1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS

Installing packages

Install proxy and make sure to insert correct database type value for <database_type>:

# yum install zabbix-proxy-<database_type>

Creating proxy database

Create Zabbix proxy database and its user.
For instructions on doing that, see examples from server installation with MySQL or PostgreSQL and mind peculiarity of the SQLite creation.

Then import initial schema. Make sure to insert correct version for 3.0.X.

MySQL command:

# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-mysql-3.0.X/schema.sql.gz | mysql -u<username> zabbix

PostgreSQL command:

# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-pgsql-3.0.X/schema.sql.gz | psql -U <username> zabbix

SQLite command:

# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-proxy-sqlite3-3.0.X/schema.sql.gz | sqlite3 zabbix.db

In order to check the version you have in your package, use the following command:

# rpm -q zabbix-proxy-<database_type>

Starting Zabbix proxy process

After database is installed and zabbix_proxy.conf file is configured, you may start Zabbix proxy process.

# systemctl start zabbix-proxy