SSH on Ubuntu 10.10

[ZabIx2011]

Hello,

i am having a problem with the Zabbix SSH agent on Ubuntu 10.10.

I'd like to use SSH checks but it always fails and the log file says:

[SERVER61:ssh.run] error: Support of SSH parameters was not compiled in

Installing Zabbix 1.8.2 out of the Ubuntu repository I am now wondering how i can recompile it with SSH support, without destroying anything and without overriding my previous check configuration .

I have already installed and compiled libssh2 to the path /usr/src/libssh2/libssh2-1.2.7/ .

I attached a screenshot of the UI, I hope the setup for the check is correct...

As I am quite new to Ubuntu/Linux any help is welcome!

[JBo]

Hi,

You have 2 problems:

1. You need a zabbix server with SSH support. This thread already discusses it and provides a solution.

2. You need to use "SSH agent" instead of "Zabbix agent" in your item setup (I don't know how you got a "Zabbix agent" type with "SSH agent" specific fields).

Hope this helps,
JBo

[ZabIx2011]

Hello JBo,

thanks for the quick reply!

to 1) I already followed the suggestions in the thread you mentioned, compiling libssh2 and compiling zabbix with

--with-ssh2=/path/to/libssh2

Still i don't get it running, the check always turns to "not supported" and log file still indicated that SSH support is not activated:

SSH2 support: NO

and

Support of SSH parameters was not compiled in

Do i have to activate that SSH agent somehow?

to 2) What do you mean with SSH agent instead of Zabbix Agent? I followed the documentation http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/...ent#ssh_checks and added ssh.run as the key after choosing SSH agent (see screenshot above).

Did I miss a point?

Lenny

[JBo]

I have compiled zabbix on an Ubuntu 10.04.
The only things I have done are:

apt-get install libssh2-1-dev

and compile zabbix with --with-ssh2 option.

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work on Ubuntu 10.10.

JBo

[JBo]

I forgot to answer this part of your message:

to 2) What do you mean with SSH agent instead of Zabbix Agent? I followed the documentation http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/...config/items?s[]=ssh&s[]=agent#ssh_checks and added ssh.run as the key after choosing SSH agent (see screenshot above).

Did I miss a point?

Sorry, your setup in screenshot is correct. I don't know why I read "Zabbix agent" instead of "SSH agent" in type field (time to change my glasses)

JBo

[ZabIx2011]

Hello JBo,

thanks for the hint with the direct install of the lib!

I tried to do it like that, but without success. I installed libssh2 and compiled zabbix with-ssh2 support.

The log file gives me the output attached below after restarting Apache server and zabbix-server.

Did you specify the path for the ssh2 option?

[JBo]

Hi,

I tried to do it like that, but without success. I installed libssh2 and compiled zabbix with-ssh2 support.

It may seem a stupid question but, did you install libssh2-1-dev or libssh2-1 only ?
Development version is needed to compile Zabbix.

The log file gives me the output attached below after restarting Apache server and zabbix-server.

It shows that ssh2 was not found.

Did you specify the path for the ssh2 option?

No.

My setup is a little bit different, Ubuntu 10.04 instead of 10.10 and Zabbix 1.9.1.
Here is what I have done on a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04:

apt-get install -y gcc libsnmp-dev libopenipmi-dev libssh2-1-dev libmysqlclient-dev  libcurl4-openssl-dev  

./configure --enable-server --enable-proxy --enable-agent --enable-ipv6 --with-mysql --with-libcurl --with-net-snmp --with-ssh2 --with-openipmi --with-ldap

make install

And what I get when Zabbix server is started:

 23095:20110127:114217.762 Starting Zabbix Server. Zabbix 1.9.1 (revision 16507).
 23095:20110127:114217.763 ****** Enabled features ******
 23095:20110127:114217.763 SNMP monitoring:           YES
 23095:20110127:114217.763 IPMI monitoring:           YES
 23095:20110127:114217.763 WEB monitoring:            YES
 23095:20110127:114217.763 Jabber notifications:       NO
 23095:20110127:114217.763 Ez Texting notifications:  YES
 23095:20110127:114217.763 ODBC:                       NO
 23095:20110127:114217.763 SSH2 support:              YES
 23095:20110127:114217.763 IPv6 support:              YES
 23095:20110127:114217.763 ******************************

Hope this helps,
JBo

[troffasky]

Search the logfile that ./configure creates for 'ssh'.