Zabbix Installation Ubuntu Server

[DSon]

Another thought..

.. following on from the previous information, what I tried doing was switching to the zabbix user ("su - zabbix") and then running zabbix-server (again, with the stop|start|restart switches) and it still says permission denied creating the .PID file. There is also no new entry in the zabbix_server.log file when doing this.

The zabbix user seems to have some sort of permissions problem - however it is confusing since during the server start up it is definitely getting further. What I mean is it seems to me that although the zabbix user account can't create the .PID (or a log file entry) when I use "su", at server start up when the zabbix_server process tries to start it definitely DOES creates a .PID file (therefore removing the previous one) AND it writes a log entry "unable to connect through myqsld.sock").

Where do I check to find out what user the zabbix_server process is trying to run under (i.e. at server boot up)?

DSon.

[SRH]

Zabbix_Server Service

Hi.

First, thanks a lot for the installation instruction.

So, i have the problem, that in the /etc/init.d/... is no zabbix File also i can't start the zabbix_service (/etc/zabbix/) manualy with sudo zabbix_server start. sudo agentd_agent start - it will work but when i check the services with ps -aef | grep zabbix, i can see 4 or 5 agentd services. Strange, isn't it?

The Webfrontend works fine...
I use Ubuntu Server LTS 8.04 with Zabbix-1.6.6

Someone a idea? ( I follow exactly the installation instruction)

By Roger

[tchjts1]

Hi.

First, thanks a lot for the installation instruction.

So, i have the problem, that in the /etc/init.d/... is no zabbix File also i can't start the zabbix_service (/etc/zabbix/) manualy with sudo zabbix_server start. sudo agentd_agent start - it will work but when i check the services with ps -aef | grep zabbix, i can see 4 or 5 agentd services. Strange, isn't it?

The Webfrontend works fine...
I use Ubuntu Server LTS 8.04 with Zabbix-1.6.6

Someone a idea? ( I follow exactly the installation instruction)

By Roger

Sounds like you skipped copying the files into /etc/init.d/ below are the steps for doing that. By the way, when you get the agent started, you are going to see multiple instances of zabbix_agentd running. By default, I believe it is 5. Same with zabbix_server

Anyway, follow these steps and you should be good to go:

Copy the init.d scripts to the right spot:

sudo cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-server /etc/init.d
sudo cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-agent /etc/init.d

You may need to edit these script files as the compiled versions of the zabbix files is placed under /usr/sbin (/usr/bin in older versions).

sudo nano /etc/init.d/zabbix-server
Look for the following line: 
DAEMON=/home/zabbix/bin/${NAME}
and replace it with: 
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/${NAME} (old versions use /usr/bin/${NAME})

Save and exit.

sudo nano /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent
Look for the following line: 
DAEMON=/home/zabbix/bin/${NAME}
and replace it with: 
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/${NAME}  (old versions use /usr/bin/${NAME})

Save and exit.
Now set the correct permissions and set ZABBIX to start when the machine boots:

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-server
sudo update-rc.d zabbix-server defaults
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent
sudo update-rc.d zabbix-agent defaults

When those steps are done, you should be able to start the server and agent with these commands:

sudo /etc/init.d/zabbix-server start
sudo /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start

and they should also auto-start on boot-up

[SRH]

Done... but

Hi tchjts1

Thanks for your answear.

So these steps are done. I made one mistake in the zabbix-server and zabbix-agent file - Wrong path and i execute update.

When i try with the right path in both files and try to update again:
System startup links for /etc/init.d/zabbix-server already exist.
System startup links for /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent already exist.

???I think that is not importante when i execute the update syntax with the false path value in both file. Or I'm wrong? (i have no idea, how i can delete the startup link)???

zabbix_server will not start when the server reboots.

manualy sudo zabbix_server start - that works. By checking the log, zabbix_server had a problem to connect to the mysql. Now i fixed this problem and zabbix_server runs.

sudo zabbix_agentd start works, too (but not after a reboot)

By Roger

[troffasky]

I suggest you read the MySQL tuning thread and then post a new question if that thread doesn't answer your questions.

[gospodin.horoshiy]

Just a little extra: I suggest you add your zabbix user to adm group to:
sudo adduser zabbix adm

so you have priviligies to monitor log files on the server. (like /var/log/syslog)