Is it me or is there not a defined process of doing a full backup and restore of a Zabbix system? I'm running the Docker version and would like to move to an Oracle Linux version of Zabbix. I cannot find how to export the configuration and restore to a new instance of Zabbix. You would think there should be an option in Administration to Export Configuration. Can someone point me in the right direction?
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Hello.
Zabbix have everything stored in database and in configuration file.
So use database dump/backup/.. to migrate to new Zabbix installation.
Or you can use API for export/backup/restore you Zabbix templates/hosts/.. etc
Or just use web interface for manual exporting/importing templates/hosts/.. if you do not need measured data.
Etc.
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To complement Zdenek_OMNISENSUIT information, I find this Configuration Export/Import docs very informative.Comment
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This is what I was looking for, thanks much. I'm not concerned about retaining historical data, just the configuration and more specifically Hosts groups, Actions & Discovery. I see options for the export of Hosts/Template, so I'm good there. Has someone developed an all in one export/import script using the API?Comment
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Anyone have any guide on doing a backup from Docker (on Synology)?Comment
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Hello.
It depend - what you really want to do.
Backup whole container or somethin from the container?
For first option try something like this:
For second option you will need connection to the container and/or to the app inside (like db etc) and than use standart way for the make a backup you need.
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What's I'm really trying to do is backup Zabbix from a Docker instance and restore to a Oracle 8 instance. I noticed that going through the Configuration Export/Import docs above, some things were missing such as exporting Actions, Discovery rules, User group/roles etc. Seems like a full database backup and restore is what I may need. Would be nice if the UI provided a full configuration export (minus history etc.) so that it can be restored on a new system.Hello.
It depend - what you really want to do.
Backup whole container or somethin from the container?
For first option try something like this:
For second option you will need connection to the container and/or to the app inside (like db etc) and than use standart way for the make a backup you need.
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omnisensuit.comComment
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You are right - with just exp/imp from web GUI some things will be missing.
Export/import db will not help(not possible) in the case you describe because as i see you will change db engine.
(you mentioned oracle as a destination and in the container is probably something like mysql ..)
Is this really needed? (are you sure about Oracle 8?)
If yes your only option will be export of setup from zabbix API.
(write some python script for example)
Or export from GUI what is possible and setup the rest.
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Referring to Oracle Linux 8 as a replacement to Centos Linux. So Zabbix has no built-in support for backup/restore and this has to be figured out by the customer?
Seems odd they would refer to backup database/config files during version upgrades, but doesn't really provide any steps on restore.Comment
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Aha, you mean OS
(I see only Oracle word so it was db for me)
Than you should check how to work with database you use and learn backup/restore or better export/import for this case.
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Well, I figured as much, but wanted to see if anyone had experience in exporting the MySQL database from a Synology Docker instance.Comment
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We use this script to get just the configuration data and we can restore it to the database directly.Debian-User
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Thanks for this. Will need to test with the latest version of Zabbix.
One thing to note, I was able to find a link (below) that contains the mysqldump command for Docker, which works. I did get this to work, but when I restored, the Zabbix server running on Rocky Linux/MySQL/Apache would not start. I'm thinking this may be due to some incompatibles.
Any thoughts on this? I really just want to restore the configurations, nothing else.
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of course, you can use one of the pullrequests or a fork: https://github.com/npotorino/zabbix-backup which included the request reagarding zabbix 5.4Debian-User
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