Step-by-Step Guide: Upgrade Zabbix (4.x, 5.x) to 6.0 or install it from scratch

[ZaBeast]

Upgrade Zabbix to 6.0:

Zabbix 6.0 is out and I have written a step-by-step guide on how to upgrade Zabbix monitoring system (4.x, 5.x) to 6.0 version on Ubuntu/CentOS/RHEL/Debian/Rasbian:

https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-...atest-version/


Fresh Zabbix 6.0 Installation and optimization guides:

If you need a guide on how to do fresh Zabbix installation and optimize the Zabbix server/database, please check these links:

Ubuntu: https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-...ver-on-ubuntu/

CentOS/RHEL: https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-...entos-or-rhel/

Debian: https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-...ver-on-debian/

Raspberry Pi: https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-...y-pi-raspbian/

[cyber]

Having latest platform and doing this is piece of cake. But how many of you run your old 4 or 5 LTS versions on a latest OS versions, supported by 6LTS? I suspect not too many. Upgrading platform AND product at the same time will be much more complicated....

[wittie]

HI ZaBeast,

Thank you for sharing your steps or guide. Hope you can also provide us upgrading zabbix using centos7

[cyber]

HI ZaBeast,

Thank you for sharing your steps or guide. Hope you can also provide us upgrading zabbix using centos7

Start with upgrading to Centos8 ..:P

[firo1603]

hellow ,i got a problem on raspberrypi 4B
i install zbx 6.0.2 ,the os version is bullseye
but when i complete installation,the zabbix server crashing for every three minutes
i try to make a new installation（include the os,database,nginx and any more),but the problem has not be solve
i creat a issus on zabbix support,you can find the log for this problem
can you help me ?

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-20693

[firo1603]

i make ne fresh install on 64bit os,it working without the same problem

[Mighty33]

I was getting an error when following the install.

$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:3 https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Get:7 https://dlm.mariadb.com/repo/mariadb....6/repo/ubuntu focal InRelease [4,717 B]
Hit:8 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:6 https://downloads.mariadb.com/Tools/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:9 https://dlm.mariadb.com/repo/maxscale/latest/apt focal InRelease [6,384 B]
Fetched 11.1 kB in 1s (9,996 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
2 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/ubuntu focal InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'


Can anyone help me on this?

[Atsushi]

The package for i386 of Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) is not in Zabbix official repository. Consider other methods, such as installing from source.

https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix/

[hai.dao]

Hi, it means we can not upgrade 5.x to 6.0 when using centos 7 ???

[cyber]

Hi, it means we can not upgrade 5.x to 6.0 when using centos 7 ???

yes. you cannot run 6.0 on Centos7.

[hai.dao]

yes. you cannot run 6.0 on Centos7.

Hi bro.


i'm using Zabbix 5.0.1 - centos 7

- STEP 4 : upgrade database , i can't see upgrade success or fail like your manual post.

[Atsushi]

Unless you change to an OS such as CentOS 8, you cannot build a Zabbix 6.0 server environment using official packages. If you are still on CentOS 7 and intend to update using official packages, your Zabbix server version is old and not updated. Therefore, database upgrade processing will not be performed.