In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Zabbix on Kali Linux. Zabbix is a free enterprise-class monitoring solution for network and application monitoring.
Before we start the installation process, let's run the update command to ensure that Kali Linux is up-to-date. To do that, open the terminal and enter the command below:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
To install the Zabbix repository, run the following commands:
wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.4-1+buster_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.4-1+buster_all.deb
To install Zabbix server, frontend, and agent on Kali Linux, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install zabbix-server-pgsql zabbix-frontend-php php-pgsql zabbix-agent -y
To create a new database for Zabbix, enter the following command:
sudo su - postgres -c "createuser zabbix"
sudo su - postgres -c "createdb -O zabbix zabbix"
After creating the database, we can now import the initial schema and data using the command below:
zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-pgsql*/create.sql.gz | sudo psql -U zabbix zabbix
To configure the Zabbix server, edit the Zabbix server configuration file using the command:
sudo nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
Uncomment the following lines and change the values accordingly:
DBPassword=
Change this line to:
DBPassword=zabbix
Save and close the file.
Edit the PHP settings file using the command:
sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini
Find the following lines and uncomment them:
max_execution_time = 600
memory_limit = 512M
post_max_size = 16M
upload_max_filesize = 2M
Save and close the file.
After making the necessary changes, restart the Zabbix services using the command:
sudo systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent apache2
To access the Zabbix web interface, open your web browser and enter the URL:
http://localhost/zabbix/
You will be asked to enter the following login credentials:
Username: Admin
Password: zabbix
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Zabbix on Kali Linux.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Zabbix on Kali Linux. Zabbix is one of the best monitoring tools that you can use to monitor your network and application performance. If you face any issues during the installation process, please leave a comment below.
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