Set up CentOS 6.7 to act like a Zabbix Server 2.4

Install CentOS-6.7-x86_64-minimal.iso

Update system

yum update -y

Install Apache:

yum install httpd httpd-devel -y

Install MySQL server

yum install mysql mysql-server -y

Install PHP

yum install php php-cli php-common php-devel php-pear php-gd php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml -y

Start Apache

service httpd start

Set Apache to run at startup

chkconfig httpd on

Start MySQL server

service mysqld start

Set MySQL server to run at system startup

chkconfig mysqld on

Set MySQL root password to LCq9LCFCNMZEqatm

/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'LCq9LCFCNMZEqatm'

Install Zabbix repository

rpm -Uvh http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-release-2.4-1.el6.noarch.rpm

Turn off GPG check in yum. This will let to install packages more automatically

sed -i "s/gpgcheck=1/gpgcheck=0/g" /etc/yum.conf

Install all necessary zabbix packages. Do not skip any of them

yum install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-agent zabbix-java-gateway -y

Uncoment your time location at Apache configuration

sed -i "s/# php_value date.timezone/php_value date.timezone/" /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf

Restart Apache

service httpd restart

Use root account togerher with password LCq9LCFCNMZEqatm to create database zabbix

mysql -h localhost -uroot -pLCq9LCFCNMZEqatm -P 3306 -s <<< 'CREATE DATABASE zabbix CHARACTER SET UTF8'

Create new user zabbix with password drFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 and allow it to access database zabbix from localhost location

mysql -h localhost -uroot -pLCq9LCFCNMZEqatm -P 3306 -s <<< 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on zabbix.* to "zabbix"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "drFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39"'

Apply permissions

mysql -h localhost -uroot -pLCq9LCFCNMZEqatm -P 3306 -s <<< 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES'

Move to directory where basic zabbix mysql structure located

cd /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql-*/create

Create necessary tables and objects into database using MySQL user zabbix with password drFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39

mysql -uzabbix -pdrFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 zabbix < schema.sql
mysql -uzabbix -pdrFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 zabbix < images.sql
mysql -uzabbix -pdrFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 zabbix < data.sql

Set password drFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 into zabbix server configuration file

sed -i "s/^.*DBPassword=.*$/DBPassword=drFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39/" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

List zabbix server configuration without comments

grep -v "^#\|^$" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

Start zabbix server

service zabbix-server start

Allow to access web interface (port 80) from everywhere and zabbix ports (10050, 10051)

iptables -I INPUT 5 -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT 5 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 10050 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT 5 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 10051 -j ACCEPT

Save IP tables configuration

service iptables save

Restart firewall service

service iptables restart

Fix:

Zabbix server is not running: the information displayed may not be current.

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=true

Set zabbix server to start at system bootup

chkconfig zabbix-server on

Check service sitiation about all services related to zabbix server

chkconfig --list | grep "zabbix\|mysqld\|httpd"

Set zabbix agent to boot at system startup

chkconfig zabbix-agent on

Look at zabbix agent configuration file

grep -v "^#\|^$" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

Now you can go at you server IP adress and continue to set up zabbix server:

http://ip.address.goes.here/zabbix

If you want to do all steps in one click then create new file:

vi install-zabbix-server.sh

Paste this content:

yum update -y
yum install httpd httpd-devel -y
yum install mysql mysql-server -y
yum install php php-cli php-common php-devel php-pear php-gd php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml -y
service httpd start
chkconfig httpd on
service mysqld start
chkconfig mysqld on
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'LCq9LCFCNMZEqatm'
rpm -Uvh http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.4/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-release-2.4-1.el6.noarch.rpm
sed -i "s/gpgcheck=1/gpgcheck=0/g" /etc/yum.conf
yum install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-agent zabbix-java-gateway -y
sed -i "s/# php_value date.timezone/php_value date.timezone/" /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf
service httpd restart
mysql -h localhost -uroot -pLCq9LCFCNMZEqatm -P 3306 -s <<< 'CREATE DATABASE zabbix CHARACTER SET UTF8'
mysql -h localhost -uroot -pLCq9LCFCNMZEqatm -P 3306 -s <<< 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on zabbix.* to "zabbix"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "drFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39"'
mysql -h localhost -uroot -pLCq9LCFCNMZEqatm -P 3306 -s <<< 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES'
cd /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql-*/create
mysql -uzabbix -pdrFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 zabbix < schema.sql
mysql -uzabbix -pdrFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 zabbix < images.sql
mysql -uzabbix -pdrFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 zabbix < data.sql
sed -i "s/^.*DBPassword=.*$/DBPassword=drFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39/" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
grep -v "^#\|^$" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
service zabbix-server start
iptables -I INPUT 5 -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT 5 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 10050 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT 5 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 10051 -j ACCEPT
service iptables save
service iptables restart
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=true
chkconfig zabbix-server on
chkconfig --list | grep "zabbix\|mysqld\|httpd"
chkconfig zabbix-agent on
grep -v "^#\|^$" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

No need to change any of lines for success story, BUT please replace MySQL root password LCq9LCFCNMZEqatm and please replace MySQL zabbix password drFJ7xx5MNTbqJ39 with something else!

Set file executable:

chmod +x install-zabbix-server.sh

Launch installation process:

./install-zabbix-server.sh