diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/db.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/db.yml
index 785ea038fb..553e31cf04 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/db.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/db.yml
@@ -16,17 +16,13 @@
   tags:
     - zabbix-services
 
-- name: Configure the zabbix db user
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    sudo -u postgres createuser --pwprompt {{ zabbix_db_user }}
 
-    expect "Enter password for new role: "
-    send "{{ zabbix_db_pass }}\n"
-    expect "Enter it again: "
-    send "{{ zabbix_db_pass }}\n"
-
-    exit 0
-#  no_log: True
+- name: Connect to acme database, create django user, and grant access to database and products table
+  postgresql_user:
+    name: "{{ zabbix_db_user }}"
+    password: "{{ zabbix_db_pass }}"
+  become: true
+  become_user: postgres
   tags:
     - db-configure
 
diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/templates/zabbix.conf.php.j2 b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/templates/zabbix.conf.php.j2
index 5ee5d0b5a7..a1a2abc7ed 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/templates/zabbix.conf.php.j2
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/templates/zabbix.conf.php.j2
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-<?php                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [35/1910]
+<?php
 // Zabbix GUI configuration file.
 
-$DB['TYPE']     = '{{ zabbix_db_type }}';
-$DB['SERVER']   = '{{ zabbix_db_host }}';
-$DB['PORT']     = '{{ zabbix_db_port }}';
-$DB['DATABASE'] = '{{ zabbix_db_name }}';
-$DB['USER']     = '{{ zabbix_db_user }}';
-$DB['PASSWORD'] = '{{ zabbix_db_pass }}';
+$DB['TYPE']                             = '{{ zabbix_db_type }}';
+$DB['SERVER']                   = '{{ zabbix_db_host }}';
+$DB['PORT']                             = '{{ zabbix_db_port }}';
+$DB['DATABASE']                 = '{{ zabbix_db_name }}';
+$DB['USER']                             = '{{ zabbix_db_user }}';
+$DB['PASSWORD']                 = '{{ zabbix_db_pass }}';
 
 // Schema name. Used for PostgreSQL.
 $DB['SCHEMA']                   = '';