Separate DB Server, Frontend Server, and GUI Server Issues creating

[leigh020260]

Hello,

I am putting together a Proof of Concept scenario for Zabbix. I want to separate out the DB, Frontend, and GUI servers. So far I have the Frontend server talking just fine to the DB server running mysql and a GUI is running on it. However, all the documentation I can find shows everything the frontend server also running a GUI interface. I created a third server for the GUI only and turn off the zabbix-server process (all of these are on Centos 8), but the GUI warns that no Zabbix process is running. Is there some documentation available for this type of configuration? I haven't found any.

Regards,

Randy.

[gofree]

Hi

there is no magic in fact, you can easily setup the installation with the documentation you have

make sure you understand this:

1. zabbix server ( server 1 ) needs to connect to zabbix database ( server 2 ) - configuration is done in zabbix server config file ( server 1 )
2. during the installation of the frontend on the separate server ( server 3 ) you'll configure in the gui zabbix server ( server 1 ) and zabbix database server ( server 2 )

steps needed to be performed on zabbix server needs to be performed on server 1
steps needed to be performed on zabbix database needs to be performed on server 2
steps needed to be performed on zabbix frontend needs to be performed on server 3

official docu should be suffcicent:

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation..._from_packages
https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...ation/frontend

[leigh020260]

Hello,

Thank you for the input. The documentation probably is sufficient, but it isn't clear to me. I am probably thinking from more of the standpoint of how Solarwinds works.

I already set up the Database server and the Frontend server and they both work really well and weren't very hard to set up. I created a 2nd Frontend server and it has a gui on it also. The gui says the Zabbix process is not running on the 2nd Frontend, even though it is.

I am looking for a 2nd frontend server to do polling in another network and country. I haven't found the spot in the documentation where this is explained. The packages to load seem to be for both the Frontend and Webgui all together. No doubt I am probably overlooking something right in front of me, but still don't know where the information is.

Any specific pointers would be appreciated.

Regards,

[gofree]

frontend server is just a visual representation and some configuration is possible there - the pooling itself is being done by zabbix server/proxy poolers

so if I get it right you need to deploy zabbix proxy in network2 ( not frontend ) and connect/configure it to the zabbix server in network1 - then you can setup monitoring and visualize data from frontend in network1 as the proxy in network2 will be connected to the zabbix server in network1

or

setup separate combo ( server, db, frontend ) in network2