Zabbix installation guide on ubuntu

1.  install apache2, apache2.2-common

#aptitude install apache2, When the Ubuntu installation is finished, you should be able to point your web browser to the server's IP number, and see a directory listing of the sites you have configured. Initially, this should show “apache2-default”, which will simply show a page saying “It works!” if you click on it.

2.  install php5

#aptitude install php5

3.  install mysql-server

#aptitude install mysql-server

4.  install php5-cgi php5-common php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql

#apt-get install php5-cgi php5-common php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql -y

5.  install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php

#aptitude install zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-frontend-php

6.  changes for php configuration 

#vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

change default setting to followings 

date.timezone = Asia/Singapore

max_execution_time = 600 

memory_limit = 256M

post_max_size = 32M

mbstring.func_overload = 2

7.  restart apache2

#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

8.  visit http://[your server ip]/zabbix with a browser, and go through the configuration steps.