Zabbix Proxy Server version

[StephenJ]

I have been learning how to setup a zabbix proxy server in our test environment, ready for setting it up in a live environment. So far I was able to get connected to the repo, download the proxy and configure the proxy config file. I have 2 questions:

Question 1
My zabbix server is installed on Centos 7 and running version 4.0.0.0alpha 2. Do I need to make sure I am running the exact same version on the proxy box?
- The repo suggests I should connect to
rpm -ivh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/4.0/r...el7.noarch.rpm When I run a check on my test box I can see it is running version 4.0.3 Question 2:

On my test box, I installed zabbix proxy along with mysql. I would like to have the zabbix database sitting on the local proxy in case the link goes down. On the box I only have sudo access. I was able to create the database, then assign the zabbix user and all was ok.

My problem is running the zcat command to populate the table.

If I do sudo mysql
show databases; I can see the zabbix_proxy database

when I try to run the zcat command I get following error: Error 1045 (28000) access denied for user 'zabbix'@localhost'

Do I need root access to run the zcat command? I only have sudo access on test box.

[Atsushi]

Version 4.0.0.0alpha2 is not a formal release version because there are many defects, you should not continue to use it. Also, the version of Zabbix server and Zabbix proxy should match.

For the second question, please explicitly specify the user and password to access MySQL and try accessing.
You do not need a root user to run the zcat command.