Monitoring Server using Zabbix in Ubuntu

Zabbix is open sources application for monitoring our server, before installing zabbix, there are some packages that must be installed first :

• apache2
• libapache2-mod-php5
• php5
• php5-gd
• php5-mysql
• php5-cli
• php5-snmp
• mysql-server

after you have insalled that packages, now just install zabbix using command :

$ sudo su

$ apt-get install zabbix-agent zabbix-fronted-php zabbix-mysql

Creating a database connection

$ mysql –u (username) -p
password:
$ mysql> create database zabbix;
$ mysql> quit;

Copy zabbix configuration to mysql

$ cd /usr/share/zabbix-server
$ cat schema.sql | mysql –u (username) -p zabbix
$ cat data.sql | mysql –u (username) -p zabbix

Configure /etc/services

$ zabbix_agent 10050/tcp
$ zabbix_trap 10051/tcp

Configure /etc/inetd.conf

$ zabbix_agent stream tcp nowait.3600 zabbix \ /opt/zabbix/bin/zabbix_agent

Run zabbix-server by type :

$ /etc/init.d/zabbix-server start

Check /var/log/zabbix-server

$ /var/log/zabbix-server/zabbix-server.log

Configuration with php

change the configuration from /etc/zabbix/dbconfig.php by type :

$ gedit /etc/zabbix/dbconfig.php

 

$DB_TYPE=’MYSQL’; ? type of database
$DB_SERVER=’localhost’; ? database server name
$DB_DATABASE=’zabbix’; ? database name
$DB_USER=’root’; ?  database username
$DB_PASSWORD=’syafur’; ? database password
?>

Copy to folder /etc/zabbix ke /var/www by command :

$ cp –R /etc/zabbix /var/www

check and make sure mysql-server, apache2 and  zabbix-server is running and check zabbix url in your browser by type http://localhost/zabbix in your browser address bar.

Configuring zabbix on web interface

We must login and change the permision to read & write, then go to the link configuration

Create a new group

Configuration -> Hosts -> (Choose) Host Groups -> Create Group
Then enter the name of the group that will be monitored for example: router

Then create a template

Configuration -> Hosts -> (Choose) Templates -> Create Template
Then enter the template name for example: add to the group kondisi.router router

Make items to be observed

Configuration -> Items -> (Choose) Router (Template) -> New Item
Then give the name of the item for example observed Memory_usage

Finish, and you will see the results

Happy Testing......!!!