windows agent not starting...

[Philippe]

Hello,

i installed windows agent as service, i have 2 files.
one in the c:\zabbix_agentd.conf and one in c:\zabbix\ZabbixW32.exe
ZabbixW32.exe check-config says that the configuration file is OK.
When i install the service, no problem but starting the service is not possible.
It stays trying to start until it says that it can't be started.
this is my agentd.conf file in c:\




# This is config file for zabbix_agentd
# 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=10.51.100.13

# Server port for sending active checks

#ServerPort=10051

# Unique hostname. Required for active checks.

Hostname=zabbix

# 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 (default)
# 4 - for debugging (produces lots of information)

DebugLevel=3

# Name of PID file

PidFile=/var/tmp/zabbix_agentd.pid

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

LogFile=/tmp/zabbix_agentd.log

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

Timeout=3

####### USER-DEFINED MONITORED PARAMETERS #######
# Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell command>
# Note that shell command must not return empty string or EOL only
#UserParameter=system.test,who|wc -l
### Set of parameter for monitoring MySQL server (v3.23.42 and later)
### Change -u<username> and add -p<password> if required
#UserParameter=mysql.ping,mysqladmin -uroot ping|grep alive|wc -l
#UserParameter=mysql.uptime,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f2 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"T"
#UserParameter=mysql.threads,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f3 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"Q"
#UserParameter=mysql.questions,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f4 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"S"
#UserParameter=mysql.slowqueries,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f5 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"O"
#UserParameter=mysql.qps,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f9 -d":"
#UserParameter=mysql.version,mysql -V



thnx,
Verus

[erisan500]

Reduce your zabbix_agentd.conf to the following:

Server=10.51.100.13
Hostname=zabbix
ListenPort=10050
#DisableActive=1

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

# Name of log file.
# If not set, syslog will be used
LogFile=C:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.log

# Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing
# Must be between 1 and 30
Timeout=3

Then i'm quite sure that Hostname=zabbix is wrong in your case. Hostname has to be the the netbios name of the host where the agent is installed.

Greetings

[Philippe]

I found the problem....

the problem was with the logfile!
standard it is /tmp/...
and i had to change it to C:\...

or else, i don't start.

grtz,
Verus