Our school district is considering moving from SolarWinds to Zabbix. I can see Zabbix can be installed on many Linux versions. I have read CentOS is "end of life". Beyond that, is there a "best" Linux variant that is both free and secure to install Zabbix on?
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Since the Fall of 2025 I have been using Ubuntu 24.03 LTS (now 24.04 LTS) and Debian 13 at my workplace. Been using Zabbix 7.0 LTS which is installed on the Ubuntu system while the Debian system runs another application. Both OS images where free to download from their respective websites.
For Ubuntu there is one image for a desktop system (about 5.9 Gbytes) and another image for the server system (about 3 Gbytes). While the Debian only has one image (around 754 Mbytes) and during the install process you can opt not to install the GUI tools (so you can run it as a server).
What might influence your choice of what flavor of Linux to use is what you are planning to use for the database for the Zabbix application. I went with MySQL (mainly because I didn't any better at the time) which is available as a download from the Ubuntu website.
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I think we will just go with MySQL, at this point. In SolarWinds, I am only monitoring about 450 nodes. That's interfaces and devices.Comment
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