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**richlv** · 26-08-2010, 21:22

have you set listenip parameter ? what ip is assigned to the appliance ?

you can also try to force it to listen on ipv4 only - does that help ?

**irvined** · 27-08-2010, 10:23

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me.

Firstly, I have bought your book and am very impressed with it.

I have been asked to make a presentation of an Open Source monitoring tool for our organisation (a local government council) this is to replace our costly paid for system that is difficult to manage and doesn't do what we want it to.

I compiled and installed the 1.8.3 version but have problems with the top level menu system. I therefore thought I'd try the appliance as we have a large VM server configuration.

With regards to your suggestions:

have you set listenip parameter ? I assume this is in the zabbix-server.conf file? I have entered:

ListenIP=127.0.0.1,10.206.167.31 but still have the same error message

what ip is assigned to the appliance ?

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:A6:72

1
inet addr:10.206.137.31 Bcast:10.206.139.255 Mask:255.255.252.0

The web frontend is working fine and I am logged in via ssh.

The server is also connecting to the internet (via our proxy) without issue.

you can also try to force it to listen on ipv4 only

I found an article on disabling IPv6 on suse. I did:

echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
echo "alias ipv6 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf

cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

I rebooted the server but the problem is still there.

I really want to get this working so I can give the presentation to our management. Any other suggestions?

Regards,

Doug

**irvined** · 27-08-2010, 10:58

Update

Hi,

I've increased the debugging level and here's the bottom line after I tried to restart the server:

9689:20100827:080145.720 Listener failed with error: bind() for [[10.206.167.31]:10051] failed with error 99: Cannot assign requested address.

I think this must be something to do with IPv6 but really don't know where to look.

Cheers,

Doug

**irvined** · 27-08-2010, 11:24

Fixed

O.K. this is where I jump off a cliff!

I suppose the real thing I learnt here is double check your configuration files!

I had made a mistake with the server's IP address (just one digit out) and then overlooked it when I checked again. Thanks to my buddy who looked over my shoulder and pointed it out!

I can now get on with running all my tests and preparing for my presentation.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Doug

**richlv** · 27-08-2010, 12:18

Originally posted by irvined

Firstly, I have bought your book and am very impressed with it.

heh, well, thanks

Originally posted by irvined

I have been asked to make a presentation of an Open Source monitoring tool for our organisation (a local government council) this is to replace our costly paid for system that is difficult to manage and doesn't do what we want it to.

i'm sure zabbix will help to do that

Originally posted by irvined

I compiled and installed the 1.8.3 version but have problems with the top level menu system. I therefore thought I'd try the appliance as we have a large VM server configuration.

i suspect the problem with top menu wouldn't be resolved by choosing appliance - it should be the same. nevertheless...

getting back to the original problem. i'm getting the suspicion we are chasing the wrong end. is anything listening on server port by any chance ?

try netstat -ntpl | grep 10051 - anything ?

**Giors** · 27-08-2010, 14:10

Zabbix VM

1. I tried VMware appliance 1.8.3 -
2. To enter static IP settings, according to instructions I edited file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 yeah great but what about gateway settings - I tried to add file routes yeah everything working fine (after googling about 6 hours)
3. DNS and proxy are needed anyway after hard googling I found YaST2 is already installed - why should I mock with text files before? I disabled ipv6, changed dns proxy clock and hostname and oops zabbix-server after restart is not working anymore- frontend works fine. Kill me but I dont remeber what hostname was before
log file outputs the same error: Listener failed with error: socket() for [[(null)]:10051] failed with error 97: Address family not supported by protocol.
Running command netstat- host is not listening on 10051 at all
4. Looked at server-problems.log
2010.30.27-12.08.01 zabbix-server is not running; attempting to start it
service: only root can use service
2010.30.27-12.08.01 starting zabbix-server failed with error code 0
I changed owner on zabbix-service to /usr/sbin/zabbix* to zabbix if zabbix server runs from user zabbix, maybe u guys are using some script to add rights? After reboot service wont start anyway
5. Tried to login with user zabbix - wrong password, after changing password it throws me out
6 So I stucked in the middle of nowhere

**irvined** · 27-08-2010, 14:23

zabbix user

Hi,

i found that the default zabbix user wouldn't let me log in.

I checked the account setup

cat /etc/passwd | grep zabbix

zabbix:x:101:104:Zabbix Daemon:/var/lib/zabbix:/bin/false

I then deleted the account and re-created it

userdel zabbix

useradd -u 101 -g 104 -m -s /bin/bash zabbix

Then setup the password

passwd zabbix

Can now login to zabbix account. Having said all that my appliance now works fine without having to have the zabbix user setup that way.

I think when you start the daemon as root it drops down to running as the zabbix user.

Looking at my ps table

zabbix 2371 1 0 12:04 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix-server

This seems to bear out my assumption.

If you look at one of my earlier posts you'll find I had the zabbix-server.conf file setup incorrectly.

Check that you have the correct IP address entered for /etc/zabbix/zabbix-server.conf

My ListenIP shows:

ListenIP=10.206.137.31,127.0.0.1

Where 10.206.137.31 is my local address for eth0

check with ifconfig eth0

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

Doug

**forestman99** · 28-08-2010, 10:44

Listener failed with error: socket() for [[(null)]:10051] failed with error 97: Address family not supported by protocol.

i solved truble by turn ON IPv6 in yast2

**Giors** · 28-08-2010, 12:26

Thanks

Dont know much about Linux, do the new user zabbix have the same rights on /etc/zabbix if you erased previous? Anyway seems to me it could be much faster to compile it right not to mock with laggy appliance as I studied older instructions seems to me better is first install user zabbix with admin rights and then install from zabbix account and zabbix automatically is an owner it was in version 1.6 now they suggest to install from root and then add rights to user zabbix with chown chmod for what?
Lets suppose 2 instructions old one
http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/howto/ins.../ubuntuinstall
and new one
http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/...on_from_source
As far as I see in first instruction before every command there is sudo which means user is zabbix, but they are not telling it
In second instruction sudo is not present which meens everything is installed from user root or what thanks.

**richlv** · 31-08-2010, 12:33

Originally posted by Giors

2. To enter static IP settings, according to instructions I edited file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 yeah great but what about gateway settings - I tried to add file routes yeah everything working fine (after googling about 6 hours)

thanks, added information on routing setup to the manual. also suggested yast

Originally posted by Giors

5. Tried to login with user zabbix - wrong password, after changing password it throws me out

user zabbix should have zabbix password, but it doesn't have shell. you must set shell to a valid one to be able to log in as that user

and yes, removing a user and re-adding will change its id, so that would be considered as a different user

**Giors** · 31-08-2010, 15:11

Thanks for advice

I just grab Virtual appliance again and convert it, now it works fine will try to add old database huh

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