zabbix 1.6.1 fedora spec

[tim4dev]

Hi,

See attach.

Now rpmbuild a rpm-package can do so:

rpmbuild  -ba --define "build_mysql 1" zabbix.spec
or
rpmbuild  -bb --define "build_postgresql 1" zabbix.spec

Result (as example):
zabbix-mysql-1.6.1-1.fc9.i386.rpm (zabbix for mysql)
zabbix-postgresql-1.6.1-1.fc9.i386.rpm (zabbix for pgsql)

zabbix-1.6.1-1.fc9.src.rpm
zabbix-agent-1.6.1-1.fc9.i386.rpm
zabbix-debuginfo-1.6.1-1.fc9.i386.rpm
zabbix-web-1.6.1-1.fc9.i386.rpm

I build my rpm(s) from this zabbix.spec, and install it under Fedora 7 (i386, x86_64).
And build rpm(s) for FC8, FC9 (mock).
I also build and install a rpm-package with pre-zabbix-1.6.tar.gz dated 21 Nov.
All is ok.

Perhaps this spec will be useful for the Zabbix and Fedora-community.
I think it can be used for RHEL/CentOS.

[Crazy Marty]

I -- and others -- have pleaded to have a working spec file included in Zabbix source for ages, to no avail. I believe it is because the developers use Ubuntu (debian-based), and may not have any familiarity with them.

But, what the hell? I'll offer my second:

Please include a working spec file to build proper RPMs in the zabbix source distribution. I, as a user, am required to run Zabbix on Enterprise class/quality machines and OSes (to monitor same): that means RHEL, or RHEL-derived distributions (think CentOS). Ubuntu is not Enterprise ready (in my humble opinion), but even if it is, I don't know of any responsible manager that would run a production commercial Internet service on Ubuntu.

I have used the Fedora spec files in the past, as well as the current one for 1.6.1 (note that the Fedora-included patches fix an ugly bug related to CPU measurements in the Zabbix agents, as well!). Funny thing is: they just work -- even when I need to build RPMs for ancient releases. It would really be a great thing if the Zabbix folks & the Fedora folks would get together....

[tim4dev]

I can say that in the new releases of RHEL / Fedora will be new spec files. Here is my correspondence on the subject:

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Yuri Timofeev <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I found your zabbix.spec file
> http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewvc/...5/?root=extras
>
> and update to version 1.6.1
> See attach.

Zabbix in EL-5 will not be updated to 1.6.x because it's a major
upgrade that requires manual intervention to update the database
schema. Zabbix 1.6.x is available in Fedora 10 and will be available
with EL-6.

--
Jeff Ollie

[bbrendon]

What about proxy? Does this spec include that?

[jsosic]

I have a spec file that builds all the possible combinations.

zabbix-proxy-mysql
zabbix-proxy-pgsql
zabbix-proxy-sqlite
zabbix-server-pgsql
zabbix-server-mysql
zabbix-server-sqlite

I think I've got it from EPEL. Also, I can provide repositories with prebuilt versions if you would like (all combinations of EL4/EL5, x86_64/i386).

[otheus]

.spec file worked ... with some tweaks

Great! Thanks for that spec file! There are some tweaks I'd like to point out...

First, setup doesn't work if there is a PHP conf file provided, so maybe it's better to leave that out.

Second, the database is created, but a database user is not created.

I am still debugging certain aspects of this whole install process, and should I make any more improvemetns, I will post an updated version of this spec