Install and configure Zabbix

Zabbix 3.4 on Linux 7/6

Zabbix is an open source network monitoring software designed to monitor and track the status of various network devices, servers, and virtual machines

Update system

# yum update

Install required packages

# yum install -y mariadb-server

# yum install php php-cli php-common php-devel php-pear php-gd php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml php-bcmath

# service httpd start

# systemctl start httpd

# service mysqld start ………. Linux 5/6

Install Repository with MySQL database

Note: Zabbix 3.0 require PHP 5.4 later

# systemctl start mariadb ……….. Linux 7

# mysql_secure_installation

Configure yum repository to install Zabbix

CentOS/RHEL 7:

# rpm -i https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.4/rhel/7/x86_64/zabbix-release-3.4-2.el7.noarch.rpm

CentOS/RHEL 6:

# rpm -i https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.4/rhel/6/x86_64/zabbix-release-3.4-1.el6.noarch.rpm

Install Zabbix server

# yum install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-agent zabbix-java-gateway

# yum update zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-agent

# wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/php-mbstring-5.4.16-45.el7.x86_64.rpm

# rpm –Uvh php-mbstring-5.4.16-45.el7.x86_64.rpm

# wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/php-bcmath-5.4.16-45.el7.x86_64.rpm

# rpm -Uvh php-bcmath-5.4.16-45.el7.x86_64.rpm

Now install Zabbix Server

Create initial database

# mysql -u root -p

password

mysql> create database zabbix character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;

mysql> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to zabbix@localhost identified by 'Password';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

mysql> quit;

Import initial schema and data. You will be prompted to enter your newly created password.

# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql*/create.sql.gz | mysql –u zabbix -p zabbix

Configure the database for Zabbix server

Edit file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

DBPassword=password

Configure PHP for Zabbix frontend

Edit file /etc/httpd/conf.d/zabbix.conf, uncomment and set the right timezone for you.# php_value date.timezone Asia/Kolkata

Start Zabbix server and agent processes

Start Zabbix server and agent processes and make it start at system boot:

# systemctl restart zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd mariadb

# systemctl enable zabbix-server zabbix-agent httpd mariadb

Now your Zabbix server is up and running!

1. Configure Zabbix frontend

Connect to your newly installed Zabbix frontend: http://server_ip_or_name/zabbix

Follow steps described in Zabbix documentation: Installing frontend

2. Start using Zabbix

Check for pre-requisites

Check if you meet all the system requirements. If not configure your php.ini.

Configure DB Connection

Fill your DB details which you created and click on Next Step

Zabbix server details

Edit your server details

Pre-Installation Summary

This will give you a summary of your configuration. Click on Next Step

Install Zabbix

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Login to Zabbix

Login to Zabbix with following credentials

UserName : Admin

Password : Zabbix

You will see your Zabbix home screen now

How do I find my AWS Access Key and Secret Access Key?

To find your Access Key and Secret Access Key:

Log in to your AWS Management Console.

Click on your user name at the top right of the page.

Click on the Security Credentials link from the drop-down menu.

Find the Access Credentials section, and copy the latest Access Key ID.

Click on the Show link in the same row, and copy the Secret Access Key.

Adding Users on an Linux

This will be done with a root user.

# useradd tech2more

# passwd tech2more

Type the password for the user tech2more

# su tech2more

Now home location for this user is /home/tech2more.

tech2more user is the owner of this directory.

Configure/Setup the Green Bone Security on VMware Machine

Follow the steps for creating VM in Below link.

 https://magazies.blogspot.com/2018/08/create-new-virtual-machine-on-vmware.html

Now, start the VM and attach the GSM download file in CD.

Version: 4.2.17

Download: https://dl.greenbone.net/download/VM/gsm-ce-4.2.17.iso

Once  you start the setup.

Create New Virtual Machine on VMware

Follow the steps for creating new VM on VMware.

Select the Configuration type and Click on Next.

• Typical
• Custom

Now give your machine name as per your project.

Check the data store resources.

On next Screen, select the Guest Operating System

• Windows
• Linux
• Other

From following list choose the OS specific version.

Check the Network card and Click Next.

Give Hard Disk size and Click Next.

VM is Ready to Complete.

For configure RAM and other settings click on edit option.

Re-Check the VM configurations and Finish.

Now VM is created.

OrangeHRM Installations using Xampp in Linux

Follow the Xampp installation steps in below link.

https://linuxkbv.blogspot.com/2018/07/xampp-installation-on-centosrheloel7.html

Download OrangeHRM setup from below link.

https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/orangehrm/stable/4.1/orangehrm-4.1.zip

Extract and copy the folder into Xampp htdocs folder.

/opt/lampp/htdocs

Start the Apache and MySQL services in Xampp.

Now hit http://localhost/orangehrm-4.1 in browser and installations will come.

Select the next step.

Accept the License and proceed forward.

Choose default values are change as per your requirements.

Following steps are for manually creation of Database.

CREATE DATABASE orangehrm;

Create a database user called orangehrmuser with new password

CREATE USER 'orangehrm'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Password';

Then grant the user full access to the database.

GRANT ALL ON orangehrm.* TO 'orangehrm'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Finally, save your changes and exit.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

Select Next and you may face the disabled status.

Enable MySQL Event Scheduler status.

Edit this file and add following line.

/opt/lamp/etc/my.cnf

event_scheduler=ON

Save the file and Re- check then Next.

Enter the Admin User Creation and Next.

Check the configuration details and Proceed to Install.

Installation complete. Now login and configure internal configuration

Documentations Links:

https://www.orangehrm.com/assets/Documents/User-Guides/OrangeHRM-OS-3.3-Administrative-User-Guide.pdf

https://www.orangehrm.com/resources/download/orangehrm-user-guides/

https://www.orangehrm.com/assets/Documents/User-Guides/OrangeHRM-OS-3.3-Supervisor-User-Guide.pdf

https://www.orangehrm.com/assets/Documents/User-Guides/OrangeHRM-OS-3.3-ESS-User-Guide.pdf