@JaredBusch said in Zabbix Server Setup on Debian 9.0:

@dbeato said in Zabbix Server Setup on Debian 9.0:

Prior to doing anytighing if you are basing this on a Debian 9 NetInstall you need to install the following packages as root

apt install ufw sudo -y

Then setup the user in the sudo group

sudo adduser username sudo

Technically, you do this if you don't select certain packages during the installation. It has nothing to do with it being a NetInstall ISO or not.

Technically, these packages are selected by default. I believe both sudo and ufw are part of standard system utilities.
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Additionally ufw is not the firewall. That is iptables, but ufw is the simple way to activate and use iptables.

Yes, netinstall has that option as below Figure 1 while though it does not install ufw and sudo on those standard utilities Figure 2 & 3 with the fresh install Figure 4

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@matteo-nunziati said in Calling Debian Stretch & Mellanox Experts:

@FATeknollogee rolling means they constantly upgrade sw when ready. The opposite is sw which sticks at a given version and is subject to security fixes only.

Exactly. In Windows terms, it would be like MS Office updating from 2013 to 2016 automatically on any given day. Tumbleweed tends to update a couple times a week, but the updates are tiny. Just whatever applications have a new release and have been tested get released as they are ready, not in blocks together.

The big difference is that it is updates to packages and releases of new packages as they are available, not just patches that are provided. All OSes release patches on a regular basis as needed, or weekly. But rolling releases actually update the software versions all the time.