net.if 'unsupported' for ubuntu network interfaces

[elvar]

Hello,

While running Zabbix 1.8.5 and now 1.8.9 I'm unable to poll interface statistics from ubuntu servers that have zabbix agents on them. The items show up as unsupported. I'm using the stock "linux" template 'net.if.in[eth0,bytes]' for my item key. Does anyone know why or how to resolve this?


Regards,
Elvar

[elvar]

27959:20111206:134204.646 Item [Server01:net.if.in[eth0,bytes]] error: Not supported by Zabbix Agent
 27959:20111206:134205.056 In substitute_simple_macros() data:'net.if.in[eth1,bytes]'
 27959:20111206:134205.056 In get_value() key:'net.if.in[eth1,bytes]' 

[elvar]

Interestingly enough, if I manually fetch the data I get a valid response.

 zabbix_agentd -t "net.if.in[eth1,bytes]"
net.if.in[eth1,bytes]                         [u|145308058053] 

Any ideas on why the zabbix agentd process itself can't query this correctly?

[elvar]

Solved

It turns out that I had a NAT rule forwarding the zabbix connection to a windows server I was monitoring instead of the Ubuntu server I thought I was monitoring. It dawned on me when I noticed the wrong hostname in latest data. haha. That would explain the net.if issues.

/newbsauce