RHEL/Centos 7.0, Zabbix 3.x repository

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/appendix/install/db_scripts says:

If Zabbix was installed from distribution packages, refer to the distribution documentation.

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install_from_packages says:

Then import initial schema and data.

1. cd /usr/share/doc/zabbix-server-mysql-3.0.0
2. zcat create.sql.gz | mysql -uroot zabbix

So, what is wrong?

It's not specified in Database creation scripts appendix, needs clarification

Packages can be provided by different sources/distros.
The part "refer to the distribution documentation." is sufficient to inform that if installed from packages then you need to check their documentation.
Adding an internal link to the 2nd page - it would be wrong, as for other source/distro packages it could mislead.

I don't see anything here to improve.

Look, we've got zabbix rpm's, rpm's include documentation and these also point to installation page:

[root@zabbix ~]# cat `rpm -qlad zabbix*|grep README`
Please see http://www.zabbix.com/ for detailed information about Zabbix.
On-line Zabbix documentation is available at http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install .
Please see http://www.zabbix.com/ for detailed information about Zabbix.
On-line Zabbix documentation is available at http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install .
Please see http://www.zabbix.com/ for detailed information about Zabbix.
On-line Zabbix documentation is available at http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install .
Please see http://www.zabbix.com/ for detailed information about Zabbix.
On-line Zabbix documentation is available at http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install .
Please see http://www.zabbix.com/ for detailed information about Zabbix.
On-line Zabbix documentation is available at http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install .
Please see http://www.zabbix.com/ for detailed information about Zabbix.
On-line Zabbix documentation is available at http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install .

if someone is checking appendix doc - he'll be confused
if someone is checking rpm docs - same issue
install_from_packages also says "Create zabbix database and user on MySQL. For instructions on doing that, see database creation scripts for MySQL." and is pointing to appendix doc - also confusing

In previous versions we had three scripts, now there is only one, but mentioned only in one document

ahh, README file in packages ..., ok, I'd agree that in packages the http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install link should replaced by https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install_from_packages

I don't see much sense to change anything else. kodai, please take a look.

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation might be better as it would expose other subsections there more - like upgrade notes

I agree with richlv, but let's think how we could fix it.

Currently we just copy this file from SVN root directory:

https://www.zabbix.org/websvn/wsvn/zabbix.com/trunk/README

For the SVN repository manual installation seems like correct choice. For packages - not. So what are the options?

1. use sed when creating packages to fix the link
2. fix it in the repository by mentioning separate link for packages
3. have separate README file for packages

I'd go for option #2, what are your thoughts?

Fixed in development branch svn://svn.zabbix.com/branches/dev/ZBX-10496

We'll first fix it for 3.0 . The changed part is:

Please see http://www.zabbix.com/ for detailed information about Zabbix.

On-line Zabbix documentation is available at
http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/ .

Zabbix installation instructions can be found at
http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/ .

If you are installing Zabbix from packages the instructions can be found at
http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/install_from_packages .

Fixed in

• pre-4.2.0beta2 (r90389)
• pre-4.0.6rc1 (r90388)
• pre-3.0.26rc1 (r90386)