Install Zabbix Proxy on CentOS 6.5

Zabbix Proxy Platform: CentOS 6.5 x86_64

Note: please setup NTP for time synchronization

1.Set Up MySQL

for Database:

yum -y install mysql mysql-server mysql-devel

for server:

yum -y install zlib-devel glibc-devel libcurl-devel OpenIPMI-devel libssh2-devel net-snmp-devel openldap-devel

yum -y install fping iksemel-devel(using fedora epel repo -- rpm -ivh http://mirrors.sohu.com/fedora-epel/6Server/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm)

2. vi /etc/my.cnf

在[mysqld]加入

default-storage-engine=INNODB

service mysqld start

chkconfig mysqld on

3. Install the repository configuration package

rpm -ivh 

http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-release-2.2-1.el6.noarch.rpm

4. for Zabbix proxy with mysql database

yum -y install zabbix-proxy-mysql

5. Create zabbix proxy database and user on MySQL.

# mysql -u root

mysql> create database zabbix character set utf8;

mysql> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost identified by 'zabbix';

mysql> flush privileges;

mysql> exit

Import initial schema and data.

# cd /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-mysql-2.2.1/create
# mysql -uroot zabbix < schema.sql

6.Edit database configuration in zabbix_proxy.conf

# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf

ProxyMode=0

Server=[zabbix server ip]

Hostname=[Hostname of proxy]

#hostname value set on the proxy should exactly match the ”Proxy name” configured for the host in the web frontend (Administrator > DM> Create proxy)

DBHost=localhost

DBName=zabbix

DBUser=zabbix

DBPassword=zabbix

Start Zabbix proxy process.

# service zabbix-proxy start

chkconfig zabbix-proxy on

7. on Zabbix server web -- Administrator > DM > Create proxy

8. for Linux agent client

vi /etc/zabbix_agentd.conf

#Hostname=[ Hostname of client system ]

#hostname value set on the agent side should exactly match the ”Host name” configured for the host in the web frontend

Server=[proxy server ip]

ServerActive=[proxy server ip]

Hostname=Linux Client

service zabbix-agent restart

Note: you will see info in /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.log

5803:20140104:194929.390 no active checks on server [192.168.1.18:10051]: host [linux client] not found

and on proxy server also info in /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.log

3242:20140104:194929.937 cannot send list of active checks to [192.168.1.11]: host [linux client] not found

you can just ignore it as you will get it working in step 11

9. for Windows agent client, please refer above setting

10. go to Zabbix server web -- Configuration > Hosts > Create host

11. service zabbix-proxy restart

now it's working

4494:20140104:195048.462 enabling Zabbix agent checks on host "linux client": host became available