several questions

[c0mputernick]

Please excuse the newbie questions, just trying to figure things out.

If im running 1.6.6 server, is it OK to run 1.4.6 client? (aka the one via apt-get on ubuntu) seems to work ok so far....will i just be lacking features?

I installed the client on my webserver and it says apache isnt running, but it is. the item says "http" and not apache, i know redhat uses http, but ubuntu uses apache as the command, is that the problem? Do i need to edit the item to monitor the right thing? also, how do i edit an item like that? is there a way to edit an item or do you have to create a new one? i tried making on and it seems a little complicated. Does it know about uncommon port numbers? I have several virtual host sites on non standard ports like 8088, could this be causing the problem? or does it strictly just monitor the apache process?

Its also doing the same thing for SSH, i do run ssh on a non standard port as well, is this the reason it says it isnt running or is down?

sorry if this is confusing, im just trying to figure out why it says it isnt running when it is. it also says apache on the zabbix server isnt running when obviously it is as well, and im running the agent and server on the zabbix server.

Thanks for any help.

Nick

[MrKen]

If im running 1.6.6 server, is it OK to run 1.4.6 client?

Yes, no problem.

....will i just be lacking features?

Possibly yes.

I installed the client on my webserver and it says apache isnt running, but it is. the item says "http" and not apache, i know redhat uses http, but ubuntu uses apache as the command, is that the problem?

Yes probably.

Do i need to edit the item to monitor the right thing? also, how do i edit an item like that? is there a way to edit an item or do you have to create a new one?

Yes, you can change anything to suit your environment. You can edit the item in Configuration --> Items. If it is a template you need to choose the Host = TemplateName. But, if you want to change it on only one host that it attached to a template, then you can 'clone' a new one in the conf. of the item.

If your item looks like this: proc.num[httpd]
you can change to this: proc.num[apache]

or anything else that should be running.

Does it know about uncommon port numbers? I have several virtual host sites on non standard ports like 8088, could this be causing the problem? or does it strictly just monitor the apache process?

Hal couldn't open the pod-bay door because no-one told him how . . . [I hope your with me on this]. You can tell Zabbix what you want it to do. Set up an Item like this:

net.tcp.port[,3306]

See the manual for more details P99

Its also doing the same thing for SSH, i do run ssh on a non standard port as well, is this the reason it says it isnt running or is down?

Quite possibly the same problem. Unfortunately, many templates just can't be used straight out-of-the-box, they need to be tweaked to suit your own environment.

Hope this helps some.

MrKen