How To Install zabbix40 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix40 on Rocky Linux 8. zabbix40 is Open-source monitoring solution for your IT infrastructure

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix40 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is zabbix40

Zabbix is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. Zabbix uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. Zabbix offers excellent reporting and data visualization features based on the stored data. This makes Zabbix ideal for capacity planning. Zabbix supports both polling and trapping. All Zabbix reports and statistics, as well as configuration parameters are accessed through a web-based front end. A web-based front end ensures that the status of your network and the health of your servers can be assessed from any location. Properly configured, Zabbix can play an important role in monitoring IT infrastructure. This is equally true for small organizations with a few servers and for large companies with a multitude of servers.

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

Install zabbix40 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install zabbix40

Install zabbix40 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install zabbix40

How To Uninstall zabbix40 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove zabbix40

zabbix40 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/zabbix
/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf
/usr/bin/zabbix_get
/usr/bin/zabbix_sender
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/956a47cfe6ca26c668174d052ab77e40a89a01
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/33fd0af49a4a75100d7965b53d7606d1234b2c
/usr/share/doc/zabbix40
/usr/share/doc/zabbix40/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/zabbix40/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/zabbix40/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/zabbix40/README
/usr/share/doc/zabbix40/zabbix-fedora-epel.README
/usr/share/licenses/zabbix40
/usr/share/licenses/zabbix40/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/zabbix_get.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zabbix_sender.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix40 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.