Setting up a Zabbix proxy

Setting up a Zabbix proxy can be quite daunting if you don't have a lot of experience with Linux, but the task is quite simple once you get the hang of it. We will install Zabbix proxy to our lar-book-proxy-passive server; you can repeat the task on lar-book-proxy-active.

Getting ready

Make sure to have your new Linux (CentOS 8) host ready and installed. We won't need our Zabbix server in this recipe yet.

You'll need a Zabbix repository for this recipe as well. Check out the following link to find the latest version: https://www.zabbix.com/download.

How to do it…

1. Let's start by logging in to the command-line interface (CLI) of our new lar-book-proxy-passive host.
2. Now, execute the following command to add the Zabbix repository for CentOS 8:

   rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.0/rhel/8/x86_64/zabbix-release-5.0-1.el8.noarch.rpm
   dnf clean all

   For Ubuntu, execute this command:

   wget https://repo.zabbix.com...