Zabbix Server Port to Windows

[Mahmut Fettahlioglu]

Hi,

I would like to use Zabbix as the system monitoring tool for a new project I will be working on. I have to use Windows servers, so I was wondering what is involved in porting Zabbix server-side software to Windows.

My understanding is most of the code is PHP based, so this will obviously not be an issue. For other software I could use cygwin tools to help with porting.

Any feedback is welcome. Thanks!

Mahmut

[Alexei]

Hi Mahmut,

ZABBIX v1.1 server processes will probably use pthreads. It's quite significant modification that will change porting process significantly.

So, I wouldn't recommend to spend your time on porting 1.0. Wait for 1.1.

[Mahmut Fettahlioglu]

Thanks for the quick response Alexei!

I will need to finish this section of the project within 3 months or so. Are you planning to release 1.1 before this time? Also how big a task do you think this will be?

Thanks a lot
Mahmut

[Alexei]

It is quite easy to port ZABBIX server processes to Cygwin environment. I do not expect major problems. More difficult task could be porting to native W32.

Anyway, I hope to release ZABBIX 1.1 in October-November.

[Mahmut Fettahlioglu]

This sounds great! Again, thanks for the quick response.

[ronj]

Are there any plans to port ZABBIX server to Windows?

[erisan500]

I think you missed this: http://www.zabbix.com/next.php

Greetings

[ronj]

Thanks for the quick reply!