aws-zabbix

Table of Contents

• What does it do ?
• This project uses
• Get started
• Clean up
• Notes

What does it do

In this repo you will find Terraform code to create a VPC and an EC2 instance to run a Zabbix Server instance. The user-data script will download and install the desired Zabbix version and it's dependecies.

At the end of the creation of the VPC and EC2 instance you will be able to access the HTTP interface using the EIP associated with the instance to finish your Zabbix configuration.

This project uses

• AWS VPC, IGW, EC2, EIP
• Terraform
• Linux Ubuntu
• Zabbix version 5.0
• MySQL server
• Apache server

Get started

You will need Terraform so if you don't have it yet download from terraform.io.

Make changes to the following files

Lines to change:

Filename	Line	Notes
provider.tf	profile = "<YOUR_AWS_PROFILE_NAME>"	Replace <YOUR_AWS_PROFILE_NAME> with your AWS profile name.
provider.tf	region = "<YOUR_AWS_REGION>"	Replace <YOUR_AWS_REGION> with you bucket region.
provider.tf	bucket = "<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>"	Replace <YOUR_BUCKET_NAME> with you bucket name.
variables.tf	default = "<YOUR_AWS_REGION>"	Replace <YOUR_AWS_REGION>with the region you want to run your resources.
variables.tf	default = "<YOUR_UBUNTU_AMI_ID>"	Replace <YOUR_UBUNTU_AMI_ID> with the AMI ID of the Ubuntu image of the chosen region.
variables.tf	default = "<YOUR_SSH_KEY_NAME>"	Replace <YOUR_SSH_KEY_NAME> with the name you want to give to your ssh key.
variables.tf	default = "<YOUR_SSH_FILENAME>"	Replace <YOUR_SSH_FILENAME> with the SSH public file you will use to access your instance. This file must be place into the same folder as the Terraform code and the name must match.
variables.tf	default = ["<YOUR_IP>/32"]	Replace <YOUR_IP> with your IP or any other IPs you would like to give access to Zabbix. The variable named zabbix_access_allowed_ip_addresses will give access to the Zabbix user interface while the variable zabbix_service_allowed_ip_addresses will allow the communication with the Zabbix server on port TCP 10050 and 10051.
user-data.sh	ZABBIX_PKG_NAME="zabbix-release_5.0-1+bionic_all.deb"	You can replace with the latest package version if you wish.
user-data.sh	DB_USER="zabbix"	Replace zabbix with your DB username.
user-data.sh	DB_PASS="zabbix"	Replace zabbix with your DB password.
user-data.sh	DB_NAME="zabbix"	The default is zabbix. Replace as appropriate.

How to use it

Run the Terraform code

terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply

Result:

Apply complete! Resources: 16 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Outputs:

zabbixserver-eip = 3.23.250.150

Configure your Zabbix server

In your browser, access the IP address that was returned when you created the resources and follow the steps to finish your Zabix Server installation.

Example: http://3.23.250.150

Clean up

• Destroy all the created AWS resources (including the Zabbix server):

terraform destroy

Result:

Destroy complete! Resources: 16 destroyed.

Notes

Running this code will create AWS resources in your account that might not be included in the free tier. Use this code at your own risk.