Zabbix 7.4 : Install2025/07/18

	Install Zabbix 7.4 which is an enterprise open source monitoring system.
[1]	Install Apache httpd, refer to here.
[2]	Configure Apache httpd for SSL/TLS setting, refer to here. (optional but recommended)
[3]	Configure Apache httpd to use PHP scripts, refer to here.
[4]	Install MariaDB server, refer to here.
[5]	Install other required packages and Add Zabbix repository.

[root@dlp ~]#

dnf -y install php-mysqlnd php-gd php-xml php-bcmath php-ldap

[root@dlp ~]#

dnf -y install https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.4/release/centos/10/noarch/zabbix-release-latest-7.4.el10.noarch.rpm

[6]	Install Zabbix Server. To monitor Zabbix Server itself, Install Zabbix Agent, too.

[root@dlp ~]#

dnf --disablerepo=epel -y install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-selinux-policy zabbix-agent2

[7]	Create a database for Zabbix.

[root@dlp ~]#

mysql

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 9
Server version: 10.11.11-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> create database zabbix character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin; 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

# replace any password for DB [password]
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@'localhost' identified by 'password'; 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 1; 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.000 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> exit 
Bye

[root@dlp ~]#

zcat /usr/share/zabbix/sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz | mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -uzabbix -p zabbix

Enter password:

# password of zabbix user on MariaDB you set above

[root@dlp ~]#

mysql -e "set global log_bin_trust_function_creators = 0;"

[8]	Configure and start Zabbix Server.

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

# line 92 : add

DBHost=localhost

# line 125 : add Zabbix DB password

DBPassword=password

[root@dlp ~]#

systemctl enable --now zabbix-server

[9]	If SELinux is enabled, change policy like follows.

[root@dlp ~]#

setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_zabbix on

[root@dlp ~]#

setsebool -P domain_can_mmap_files on

[root@dlp ~]#

setsebool -P daemons_enable_cluster_mode on

[10]	If Firewalld is running, allow Zabbix related ports.

[root@dlp ~]#

firewall-cmd --add-service={http,https}

success
[root@dlp ~]#

firewall-cmd --add-port={10051/tcp,10050/tcp}

success
[root@dlp ~]#

firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent

success

[11]	Configure and start Zabbix Agent to monitor Zabbix Server itself.

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf

# line 82 : specify Zabbix server

Server=

127.0.0.1

# line 135 : specify Zabbix server

ServerActive=

127.0.0.1

# line 146 : change to your hostname

Hostname=

dlp.srv.world

[root@dlp ~]#

systemctl enable --now zabbix-agent2

[12]	Change httpd settings. That's OK to configure Zabbix Server.

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf

# line 12 : add access permittion for Zabbix Web frontend if you need
# by default, All are allowed

Require all granted

Require ip 127.0.0.1 10.0.0.0/24

[root@dlp ~]#

systemctl reload httpd php-fpm

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