Error when starting zabbix_agentd

[maziggy]

Good Morning,

due to a kernel update i had to reboot my server yesterday. Unfortunately now i cannot start zabbix_agentd because i get the error message

zabbix_agentd [14282]: Error in line [1] "<?php
"

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ZABBIX Agent (daemon) v1.8.1 (revision 9702) (27 January 2010)
Compilation time: Apr 6 2010 01:54:49
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2.6.32-33-server #70-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 7 22:28:30 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Does anyone have an idea what's wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Martin

[maziggy]

Anyone please?

[richlv]

did you copy php frontend configuration file on top of the agent config file ?

[maziggy]

Nope, don't think so...

Thanks, Martin

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cat /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
# This is config file for zabbix_agentd
# in case the agent is started standalone from init.d (not via inetd).
#
# To get more information about ZABBIX, go http://www.zabbix.com

############ GENERAL PARAMETERS #################

# List of comma delimited IP addresses (or hostnames) of ZABBIX servers.
# No spaces allowed. First entry is used for sending active checks.
# Note that hostnames must resolve hostname->IP address and
# IP address->hostname.

Server=127.0.0.1,[server ip addresses]

# Server port for sending active checks

#ServerPort=10051

# Unique hostname. Required for active checks.

Hostname=localhost

# Listen port. Default is 10050

#ListenPort=10050

# IP address to bind agent
# If missing, bind to all available IPs

#ListenIP=127.0.0.1

# Number of pre-forked instances of zabbix_agentd.
# Default value is 5
# This parameter must be between 1 and 16

StartAgents=5

# How often refresh list of active checks. 2 minutes by default.

#RefreshActiveChecks=120

# Disable active checks. The agent will work in passive mode listening server.

#DisableActive=1

# Enable remote commands for ZABBIX agent. By default remote commands disabled.

#EnableRemoteCommands=1

# Specifies debug level
# 0 - debug is not created
# 1 - critical information
# 2 - error information
# 3 - warnings
# 4 - information (default)
# 5 - for debugging (produces lots of information)

DebugLevel=3

# Name of PID file

PidFile=/var/run/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.pid

# Name of log file.
# If not set, syslog will be used

LogFile=/var/log/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.log

# Maximum size of log file in MB. Set to 0 to disable automatic log rotation.
#LogFileSize=1

# Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing
# Must be between 1 and 30

Timeout=3

Include=/etc/zabbix





cat /usr/share/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.conf
# This is config file for zabbix_agentd
# in case the agent is started standalone from init.d (not via inetd).
#
# To get more information about ZABBIX, go http://www.zabbix.com

############ GENERAL PARAMETERS #################

# List of comma delimited IP addresses (or hostnames) of ZABBIX servers.
# No spaces allowed. First entry is used for sending active checks.
# Note that hostnames must resolve hostname->IP address and
# IP address->hostname.

Server=@zabbixserver@

# Server port for sending active checks

#ServerPort=10051

# Unique hostname. Required for active checks.

Hostname=localhost

# Listen port. Default is 10050

#ListenPort=10050

# IP address to bind agent
# If missing, bind to all available IPs

#ListenIP=127.0.0.1

# Number of pre-forked instances of zabbix_agentd.
# Default value is 5
# This parameter must be between 1 and 16

StartAgents=5

# How often refresh list of active checks. 2 minutes by default.

#RefreshActiveChecks=120

# Disable active checks. The agent will work in passive mode listening server.

#DisableActive=1

# Enable remote commands for ZABBIX agent. By default remote commands disabled.

#EnableRemoteCommands=1

# Specifies debug level
# 0 - debug is not created
# 1 - critical information
# 2 - error information
# 3 - warnings
# 4 - information (default)
# 5 - for debugging (produces lots of information)

DebugLevel=3

# Name of PID file

PidFile=/var/run/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.pid

# Name of log file.
# If not set, syslog will be used

LogFile=/var/log/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.log

# Maximum size of log file in MB. Set to 0 to disable automatic log rotation.
#LogFileSize=1

# Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing
# Must be between 1 and 30

Timeout=3

[richlv]

how exactly do you start the agent ? does it work if you just launch the binary directly ?

[maziggy]

It doesn't matter if i start agentd via initscript or just the binary.

root@server:~# zabbix_agentd
zabbix_agentd [14455]: Error in line [1] "<?php
"
root@server:~#

Thanks, Martin

[richlv]

puzzling. and if you do

 zabbix_agentd -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

also, anything interesting in /var/log/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.log ?

[maziggy]

Already tried that. Same error message and nothing will be written to the logfile.

Interesting, isn't it?

[richlv]

file zabbix_agentd
head zabbix_agentd

[maziggy]

root@server:~# file /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd
/usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, stripped

root@server:~# head /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd
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[maziggy]

Any ideas how to fix this please?