Zabbix Appliance is broken

[nullmem]

So i downloaded the qcow2 version of the Zabbix appliance and followed the instructions:

To access Zabbix frontend, go to http://<host_ip> (for access from the host's browser bridged mode should be enabled in the VM network settings).

Nope.




So your instructions say:

Database:

• root:<random>
• zabbix:<random>

Database passwords are randomly generated during the installation process.

Root password is stored inside the /root/.my.cnf file. It is not required to input a password under the “root” account.

Nope.

.my.cnf is empty and both /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf and /etc/zabbix/web/zabbix.conf.php have no password in them.

[BlueH2O]

I have the same problem with the 6.4 ova. .my.cnf does not exist and how am I supposed to know what the random password is? There's no mention of this in the appliance setup instructions besides "To change the database user password, changes have to be made in the following locations:"

• MySQL;
• /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf;
• /etc/zabbix/web/zabbix.conf.php.

OK, so.. what are the steps?

[BlueH2O]

I've gotten as far as Database error:Unable to select configuration. All the instruction I find does not mention zabbix_srv or zabbix_web or which one to use, only zabbix user which does not exist for the database. I would concur the appliance is indeed 'broken.'

[BlueH2O]

From the zabbix log: cannot use database "zabbix": its "users" table is empty (is this the Zabbix proxy database?)

An appliance should definitely be more functional out of the box.