Step-by-Step Guide to Install Zabbix 3.4.6 on CentOS 7

Preparation

Operating System: CentOS 7.4 Zabbix version: 3.4.6 (released 2018‑01‑15) Database: MariaDB

Disable the firewall and prevent it from starting on boot:

systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl disable firewalld

Turn off SELinux temporarily and permanently:

# Temporary
default: setenforce 0
# Permanent
sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/' /etc/selinux/config

Reboot the system after completing the above steps.

1. Install MariaDB

MariaDB is a community‑maintained fork of MySQL, fully compatible with MySQL APIs and command‑line tools. yum -y install mariadb-server mariadb Start the service and enable it at boot:

systemctl start mariadb && systemctl enable mariadb

2. Install Zabbix 3.4.6

Key features of version 3.4.6 include a new dashboard, improved map navigation, proxy‑based remote command execution, and parallel alarm processing.

Configure the Zabbix YUM repository:

rpm -i http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.4/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-3.4-2.el7.noarch.rpm

Install Zabbix server, web interface, and agents:

yum -y install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-agent zabbix-get zabbix-sender

Create the Zabbix database and grant privileges:

mysql -uroot
create database zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
granted all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost identified by 'zabbix';
quit

Import the initial schema and data:

zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql*/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix

Configure the Zabbix server to use the database (see screenshot below).

Start Zabbix server, agent, and Apache, and enable them at boot:

systemctl start zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd && systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd

Adjust the Zabbix front‑end PHP configuration (timezone):

vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf
php_value date.timezone Asia/Shanghai

Reboot the system: reboot Access the Zabbix web interface via:

http://<your_server_ip>/zabbix/

At this point, the Zabbix monitoring system is fully set up.

Appendix – Zabbix Package Overview

zabbix-server-mysql-3.4.6-1.el7.x86_64 – Zabbix server core

zabbix-agent-3.4.6-1.el7.x86_64 – Zabbix agent core

zabbix-web-3.4.6-1.el7.noarch – Web interface

zabbix-get-3.4.6-1.el7.x86_64.rpm – Retrieves data from agents (installed on server)

zabbix-sender-3.4.6-1.el7.x86_64.rpm – Sends data to server (installed on agents)

zabbix-web-mysql-3.4.6-1.el7.noarch.rpm – Web‑MySQL integration

zabbix-release-3.4.2-1.el7.noarch.rpm – Provides the YUM repository

Use rpm -q <package_name> to verify each package is installed.