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We use Zabbix as a monitoring system for Mata Elang.

We install Zabbix's server and agent based on Zabbix's documentation: https://www.zabbix.com/download?zabbix=6.0&os_distribution=ubuntu&os_version=18.04_bionic

Prerequisite

  • Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS installed and updated by sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade command.
  • Time Zone and NTP already set.

Installation Procedure of Each Component

A. Zabbix Server

Install MariaDB for Zabbix Server

A-1. Prepare the package database for MariaDB 10.6 Installation.

sudo apt -y install software-properties-common dirmngr apt-transport-https

sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys 'https://mariadb.org/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc'

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] https://mirror.poliwangi.ac.id/mariadb/repo/10.6/ubuntu bionic main'

sudo apt update

A-2. Install MariaDB.

sudo apt -y install mariadb-server

Setup MariaDB

A-3. Setup MariaDB.

sudo mysql_secure_installation
  • Configuration
Enter current password for root (enter for none): 

Switch to unix_socket authentication [Y/n] Y

Change the root password? [Y/n] Y

New password: <NEW_PASSWORD>

Re-enter new password: <NEW_PASSWORD>

Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] Y

Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] Y

Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y

Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y

All done!

A-4. Confirm MariaDB is active.

systemctl status mariadb

A-5. Create a database and an account for Zabbix.

sudo mysql -u root -p
  • Commands
MariaDB > CREATE DATABASE zabbix CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;
MariaDB > CREATE USER zabbix@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<YOUR_PASSWORD>';
MariaDB > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON zabbix.* TO zabbix@localhost;
MariaDB > FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB > exit;

Install Zabbix Server

A-6. Prepare the package database for Zabbix 6.0 Installation.

mkdir ~/zabbix

cd ~/zabbix

wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_6.0-1+ubuntu18.04_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_6.0-1+ubuntu18.04_all.deb

sudo apt update

A-7. Install Zabbix Server.

sudo apt -y install zabbix-agent zabbix-server-mysql php-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-apache-conf

Setup Zabbix Server

A-8. Create tables.

sudo zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz | mysql -u zabbix -p'<YOUR_PASSWORD>' zabbix

or

sudo zcat /usr/share/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz | mysql -u zabbix -p'<YOUR_PASSWORD>' zabbix

A-9. Configure "zabbix_server.conf" to set "DB Password".

sudo nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
  • Configuration
# DBPassword=
DBPassword=<YOUR_PASSWORD>

A-10. Configure "apache.conf" to set "timezone".

sudo nano /etc/zabbix/apache.conf
  • Configuration: Set "your timezone".
# php_value date.timezone Europe/Riga
php_value date.timezone Asia/Jakarta

A-11. Start Zabbix Server and check the services are active.

sudo systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent apache2

sudo systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent apache2

systemctl status zabbix-server zabbix-agent apache2

A-12. Open the following URL in your browser to see Zabbix dashboard.

  • URL: http://<ZABBIX_SERVER_IP_OR_NAME>/zabbix/

Zabbix

A-13. Continue setup of the following parameters and finish the configuration.

  • Setup Configure DB connection
  • Settings

A-14. Login to Zabbix dashboard.

  • Default login account is "Admin" and its password is "zabbix".
  • DO NOT forget to change Admin password after the first login.

Zabbix

B. Zabbix Agent

Install Zabbix Agent

B-1. Prepare the package database for Zabbix 6.0 Installation.

mkdir ~/zabbix

cd ~/zabbix

wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_6.0-1+ubuntu18.04_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_6.0-1+ubuntu18.04_all.deb

sudo apt update

B-2. Install Zabbix Agent.

sudo apt -y install zabbix-agent

Configure Zabbix Agent

B-3. Configure "zabbix_agentd.conf" to specify Zabbix server and agent.

sudo nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
  • Configuration
#Server=127.0.0.1
Server=<ZABBIX_SERVER_IP_OR_NAME>

#Hostname=Zabbix server
Hostname=<HOSTNAME_OF_AGENT>

B-4. Start Zabbix Agent and check the service is active.

sudo systemctl enable zabbix-agent

sudo systemctl restart zabbix-agent

systemctl status zabbix-agent

C. Add hosts & notifications to Zabbix

C-1. Add hosts on Zabbix dashboard.

  • [Configuration] -> [Host] -> [Create Host]

Input the parameters:

Parameter Value
Host name Monitored hostname
Templates [Select] --> Templates/Operating systems --> Linux by Zabbix agent
Groups [Select] --> Linux servers
Interfaces [Add] --> Agent --> IP address of Monitored host

And then save your configuration. Wait until Zabbix Server identifies your monitored host. If your configuration is correct, the availability sign will turn green.

C-2. Add notifications according to your environment.

Please refer Zabbix Notifications & Automatic actions.

  • Configure [Media Type] what you want to use.
  • Attach [Media] to [User].
  • Enable [Actions] what you want to notify.
  • Add [Conditions] to [Action] like "Host group equals Linux servers".

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