Step-by-Step Guide to Installing and Configuring Zabbix on CentOS 7

Zabbix Introduction

Zabbix is an open‑source, web‑based enterprise solution for distributed system and network monitoring, providing real‑time alerts and flexible notification mechanisms to help administrators quickly locate and resolve issues.

Zabbix Software Components

zabbix-server

: monitoring server zabbix-agent: monitoring client zabbix-web: web interface service php: handles dynamic requests mysql: stores monitoring data zabbix: collects agent information and forwards it to the server

1. Disable Firewall and SELinux

setenforce 0</code>
<code>sed -ri '/^SELINUX=/cSELINUX=disabled' /etc/sysconfig/selinux</code>
<code>systemctl stop firewalld ; systemctl disable firewalld

2. Add Zabbix and EPEL Repositories

rpm -ivh https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/zabbix/zabbix/4.0/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-4.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm</code>
<code>wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo http://mirrors.aliyun.com/repo/epel-7.repo

3. Install Zabbix and Related Service Packages

wget https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/zabbix/zabbix/4.0/rhel/7/x86_64/{zabbix-server-mysql-4.0.20-1.el7.x86_64.rpm,zabbix-web-4.0.22-1.el7.noarch.rpm}</code>
<code>yum install -y httpd php zabbix-server-mysql-4.0.20-1.el7.x86_64.rpm zabbix-web-mysql</code>
<code>yum install -y mariadb-server

4. Modify Zabbix Configuration Files

sed -ri.bak '/# DBPassword=/cDBPassword=zabbix' /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf</code>
<code>sed -ri.bak 's/ #(.*)date.timezone.*/\1date.timezone Asia\/Shanghai/' /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf

5. Configure the Database Service

systemctl start mariadb</code>
<code>mysql_secure_installation</code>
<code>mysql -uroot -p</code>
<code>create database zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;</code>
<code>grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost identified by 'zabbix';</code>
<code>zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql-4.0.20/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -pzabbix zabbix

6. Start Zabbix and Related Services

systemctl start zabbix-server.service httpd mariadb.service</code>
<code>systemctl enable zabbix-server.service httpd mariadb.service

7. Access Zabbix Web Interface for Initialization

Open http://172.16.210.56/zabbix/setup.php and follow the wizard: check PHP requirements, enter the database credentials, set host, port, and monitoring page name, then finish the installation.

8. Change Zabbix Interface Language to Chinese

Click the user icon at the top‑right, select “Chinese”, and click “Update”.

Original source: https://www.jianshu.com/p/7d798423ec58 Author: 南南宫问天