Here is steps installing zabbix-1.8 on Lenny :

I assume you already have a running apache, mysql and ssh-server, so preparing all needed dependencies should be simple as follows :

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apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install fping
apt-get install libsnmp-dev
apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
apt-get install php5-gd
apt-get install libiksemel-dev
apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

Create the zabbix user :

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sudo adduser zabbix
enter the new password
confirm once again

Download and untar the source :

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su - zabbix
wget http://optusnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zabbix/zabbix-1.8.tar.gz
tar xfzv zabbix-1.8.tar.gz

Using mysql as database, create zabbix database and import the prequisite sql :

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shell> mysql -u<username> -p<password>
mysql> create database zabbix character set utf8;
mysql> quit;
shell> cd create/schema
shell> cat mysql.sql | mysql -u<username> -p<password> zabbix
shell> cd ../data
shell> cat data.sql | mysql -u<username> -p<password> zabbix
shell> cat images_mysql.sql | mysql -u<username> -p<password> zabbix

Now it’s time to compile the source :

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cd zabbix-1.8
./configure --enable-server --enable-agent --with-mysql --with-net-snmp --with-libcurl --with-jabber --prefix=/usr
make
su
# Enter root password
make install

Edit /etc/services with your favourite editor and insert this line at the end :

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zabbix_agent 10050/tcp # Zabbix ports

zabbix_trap 10051/tcp

Save and exit.

Prepare the zabbix config by editing the default config from them :

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mkdir /etc/zabbix
chown -R zabbix.zabbix /etc/zabbix/
cp misc/conf/zabbix_* /etc/zabbix/

and edit the /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf:

Make sure that the Server parameter points to the server address, for the agent that runs on the server it is like this and adjust as for your needs :

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Server=127.0.0.1

Save and exit.

Edit /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf and adjust to the database user and password :

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# Database user
DBUser=zabbix
# Database password
# Comment this line if no password used
DBPassword=Secret

Save and exit.

Copy the pre configure init.d scripts from zabbix and place them to the right spot on debian :

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sudo cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-server /etc/init.d
sudo cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-agent /etc/init.d

I found this should be edited as per 1.8 version for zabbix-server and zabbix-agent :

Edit the /etc/init.d/zabbix-server, and look for this line :

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DAEMON=/home/zabbix/bin/${NAME}

and change them to :

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DAEMON=/usr/sbin/${NAME}

Save and exit.

Now set the correct permissions and set ZABBIX to start when the machine boots:

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sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-server
sudo update-rc.d zabbix-server defaults
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent
sudo update-rc.d zabbix-agent defaults

And start the server and the agent :

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/etc/init.d/zabbix-server start
/etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start

Check the running server using ps aux | grep zabbix and you should see some output telling the zabbix-server were run on some PID.

Done. The server part were already run.

The web interface

Copy the web interface frontend to apache root directory

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cd /var/www
rm index.html
cp -R /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.8/frontends/php/* .

And make sure you adjust the php.ini setting accordingly to this pre-quisite :

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max_execution_time = 300
date.timezone = Asia/Jakarta

Restart the apache, and now you can install using :

http://<servername or ip>/zabbix/

The default username for admin is admin and the password zabbix. Change the admin password immidiately after login, and check for the zabbix server daemon availibility.

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