Zabbix version upgrade (1.8.3 to 1.8.12)

jingshen

　　最近公司这边在做Zabbix服务器的升级，从OpenSuse11.2 升级到OpenSuse11.4，然后Zabbix就出现了兼容性问题（OpenSuse11.4 无法兼容zabbix1.8.3），而在OpenSuse的网站上也没有Zabbix的更新包，所以只能按照官网的升级思路去升级Zabbix了：删除原先的zabbix包，然后重新安装新版本的源码包，数据库不需要动。
　　因为工作的同事们不是中国人，本文是写给同事们看的，就按照最初写好的格式发布了。
　　如果有跟我遇到相似情况的，基本上按照粗斜体中的命令就可以成功升级了，升级需要的文件在这里：http://files.cnblogs.com/delly/Zabbix_Update_packages.zip。
　　
　　好，下面正文：
　　

• Remove the old version Zabbix 1.8.3. (Linux team).
  You may run: rpm -qa | grep zabbix to check all the installed zabbix packages. Please confirm all the installed packages have been removed before perform the new installation.
  Before remove:
  
  After:
  
  
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  Install the dependency packages: (Linux team).
  gcc
  make
  mysql-devel
  curl-devel
  net-snmp-devel (Above packages could be find from the OpenSuse 11.4 OS iso file, Wintel team could mount it and Linux team will help to install)
  iksemel-1.4.tar.gz (Linux team will install this package with below steps:
  
  
  • Upload file iksemel-1.4.tar.gz to /tmp, then cd /tmp.
    
  • tar –zxf iksemel-1.4.tar.gz
    
  • cd iksemel-1.4
    
  • ./configure
    
  • make
    
  • make install
    
    
  
  
• Upload the file zabbix-1.8.12.tar.gz to /tmp, then cd /tmp.
  
• tar –zxf zabbix-1.8.12.tar.gz
  
• cd zabbix-1.8.12
  
• ./configure --enable-server --enable-proxy --enable-agent --with-mysql --with-net-snmp --with-jabber --with-libcurl
  
• make install
  
• 　　ln -sf /usr/local/lib/libiksemel.so.3 /lib/
  
• Basically, the new version Zabbix have been installed, please run zabbix_server –V to verify the version of zabbix.
  
• Copy the config file to folder: /etc/zabbix:
  cd /tmp/zabbix-1.8.12
  cp misc/conf/zabbix_server.conf /etc/zabbix/
  cp misc/conf/zabbix_proxy.conf /etc/zabbix/
  cp misc/conf/zabbix_agent.conf /etc/zabbix/
  cp misc/conf/zabbix_agentd.conf /etc/zabbix/
  
• vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
  Find out below 2 lines, then modify as below:  (find function in VI: type "/ DBUser" in command mode)
  DBUser=zabbix
  DBPassword=zabbix
  
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  Upload the files: zabbix_server and zabbix_agentd to /etc/init.d/, then add execute permission:　　chmod +x /etc/init.d/zabbix_server
  chmod +x /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd
  
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  Start and stop the zabbix_server and zabbix_agentd to verify the installation with below commands:
  /etc/init.d/zabbix_server start
  /etc/init.d/zabbix_server stop
  ps –ef | grep zabbix
  /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd start
  /etc/init.d/zabbix_agentd stop
  ps –ef | grep zabbix
  　　
  　　After confirmed the zabbix server and agentd is no problem, then continue to configure the zabbix web interface:
  　　
  
  
  
  • cd /tmp/zabbix-1.8.12/frontends/php/
    
  • mkdir /srv/www/htdocs/zabbix
    
  • cp -a . /srv/www/htdocs/zabbix
    
  • Open a browser under AIA VPN, input the address: http://10.50.162.39<IP address here>/zabbix/queue.php
    
  
  

• Click "Next>>" Button. Then read and accept GPL v2.
  
• Make sure that all software pre-requisites are met.
  
• Configure database settings. Zabbix database must already be created.
  Please input "zabbix" in "Name", "User" and "Password" fields.
  
• Click Next. See summary of settings.
  
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  Download configuration file and place it under conf/.
  
  
  • Click the "Save configuration file" button.
    
  • After saved, upload the file zabbix.conf.php to /srv/www/htdocs/zabbix/conf/
    
  
  
• Finishing installation.
  

　　Till now, all the configuration is done, input the monitoring address on browser:
http://10.50.162.39/zabbix/ to try the new environment.
　　
　　2014-07-14