This Ansible playbook is designed to automate the installation of Zabbix 6 on Ubuntu 20.04. Zabbix is an open-source monitoring solution that helps you to keep track of the performance and availability of your IT infrastructure.
- Ansible 2.9 or later
- A Ubuntu 20.04 host to run the playbook on
- A running MySQL server
- A user with root or sudo privileges
- The MySQL root password should be passed as a variable,
mysql_root_password - Zabbix frontend and server configuration,
zabbix.conf.j2, should be in the same directory
- Clone or download the playbook to your local machine
- Edit the
zabbix.conf.j2file with your specific configurations. - Run the playbook with the command:
ansible-playbook -i <inventory-file> --extra-vars "mysql_root_password=<root_password>" zabbix-install.yml
- Replace
<inventory-file>with the path to your inventory file and<root_password>with the actual password for the root user of the MySQL server.
- The playbook will add the Zabbix repository to the system.
- It will install Zabbix server, frontend and agent.
- Creates a database for Zabbix.
- Imports the initial schema and data.
- Configuring PHP-FPM and Apache web server.
- Start and enable Zabbix and Apache service.
The playbook is intended to be a starting point for your Zabbix installation on Ubuntu 20.04 and will require adjustments to suit your specific needs. Also, it is a good practice to test it in a testing environment before running on production.