alterrebe/zabbix-server repository overview

⁠Zabbix Server & Web UI

Contains:

• Zabbix Server
• Zabbinx Front-end
• Nginx
• PHP

Processes are managed by supervisord, including cronjobs

⁠Exports

• Nginx on 80
• Zabbix Server on 10051
• /etc/zabbix/alert.d/ for Zabbix alertscripts

⁠Variables

• ZABBIX_DB_NAME=zabbix: PostgreSQL database to work on

• ZABBIX_DB_USER=zabbix: PostgreSQL user/role

• ZABBIX_DB_PASS=zabbix: The user password

• ZABBIX_DB_HOST=localhost: PostgreSQL host to connect to

• ZABBIX_DB_PORT=5432: PostgreSQL port

• ZABBIX_INSTALLATION_NAME=: Zabbix installation name

Linking:

• ZABBIX_DB_LINK=: Database link name. Example: a value of "DB_PORT_5432" will fill in ZABBIX_DB_HOST/PORT variables

⁠Constants in Dockerfile

• ZABBIX_PHP_TIMEZONE=UTC: Timezone to use with PHP

⁠Example

Launch PostgreSQL database container with name 'zabbix-db'. Create the necessary user and database:

$ docker run -d --name="zabbix-db" postgres
$ docker exec -it zabbix-db /bin/bash
...$ psql -U postgres
postgres=# create user zabbix password 'zabbix';
postgres=# create database zabbix owner zabbix;
postgres=# Ctrl-D
...$ Ctrl-D

Install the required tables:

$ docker run --rm --link zabbix-db:db -e ZABBIX_DB_LINK=DB_PORT_5432 alterrebe/zabbix-server /root/run.sh setup-db

Launch Zabbix container:

$ docker run -d --name="zabbix" --link zabbix-db:db -e ZABBIX_DB_LINK=DB_PORT_5432 -p 80:80 -p 10051:10051 alterrebe/zabbix-server

By default, you sign in as Admin:zabbix.

Enjoy! :)

⁠Configuration Cheat-Sheet

Things to do at the beginning:

• Administration > Users, Users: disable guest access (group), setup user accounts & themes
• Administration > Media types: set up notification methods. For custom alertscripts, see Custom alertscripts⁠
• Administration > Users, Users, "Media" tab: set up notification destinations