zabbix_with_vmware_install_and_tutorial_centos9 x86_64

This repository provides you step by step guide how to deploy and make configuration of zabbix on CentOS 9 with VMWare support. Database is using in this script MariaDB-11.0.3.

All commands run as root or sudo user

1. Install epel repo
   dnf -y install epel-release

2. Disable Zabbix packages provided by EPEL. Edit file /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and add the following statement.
   

   [epel]
...
excludepkgs=zabbix*

3. Make script to run
   chmod +x zabbix_install

4. Run script
   ./zabbix_install

5. Configure PHP for Zabbix frontend. Edit file /etc/nginx/conf.d/zabbix.conf uncomment and set 'listen' and 'server_name' directives.
   

# listen 8080;
# server_name example.com;

6. Configure the database for Zabbix server. Edit file /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf
   

DBPassword=your_database_password

Comment out next lines:
StartVMwareCollectors=5
VMwareFrequency=60
VMwarePerfFrequency=60
VMwareCacheSize=32M
VMwareTimeout=120

7. Run zabbix_server