5 Proxy installation
For this procedure Zabbix repository provides choice of 3 packages named as follows:
- zabbix-proxy-mysql
- zabbix-proxy-pgsql
- zabbix-proxy-sqlite3
where the last value of the name (after zabbix-proxy-) represents database type of the package — MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite respectively.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS
Installing packages
Install proxy and make sure to insert correct database type value for
<database_type>:
# yum install zabbix-proxy-<database_type>Creating proxy database
Create Zabbix proxy database and its user.
For instructions on doing that, see examples from server installation
with
MySQL
or
PostgreSQL
and mind peculiarity of
the SQLite creation.
Then import initial schema. Make sure to insert correct version for
3.2.X.
MySQL command:
# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-mysql-3.2.X/schema.sql.gz | mysql -u<username> zabbixPostgreSQL command:
# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-pgsql-3.2.X/schema.sql.gz | psql -U <username> zabbixSQLite command:
# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-sqlite3-3.2.X/schema.sql.gz | sqlite3 zabbix.dbIn order to check the version you have in your package, use the following command:
# rpm -q zabbix-proxy-<database_type>Starting Zabbix proxy process
After database is installed and zabbix_proxy.conf file is [configured](#Database configuration for Zabbix proxy), you may start Zabbix proxy process.
# systemctl start zabbix-proxyDebian / Ubuntu
Installing packages
Install proxy and make sure to insert correct database type value for
<database_type>:
# apt-get install zabbix-proxy-<database_type>Creating proxy database
Create Zabbix proxy database and its user.
For instructions on doing that, see examples from server installation
with
MySQL
or
PostgreSQL
and mind peculiarity of
the SQLite creation.
Then import initial schema.
MySQL command:
# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-mysql/schema.sql.gz | mysql -u<username> zabbixPostgreSQL command:
# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-pgsql/schema.sql.gz | psql -U <username> zabbixSQLite command:
# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-sqlite3/schema.sql.gz | sqlite3 zabbix.dbStarting Zabbix proxy process
After database is installed and zabbix_proxy.conf file is [configured](#Database configuration for Zabbix proxy), you may start Zabbix proxy process.
# service zabbix-proxy startCommon configuration
Database configuration for Zabbix proxy
Edit proxy host, name, user and password in zabbix_proxy.conf
If Zabbix proxy and Zabbix server are installed on
the same host, their databases must have unique names! Defaults for both
are zabbix.
# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf
DBHost=localhost
DBName=zabbix
DBUser=zabbix
DBPassword=zabbix