Technical requirements
We’ll be starting this chapter with an empty Linux (virtual) machine. Feel free to choose a RHEL- or Debian-based Linux distribution (we’ll be using Ubuntu in the examples). It’s recommended to use a server distribution and not a desktop distribution of the Linux distribution you choose. We will then set up a Zabbix server from scratch on this host.
So before jumping in, make sure you have your Linux host at the ready. I’ll be using Rocky Linux 9 and Ubuntu 22.04 in my examples.