ZABBIX server is running -> No

[silver_angel]

After I run shell "./zabbix_server"
And receive this : "You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root"
Go on control page and go to report I see that :
ZABBIX server is running : No

The server is still unavailable?

[stever]

hmm.. sounds like you need a little more help than a zabbix-specific forum can provide - I'd suggest a good systems adminstration or unix book first.

There's many reasons the server won't startup, configuration is a tricky thing. I would check the log messages, i think it defaults to /var/log/zabbix_server.log

As a basic check, ps -ef | grep zabbix ... (or ps -aux depending on OS)

[DiedX]

think it defaults to /var/log/zabbix_server.log

Mine starts in /tmp/zabbix_server.log, but yes: You should check your logs.

[silver_angel]

003609:20060622:081909 Starting zabbix_server. ZABBIX 1.1beta12.
003611:20060622:081909 server #1 started [Alerter]
003612:20060622:081909 server #2 started [Timer]
003614:20060622:081909 server #3 started [ICMP pinger]
003619:20060622:081909 server #6 started [Trapper]
003620:20060622:081909 server #7 started [Trapper]
003623:20060622:081909 server #8 started [Trapper]
003624:20060622:081909 server #9 started [Trapper]
003627:20060622:081909 server #10 started [Trapper]
003609:20060622:081909 server #0 started [Housekeeper]
003609:20060622:081909 ZABBIX server is up.
003618:20060622:081909 server #5 started [Poller. SNMP:ON]
003616:20060622:081909 server #4 started [Poller for unreachable hosts. SNMP:ON]

These are the lastest from my log file.

With "netstat -a" I saw that line :
tcp 0 0 *:zabbix_trap *:* LISTEN

That mean my server is running. But the service is not started I think. Look on service list I can't see that service. When I restart my computer, I have to run "./zabbix_server" again.

So anyone could help me with this? How could I start it as a service?

[root@ccthien ~]# ps -ef| grep zabbix
zabbix 3609 1 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3611 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3612 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3614 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3616 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3618 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:06 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3619 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3620 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3623 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3624 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
zabbix 3627 3609 0 08:19 ? 00:00:00 ./zabbix_server
root 6056 4371 0 10:34 pts/3 00:00:00 grep zabbix

(ZABBIX server is running -> always NO).

Thank you for your reply.

[epifanova]

zabbix_server is running.

the problem may be in frontend.
which OS do you use?

[schneck]

Re: ZABBIX server is running -> No

see also http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showpost...0&postcount=10

The GUI frontend tries to run the ps(1) command to find out whether the server is running.
If this doesn't work for some reason (eg. web server runs chroot(2)ed, restrictive access controls to kernel info, etc) you'll get NO as answer, no matter if the server is running or not.

[silver_angel]

Thank you very much, I am a newbie in Red hat, please tell me how to enable web server for running ps(1)?

[gmanual]

I know this is an old thread but if you are having the same issue on a rhel type os, I disabled selinux then restarted httpd.

eg.
setenforce 0
service httpd restart

[Alexei]

FYI Status of Zabbix Server will be checked differently (i.e. more reliably) in 1.6.3. Stay tuned.

[natreen]

Hello!

I´m running into the same problem now. The frontend says "zabbix running = now". I´m running Ubuntu 9.04. What can I do?

regards, Peter

[Ishtar]

I'm getting the same thing on Ubuntu 9.04 server.

any1 has an idea how to fix this??

[tanlinh]

Zabbix 1.8 check this by function in file include/config.inc.php
$checkport = fsockopen($ZBX_SERVER, $ZBX_SERVER_PORT, $errnum, $errstr, 2);
if(!$checkport) {
clear_messages();
$status['zabbix_server'] = S_NO;
}
else {
$status['zabbix_server'] = S_YES;[/I]
You can check and edit $ZBX_SERVER, $ZBX_SERVER_PORT in file conf/zabbix.conf.php properly with your server.
Default $ZBX_SERVER is localhost if you config zabbix_server listen on specific IP, replace localhost with your IP

[ploochan]

Did anyone solved this? I have this problem now, and I have no idea why. I checked on my logs as well and there is nothing why is not starting

[hulting74]

Solution

Hi

The solution described by tanlinh worked for me, meaning the parameter $ZBX_SERVER needed to be set to my physical IP and not the loopback (127.0.0.1).

/S