2. Review
• Last video:
• 00-Introduction
• What we do in this series and who is this series for?
• Explained our practical scenario for this series
• There are three ways of getting Zabbix
3. This video
• Install Zabbix Server
• SSH, SNMP, SMTP
• Login to Zabbix for the first time
4. Installing Zabbix – Review Scenario
• Monitor Routers interfaces, RAM and
CPU by SNMP
• If the bandwidth is less than my
expectation, if the link is down, if….,
Zabbix should send an alert email
• Create graph of bandwidth usage,
RAM usage, CPU usage, etc.
• Monitor Windows Servers and Linux Server by SNMP
• Monitor Windows Servers and Linux Server by Zabbix Agent
5. Installing Zabbix – Scenario and Solution
1. Create a Virtual Machine for Zabbix
2. Install Ubuntu Server
• SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• Zabbix should send an alert email
• SSH: Secure Shell
• Makes configuring easy
3. Verify the IP Address
4. Connect to Zabbix by Putty
5. Change the IP Address, if needed
6. Install SNMP (Simple Network Monitoring Protocol)
• Monitor Routers and Servers by SNMP
7. Update/Upgrade Ubuntu Server
6. Installing Zabbix – Install Ubuntu
• Steps:
1. Create a Virtual Machine for Zabbix
• I consider 2GB for RAM, 20GB for HDD
• https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.4/manual/installation/requirements
• NIC should be bridged to interface which you are connected to Internet through it
• Connect the NIC to GNS3 lab
7. Installing Zabbix – Install Ubuntu
2. Install Ubuntu Server
• Hostname: ZabbixSrv
• Domain: Your domain, here I put cbt4all.com
• Full name: Your name, here I put Alireza
• Username: Select an Username, here I put cbt4all
• Password: Choose a password, here I choose cbt4all. But as cbt4all is a weak password, Ubuntu warns
me. I choose YES but you would better choose strong password.
• I do not need encrypted home directory, so I choose NO here.
• Choose your time zone. As I live in New Zealand, I choose Pacific
• I prefer to let Ubuntu create partitions for me, so I choose default and confirm it by choosing YES
• I don’t use proxy, so I leave it blank
• Although updating always is a good idea, so I choose Not Automatic Update
• Install Open SSH Server and Mail Server
• Select Internet Site
• ZabbixSrv.cbt4all.com sounds nice. Do not worry, it is just a name!
• Choose YES for creating encryption for SSH, and locahost is good but you can change if you like
• Choose YES for installing GLB
8. Installing Zabbix – Install Ubuntu, con.
3. Verify the IPAddress for ZabbixSrv by ifconfig command
• IP Address: 192.168.1.200, Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0, Gateway: 192.168.1.254
• DNS Server: 192.168.1.254
4. Connect to Zabbix by Putty and SSH
5. If you want to change the IP Address, use VI Editor
• sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
• auto eth0
• iface eth0 inet static
• address 192.168.1.200
• netmask 255.255.255.0
• gateway 192.168.1.254
• sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf
• nameserver 192.168.1.254
• sudo ifup eth0
• sudo ifdown eth0
• sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
• Help for Ubuntu IP setting: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/network-configuration.html
• Help for VI Editor: http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cslab/vi.html
• i (to insert), x (to delete), Arrow keys, Esc key (to exit from current mode), : (to go to command mode), q! (to quit
without save), wq (save and exit)
10. Installing Zabbix – Install Ubuntu, con.
• IF you forgot to install Open SSH
Server and Mail Server during
installing Ubuntu Server, you can
use these to install them:
• Installing Open SSH Server
• sudo apt-get install openssh-server
• sudo cp /etc/ssh/sshd_config
/etc/ssh/sshd_config.original
• sudo chmod a-w
/etc/ssh/sshd_config.origina
• Installing Mail Server
• sudo apt-get -y install postfix mailutils libsasl2-2 ca-certificates libsasl2-modules
• sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix
11. Installing Zabbix
1. Installing repository configuration package and Zabbix :
• sudo wget http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_2.4-
1+trusty_all.deb
• sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_2.4-1+trusty_all.deb
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install zabbix-agent zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php snmpd php5-mysql php5-curl
2. Configure MySQL
• Choose a password for MySQL. I choose cbt4all
• Select YES to configure MySQL for Zabbix
• Choose a password for Administrator for database in MySQL. I choose cbt4all again!
3. Configuring the config file
• sudo vi /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zabbix.conf
• Remove # from time zone and add your time zone. As I am in New Zealand, my time zone is Pacific/Auckland
• Find your time zone here: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
4. Restart the Appache Service
• sudo service apache2 restart
12. Installing Zabbix- Welcome Wizard
1. Use browser to use Zabbix.
• The address you should use is http://192.168.1.200/zabbix/ which 192.168.1.200 is
the Zabbix’s IP Address. If you have chosen another IP Address for your Zabbix
Server, use that one.
• Click on Next
2. You have to test connection between Zabbix and MySQL.
• You need to insert the password you chose before. I had chosen cbt4all
• Click on Test Connection
• Click on Next
3. Login to Zabbix
• Default Username is Admin (A in Admin must be capital)
• Default Password is zabbix
13. Welcome to Zabbix
Welcome to Zabbix. In next video I will show you how you can
configure the Zabbix.
14. Time out…
• I would welcome the opportunity to have your idea and feedback at
my blog, www.cbt4all.com
Thanks
