How To Install zabbix40-proxy on CentOS 8

zabbix40-proxy is Zabbix proxy common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix40-proxy on CentOS 8.

What is zabbix40-proxy

Zabbix proxy commmon files

We can use yum or dnf to install zabbix40-proxy on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zabbix40-proxy.

Install zabbix40-proxy on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install zabbix40-proxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zabbix40-proxy

Install zabbix40-proxy on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install zabbix40-proxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zabbix40-proxy

How To Uninstall zabbix40-proxy on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the zabbix40-proxy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zabbix40-proxy

zabbix40-proxy Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/logrotate.d/zabbix-proxy
/etc/zabbix/externalscripts
/etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf
/etc/zabbix_proxy.conf
/run/zabbixsrv
/usr/lib/systemd/system/zabbix-proxy.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/zabbixsrv.conf
/usr/sbin/zabbix_proxy
/usr/share/doc/zabbix40-proxy
/usr/share/doc/zabbix40-proxy/zabbix_trap_receiver.pl
/usr/share/man/man8/zabbix_proxy.8.gz
/var/lib/zabbixsrv
/var/lib/zabbixsrv/tmp
/var/log/zabbixsrv

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix40-proxy on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.