README for zabbix server
REQUIREMENTS
See http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/install.php for full software
requirements.
PRE-INSTALL
For upgrading see http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/config_upgrading.php
You might have to change patch.sql to use MyISAM tables before applying
patches.
POST-INSTALL
You should decide on tabeles format: InnoDB is used in default sql scripts.
But MyISAM gives some advantages... Before creating database you can untar
source somewhere and run:
sed -i s/"type\=InnoDB"/"type\=MyISAM"/g zabbix-1.x.x/create/mysql/schema.sql
1. Choose host for the database, edit /etc/zabbix_server.conf:
change DBHost, DBUser, DBPassword, comment out DBSocket.
2. Create mysql zabbix database (user, password):
shell> mysql -u<username> -p<password>
mysql> create database zabbix;
maniac's corner
[
mysql> CREATE USER 'zabbix'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_as_is';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON zabbix.* TO 'zabbix'@'localhost';
]
mysql> quit;
shell> cd create/mysql
shell> cat schema.sql |mysql -u<username> -p<password> zabbix
shell> cd ../data
shell> cat data.sql |mysql -u<username> -p<password> zabbix
3. Change these values in frontends/php/include/db.inc.php:
$DB_SERVER ="localhost";
$DB_DATABASE = "zabbix";
$DB_USER = "zabbix"; /* if one was created */
$DB_PASSWORD = "db_user_password";
4. Change these values in /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf:
DBHost=localhost
DBName=zabbix
DBUser=zabbix
DBPassword=password_as_is
5. Copy frontends/php to your webserver document root, change it's permissions.
Default user is 'Admin', password is empty.
6. Run post-install to create dedicated zabbix user.
RESOURCES
http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1
http://www.zabbix.com/forum
http://www.zabbix.com/doku
