How To Install zabbix-proxy-mysql on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix-proxy-mysql on Ubuntu.

What is `zabbix-proxy-mysql`

zabbix-proxy-mysql is:

Zabbix is a server/client network monitoring system with many features. It can be used for:

high level monitoring of IT services;
centralized monitoring of your servers and applications;
monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices;
performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.);
data visualization.

This package provides the software needed to integrate a host as a Zabbix proxy. It collects information from Zabbix agents, temporarily stores it in a MySQL database and then passes it to a Zabbix server.

There are three methods to install zabbix-proxy-mysql on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install zabbix-proxy-mysql Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zabbix-proxy-mysql using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zabbix-proxy-mysql

Install zabbix-proxy-mysql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zabbix-proxy-mysql using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zabbix-proxy-mysql

Install zabbix-proxy-mysql Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install zabbix-proxy-mysql using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zabbix-proxy-mysql

How To Uninstall zabbix-proxy-mysql on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the zabbix-proxy-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zabbix-proxy-mysql

Uninstall zabbix-proxy-mysql And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zabbix-proxy-mysql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zabbix-proxy-mysql

Remove zabbix-proxy-mysql Configurations and Data

To remove zabbix-proxy-mysql configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zabbix-proxy-mysql

Remove zabbix-proxy-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zabbix-proxy-mysql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zabbix-proxy-mysql

Dependencies

zabbix-proxy-mysql have the following dependencies:

References

zabbix-proxy-mysql website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix-proxy-mysql package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.