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How to configure High Availability (HA) Zabbix Server on

Ubuntu 18.04 ?
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The latest release for zabbix is 3.4, we’re going to see together how to con guring high
availability zabbix server on Ubuntu 18.04.

I will divide the tutorial into 3 parts so that I can detail the different procedures.

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Prerequisite

First time, we need two virtual machines with Ubuntu 18.04 and 3 IP for make high availability
for Zabbix Server 3.4

1st server :  zabbix-node01 – 10.0.0.1

2nd server : zabbix-node02 – 10.0.0.2
Virtual IP* for HA – 10.0.0.3

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A virtual IP address (VIP or VIPA) is an IP address that doesn’t correspond to an actual physical
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Step 1: Con gure DNS

To optimize dns queries and avoid false positives, we need to con gure our /etc/hosts on both
servers.

1 10.0.0.1  zabbix-node01  zabbix-node01.example.com
2 10.0.0.2  zabbix-node02  zabbix-node02.example.com

Step 2: Install Zabbix Server

Add repository Zabbix on both servers

1 wget http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_3.4-1+bio
2 dpkg -i zabbix-release_3.4-1+bionic_all.deb
3 apt update

Install zabbix-server-mysql on both servers

1 apt install zabbix-server-mysql -y

We will separate the mysql server and frontend

Edit le /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf on both servers

1 SourceIP=10.0.0.3 <--- cluster_ip

2 ListenIP=10.0.0.3 <--- cluster_ip
3 DBHost=10.0.0.4 <---- Server SQL
4 DBName=zabbixdb
5 DBUser=zabbix
6 DBPassword=password
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Step 3: Con gure Pacemaker

Install pacemaker  and pcs on both servers

1 apt install pacemaker pcs -y

2 passwd hacluster
3 systemctl enable pcsd.service
4 systemctl start pcsd.service

Now only zabbix-node01, con gure authentication

1 pcs cluster auth zabbix-node01  zabbix-node02

2 Username: hacluster

Then create cluster zabbixserver

1 sudo pcs cluster setup --name zabbixserver zabbix-node01 zabbix-node02

Start cluster

1 sudo pcs cluster start --all

if you have a problem please unmask the service pacemaker

1 systemctl unmask pacemaker

On both servers, make sure that Pacemaker and Corosync are started at boot

1 systemctl enable corosync.service

2 systemctl enable pacemaker.service

Check cluster and nodes

1 sudo pcs status cluster

2 sudo pcs status nodes

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1 sudo pcs property set stonith-enabled=false

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We need to create VIP for zabbixserver

1 pcs resource create cluster_vip ocf:heartbeat:IPaddr2 ip=10.0.0.3 cidr_netmask=255.255.255.0 op m

Test your VIP and status of pcs

1 ping 10.0.0.3
2 pcs status

Disable zabbix-server on both servers, because Pacemaker will actually control the process

1 sudo systemctl disable zabbix-server

Create a new ressource Zabbix, to verify that the zabbix service still works in cluster

1 sudo pcs resource create zabbix_server lsb:zabbix-server op monitor interval=10s

Check if ressource appear when you launch the command

1 sudo pcs status

Ensuring resources run on the same host

1 sudo pcs constraint colocation add zabbix_server cluster_vip

2 sudo pcs constraint order cluster_vip then zabbix_server

Test your cluster

1 sudo pcs cluster stop zabbix-node01

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