Edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbix.list and paste the following lines
deb http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free deb-src http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/2.2/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
Then add the gpg key
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv D13D58E479EA5ED4 gpg --export --armor D13D58E479EA5ED4 | sudo apt-key add -
and update the apt package list with
apt-get update
Install the Zabbix server (if mysql has not been installed before, please note down the root password!)
apt-get install mysql-server zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-release
If everything went well, we can also add the Zabbix Web UI (not needed but really, really useful) with
apt-get install zabbix-frontend-php
Now edit /etc/apache2/conf.d/zabbix, uncomment the date.timezone line and set the correct timezone. Mine looks like
php_value date.timezone Europe/Rome
Finally, restart apache2 service with
service apache2 restart
and point your browser to http://my-zabbix-server/zabbix
Complete the initial setup and then login using username Admin (case sensitive!) with password zabbix to connect as Zabbix superuser.
If you plan to monitor devices and computers via SNMP, install a few additional packages
apt-get install snmp snmp-mibs-downloader libsnmp-mib-compiler-perl libsnmp-base
Then update MIBs with
download-mibs
And add
mibs +ALL
to /etc/snmp/snmp.conf
When using net-snmp tools (for example with the tool snmpwalk), Debian / Ubuntu users often get errors like
Bad operator (INTEGER): At line 73 in /usr/share/mibs/ietf/SNMPv2-PDU
Undefined OBJECT-GROUP (diffServMIBMultiFieldClfrGroup): At line 2195 in /usr/share/mibs/ietf/IPSEC-SPD-MIB
Undefined OBJECT-GROUP (diffServMultiFieldClfrNextFree): At line 2157 in /usr/share/mibs/ietf/IPSEC-SPD-MIB
Undefined OBJECT-GROUP (diffServMIBMultiFieldClfrGroup): At line 2062 in /usr/share/mibs/ietf/IPSEC-SPD-MIB
Unlinked OID in IPATM-IPMC-MIB: marsMIB ::= { mib-2 57 }
Undefined identifier: mib-2 near line 18 of /usr/share/mibs/ietf/IPATM-IPMC-MIB
...
If you are getting these messages, follow the instructions posted in this page to solve the issue.
Finally, you can add the agent in this host to monitor the status of the zabbix server with zabbix
apt-get install zabbix-agent