00:00 How to install Zabbix ver 7.x on Debian 12.x
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How to Install and Configure Zabbix v7.x on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
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=== Download Debian 12 ===
Download Debian 12 64-bit from following website
==== Debian 12 Installation ====
7:30 Hostname section
11:22 Software selection Section
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=== PHP version ===
The default version of PHP to install on Debian 12 is version 8.2
To install ver 8.3, SURY PHP PPA repository must be added
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update Debian 12 packages
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switch to the root user by (su -) command
update software repositories packages
apt update
apt upgrade
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16:20 install prerequisites packages
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apt install sudo
apt install net-tools
apt install curl wget zip git build-essential
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17:51 install Apache and MySQL packages
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apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client
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18:20 install PHP packages
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apt install php php-mysql php-common php-cli php-common php-json php-opcache php-readline php-mbstring php-gd php-dom php-zip php-curl
Verify php version
php -v
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19:30 Install Zabbix repository
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wget
dpkg -i zabbix-release_7.0-2+debian12_all.deb
apt update
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21:00 Install Zabbix server, frontend, agent
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apt install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent
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22:00 Create initial database
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mysql_secure_installation
Switch to unix_socket authentication [Y/n] n
Change the root password? [Y/n] y
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] n
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y
Run the following command to login into MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
create database ZABBIXDATABASE character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
create user ZABBIXUSER@localhost identified by ‘P@$$W0RD’;
grant all privileges on ZABBIXDATABASE.* to ZABBIXUSER@localhost;
set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 1;
quit;
=== To verify Database ===
SHOW DATABASES;
=== To verify user permision ===
SHOW GRANTS FOR ‘ZABBIXUSER’@localhost;
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28:07 import initial schema and data. You will be prompted to enter your ZABBIXUSER password.
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zcat /usr/share/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz | mysql –default-character-set=utf8mb4 -uZABBIXUSER -p ZABBIXDATABASE
Then type your created ZABBIXUSER password
30:45 The password that you set should be ZABBIXUSER password (P@$$W0RD) NOT mysql root password
mysql -u root -p
set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 0;
quit;
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31:35 Configure the database for Zabbix server
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Edit file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf by nano
DBName=ZABBIXDATABASE
DBUser=ZABBIXUSER
DBPassword=P@$$W0RD
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35:30 Start Zabbix server and agent processes
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systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent apache2
systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent apache2
37:21 set my Zabbix Database information
38:00 set Zabbix Server host name
39:30 log in to Zabbix by default account
default user=Admin
password=zabbix
pass zabbix
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