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I gave up trying to install NetXMS on CentOS and switched to Ubuntu 18.04 and wanted to share my install process in hopes it helps someone else.  It is combination of the NetXMS Installation Guide and the articles linked below.

Install Ubuntu
Create Ubuntu Virtual Machine with a static IP address and OpenSSH installed

1. Copy ssh public key to server
2. Open ssh connection to server
3. Disable password authentication: # sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
4. Change line:                        PasswordAuthentication yes to PasswordAuthentication no
5. Restart ssh:                    # sudo systemctl restart ssh

Install Prerequisites

1. # sudo apt-get update
2. # sudo apt-get install mysql-server
3. # sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev  - found this requirement in this article
4. # sudo apt-get install libssl-dev - found this requirement in this article
5. # sudo apt-get install ntp - optional

Install Prerequisites
I followed this guide: Easy Guide to Install Apache Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 18.04 / 16.04 LTS Server, with a few exceptions:
 

1. I had to set the environment variables manually:
       Find the java path: # sudo update-java-alternatives -l
                              java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64      1111      /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64
       Set JAVA_HOME:      # export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64
       Set CATALINA_HOME:  # export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
       Set CATALINA_BASE:  # export CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat

2. I could not edit enter the /opt/tomcat/conf directory to edit the tomcat-users.xml file using sudo.  I had to switch to the root user (sudo su) to enter the directory.  Remember to exit root.

Configure MySQL
Get MySQL default password:                  # sudo cat /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
Login to MySQL:                              # sudo mysql -u root -p mysql
                                                mysql>
Create netxms database:                          mysql> CREATE DATABASE netxms;
Create netxms user and grant all permissions:    mysql> GRANT ALL ON netxms.* TO netxms@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
Exit MySql:                                      mysql> \q

Install NetXMS
Download the deb server package: # wget http://packages.netxms.org/netxms-release_1.2_all.deb
Install the package:            # sudo dpkg -i netxms-release_1.2_all.deb
Update APT cache:                # sudo apt-get update
Install NetXMS:                  # apt-get install netxms-server
Load NetXMS database schema:    # sudo apt-get install netxms-dbdrv-mysql
Enable the database connection:  # sudo nano /etc/netxmsd.conf
                                    ## Option #3 - MySQL:
                                    DBDriver=mysql.ddr
                                    DBServer=127.0.0.1
                                    DBName=netxms
                                    DBLogin=netxms
                                    DBPassword=enter-database-password
Load database schema:            # sudo nxdbmgr init /usr/share/netxms/sql/dbinit_mysql.sql
                                    NetXMS Database Manager Version 2.2.16 Build 9524 (2.2.16) (UNICODE)

                                    Initializing database...
                                    Database initialized successfully

Install Management Console
Download Web Interface: wget https://www.netxms.org/download/releases/2.2/2.2.16/nxmc-2.2.16.war
Rename the nxmc.war file:      # cp nxmc-2.2.16.war ROOT.war
Become root:                  # sudo su
Change to conf directory:      # cd /opt/tomcat/webapps
Delete ROOT directory:        # rm -rf ROOT
Copy ROOT.war file to webapps: # cp /home/ares/ROOT.war /opt/tomcat/webapps
Restart tomcat:                # systemctl restart tomcat
Start Server:                  # netxmsd
Exit Root:                    # exit
Open web console:              http://server_ip-address:8080/nxmc

Follow prompts to change the default password

I've been searching for the commands for hours -- someone please throw me a bone.

Hi,

I'm a novice in Linux and I'm trying to install NetXMS.  I followed the instructions for Installing from source, but 'Make' keeps failing, after running for several minutes, at the same point with the following errors.  I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

make[5]: Entering directory `/home/ares/netxms-2.2.15.2/src/db/dbdrv/mysql'
  CXX      mysql_la-mysql.lo
mysql.cpp: In function ‘void* GetFieldInternal(MYSQL_RESULT*, int, int, void*, int, bool)’:
mysql.cpp:703:3: error: ‘my_bool’ was not declared in this scope
  my_bool isNull;
  ^
mysql.cpp:703:11: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘isNull’
  my_bool isNull;
          ^
mysql.cpp:714:16: error: ‘isNull’ was not declared in this scope
  b.is_null = &isNull;
                ^
mysql.cpp: In function ‘void* GetFieldUnbufferedInternal(MYSQL_UNBUFFERED_RESULT*, int, void*, int, bool)’:
mysql.cpp:1063:7: error: ‘my_bool’ was not declared in this scope
      my_bool isNull;
      ^
mysql.cpp:1063:15: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘isNull’
      my_bool isNull;
              ^
mysql.cpp:1074:20: error: ‘isNull’ was not declared in this scope
      b.is_null = &isNull;
                    ^
At global scope:
cc1plus: warning: unrecognized command line option "-Wno-format-truncation" [enabled by default]
make[5]: *** [mysql_la-mysql.lo] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/ares/netxms-2.2.15.2/src/db/dbdrv/mysql'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/ares/netxms-2.2.15.2/src/db/dbdrv'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ares/netxms-2.2.15.2/src/db'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ares/netxms-2.2.15.2/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ares/netxms-2.2.15.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

CentOS Setup
I'm installing NetXMS in a CentOS 7.6.1810 in an ESXi 6.7 virtual machine with:
    Minimal Install
    No Security profile selected
    Firewalld disabled and stopped

I installed the following packages installed:
    yum -y update
    yum -y groups install 'Development Tools'
    yum -y install libcurl-devel
    yum -y install libssh-devel
    yum -y install openssl-devel
    yum -y install wget
    yum -y install nano

I only installed this package to get around an error message that appeared in the pre-build checks:
    yum -y install epel-release
    yum -y install mosquitto-devel

I thought the issue involved a conflict with mariadb-libs-1:5.5.60-1.el7_5.x86_64 so I removed it before installing MySQL using the following commands:
    rpm -ev --nodeps mariadb-libs-5.5.60-1.el7_5.x86_64
    wget http://repo.mysql.com/mysql80-community-release-el7-3.noarch.rpm
    rpm -ivh mysql80-community-release-el7-3.noarch.rpm
    yum -y install mysql-server
    yum install mysql-devel

UPDATE #1: I tried starting MySQL Server ( systemctl status mysqld.service) before using the Make command, but the build failed almost immediately.

UPDATE #2: I tired installing MySQl using mysql80-community-release-el7-1.noarch.rpm, but had the same result.  I'm trying to figure out how to install MySql 5.7 and will post the results. 

UPDATE #3: I haven't figured out how to install MySQL 5.7 yet, but I did find a couple of other posts on the forum where the user shared the results of the ./configure script and the Server Libs statement was not empty, e.g. Server libs: -lldap -llber or Server libs:  -lssl -lrt.  Could that point to a solution to the problem?

NetXMS Install
NetXMS source code package: wget https://www.netxms.org/download/releases/2.2/2.2.15/netxms-2.2.15.2.tar.gz
Build script: sh ./configure --with-server --with-mysql --with-agent

---------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Configure results
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix                  : /usr/local
Platform                : Linux
Shared library suffix  : .so
IPv6 support            : YES
MQTT support            : YES
Build Server            : YES
Server libs            :
LDAP support            : NO
XMPP support            : YES
ZeroMQ support          : NO
Encryption enabled      : YES
SSH support enabled    : YES
Build DB-Drivers        : mysql sqlite
Build Clients          : NO
Build Agent            : YES
Agent libs              :
Agent extra components  :
Subagents list          : linux ds18x20 mysql netsvc ssh mqtt
Systemd support        : NO
Build Static Agent      : NO
UNICODE build          : YES
Use internal libexpat  : YES
Use internal libtre    : YES
Use internal libjansson : YES
Use internal sqlite    : YES
Use internal zlib      : NO
Force 32bit build      : NO
C compiler              : gcc
C++ compiler            : g++
C++ compiler info      : g++ (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)
CPPFLAGS                : -D_THREAD_SAFE -DTRE_WCHAR=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -O2 -Wformat -Wno-unused-result -Wno-format-truncation -Werror=return-type -fvisibility=hidden -I/usr/local/include -DUNICODE -DPREFIX=L\"${prefix}\" -DDATADIR=L\"${pkgdatadir}\" -DBINDIR=L\"${bindir}\" -DLIBDIR=L\"${libdir}\" -DPKGLIBDIR=L\"${pkglibdir}\" -DSTATEDIR=L\"${localstatedir}/lib/netxms\" -DNDEBUG
CXXFLAGS                : -g -O2 -std=c++11 -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
CFLAGS                  : -g -O2
LDFLAGS                : -L/usr/local/lib
LIBS                    : -lz -lresolv -ldl  -lpthread -lssl -lcrypto
Executable LDFLAGS      :
Executable LIBS        :
MySQL CPPFLAGS          : -I/usr/include/mysql
MySQL LDFLAGS          : -L/usr/lib64/mysql
MySQL LIBS              : -lmysqlclient