Trying to compile zabbix agent on QNAP TS-119P+ (Marvell Orion / ARM)

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I am trying to compile zabbix agent 1.8.4 - 1.8.7 on a QNAP TS-119P+ NAS system, which is powered by a Marvell ARM CPU. Unfortunately, it just aborts with following error message:

[/share/HDA_DATA/compile/zabbix-1.8.4] # ./configure --enable-agent --prefix=/opt/zabbix

./configure: line 14052: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./configure: line 14052: ` for ac_var in `(set) 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^\([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)=.*/\1/p'`; do'

Haven't tried this on a x86 based NAS yet, but does anyone have a clue?

Using built-in specs.
Target: arm-none-linux-gnueabi
Configured with: ../gcc-4.2/configure --build=i386-pc-linux-gnu --host=arm-none-linux-gnueabi --target=arm-none-linux-gnueabi --prefix=/opt --disable-nls --disable-static --with-as=/home/slug/optware/cs08q1armel/toolchain/arm-2008q1/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-as --with-ld=/home/slug/optware/cs08q1armel/toolchain/arm-2008q1/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-multilib --enable-threads --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgomp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-shared --enable-symvers=gnu --enable-__cxa_atexit
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.2.3

[frater]

I haven't compiled zabbix myself for DD-WRT and Freetz, but on both platforms they were having problems with versions > 1.6

On Freetz it's 1.4 and on DD-WRT it's 1.6

You will probably have more success with one of these versions.
Please post it if you are successful.

I have a few QNAPs in my management portfolio.

BTW: that error message is probably a syntax-error in that shell-script (for that specific shell, busybox??). Maybe you can have bash on it and you can run it with 'bash ./configure'

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Great hint, thanks. You are right, that must be a busybox issue, will try that as soon as I am at the office!

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Unfortunately, also if I execute this in bash, the configure still aborts at exactly the same line, it must be something OS specific (QNAP uses uLinux, a debian derivate...)

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frater, just tried to compile 1.6.8, but configure is also aborting at the same point (other line, but same function in the configure script). I tried it in bash an in busybox, exactly the same error. It must be something related to uLinux then...
Gonna try it on a x86 NAS later, but I don't think I will be successful, as it is the same OS, just Intel Atom based instead of Marvell Orion (ARM)

There is a how-to regarding successful compilation of zabbix agent on an ARM based Synology NAS here:

http://weblog.aklmedia.nl/2011/05/install-zabbix-agent-on-synology/

It is a similar OS, so it should work out on QNAP anyhow...

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I was able to compile zabbix agent 1.1.7 now, that was the newest working. Everything newer would not even configure.

Now lets try if it works with 1.8.5 server :-)

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Contribution: zabbix_agent zabbix_get and zabbix_sender for armv5tel

Got them compiled with statically linked libraries, so they should run on any armv5tel linux with kernel 2.6

I will use them on my QNAP NAS system, but they should work on Synology, Netgear and so on.

Get your copy at

http://www.zombiewurst.de/zabbix/zabbix_bin_armv5tel_static.tar.gz

This is my way to thank the community for all support you gave!
I compiled 1.8.4, but will try to compile all newer releases and keep a little repository!

[frater]

I just tried to install them, but my Qnaps have Intel processors

Thanks anyway

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then use the generic x86 precompiled binaries for Kernel 2.6, they work (on a TS-459P+ at least...)
http://www.zabbix.com/downloads/1.8....23.i386.tar.gz

[frater]

Yes...
That one is working...

[frater]

I created a startup script in /etc/init.d/ and symbolic links in both /etc/rcS.d/ and /etc/rcK.d/ with a config in /etc/zabbix/
The binaries are in /bin and /sbin...

It all works, but everything's gone after a restart.....

Is there an easy way to make these stick?
I thought I was writing to harddisk, but apparently it was all some kind of copy to /tmp...
I didn't have time to examine the way the system is booting.
Can you be of any help?

I solved all this.....
Will come back later with a howto

[frater]

I ran into a Qnap with an ARM-processor and therefore tried your binaries.
You don't have a zabbix_agentd, but a zabbix_agent.

I believe they need inetd or xinetd, don't they?
Weren't you able to compile the daemon that can listen itself?

I will try to get it to run with inetd.....

edit: There's no inetd on my system... I don't want to run optware as I have it all setup now with autostart and all.
I only need the inetd binary.
But I would rather have the zabbix_agentd

[zordesu]

My environment is TS879URP-24 and firm is TS-879U_3.6.1_Build0302.

I can monitor the QNAP system.

Please use these files(Readme.txt, Configure.Patch,build.sh) and you had better save under the /share/MD0_DATA/Zabbix. Because if you save the data on VRAM and reboot, these file will be gone.

########Readme.txt########
--- Files ---
readme.txt ... this file
configure.patch ... patch file
build.sh ... compile script

--- Directory Structure ---
(somewhere)/readme.txt
(somewhere)/configure.patch
(somewhere)/build.sh
(somewhere)/zabbix-2.0.1.tar.gz

--- Install Required Packages ---
# ipkg install gcc
# ipkg install grep
# ipkg install make
# ipkg install sed
# ipkg install patch

--- How to compile zabbix on QNAP ---
# chmod 755 build.sh
# tar zxvf zabbix-2.0.1.tar.gz
# cd zabbix-2.0.1
# patch configure < ../configure.patch
# ../build.sh

--- How to execute zabbix_agentd ---
# cp -rfp /share/MD0_DATA/Zabbix/install/zabbix-2.0.1/dist/opt/zabbix /opt/
# /opt/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_agentd -c /opt/zabbix/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf

--- How to kill zabbix_agentd ---
# killall zabbix_agentd

--- END ---

########Configure.Patch########

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> elif test -f /opt/include/iconv.h; then
> ICONV_CFLAGS="-I/opt/include"
> ICONV_LDFLAGS="-L/opt/lib"
> found_iconv="yes"


########build.sh########
#!/opt/bin/bash

export PATH=/opt/bin:$PATH

/opt/bin/bash ./configure --enable-agent --prefix=/opt/zabbix
make
make install DESTDIR=`pwd`/dist