{"id":2020,"date":"2019-08-14T22:31:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T21:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2019-08-19T23:56:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T22:56:29","slug":"deploying-zabbix-network-monitoring-on-centos-7-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/?p=2020","title":{"rendered":"Deploying Zabbix Network Monitoring on CentOS 7.5 Virtual Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

This guide has been updated to include the latest PHP 7.3.X and MariaDB 10.4.X.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the blog post, I will cover the installation of Zabbix Network Monitoring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For those who don’t know Zabbix<\/a> is an open-source monitoring software tool for diverse IT components, including networks, servers, virtual machines (VMs) and cloud services. Zabbix provides monitoring metrics, among others network utilization, CPU load and disk space consumption. Zabbix monitoring configuration can be done using XML based templates which contain elements to monitor. The software monitors operations on Linux, Hewlett Packard Unix (HP-UX), Mac OS X, Solaris and other operating systems (OSes); however, Windows monitoring is only possible through agents. Zabbix can use MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle or IBM DB2 to store data. Its backend is written in C and the web frontend is written in PHP. Source: <\/em>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zabbix<\/em><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Virtual Machine I’ve provisioned for this post is a Generation Two Hyper-V Profile.
Specs are shown below. With a 120Gb Virtual Disk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can follow the office installation process here: https:\/\/www.zabbix.com\/download<\/a> However I found bits undocumented and required some jumping around and going to the forums when I had some issues with some services not starting on reboot. So I thought I’d take the time to create a complete end to end guide on installing Zabbix on CentOS 7.6. If you’d like a guide on installing CentOS 7.6 on Hyper-V [Look Here<\/a>].

NOTE: This guide will start from post CentOS Installation and Patch Updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open PuTTY <\/a>and connect to the Virtual Machine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zabbix Monitoring Backup Installation and Configuration<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Now let’s elevate to root status by using the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo -s<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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By Default the SELinux Status is configured as ENFORCING, This will cause issues later on with the Zabbix Installation, We need to change the SELinux status to: PERMISSIVE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sed -i s\/^SELINUX=.*$\/SELINUX=permissive\/ \/etc\/selinux\/config<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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We need to restart the Virtual Server for this change to take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reboot now<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
NOTE: Remeber to elevate your session to root!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Running the following command now shows that the SELinux status as changed, and we can now begin the installation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
getenforce<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Next, Let’s add the official PHP 7.3 RPM <\/p>\n\n\n\n
yum install -y wget\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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wget https:\/\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm\nwget http:\/\/rpms.remirepo.net\/enterprise\/remi-release-7.rpm\nrpm -Uvh remi-release-7.rpm epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Next, we need to enable the PHP7.3 Repository.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
yum-config-manager --enable remi-php73<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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yum install -y php php-mysql php-pecl-mysql php-mysqlnd<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Next, we need to configure the \/etc\/php.ini file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
vi \/etc\/php.ini<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
 Next, we need to configure the PHP Time Zone, You can get the Time Zone List [Here<\/a>] <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Next, the ‘ post_max_size ‘ need to be set to 16M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  Next, the ‘  max_execution_time  ‘ need to be set to 300<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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   Next, the ‘ max_input_time ‘ need to be set to 300<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Press Esc key to exit the VIM Input Mode then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
:w<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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:q<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Now let’s upgrade MariaDB to the latest production release (10.4 Stable)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
curl -sS https:\/\/downloads.mariadb.com\/MariaDB\/mariadb_repo_setup | sudo bash\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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yum install -y mariadb-server<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Before we start the MariaDB service, we need to add a couple of extra lines to the server.conf file<\/p>\n\n\n\n
vi \/etc\/my.cnf.d\/server.cnf\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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This is required as there is a configuration Bug with MariaDB 10.4.x which has been reported here:  https:\/\/support.zabbix.com\/browse\/ZBX-16465<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
innodb_strict_mode=0\ninnodb_file_per_table=1\ninnodb_file_format = Barracuda\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
 Press Esc<\/strong> key to exit the VIM Input Mode then :w <\/strong>then :q<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl enable mariadb\nsystemctl start mariadb<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Now let’s Configure the MariaDB MySQL Server. Firstly let’s run through the secure setup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mysql_secure_installation<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Now authenticate to the database using the Root Password we have just created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mysql -u root -p<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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create database zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix_dba@localhost identified by '53cP@$$w0rd!';<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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FLUSH TABLES;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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quit;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Now let’s add the Zabbix Repositories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
rpm -Uvh https:\/\/repo.zabbix.com\/zabbix\/4.2\/rhel\/7\/x86_64\/zabbix-release-4.2-2.el7.noarch.rpm ; yum update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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yum -y install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-agent<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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 Now import initial schema and data for the server with MySQL: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
zcat \/usr\/share\/doc\/zabbix-server-mysql*\/create.sql.gz | mysql -u zabbix_dba -p zabbix<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Next, we need to edit the zabbix_server.conf file and add the DBA Credentials<\/p>\n\n\n\n
vi  \/etc\/zabbix\/zabbix_server.conf <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edit the DBUser if you changed it from zabbix_dba<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Edit DBPassword<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Next, we need to configure the Time Zone, You can get the Time Zone List [Here<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
vi \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/zabbix.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Now lets Enable and start the Zabbix services<\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd\nsystemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd \nsystemctl status zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Next, we need to configure the Internal Firewall rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=10050\/tcp\nfirewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=10051\/tcp\nfirewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80\/tcp\nfirewall-cmd --reload\nsystemctl restart firewalld<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Zabbix Monitoring Front End Configuration<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Connect to the Web Interface using the same IP Address which we used to initiate the SSH Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/0.0.0.0\/zabbix\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Click ‘Next’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Click ‘Next’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Add the Zabbix database password and then click ‘Next’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Configure the Server ‘Web’ Hostname, then click ‘Next’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Final Pre-Flight Summary, If you’re happy then let’s go! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Installation completed, Time to Login!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Zabbix 4.2 Quick Start Guide: https:\/\/www.zabbix.com\/documentation\/4.2\/manual\/quickstart\/login<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Default Login Credentials for Zabbix Network Monitoring are<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Admin – zabbix<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Zabbix Network Monitoring Default Dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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And that’s It for the Initial Setup of Zabbix. In the Next Post, I will configure Configuring and Deploying the Network Agent and some Group Policy Objects which can help save time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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