Alma Linux10 : Zabbix7.4.3 Install

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Open-source integrated monitoring software "Zabbix7"
Various Zabbix Settings

Open-source integrated monitoring software "Zabbix7"

Zabbix is open-source integrated monitoring software for centralized monitoring of servers, networks, and applications. It provides the monitoring, fault detection, and notification functions necessary for integrated monitoring. With Zabbix agents supporting numerous platforms and SNMP compatibility, it enables monitoring of entire systems using just Zabbix.

To run Zabbix, you need the PHP programming language, a MySQL/MariaDB database server, and a web server such as Apache or Nginx.
This guide assumes all of the following conditions are already configured.

This time, we will install Zabbix 7.4.3, released on October 1, 2025, in the following environment.
Alma Linux10.0 IP(192.168.11.83)
Apache/2.4.63 (AlmaLinux Kitten)
mysql Ver 8.4.6
PHP 8.3.19 (cli)
PHP 8.3.19 (fpm-fcgi)

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Zabbix 7 Server、Frontend、Agent Install

①If the Zabbix package provided by EPEL is installed, disable it.
Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and add the following lines.

[epel]
...
excludepkgs=zabbix*

[epel]

...

excludepkgs=zabbix*

➁Installing required packages

# dnf -y install php-mysqlnd php-gd php-xml php-bcmath php-ldap

1	# dnf -y install php-mysqlnd php-gd php-xml php-bcmath php-ldap

➂Install the repository
Configure the Zabbix 7 repository and install the Zabbix server.
Simultaneously install the necessary Zabbix Agent on the monitored hosts so that the Zabbix server itself can also be monitored.

# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/release/alma/10/noarch/zabbix-release-latest-7.4.el10.noarch.rpm
# dnf clean all

1 2	# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/release/alma/10/noarch/zabbix-release-latest-7.4.el10.noarch.rpm # dnf clean all

# dnf -y install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-selinux-policy zabbix-agent2

1	# dnf -y install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-selinux-policy zabbix-agent2

Create a database and user for Zabbix

Create the database schema for the Zabbix server.
Log in to the MariaDB server as the root account and create a MariaDB database (e.g., my_zabbix_db), a user (e.g., zabbix_user), and a password (e.g., ?WWabcd123).

# mysql -u root -p
Password:
>CREATE DATABASE my_zabbix_db character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
>CREATE USER 'zabbix_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '?WWabcd123';
>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON my_zabbix_db.* TO 'zabbix_user'@'localhost';
>set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 1;
>exit;

# mysql -u root -p

Password:

>CREATE DATABASE my_zabbix_db character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;

>CREATE USER 'zabbix_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '?WWabcd123';

>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON my_zabbix_db.* TO 'zabbix_user'@'localhost';

>set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 1;

>exit;

Load the default schema for Zabbix into the database

# zcat /usr/share/zabbix/sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz | mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -uzabbix_user -p'?WWabcd123' my_zabbix_db

1	# zcat /usr/share/zabbix/sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz \| mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -uzabbix_user -p'?WWabcd123' my_zabbix_db

After importing the database schema, disable the log_bin_trust_function_creators option.

# mysql -uroot -p
password
mysql> set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 0;
mysql> quit;

# mysql -uroot -p

password

mysql> set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 0;

mysql> quit;

Update Zabbix Configuration

Edit the Zabbix server configuration file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf to update the database settings so the Zabbix server can connect to the database.

# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

Line 100 changed
DBName=my_zabbix_db
Change line 116
DBUser=zabbix_user
Uncomment line 124 and add the following
DBPassword=?WWabcs123

# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

Line 100 changed

DBName=my_zabbix_db

Change line 116

DBUser=zabbix_user

Uncomment line 124 and add the following

DBPassword=?WWabcs123

Monitor the Zabbix server itself

# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf
# Line 82: Specify the Zabbix server
Server=127.0.0.1
# Line 135: Specify the Zabbix server
ServerActive=127.0.0.1
# Line 146: Change to your own hostname
Hostname=Lepard

# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf

# Line 82: Specify the Zabbix server

Server=127.0.0.1

# Line 135: Specify the Zabbix server

ServerActive=127.0.0.1

# Line 146: Change to your own hostname

Hostname=Lepard

Restart the Zabbix server and agent daemons and enable them to run at system startup.

# systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent2 httpd php-fpm
# systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent2 httpd php-fpm

1 2	# systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent2 httpd php-fpm # systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent2 httpd php-fpm

PHP Configuration

# vi /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
# Add to the last line
php_value[max_execution_time] = 300
php_value[memory_limit] = 128M
php_value[post_max_size] = 16M
php_value[upload_max_filesize] = 2M
php_value[max_input_time] = 300
php_value[max_input_vars] = 10000
php_value[always_populate_raw_post_data] = -1
php_value[date.timezone] = Asia/Tokyo

# vi /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

# Add to the last line

php_value[max_execution_time] = 300

php_value[memory_limit] = 128M

php_value[post_max_size] = 16M

php_value[upload_max_filesize] = 2M

php_value[max_input_time] = 300

php_value[max_input_vars] = 10000

php_value[always_populate_raw_post_data] = -1

php_value[date.timezone] = Asia/Tokyo

Reflective Settings

# systemctl restart zabbix-agent2 httpd php-fpm

1	# systemctl restart zabbix-agent2 httpd php-fpm

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Running the Zabbix Web Installer

The Zabbix Web Installer can be accessed at "server-IP/zabbix" or "domain/zabbix".
Open your web browser and enter "http://[your-server-IP_Address]/zabbix".
The following screen will appear. Click [Next step].

After confirming that all requirements are OK, click [Next step].

Enter the configured information in the "Database name", "User", and "Password" fields, then click [Next step].

Enter any name for "Zabbix server names" and select Asia/Tokyo for the time zone.
After confirming it matches your time zone, click [Next step].

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Confirm settings. If the information is correct, click [Next step].

Once the installation completes successfully, the following page will appear. Click "Finish".

You will be redirected to the Zabbix login page.

After successful login, the next screen (Zabbix Dashboard) will appear.

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Various Zabbix Settings

Administrator Password Change

For security reasons, change the default administrator password.
Once the above dashboard appears, proceed to

①In the left pane, select [Users] - [Users], then click [Admin] in the right pane.

②Click [Change password]

③Current password: Enter the default password zabbix
Enter the new password you wish to use and click [Update].

The following message will appear; click [OK].

You will be redirected to the login authentication screen again. Please log in using the password you created.

Email Notification Settings

Set up notifications to receive various information via email.
This assumes an SMTP server such as Postfix is already configured on the server.

①In the left pane, select [Alerts] - [Media Types], then click [Email] in the right pane.

➁Configure the mail server settings as shown below, and enter the administrator's email address in the [Email] field.
Check the [Enabled] box and click the [Update] button.

➂[Email] will be [Enabled].

④In the left pane, select [Users] - [Users], then click [Admin] in the right pane.

⑤Go to the [Media] tab and click [Add].

⑥Select [Email] as the [Type], enter the administrator's email address in the [Send to] field, and click [Add].

⑦Click the [Update] button

⑧In the left pane, select [Alerts] - [Actions] - [Trigger actions].

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⑨Click [Report problems to Zabbix administrators] in the right pane.

⑩Check [Enabled] and click the [Update] button.
This completes the configuration to send various failure notifications to the specified email address.

Add monitored hosts

Add the following servers as targets
OS : Alma Linux10.0
IP Address : 192.168.11.85
Host name : Lion

1.Configuration on the server to be monitored

①If the Zabbix package provided by EPEL is installed, disable it.
Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and add the following line:

[epel]
...
excludepkgs=zabbix*

[epel]

...

excludepkgs=zabbix*

➁ Install Zabbix Agent 2

# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/release/alma/10/noarch/zabbix-release-latest-7.4.el10.noarch.rpm
# dnf clean all

1 2	# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/release/alma/10/noarch/zabbix-release-latest-7.4.el10.noarch.rpm # dnf clean all

# dnf -y install zabbix-agent2 zabbix-agent2-plugin-mssql

1	# dnf -y install zabbix-agent2 zabbix-agent2-plugin-mssql

1.2.Editing the Zabbix Agent Configuration File

# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf

# Line 82: Specify the Zabbix server (in this case, 192.168.11.83)
Server=192.168.11.83
# Line 135: Specify the Zabbix server (in this case, 192.168.11.83)
ServerActive=192.168.11.83
# Line 146: Change to your own hostname (in this case, Lion)
Hostname=Lion

# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf

# Line 82: Specify the Zabbix server (in this case, 192.168.11.83)

Server=192.168.11.83

# Line 135: Specify the Zabbix server (in this case, 192.168.11.83)

ServerActive=192.168.11.83

# Line 146: Change to your own hostname (in this case, Lion)

Hostname=Lion

# systemctl restart zabbix-agent2

1	# systemctl restart zabbix-agent2

1.3 Configure the firewall on the Zabbix agent side

You must allow Zabbix ports 10050 (Zabbix server side) and 10051 (Zabbix agent side).

# firewall-cmd --add-port=10050/tcp --permanent
# firewall-cmd --add-port=10051/tcp --permanent
# firewall-cmd --reload

# firewall-cmd --add-port=10050/tcp --permanent

# firewall-cmd --add-port=10051/tcp --permanent

# firewall-cmd --reload

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2. Configuration in the Zabbix Web UI

2.1 Log in to the Zabbix management site, select [Datacollection] - [Hosts] in the left pane, and click the [Create Host] button at the top of the right pane.

2.2 Enter the hostname in [Hostname] (Lion in this case), and set the name to be displayed in [Visible name] (Lion in this case).

[Templates] Click the [Select] button. For [Template group], click [Select] and choose [Templates]. From the list of monitoring templates, select [Linux by Zabbix agent] to monitor common items like CPU on Linux OS. Click [Select] at the bottom.

2.3 Select [Linux servers] for [Host groups]

2.4 [Interfaces] Click [Add] within Interfaces, select [Agent], enter the IP address to monitor and the hostname in [DNS name], then click [Add] at the bottom.

2.5 A new monitored server has been registered.

After a short while, data for the added host will begin to appear.
Click [Monitoring][Hosts] in the left pane, then click the added monitored host in the right pane and click [Graphs].

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Add monitored items

This time, we will add the Apache httpd service on the Zabbix server to the list of monitored services.

1. Enable server-status in Apache httpd on the Zabbix server to be monitored

New Creation
# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/server-status.conf

<Location /server-status>
    SetHandler server-status
    Require local
</Location>

New Creation

# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/server-status.conf

SetHandler server-status

Require local

</Location>

# systemctl restart httpd

1	# systemctl restart httpd

2.Log in to the Zabbix management site, click [Data collection] - [Hosts] in the left pane, and then click the host you want to add monitoring items to in the right pane (in this case, the Zabbix server).