Zabbix version upgrade (1.8.3 to 1.8.12)

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：

1. 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:
   
2. 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:

   1. Upload file iksemel-1.4.tar.gz to /tmp, then cd /tmp.
      
   2. tar –zxf iksemel-1.4.tar.gz
      
   3. cd iksemel-1.4
      
   4. ./configure
      
   5. make
      
   6. make install
      
3. Upload the file zabbix-1.8.12.tar.gz to /tmp, then cd /tmp.
4. tar –zxf zabbix-1.8.12.tar.gz
   
5. cd zabbix-1.8.12
   
6. ./configure --enable-server --enable-proxy --enable-agent --with-mysql --with-net-snmp --with-jabber --with-libcurl
   
7. make install
   
8. Basically, the new version Zabbix have been installed, please run zabbix_server –V to verify the version of zabbix.
9. 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/
10. 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
    
11. 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
    

12. 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:

    1. cd /tmp/zabbix-1.8.12/frontends/php/
       
    2. mkdir /srv/www/htdocs/zabbix
       
    3. cp -a . /srv/www/htdocs/zabbix
       
    4. Open a browser under AIA VPN, input the address: http://10.50.162.39<IP address here>/zabbix/queue.php
       

1. Click "Next>>" Button. Then read and accept GPL v2.
2. Make sure that all software pre-requisites are met.
3. Configure database settings. Zabbix database must already be created.
   Please input "zabbix" in "Name", "User" and "Password" fields.
4. Click Next. See summary of settings.
5. Download configuration file and place it under conf/.
   1. Click the "Save configuration file" button.
   2. After saved, upload the file zabbix.conf.php to /srv/www/htdocs/zabbix/conf/
6. 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

Zabbix version upgrade (1.8.3 to 1.8.12)