How To Install Zabbix Server 7.0 On AlmaLinux 8 Server6 min read

Zabbix is smart monitoring system on your network. This software written by php mysql. So lets start using installation process on AlmaLinux 8 server.

Operating system: AlmaLinux 8
IP address	: 192.168.0.20
RAM		: 2GB
DISK space	: 50GB
vCPU		: 2
Service		: ZABBIX 7.0
PHP version	: 8.0
Mysql		: 8.0 must be
Hostname	: zabbix.technologyrss.local

Check server version using below command.

[root@zabbix ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release && ip r

Step #01: Install zabbix 7.0 On AlmaLinux 8 Server

[root@zabbix ~]# dnf -y upgrade
[root@zabbix ~]# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.0/alma/8/x86_64/zabbix-release-latest-7.0.el8.noarch.rpm
[root@zabbix ~]# dnf clean all
[root@zabbix ~]# dnf module switch-to php:8.2
[root@zabbix ~]# dnf install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-nginx-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-selinux-policy zabbix-agent

Step #02: Install mysql database and configure root user password

[root@zabbix ~]# dnf install -y mysql-server mysql
[root@zabbix ~]# systemctl start mysqld
[root@zabbix ~]# systemctl enable mysqld
[root@zabbix ~]# systemctl status mysqld
[root@zabbix ~]# mysql -u root -p

Default mysql root password is blank.

mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'P@ssw0rd@123';	//mysql 8 reset password command
mysql> flush privileges;

Step #03: Create database for zabbix user with password.

create database zabbix_db character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
create user zabbix_user@localhost identified by 'zabbix@123';
GRANT CREATE, ALTER, DROP, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT, REFERENCES, RELOAD on *.* TO 'zabbix_user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
grant all privileges on zabbix_db.* to zabbix_user@localhost;
set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 1;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
\q

Note: (you can replace user password from zabbix@123)

Step #04: Import zabbix default database on created database.

[root@zabbix ~]# zcat /usr/share/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz | mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -uzabbix_user -p zabbix_db

Then type mysql zabbix_user password.

After import database Disable log_bin_trust_function_creators option after importing database schema.

[root@zabbix ~]# mysql -uroot -p

Then type mysql root password. Run below command.

set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 0;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
\q

Step #05: Add database name, user and password on zabbix server conf file.

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

Then Add below all lines into this file. But remember it DBName & DBUser remove or # mark from default.

DBName=zabbix_db
DBUser=zabbix_user
DBPassword=zabbix@123

Step #06: Setup nginx web server

[root@zabbix ~]# vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/zabbix.conf

Remove # mark from below line and replace ip address as your server ip.

listen          80;
server_name	192.168.0.20

Step #07: restart and enable all services using below command.

[root@zabbix ~]# systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php-fpm
[root@zabbix ~]# systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent nginx php-fpm

Step #08: Firewall settings On AlmaLinux 8 Server.

[root@zabbix ~]# systemctl start firewalld
[root@zabbix ~]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp --permanent
[root@zabbix ~]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=443/tcp --permanent
[root@zabbix ~]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=10050/tcp --permanent
[root@zabbix ~]# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=10051/tcp --permanent
[root@zabbix ~]# firewall-cmd --reload

Also disable selinux using below command.

[root@zabbix ~]# vi /etc/selinux/config

Edit and type it disabled

Then reboot your server using below command

[root@zabbix ~]# reboot

After reboot access your server ip address and complete web installation process.

http://192.168.0.20/setup.php

Click Next step

All status is OK, so Click Next step.

Click Next step.

Click Next step.

Click Finish.

Now default login using Admin user and password.

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