Zabbix Server & Web UI

Contains:

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

Processes are managed by supervisor, including cronjobs

Exports

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

Variables

• ZABBIX_DB_NAME=zabbix: Database name to work on

• ZABBIX_DB_USER=zabbix: MySQL user

• ZABBIX_DB_PASS=zabbix: MySQL password

• ZABBIX_DB_HOST=localhost: MySQL host to connect to

• ZABBIX_DB_PORT=3306: MySQL port

• ZABBIX_INSTALLATION_NAME=: Zabbix installation name

Linking:

• ZABBIX_DB_LINK=: Database link name. Example: a value of "DB_PORT_3306" will fill in ZABBIX_DB_HOST/PORT variables

Constants in Dockerfile

• ZABBIX_PHP_TIMEZONE=UTC: Timezone to use with PHP

Example

Launch database container:

$ docker start zabbix-db || docker run --name="zabbix-db" -d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD='root' -e MYSQL_DATABASE='zabbix' -e MYSQL_USER='zabbix' -e MYSQL_PASSWORD='zabbix' -e MYSQL_SET_KEYBUF=64M -p localhost::3306 -v /var/lib/mysql:/var/lib/mysql kolypto/mysql

Install the required tables:

$ docker run --rm --link zabbix-db:db -e ZABBIX_DB_LINK=DB_PORT_3306 kolypto/zabbix-server /root/run.sh setup-db

Launch Zabbix container:

$ docker start zabbix || docker run --name="zabbix" --link zabbix-db:db -e ZABBIX_DB_LINK=DB_PORT_3306 -p 80:80 -p 10051:10051 kolypto/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
• Configuration > Hosts: create a new host and add items, triggers & stuff

TODO

• Create a way to set up and update alertscripts: /etc/zabbix/alert.d/. Git? Download? Update?