Zabbix is an open-source monitoring tool that is used to monitor and track the performance of various systems, applications, and services. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Zabbix on macOS.
Before we can install Zabbix, we need to install the Homebrew package manager on our macOS system. Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS that allows us to easily install and manage software packages.
To install Homebrew, run the following command in your terminal:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
After installing Homebrew, we can now install Zabbix and its dependencies. To do so, run the following command in your terminal:
brew install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql php
This command will install Zabbix server, Zabbix web interface, and PHP on your macOS system.
The Zabbix server requires a MySQL database to store its data. We need to create a new MySQL user and database for Zabbix.
First, start the MySQL server by running the following command in your terminal:
mysql.server start
Next, log in to the MySQL root account by running the following command:
mysql -u root
Create a new user and database for Zabbix by running the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
CREATE USER 'zabbix'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON zabbix.* TO 'zabbix'@'localhost';
Replace "password" with a secure password of your choice.
Next, we need to configure the Zabbix server by editing the configuration file. Open the "/usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf" file in your favorite text editor and make the following changes:
DBHost=localhost
DBName=zabbix
DBUser=zabbix
DBPassword=password
Replace "password" with the password you set in step 3.
We are now ready to start the Zabbix server. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo brew services start zabbix-server
This command will start the Zabbix server and enable it to start automatically on boot.
Finally, we need to configure the Zabbix web interface. Open the "/usr/local/etc/apache2/2.4/httpd.conf" file in your favorite text editor and uncomment the following lines:
LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/php/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
Include /usr/local/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-php.conf
Save the file and restart Apache by running the following command:
sudo brew services restart httpd
We can now access the Zabbix web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to "http://localhost/zabbix". Log in with the default username "Admin" and password "zabbix".
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Zabbix on macOS. You can now start adding hosts and configuring monitoring in the Zabbix web interface.
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