What is Zabbix?

Zabbix is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution.

Zabbix is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. Zabbix uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. Zabbix offers excellent reporting and data visualisation features based on the stored data. This makes Zabbix ideal for capacity planning.

For more information and related downloads for Zabbix components, please visit https://hub.docker.com/u/zabbix/ and https://zabbix.com

What is Zabbix web interface?

Zabbix web interface is a part of Zabbix software. It is used to manage resources under monitoring and view monitoring statistics.

Zabbix web interface images

These are the only official Zabbix web interface Podman images. Images are updated when new releases are published.

Zabbix web interface available in four editions, but only one as Red Hat Certified container:

• Zabbix web-interface based on Apache2 web server with MySQL database support
• Zabbix web-interface based on Apache2 web server with PostgreSQL database support
• Zabbix web-interface based on Nginx web server with MySQL database support
• Zabbix web-interface based on Nginx web server with PostgreSQL database support

The image based on Nginx web server with MySQL database support.

How to use this image

Start zabbix-web-nginx-mysql

Start a Zabbix web-interface container as follows:

podman run --name some-zabbix-web-nginx-mysql -e DB_SERVER_HOST="some-mysql-server" -e MYSQL_USER="some-user" -e MYSQL_PASSWORD="some-password" -e ZBX_SERVER_HOST="some-zabbix-server" -e PHP_TZ="some-timezone" -d zabbix/zabbix-web-nginx-mysql:tag

Where some-zabbix-web-nginx-mysql is the name you want to assign to your container, some-mysql-server is IP or DNS name of MySQL server, some-user is user to connect to Zabbix database on MySQL server, some-password is the password to connect to MySQL server, some-zabbix-server is IP or DNS name of Zabbix server or proxy, some-timezone is PHP like timezone name and tag is the tag specifying the version you want.

Linking the container to Zabbix server

podman run --name some-zabbix-web-nginx-mysql --link some-zabbix-server:zabbix-server -e DB_SERVER_HOST="some-mysql-server" -e MYSQL_USER="some-user" -e MYSQL_PASSWORD="some-password" -e ZBX_SERVER_HOST="some-zabbix-server" -e PHP_TZ="some-timezone" -d zabbix/zabbix-web-nginx-mysql:tag

Linking the container to MySQL database

podman run --name some-zabbix-web-nginx-mysql --link some-mysql-server:mysql -e DB_SERVER_HOST="some-mysql-server" -e MYSQL_USER="some-user" -e MYSQL_PASSWORD="some-password" -e ZBX_SERVER_HOST="some-zabbix-server" -e PHP_TZ="some-timezone" -d zabbix/zabbix-web-nginx-mysql:tag

Container shell access and viewing Zabbix web interface logs

The podman exec command allows you to run commands inside a Podman container. The following command line will give you a bash shell inside your zabbix-web-nginx-mysql container:

$ podman exec -ti some-zabbix-web-nginx-mysql /bin/bash

The Zabbix web interface log is available through Podman's container log:

$ podman logs  some-zabbix-web-nginx-mysql

Environment Variables

When you start the zabbix-web-nginx-mysql image, you can adjust the configuration of the Zabbix web interface by passing one or more environment variables on the podman run command line.

ZBX_SERVER_HOST

This variable is IP or DNS name of Zabbix server. By default, value is zabbix-server.

ZBX_SERVER_PORT

This variable is port Zabbix server listening on. By default, value is 10051.

DB_SERVER_HOST

This variable is IP or DNS name of MySQL server. By default, value is 'mysql-server'

DB_SERVER_PORT

This variable is port of MySQL server. By default, value is '3306'.

MYSQL_USER, MYSQL_PASSWORD, MYSQL_USER_FILE, MYSQL_PASSWORD_FILE

These variables are used by Zabbix web-interface to connect to Zabbix database. With the _FILE variables you can instead provide the path to a file which contains the user / the password instead. Without Docker Swarm or Kubernetes you also have to map the files. Those are exclusive so you can just provide one type - either MYSQL_USER or MYSQL_USER_FILE!

podman run --name some-zabbix-web-nginx-mysql -e DB_SERVER_HOST="some-mysql-server" -v ./.MYSQL_USER:/run/secrets/MYSQL_USER -e MYSQL_USER_FILE=/run/secrets/MYSQL_USER -v ./.MYSQL_PASSWORD:/run/secrets/MYSQL_PASSWORD -e MYSQL_PASSWORD_FILE=/var/run/secrets/MYSQL_PASSWORD -e PHP_TZ="some-timezone" -d zabbix/zabbix-web-nginx-mysql:tag

With Docker Swarm or Kubernetes this works with secrets. That way it is replicated in your cluster!

printf "zabbix" | podman secret create MYSQL_USER -
printf "zabbix" | podman secret create MYSQL_PASSWORD -
podman run --name some-zabbix-web-nginx-mysql -e DB_SERVER_HOST="some-mysql-server" -e MYSQL_USER_FILE=/run/secrets/MYSQL_USER -e MYSQL_PASSWORD_FILE=/run/secrets/MYSQL_PASSWORD -e ZBX_SERVER_HOST="some-zabbix-server" -e PHP_TZ="some-timezone" -d zabbix/zabbix-web-nginx-mysql:tag

By default, values for MYSQL_USER and MYSQL_PASSWORD are zabbix, zabbix.

MYSQL_DATABASE

The variable is Zabbix database name. By default, value is zabbix.

ZBX_HISTORYSTORAGEURL

History storage HTTP[S] URL. This parameter is used for Elasticsearch setup. Available since 3.4.5.

ZBX_HISTORYSTORAGETYPES

Array of value types to be sent to the history storage. An example: ['uint', 'dbl']. This parameter is used for Elasticsearch setup. Available since 3.4.5.

PHP_TZ

The variable is timezone in PHP format. Full list of supported timezones are available on php.net. By default, value is 'Europe/Riga' and system timezone since Zabbix 5.2.0.

ZBX_SERVER_NAME

The variable is visible Zabbix installation name in right or left top corner of the web interface.

DB_DOUBLE_IEEE754

Use IEEE754 compatible value range for 64-bit Numeric (float) history values. Available since 5.0.0. Enabled by default.

ENABLE_WEB_ACCESS_LOG

The variable sets the Access Log directive for Web server. By default, value corresponds to standard output.

HTTP_INDEX_FILE

The variable controls default index page. By default, index.php.

EXPOSE_WEB_SERVER_INFO

The variable allows to hide Web server and PHP versions. By default, on.

ZBX_MAXEXECUTIONTIME

The varable is PHP max_execution_time option. By default, value is 300.

ZBX_MEMORYLIMIT

The varable is PHP memory_limit option. By default, value is 128M.

ZBX_POSTMAXSIZE

The varable is PHP post_max_size option. By default, value is 16M.

ZBX_UPLOADMAXFILESIZE

The varable is PHP upload_max_filesize option. By default, value is 2M.

ZBX_MAXINPUTTIME

The varable is PHP max_input_time option. By default, value is 300.

ZBX_SESSION_NAME

The variable is Zabbix frontend definition. String used as the name of the Zabbix frontend session cookie. By default, value is zbx_sessionid.

ZBX_DENY_GUI_ACCESS

Enable (true) maintenance mode for Zabbix web-interface.

ZBX_GUI_ACCESS_IP_RANGE

Array of IP addresses which are allowed for accessing to Zabbix web-interface during maintenance period.

ZBX_GUI_WARNING_MSG

Information message about maintenance period for Zabbix web-interface.

ZBX_DB_ENCRYPTION

The variable allows to activate encryption for connections to Zabbix database. Even if no other environment variables are specified, connections will be TLS-encrypted if ZBX_DB_ENCRYPTION=true specified. Available since 5.0.0. Disabled by default.

ZBX_DB_KEY_FILE

The variable allows to specify the full path to a valid TLS key file. Available since 5.0.0.

ZBX_DB_CERT_FILE

The variable allows to specify the full path to a valid TLS certificate file. Available since 5.0.0.

ZBX_DB_CA_FILE

The variable allows to specify the full path to a valid TLS certificate authority file. Available since 5.0.0.

ZBX_DB_VERIFY_HOST

The variable allows to activate host verification. Available since 5.0.0.

ZBX_DB_CIPHER_LIST

The variable allows to specify a custom list of valid ciphers. The format of the cipher list must conform to the OpenSSL standard. Available since 5.0.0.

ZBX_SSO_SP_KEY

The variable allows to specify a custom file path to the Serivce Provider (SP) private key file.

ZBX_SSO_SP_CERT

The variable allows to specify a custom file path to the Serivce Provider (SP) cert file.

ZBX_SSO_IDP_CERT

The variable allows to specify a custom file path to the SAML Certificate provided by the Identity Provider (ID) file.

ZBX_SSO_SETTINGS

The variable allows to specify custom SSO settings in JSON format. Available since 5.0.0.

Example of YAML Mapping to Sequences

....
  environment:
    ZBX_SSO_SETTINGS: "{'baseurl': 'https://zabbix-docker.mydomain.com', 'use_proxy_headers': true, 'strict': false}"
    ....
....
ZBX_ALLOW_HTTP_AUTH
The variable allows to disable user HTTP authentication.

Other variables

Additionally the image allows to specify many other environment variables listed below:

ZBX_VAULTDBPATH= # Available since 5.2.0
ZBX_VAULTURL=https://127.0.0.1:8200 # Available since 5.2.0
VAULT_TOKEN= # Available since 5.2.0

Allowed PHP-FPM configuration options:
PHP_FPM_PM=dynamic
PHP_FPM_PM_MAX_CHILDREN=50
PHP_FPM_PM_START_SERVERS=5
PHP_FPM_PM_MIN_SPARE_SERVERS=5
PHP_FPM_PM_MAX_SPARE_SERVERS=35
PHP_FPM_PM_MAX_REQUESTS=0

Allowed volumes for the Zabbix web interface container

/etc/ssl/nginx

The volume allows to enable HTTPS for the Zabbix web interface. The volume must contains three files ssl.crt, ssl.key and dhparam.pem prepared for Nginx SSL connections.

Please follow official Nginx documentation to get more details about how to create certificate files.

/etc/zabbix/web/certs

The volume allows to use custom certificates for SAML authentification. The volume must contains three files sp.key, sp.crt and idp.crt. Available since 5.0.0.

User Feedback

Documentation

Documentation for this image is stored in the web-nginx-mysql/ directory of the zabbix/zabbix-docker GitHub repo. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the repository's README.md file before attempting a pull request.

Issues

If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact us through a GitHub issue.

Known issues

Contributing

You are invited to contribute new features, fixes, or updates, large or small; we are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to process them as fast as we can.

Before you start to code, we recommend discussing your plans through a GitHub issue, especially for more ambitious contributions. This gives other contributors a chance to point you in the right direction, give you feedback on your design, and help you find out if someone else is working on the same thing.