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ZABBIX INSTALLATION STEPS

It is advisable to plan ahead when deploying Zabbix in a production environment, and the official documentation is always the main reference for concepts and procedures.

To help plan the environment, these are common steps to achieve a stable Zabbix monitoring environment. They are not in any particular order, but rather a logical progression from one step to the next from a requirements perspective.

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Status	Activity	Remark*
📅	Documentation	A documentation repository
	✅ Document the project	⚠️ Always
📅	Plan the environment
	💡 Business overview
	💡 Map technologies
	💡 Define the objective and expectations
	💡 Define and share responsabilities
	💡 Define the architecture
	💡 Define the schedule
📅	Zabbix installation steps
	✅ Deploy server(s)
	✅ Server remote access	ssh user@host
	✅ Server access privileges	sudo -i
	✅ Server update	dnf upgrade -y --refresh
	✅ Timezone configuration	timedatectl set-timezone [TIMEZONE]
	✅ Date and time syncronization	dnf install chrony
	✅ Repository installation
	✅ DBMS deployment
	✅ Minimum DBMS security configuration	at least mysql_secure_installation
	✅ Advanced DBMS configuration	DBA
	✅ Zabbix database creation
	✅ Zabbix database user creation	Different user for each Zabbix component
	✅ Zabbix Server installation
	✅ Zabbix Server configuration
	✅ Zabbix Frontend installation
	✅ Zabbix Frontend configuration
	✅ Zabbix Proxy installation
	✅ Zabbix Proxy configuration
	✅ Zabbix Agent localhost installation	To all Zabbix servers
	✅ Secure the setup
	✅ Local access configuration
	✅ Domain access configuration	LDAP
	✅ Custom DNS name	DNS server
	✅ Frontend SSL certificate deployment
	✅ Super admin user definition	Define those responsible
	✅ Initial template customization
	✅ Zabbix Agent metadata definition
	✅ Autoregistration rule creation
	✅ Custom midia setup
📅	Initial dashboard
	✅ Update the Zabbix Server dashboard
	✅ Monitor the Zabbix DBMS
	✅ Monitor the Zabbix Frontend
📅	Maintenance instructions and host deployment
	✅ Zabbix Agent installation guide	Agent 2 prefered
	✅ Zabbix Agent Autoregistration guide
	✅ Train operators and users
📅	Monitoring environment
	⏳ Build the monitoring environment

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✅ - Finished
⏳ - Ongoing
📅 - Planned

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* A small or brief note that may vary depending on the environment.

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