Initial Configuration
Once your ZABBIX installation is complete, you will need to configure ZABBIX. Point your web
browser to the location you installed the PHP scripts to. (For example, if you copied
the PHP files to /home/zabbix/public_html or /home/zabbix/html, point your browser to http://localhost/~zabbix.
Once there, click on the CONFIG link. You will be prompted for a username and password. ZABBIX
comes pre-configured with an administrative account: Enter the username Admin and leave the
password field empty.
Add the configuration of your SMTP server of choice.
Next, click on the “USERS” link. Add yourself to list of ZABBIX users. Don’t forget to add “read/write”
and “add” default permissions to the user. After you create your account, click the “Media” link beside
your account listing, and add your email address.
Next, specify a password for the default Admin user.
Click on the ‘HOSTS’ link to add new hosts to be monitored. For each host you add, be sure that you’ve installed the agent software on the host. If you have not yet done this,
set the status to “Not monitored”. When a host is added, a list of all possible parameters for the
host will be automatically added.
After you’ve added your desired hosts, click on the “ITEMS” link to modify the details of the monitored
parameters. You may disable or delete monitored parameters or change how often the parameters are checked.
Next, click on the ‘TRIGGERS’ link to change the triggers relating to monitored parameters. You
can change threshold values, disable or delete triggers, and set up actions (email notification). When you set up
an email notification, you may modify the subject and message body as you wish. You can use macros in both email
subject and email body. For example, the subject for a warning message could look like:
Processor load on www.zabbix.com is {www.zabbix.com:system[procload].last(0)}
In this case, you will receive message with subject like “Processor load on www.zabbix.com is 0.85”
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