telneted in and this is what i receive...
mikez@twinkie:$ telnet
telnet> open
(to) 192.168.1.111 10050
Trying 192.168.1.111...
Connected to 192.168.1.111.
Escape character is '^]'.
system.cpu.load[,avg1]
ZBXD0.100000Connection closed by foreign host.
Here is a copy of my zabbix_agentd.conf...question should this line be my servers hostname or the computer i want to monitor hostname?
# Unique hostname. Required for active checks.
Hostname=mikez-hardy
mikez@mikez-hardy:/etc/zabbix$ sudo cat zabbix_agentd.conf
# This is config file for zabbix_agentd
# To get more information about ZABBIX, go http://www.zabbix.com
############ GENERAL PARAMETERS #################
# List of comma delimited IP addresses (or hostnames) of ZABBIX servers.
# No spaces allowed. First entry is used for sending active checks.
# Note that hostnames must resolve hostname->IP address and
# IP address->hostname.
Server=192.168.1.50
# Server port for sending active checks
#ServerPort=10051
# Unique hostname. Required for active checks.
Hostname=mikez-hardy
# Listen port. Default is 10050
#ListenPort=10050
# IP address to bind agent
# If missing, bind to all available IPs
#ListenIP=127.0.0.1
# Number of pre-forked instances of zabbix_agentd.
# Default value is 5
# This parameter must be between 1 and 16
StartAgents=5
# How often refresh list of active checks. 2 minutes by default.
#RefreshActiveChecks=120
# Disable active checks. The agent will work in passive mode listening server.
#DisableActive=1
# Enable remote commands for ZABBIX agent. By default remote commands disabled.
#EnableRemoteCommands=1
# Specifies debug level
# 0 - debug is not created
# 1 - critical information
# 2 - error information
# 3 - warnings
# 4 - information (default)
# 5 - for debugging (produces lots of information)
DebugLevel=3
# Name of PID file
PidFile=/var/run/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.pid
# Name of log file.
# If not set, syslog will be used
LogFile=/var/log/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.log
# Maximum size of log file in MB. Set to 0 to disable automatic log rotation.
#LogFileSize=1
# Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing
# Must be between 1 and 30
Timeout=3
####### USER-DEFINED MONITORED PARAMETERS #######
# Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell command>
# Note that shell command must not return empty string or EOL only
#UserParameter=system.test,who|wc -l
### Set of parameter for monitoring MySQL server (v3.23.42 and later)
### Change -u<username> and add -p<password> if required
#UserParameter=mysql.ping,mysqladmin -uroot ping|grep alive|wc -l
#UserParameter=mysql.uptime,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f2 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"T"
#UserParameter=mysql.threads,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f3 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"Q"
#UserParameter=mysql.questions,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f4 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"S"
#UserParameter=mysql.slowqueries,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f5 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"O"
#UserParameter=mysql.qps,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f9 -d":"
#UserParameter=mysql.version,mysql -V
Here is my zabbix_server.conf
mikez@twinkie:/etc/zabbix$ sudo cat zabbix_server.conf
[sudo] password for mikez:
# This is config file for ZABBIX server process
# To get more information about ZABBIX,
# go http://www.zabbix.com
############ GENERAL PARAMETERS #################
# This defines unique NodeID in distributed setup,
# Default value 0 (standalone server)
# This parameter must be between 0 and 999
#NodeID=0
# Number of pre-forked instances of pollers
# Default value is 5
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartPollers=5
# Number of pre-forked instances of pollers for unreachable hosts
# Default value is 1
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartPollersUnreachable=1
# Number of pre-forked instances of trappers
# Default value is 5
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartTrappers=5
# Number of pre-forked instances of ICMP pingers
# Default value is 1
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartPingers=1
# Number of pre-forked instances of discoverers
# Default value is 1
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartDiscoverers=1
# Number of pre-forked instances of HTTP pollers
# Default value is 1
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartHTTPPollers=1
# Listen port for trapper. Default port number is 10051. This parameter
# must be between 1024 and 32767
ListenPort=10051
# Listen interface for trapper. Trapper will listen all network interfaces
# if this parameter is missing.
#ListenIP=127.0.0.1
ListenIP=192.168.1.50
# How often ZABBIX will perform housekeeping procedure
# (in hours)
# Default value is 1 hour
# Housekeeping is removing unnecessary information from
# tables history, alert, and alarms
# This parameter must be between 1 and 24
#HousekeepingFrequency=1
# How often ZABBIX will try to send unsent alerts
# (in seconds)
# Default value is 30 seconds
SenderFrequency=30
# Uncomment this line to disable housekeeping procedure
#DisableHousekeeping=1
# Specifies debug level
# 0 - debug is not created
# 1 - critical information
# 2 - error information
# 3 - warnings (default)
# 4 - for debugging (produces lots of information)
DebugLevel=3
# Specifies how long we wait for agent response (in sec)
# Must be between 1 and 30
Timeout=5
# Specifies how many seconds trapper may spend processing new data
# Must be between 1 and 30
#TrapperTimeout=5
# After how many seconds of unreachability treat a host as unavailable
#UnreachablePeriod=45
# How ofter check host for availability during the unreachability period
#UnavailableDelay=15
# How ofter check host for availability during the unavailability period
#UnavailableDelay=60
# Name of PID file
PidFile=/var/tmp/zabbix_server.pid
# Name of log file
# If not set, syslog is used
LogFile=/tmp/zabbix_server.log
# Maximum size of log file in MB. Set to 0 to disable automatic log rotation.
#LogFileSize=1
# Location for custom alert scripts
AlertScriptsPath=/home/zabbix/bin/
# Location of external scripts
#ExternalScripts=/etc/zabbix/externalscripts
# Location of fping. Default is /usr/sbin/fping
# Make sure that fping binary has root permissions and SUID flag set
#FpingLocation=/usr/sbin/fping
# Location of fping6. Default is /usr/sbin/fping6
# Make sure that fping binary has root permissions and SUID flag set
#Fping6Location=/usr/sbin/fping6
# Frequency of ICMP pings (item keys 'icmpping' and 'icmppingsec'). Defauls is 60 seconds.
#PingerFrequency=60
# Database host name
# Default is localhost
#DBHost=localhost
# Database name
# SQLite3 note: path to database file must be provided. DBUser and DBPassword are ignored.
DBName=zabbix
# Database user
DBUser=root
# Database password
# Comment this line if no password used
#DBPassword=<password>
# Connect to MySQL using Unix socket?
#DBSocket=/tmp/mysql.sock
and here is what i get from the computer i want to monitor zabbix_agentd.log
8129:20080426:231212 zabbix_agentd started. ZABBIX 1.4.2.
8131:20080426:231212 zabbix_agentd collector started
8132:20080426:231212 zabbix_agentd listener started
8133:20080426:231212 zabbix_agentd listener started
8134:20080426:231212 zabbix_agentd listener started
8135:20080426:231212 zabbix_agentd active check started [192.168.1.50:10051]
8135:20080426:231212 Getting list of active checks failed. Will retry after 60 seconds
im so frustrated.