Log file (/var/adm/messages ) monitoring in zabbix

[sudhakarreddi]

Hi Everyone,

I am newbee to zabbix, We have 1.6 zabbix Server and 1.8 zabbix client
. Trying to monitor log files from Linux machine /var/log/messages

Do we have any specific doc, with the screen shots (if possible ) how to configure this in zabbix server.

Here is what I did.
Zabbix server

ITEM
Type : zabbix agent (active)
key :log[/var/log/messages,ERROR]
Type of Information: Log
Update Interval : 30

Trigger :
Name : /var/log/messages
Expression: {hostname:log[/var/log/messages,ERROR],str(ERROR)}=1
Event Generation: Normal
Severity : High

[dagun]

Hi

Hi guy,
You should configure your the file of zabbix_agentd.conf.
Hostname= name //The "name" is that you have defined by the web.
//Hostname matches host name of the host
configured in ZABBIX frontend.

DisalbeActive=0
Follow me, you can try it.

[sudhakarreddi]

Hi guy,
You should configure your the file of zabbix_agentd.conf.
Hostname= name //The "name" is that you have defined by the web.
//Hostname matches host name of the host
configured in ZABBIX frontend.

DisalbeActive=0
Follow me, you can try it.

Thanks for reply.
We have DisalbeActive=0 option already set, but no luck.
Anything else missing here?

[dagun]

Hi

You must give me some error messages in the zabbix_agntd.log or zabbix_server.log.So I could find the reason.
And user zabbix must have permision for the /var/log/messages. Do you have a correct configure in the zabbix_agentd.conf???You may paste out your zabbix_agentd.conf.

[DSon]

re: Log file (/var/adm/messages ) monitoring in zabbix

Sudhakarreddi,

The last I heard, if the Zabbix Agent is NEWER than the Zabbix Server it won't work. Try using a 1.6 Agent instead.

The other way around is okay, though.

Hope this helps,
DSon.

[sudhakarreddi]

Thanks all

Thank you all , who replied to my post. Our issue is resolved.

After changing DisableActive=0

and changing the permissions of /var/adm/messages

And changing the hostname in the agent configuration file.

[dagun]

good

very
good