On Zabbix Server:
First we need to add the zabbix repo. This is because ubuntu stores old versions of zabbix:
# wget http://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.0/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_3.0-1+trusty_all.deb
# dpkg -i zabbix-release_3.0-1+trusty_all.deb
# apt-get update
# apt-get install zabbix-frontend-php  zabbix-java-gateway zabbix-server-pgsql
Configure the zabbix server:
# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
Change the following lines:
DBName=zabbix
DBUser=zabbix
DBPassword=DBPassword
StartPollers=5
JavaGateway=server_ip_address
StartJavaPollers=1
StartVMwareCollectors=1
Then we need to configure SQL.
#sudo su - postgres
#psql
#create role zabbix login;
#alter user zabbix with password 'DBPassword';
#grant all privileges on database zabbix to zabbix;
We can then exit psql. We need to import the database schema now.
#cd /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-pgsql
#gunzip create.sql.gz
Because postgresql uses peer authentication we need to make sure zabbix is a user we can login to. Edit /etc/passwd and set zabbix from /bin/false to /bin/bash. Then su onto zabbix
#psql -U zabbix zabbix < create.sql
We need to change php and apache2 configs. As root:
#vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Uncomment date.timezone and set it to whatever timezone is apropiate.
Now edit the default sites-enabled/ config in apache and set the document root to /usr/local/share/
Now we can start zabbix:
#service apache2 restart
# service zabbix-server restart
# service zabbix-java-gateway start
Navigate to http://serverhostname/zabbix. Fill in all the forms. Log in with the default Admin/zabbix login. You should see the zabbix dashboard.