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-==== 2 Debian/Ubuntu ====
+==== 2 Debian/Ubuntu/Raspbian ====
-=== Overview ===
+==== Overview ====
 Official Zabbix packages are available for:
-  * Debian 7 (Wheezy)
+  * Debian 10 (Buster)
+  * Debian 9 (Stretch)
   * Debian 8 (Jessie)
-  * Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) LTS
+  * Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) LTS
   * Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) LTS
+  * Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) LTS
+  * Raspbian (Buster)
+  * Raspbian (Stretch)
-=== Repository installation ===
+==== Adding Zabbix repository ====
 Install the repository configuration package. This package contains apt (software package manager) configuration files.
-For Debian **8**, run:
+For **Debian 10**, run the following commands:
-  # wget http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.4/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_3.4-1+jessie_all.deb
+**Note!** For Debian 9, substitute 'buster' with 'stretch' in the commands. For Debian 8, substitute 'buster' with 'jessie' in the commands.
-  # dpkg -i zabbix-release_3.4-1+jessie_all.deb
-  # apt-get update
-For Debian 7, substitute 'jessie' with 'wheezy' in the commands.
+  # wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.2/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_4.2-2+buster_all.deb
+  # dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.2-2+buster_all.deb
+  # apt update
-For Ubuntu **16.04**, run:
+For **Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic)**, run the following commands:
-  # wget http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_3.4-1+xenial_all.deb
+  # wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.2/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_4.2-2+bionic_all.deb
-  # dpkg -i zabbix-release_3.4-1+xenial_all.deb
+  # dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.2-2+bionic_all.deb
-  # apt-get update
+  # apt update
-For Ubuntu 14.04, substitute 'xenial' with 'trusty' in the commands.
+  * For Ubuntu 16.04, substitute 'bionic' with 'xenial' in the commands.
+  * For Ubuntu 14.04, substitute 'bionic' with 'trusty' in the commands.
-=== Server/proxy installation ===
+For **Raspbian**, run the following commands:
-To install server with MySQL:
+  # wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.2/raspbian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_4.2-2+buster_all.deb
+  # dpkg -i zabbix-release_4.2-2+buster_all.deb
+  # apt update
-  # apt-get install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php
+==== Server/proxy/frontend installation ====
-To install proxy with MySQL:
+To install Zabbix server with MySQL support:
-  # apt-get install zabbix-proxy-mysql
+  # apt install zabbix-server-mysql
-Substitute 'mysql' in the commands with 'pgsql' if using PostgreSQL, or with 'sqlite' if using SQLite3 (proxy only).
+To install Zabbix proxy with MySQL support:
-** Creating database **
+  # apt install zabbix-proxy-mysql
+To install Zabbix frontend:
+  # apt install zabbix-frontend-php
+Substitute 'mysql' in the commands with 'pgsql' to use PostgreSQL, or with 'sqlite3' to use SQLite3 (proxy only).
+=== Creating database ===
 For Zabbix [[manual:concepts:server|server]] and [[manual:concepts:proxy|proxy]] daemons a database is required. It is not needed to run Zabbix [[manual:concepts:agent|agent]].
-<note warning>If Zabbix server and proxy are installed on the same host, their databases must be created with different names!</note>
+<note warning>Separate databases are needed for Zabbix server and Zabbix proxy; they cannot use the same database. Therefore, if they are installed on the same host, their databases must be created with different names!</note>
-Create the database using the provided [[:manual:appendix:install:db_scripts|database creation scripts]] for MySQL/PostgreSQL.
+Create the database using the provided instructions for [[manual:appendix:install:db_scripts#mysql|MySQL]] or [[manual:appendix:install:db_scripts#postgresql|PostgreSQL]].
-Now import initial schema and data for the server with MySQL:
+=== Importing data ===
+Now import initial schema and data for the **server** with MySQL:
   # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix
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 With PostgreSQL:
-  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-pgsql/create.sql.gz | psql -U <username> zabbix
+  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-pgsql/create.sql.gz | sudo -u <username> psql zabbix
-For proxy, import initial schema:
+With TimescaleDB, in addition to the previous command, also run:
-  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-mysql/create.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix
+  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-pgsql*/timescaledb.sql.gz | sudo -u <username> psql zabbix
+<note warning>TimescaleDB is supported with Zabbix server only.</note>
+For **proxy**, import initial schema:
+  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-mysql/schema.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix
 For proxy with PostgreSQL (or SQLite):
-  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-pgsql/create.sql.gz | psql -U <username> zabbix
+  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-pgsql/schema.sql.gz | sudo -u <username> psql zabbix
-  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-sqlite/create.sql.gz | sqlite3 zabbix.db
+  # zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-sqlite3/schema.sql.gz | sqlite3 zabbix.db
-** Configure database for Zabbix server/proxy **
+=== Configure database for Zabbix server/proxy ===
-Edit zabbix_server.conf or zabbix_proxy.conf to use the created database. For example:
+Edit zabbix_server.conf (and zabbix_proxy.conf) to use their respective databases. For example:
   # vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
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 Use ''DBHost='' with PostgreSQL. You might want to keep the default setting ''DBHost=localhost'' (or an IP address), but this would make PostgreSQL use a network socket for connecting to Zabbix. Refer to the [[:manual/installation/install_from_packages/rhel_centos#selinux_configuration|respective section]] for RHEL/CentOS for instructions.
-** Starting Zabbix server process **
+=== Starting Zabbix server process ===
 It's time to start Zabbix server process and make it start at system boot:
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 Substitute 'zabbix-server' with 'zabbix-proxy' to start Zabbix proxy process.
-** PHP configuration for Zabbix frontend **
+=== SELinux configuration ===
-Apache configuration file for Zabbix frontend is located in /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf. Some PHP settings are already configured. But it's necessary to uncomment the "date.timezone" setting and [[http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php|set the right timezone]] for you.
+Refer to the [[:manual/installation/install_from_packages/rhel_centos#selinux_configuration|respective section]] for RHEL/CentOS.
+As frontend and SELinux configuration is done, you need to restart Apache web server:
+  # service apache2 restart
+=== Frontend configuration ===
+Apache configuration file for Zabbix frontend is located in /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zabbix.conf. Some PHP settings are already configured. But it's necessary to uncomment the "date.timezone" setting and [[http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php|set the right timezone]] for you.
   php_value max_execution_time 300
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   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 Europe/Riga
-== SELinux configuration ==
-Refer to the [[:manual/installation/install_from_packages/rhel_centos#selinux_configuration|respective section]] for RHEL/CentOS.
-As frontend and SELinux configuration is done, you need to restart Apache web server:
-  # service apache2 restart
-** Installing frontend **
 Now you are ready to proceed with [[manual/installation/install#installing_frontend|frontend installation steps]] which will allow you to access your newly installed Zabbix.
-=== Agent installation ===
+Note that a Zabbix proxy does not have a frontend; it communicates with Zabbix server only.
+==== Agent installation ====
 To install the agent, run
-  # apt-get install zabbix-agent
+  # apt install zabbix-agent
 To start the agent, run:
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   # service zabbix-agent start
+==== Java gateway installation ====
+It is required to install [[:manual/concepts/java|Java gateway]] only if you want to monitor JMX applications. Java gateway is lightweight and does not require a database.
+Once the required [[#adding_zabbix_repository|repository]] is added, you can install Zabbix Java gateway by running:
+  # apt install zabbix-java-gateway
+Proceed to [[:manual/concepts/java/from_debian_ubuntu|setup]] for more details on configuring and running Java gateway.

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