Example of Zabbix 1.6.5 installation on a Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) server.

[johnusa]

LOG FILES for TroubleShooting (I use WinSCP to read them):
/tmp/zabbix_server.log
/tmp/zabbix_agentd.log
/var/log/daemon.log
/var/log/auth.log

When I had that problem I had to change data in zabbix_server.conf
nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
DBUser=zabbix try postgres or root
DBPassword=password123 # in front = blank password
ListenIP=ServerIP I had to add this at some point as well

[russhenry715]

The Same
Install Ubuntu Server 9.04 (Jaunty) 64-bit ; ubuntu-9.04-server-amd64.iso

Try:
sudo cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agent /usr/sbin/
sudo cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agentd /usr/sbin/
sudo cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_get/zabbix_get /usr/sbin/
sudo cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_sender/zabbix_sender /usr/sbin/
sudo cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_server/zabbix_server /usr/sbin/

sudo /etc/init.d/zabbix-server start
sudo /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start
ps aux | grep zabbix ; check running zabbix services

Thanks for the help, the above was the fixed and now the server is up and running - i just need to learn all the functions

[Ishtar]

mkey..... help any1?

Hi all,

I did exactly all the things that are in the howto in post#1.
only i used zabbix 1.6.6 and not 1.6.5.
All is fine but when i want tot start zabbix-server (/etc/init.d/zabbix-server start) it does nothing......
no log file and no PID file, no error message...... nothing..

i tried to redirect them to the /home/zabbix... but nothing..

can any1 help me?

[russhenry715]

you could try this also

I had the same problem (new version of the instructions are posted in Reply):
Linux superuser must be zabbix which matches zabbix user created in PostgreSQL.

In zabbix_agentd.conf
Server=127.0.0.1 changes to your servers IP address.

In zabbix_server.conf
DBUser=zabbix
DBPassword="the password you chose for linuxs zabbix" and remember to REMOVE the # in front.

nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
Make sure that the Server parameter points to the server address, for the agent that runs on the
server it is like this: Server=127.0.0.1 change to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
AND REMOVE # from ListenIP=127.0.0.1 AND CHANGE IT to ListenIP=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
For small sites this default file will do, however if you are into tweaking your config for your 10+ hosts site, this is the place.
Change this:
# Database user
DBUser=zabbix
# Database password
# Comment this line if no password used
DBPassword=password123
AND REMOVE # from ListenIP=127.0.0.1 AND CHANGE IT to ListenIP=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx


Also i have a problem with ubuntu 9.04 and installed ubuntu 8.04 and everything worked on the first try - i am not sure why but our zabbix server is up and running

[johnusa]

Check that the files are in: /usr/sbin

Otherwise LOG IN as root

cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agent /usr/sbin/
cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agentd /usr/sbin/
cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_get/zabbix_get /usr/sbin/
cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_sender/zabbix_sender /usr/sbin/
cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_server/zabbix_server /usr/sbin/

/etc/init.d/zabbix-server start
/etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start
ps aux | grep zabbix ; check running zabbix services


LOG FILES for TroubleShooting (I use WinSCP to read them):
/tmp/zabbix_server.log
/tmp/zabbix_agentd.log
/var/log/daemon.log
/var/log/auth.log

[Ishtar]

ok will check those things, only 1 problem... server has crashed.. so will take a while but tnx for the quick reply's

1 question, do u use a GUI or just plain text mode?

[Ishtar]

Check that the files are in: /usr/sbin

Otherwise LOG IN as root

cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agent /usr/sbin/
cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agentd /usr/sbin/
cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_get/zabbix_get /usr/sbin/
cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_sender/zabbix_sender /usr/sbin/
cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_server/zabbix_server /usr/sbin/

/etc/init.d/zabbix-server start
/etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start
ps aux | grep zabbix ; check running zabbix services


LOG FILES for TroubleShooting (I use WinSCP to read them):
/tmp/zabbix_server.log
/tmp/zabbix_agentd.log
/var/log/daemon.log
/var/log/auth.log

this did the trick ^^ tnx again ^^