Now I want to share how to install Zabbix 5.0 for your Centos 8 vps or local server. Zabbix new release is 5.0 for LTS. Zabbix is an open source network monitoring tools.

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My server info :
Server IP : 10.66.11.5
Disk : 25 GB
RAM : 1GB
vCPU : 2
Service : ZABBIX 5.0
Web : Apache
Database : MariaDB
Php : 7.2 Must

Step #01 : Must be server update then install httpd web server.

[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# yum update
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# dnf install httpd
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# systemctl start httpd
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# systemctl enable httpd
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --list-all
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# firewall-cmd --reload

Step #02 : Install database server MariaDB.

[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# dnf install mariadb-server
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# systemctl start mariadb
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# systemctl enable mariadb
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# mysql -uroot -p

Then goto mariadb terminal and create database, user name and password.

MariaDB [(none)]> create database zabbix_db character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
MariaDB [(none)]> create user zabbix_user@localhost identified by 'passw0rd123';
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on zabbix_db.* to zabbix_user@localhost;
MariaDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
MariaDB [(none)]> \q

Step #03 : Download Zabbix 5.0 version and install.

[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.0/rhel/8/x86_64/zabbix-release-5.0-1.el8.noarch.rpm
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# dnf clean all
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# dnf install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-agent
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql*/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix_user -p zabbix_db

Then edit  /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf file.

[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

Must be added below lines into this file.

DBName=zabbix_db
DBUser=zabbix_user
DBPassword=passw0rd123

Press Esc type :wq then press Enter for save this file.

Change server time zone as your location. Open /etc/php-fpm.d/zabbix.conf this file and edit.

[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# vi /etc/php-fpm.d/zabbix.conf

Like this below

php_value[date.timezone] = Asia/Dhaka

Press Esc type :wq then press Enter for save this file.

Step #04 : All service restart using below command.

[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd php-fpm
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# systemctl restart zabbix-server
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# systemctl status zabbix-server.service
[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd php-fpm

Change selinux status. Open /etc/selinux/config file and disable it.

[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# vi /etc/selinux/config

Set it like below

SELINUX=disabled

Press Esc type :wq then press Enter for save this file.

Then reboot your server and browse server ip address for complete installation process.

[root@Zabbix-Srv ~]# reboot

http://10.66.11.5/zabbix/

Zabbix default settings
User Name : Admin [‘A’ must be capital]
password : zabbix

Step #05 : Now step by step complete installation process from browser. 

This is welcome page for Zabbix 5.0. click Next step 

Step #06 : This is check of pre-requisites. 

so click Next step

Step #06 : Input database information like database name, database use & database password.

So now enter this details. Click Next Step

Step #07 : Zabbix server details like host, port and if you want to any name here.

Click Next step

Step #08 : Pre-installation summary. Already you enter details so just see this is ok.

Click Next step

Step #09 : Installation completed and see Congratulation! message.

Click Finish.

Step #10 : Then you see come login page and enter default user name and password.

User Name : Admin [‘A’ must be capital]
Password : zabbix

Finally you see Zabbix 5.0 new dashboard as like below.

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