# 1 Getting Zabbix

#### Overview

There are four ways of getting Zabbix:

-   Install it from the [distribution
    packages](install_from_packages#From_distribution_packages)
-   Download the latest source archive and [compile it
    yourself](install#Installation_from_sources)
-   Install it from the [containers](containers)
-   Download the [virtual appliance](/manual/appliance)

To download the latest sources or the virtual appliance, go to the
[Zabbix download page](http://www.zabbix.com/download.php), where direct
links to latest versions are provided. To download older versions, see
the link below stable version downloads.