1: Installing the Zabbix Server<\/h2>\n
Zabbix.deb<\/code> file using the wget<\/code> command. This .deb<\/code> file will be used to add the repository.<\/p>\nwget https:\/\/repo.zabbix.com\/zabbix\/7.0\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/z\/zabbix-release\/zabbix-release_7.0-2+ubuntu24.04_all.deb<\/code><\/pre>\ndpkg<\/code> command:<\/p>\nsudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_7.0-2+ubuntu24.04_all.deb<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"installing](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dpkg-i-1024x257.webp\")
<\/p>\nsudo apt update<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"updating](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sudo-apt-update-1024x349.webp\")
<\/p>\nsudo apt install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-sql-scripts<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
zabbix-server-mysql<\/code>: Adds MySQL\/MariaDB support to zabbix.<\/li>\nzabbix-frontend-php<\/code>: The PHP Zabbix web interface.<\/li>\nzabbix-sql-scripts<\/code>: Zabbix SQL scripts that will create the Zabbix database and its tables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"installing](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/last-few-lines-1024x349.webp\")
<\/p>\nsudo apt install zabbix-agent<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"install](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/install-zabbix-agent-1024x289.webp\")
<\/p>\nStep 2: Configuring MariaDB<\/h2>\n
mysql<\/code> client to connect to MariaDB and access its command line interface with the following command:<\/p>\nsudo mysql<\/code><\/pre>\nAccess denied for user 'root'<\/code>, this means that the default authentication method has changed, and connecting to MariaDB requires a password for the root account. To solve this issue, use the following command to connect to MariaDB using the root user and a password:<\/p>\nmysql -u root -p<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"SSDNodes](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/SSDNodes-LEMP-Info.webp\")
<\/p>\n![\"Mysql](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mysql-u-root-p-1024x319.webp\")
<\/p>\nzabbix<\/code>, and add UTF-8 characters support to it:<\/p>\ncreate database zabbix character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;<\/code><\/pre>\n;<\/code>).<\/p>\npassword<\/code> with a strong password for your user account:<\/p>\ncreate user zabbix@localhost identified by 'password';<\/code><\/pre>\nzabbix<\/code> is your database user for Zabbix, and password<\/code> is its password.<\/p>\ngrant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost;<\/code><\/pre>\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/code><\/pre>\nEXIT;<\/code><\/pre>\nzcat<\/code>:<\/p>\nsudo zcat \/usr\/share\/zabbix-sql-scripts\/mysql\/server.sql.gz | mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -uzabbix -p zabbix<\/code><\/pre>\nzabbix<\/code> MariaDB user.<\/p>\nERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user <\/code>zabbix<\/code>@'localhost' (using password: YES)<\/code> or something similar, make sure you used the right password for your zabbix<\/code> user that you've set up earlier in the MariaDB command line.<\/p>\nnano<\/code>:<\/p>\nsudo nano \/etc\/zabbix\/zabbix_server.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\r\n### Option: DBPassword \r\n# Database password. Ignored for SQLite. \r\n# Comment this line if no password is used.\r\n# \r\n# Mandatory: no \r\n# Default: \r\n# DBPassword=<\/code><\/pre>\nDBPassword<\/code> value to the password of the database user. To configure the database, add this line to the end of these comments:<\/p>\n\r\nDBPassword=your_zabbix_db_password<\/code><\/pre>\nyour_zabbix_db_password<\/code> with your database password.<\/p>\nCTRL+X<\/code>, followed by Y<\/code> and then ENTER<\/code>.<\/p>\nStep 3: Setting up Nginx<\/h2>\n
sudo apt install zabbix-nginx-conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\/etc\/zabbix\/nginx.conf<\/code>, and also a link to it in the Nginx configuration directory \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/zabbix.conf<\/code>.<\/p>\n\/etc\/zabbix\/nginx.conf<\/code> file. Open it with nano<\/code> with the following command:<\/p>\nsudo nano \/etc\/zabbix\/nginx.conf<\/code><\/pre>\nserver {\r\n# listen 8080;\r\n# server_name example.com;<\/code><\/pre>\nexample.com<\/code> by your domain name, and replace port 8080<\/code> with port 80<\/code>:<\/p>\nserver {\r\n listen 80;\r\n server_name your_domain;<\/code><\/pre>\nSet up a Let's Encrypt Certificate<\/h3>\n
sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx -y<\/code><\/pre>\nzabbix.example.com<\/code> with your domain name:<\/p>\nsudo certbot --nginx -d zabbix.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n
\npartner of the Let's Encrypt project. Type N <\/strong>if you don't want to subscribe to this emailing list.<\/p>\nsudo unlink \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/default<\/code><\/pre>\nsudo nginx -t<\/code><\/pre>\nnginx: the configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf syntax is ok\r\nnginx: configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf test is successful<\/code><\/pre>\nsudo systemctl reload nginx<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 4: Configuring PHP<\/h2>\n
\/etc\/zabbix<\/code> and are automatically loaded by PHP-FPM. This file should be modified to set your specific time zone. Open the php-fpm<\/code> configuration of Zabbix:<\/p>\nsudo nano \/etc\/zabbix\/php-fpm.conf<\/code><\/pre>\nAfrica\/Casablanca<\/code> with your specific time zone:<\/p>\n\r\nphp_value[max_execution_time] = 300\r\nphp_value[memory_limit] = 128M\r\nphp_value[post_max_size] = 16M\r\nphp_value[upload_max_filesize] = 2M\r\nphp_value[max_input_time] = 300\r\nphp_value[max_input_vars] = 10000\r\nphp_value[date.timezone] = Africa\/Casablanca<\/code><\/pre>\nSetting up System Locale<\/h3>\n
C.UTF-8<\/code>, which provides a basic UTF-8 locale for computer usage, while Zabbix need a more comprehensive locale tailored for your language. For example, for English speakers in the United States the full en_US.UTF-8<\/code><\/strong> locale is required by Zabbix.<\/p>\nlocale\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nLANG=C.UTF-8\r\nLANGUAGE=\r\nLC_CTYPE=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_NUMERIC=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_TIME=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_COLLATE=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_MONETARY=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_MESSAGES=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_PAPER=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_NAME=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_ADDRESS=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_TELEPHONE=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_MEASUREMENT=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_IDENTIFICATION=\"C.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_ALL=\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nC.UTF-8<\/code> on Ubuntu 24.04, first install the locales<\/code> package:<\/p>\nsudo apt install locales\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nsudo nano \/etc\/locale.gen\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nen_US.UTF-8<\/code>:<\/p>\n# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nsudo locale-gen\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nGenerating locales (this might take a while)...\r\n en_US.UTF-8... done\r\nGeneration complete.\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nupdate-locale<\/code> and export<\/code> commands:<\/p>\nsudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8\r\nexport LANG=en_US.UTF-8\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nlocale\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nLANG=en_US.UTF-8\r\nLANGUAGE=\r\nLC_CTYPE=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_NUMERIC=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_TIME=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_COLLATE=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_MONETARY=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_MESSAGES=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_PAPER=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_NAME=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_ADDRESS=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_TELEPHONE=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_MEASUREMENT=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_IDENTIFICATION=\"en_US.UTF-8\"\r\nLC_ALL=\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nRestart PHP<\/h3>\n
PHP-FPM<\/code> to apply these new settings:<\/p>\nsudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm.service<\/code><\/pre>\n8.3<\/code> in the preceding command with your version of PHP. To check your php-fpm<\/code> version, use the following command:<\/p>\nsudo systemctl status php* | grep fpm.service<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"php](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/php_for_zabbix-1024x227.webp\")
<\/p>\nsudo systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php8.3-fpm<\/code><\/pre>\nsudo systemctl status zabbix-server<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"zabbix](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/systemctl-status-zabbix-server-1024x319.webp\")
<\/p>\nsystemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php8.3-fpm<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 5: Configuring Settings for the Zabbix Web Interface<\/h2>\n
http:\/\/your_zabbix_server_domain_or_ip<\/code><\/pre>\n![\"Zabbix](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zabbix_UI.webp\")
<\/p>\n![\"Zabbix](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zabbix_UI_prereqs.webp\")
<\/p>\n![\"Zabbix](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zabbix-MariaDB.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Zabbix](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zabbix-Pre-installation.jpg\")
<\/p>\n\/usr\/share\/zabbix\/conf\/zabbix.conf.php<\/code>. You can back up this file to preserve your Zabbix setup.<\/p>\nAdmin<\/code> and the default password is zabbix<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"Zabbix](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zabbix-Login.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"ZabbixDashboard\"](\"https:\/\/www.ssdnodes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ZabbixDashboard.jpg\")
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