Zabbix Proxy SQLite3 package issue - /var/lib/zabbix path and permissions are not done with the first start of service

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    • Type: Incident report
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Trivial
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    • Affects Version/s: 7.0.26
    • Component/s: Proxy (P)
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    • Environment:
      Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS (noble)
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      Steps to reproduce:

      1. Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS (noble) (normal, not minimal)
      2. Install Zabbix 7.0 LTS package
      3. sudo apt install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 zabbix-sql-scripts
      4. sudo systemctl start zabbix-proxy

      Result:

      systemd[1]: zabbix-agent.service: Can't open PID file /run/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory
systemd[1]: zabbix-proxy.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
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      2072:20260715:171014.969 using configuration file: /etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf
  2072:20260715:171014.969 cannot open database file "zabbix_proxy": [2] No such file or directory
  2072:20260715:171014.969 creating database ...
  2072:20260715:171014.969 [Z3002] cannot create database 'zabbix_proxy': [0] unable to open database file
  2072:20260715:171014.969 cannot initialize database: cannot open database

      Expected:

      /var/lib/zabbix path created and permissions granted to it for zabbix user, before or during the first run.

      Database created.

      Service started successfully.

        1. Screenshot 2026-07-16 at 15.55.00.png
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          Edgar Akhmetshin
        2. zabbix-proxy.service.FIXED
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          Valerio Bozzolan
        3. zabbix-proxy.service.MALFUNCTIONAL
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          Valerio Bozzolan

            Assignee:
            Zabbix Development Team
            Reporter:
            Valerio Bozzolan
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