Zabbix server is unreachable

[civray]

I have this notification;

"got empty string from [127.0.0.1] assuming agent dropped connection because of access permissions"

this is on the zabbix server, running on ubuntu server.
I just did a simple apt-get install to install the server and agent
Do i need to set any special permissions?

[idella4]

well I am new too, bit I had similar and spent only 5 or so hours in irc to get it sorted. Whatever basic config you have done, it is not there yet.

Go thru those fundamentals. Host server ip and agent or server listening address and such.

5 hours was enough to realise the possible permutations of a correct solution are rather numerous to that error msg.

Anyone else to reply will be more versed in resolving than a newbie such as I.

To get anywhere you'll likely have to map out your setup in finer detail.

[civray]

I am running the server on ubuntu server 10.10

doing a ps -A to show all running processes, I can see 8 processes called zabbix_agent, but i don't see a process for zabbix_server. Does this mean zabbix server is not running / crashed.

if so, are there any log files to help diagnose.

[civray]

error log

found the log file which is full of these;

1803:20110630:210009.882 At least one of '/usr/sbin/fping', '/usr/sbin/fping6' must exist. Both are missing in the system.

i am using IPv4, so i assume i need fping.

[civray]

i think i have fixed the fping problem by correcting the path.

but now i see this in the log;

765:20110701:195626.868 [Z3001] Connection to database 'zabbix' failed: [2002] Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

which looks like it cant connect to database. However the web interface seems to work ok, displying data, so connection to db must be ok.


i still see error in web admin;

zabbix server is unreachable

this zabbix is proving difficult to configure

[civray]

zabbix_server was not running

For some reason the zabbix_server service was not running.

i have started it by doing;

/etc/inet.d/zabbix_server start

Discovery is now working, but i still have the error;

Server Zabbix Server is unreachable

What does this actually mean?