zabbix_server Service not working

[mastraze]

Hi for all,

I have installed Zabbix server in ubuntu 11.04 and was configured as figured in zabbix manual documentations. I have have successful access to the frontends and backends interface of zabbix. It s correctly installed but the zabbix_server is not running althoug zabbix_agentd is runnig correctly. All configuration files are correctly configured.
I have added a host via the interface zabbix and added item (cpu loader) but not configured in the latest items because of the zabbix_server service not running.
In shell command:
root@ubuntu:~# service zabbix_server start
( there is no indication that shows the running service)
root@ubuntu:~# netstat -ntpl | grep 'zabbix'
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:10050 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1464/zabbix_agentd
the zabbix_server is absent.

I change the root user and executed the zabbix_server as shown
omar47@ubuntu:~$ /usr/sbin/zabbix_server
zabbix_server [5327]: cannot open config file [/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf] [Permission denied]

the zabbix_server.conf is granted to the user called zabbix in the zabbix_server.conf

any idea?
thx

[LenR]

Did you install zabbix-server-mysql (or the package for the db you're using)?

Check the logs, probably in /var/log/zabbix/....

Also, try bash -x /etc/init.d/zabbix-server to trace the startup script.

[mastraze]

thx for the response,

In fact i have installed my dabase package correctly as shown in zabbix documentations.
I fixed the problem finally by reinstalling zabbix-server-mysql and the service work..but the important things didn t work.
In zabbix configuration interface, i added a new host and affected to a group of hosts and i moved to add an item as CPU Loader. But wehen returning to Latest data in Monitoring section the items created didnt appear.

Thx for any help