Zabbix server configuration - first run

First run

Now that the server setup is complete you can, at least, run the web-installer.

Go to http://yourserver/zabbix

Installation

Installation wizard:

On the next page, everything must be OK. If not, check your PHP configuration !

Database configuration:

During the installation Zabbix already setup a database for us! :)

• Db host: localhost
• Db Port: 3306 (default)
• Db name: zabbix
• Db user: zabbix
• Db password: your password (mine is zabbix)

Zabbix server details

You can, if you want, name your installation. In my case I will not have any proxy or other zabbix server so I didn't used that option.

Confirmation

First login

Default credentials are:

• Username = admin
• Password = zabbix

Server configuration

Email configuration

Requirements

You need to have a POSTFIX SMTP server or relay configure.

• Email relay
• Email server setup

Configuration

→ Administration menu >> Media types >> Email

• Set your SMTP (postfix) server IP / name
• Set your target SMTP server settings [smtp.gmail.com]
• Set your target user name

Increase history

Follow the excellent Zabbix documentation: https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/administration/general#housekeeper

Zabbix server configuration files

Main zabbix server configuration file is available in: "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf"

Sources

Nice tutorial about how to setup emails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj2W2l2c61U