help with Zabbix agent on IBM i V7R2

[dstevens1]

Hello

I am trying to get zabbix_agentd to run on an IBM i @ V7R2. I am using the zabbix agent 1.4.6 for AIX 5.2

$                                           
 /QOpenSys/usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd --version  
 ZABBIX Agent (daemon) v1.4.6 (23 July 2008) 
 Compilation time:  Nov 12 2008 17:00:23

I have followed this thread

https://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47525&highlight=as400

and created a zabbix user with a dummy group profile

  $                                                   
> id                                                  
  uid=141(ZBX) gid=104(DUMMYGRP) groups=104(DUMMYGRP)

I have re-created the directory structure mentioned in that same thread as well:

 $                                            
> ls -l /QOpenSys/usr/sbin|grep zabbix                                   
  -rwx------  1 ZBX   0                142141 Oct 17 07:53 zabbix_agent  
  -rwx------  1 ZBX   0                160026 Oct 17 07:53 zabbix_agentd 
  $                                                                      
ls -l /QOpenSys/usr/bin|grep zabbix                                    
-rwxr-xr-x  1 QSYS  0                 57885 Oct 17 07:54 zabbix_get    
-rwxr-xr-x  1 QSYS  0                 61713 Oct 17 07:54 zabbix_sender

when I try to execute the agentd, I get:

   $                                                             
 > /QOpenSys/usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd                              
   zabbix_agentd [11383]: Error in line [1] "{@ã  ¢@ ¢@ @      @ 
   @   @£
<much more similar stuff deleted>
zabbix_agentd [11383]: Missing mandatory parameter [Server]. 

am I missing something in my /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf file? Or am I missing something else completely?

any help would be appreciated.

[Colttt]

first, why you are using zabbix-agent 1.4 ??

please try:

/QOpenSys/usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd -c /Path/to/Config/file

works this?

[dstevens1]

I'm shooting for whatever Zabbix version that will work with OS/400 - I know the version I am trying to use is OLD, but I've not seen where a newer version will work.

results of running the command suggested:

 > /QOpenSys/usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf 
   zabbix_agentd [11996]: Error in line [1] "{@ã  ¢@ ¢@ @      @
<much similar stuff deleted>
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zabbix_agentd [11996]: Missing mandatory parameter [Server]. 
$

am I missing a directive in my zabbix_agentd.conf file? Am I supposed to enter the Zabbix server IP address in my agentd.conf file?

[Colttt]

you must have this following Parameter:
Server=<IP>

my zabbix_agentd.conf looks like this:

PidFile=/var/run/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.pid                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
LogFile=/var/log/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.log                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
LogFileSize=10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
DebugLevel=3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Server=<IP-FROM-ZABBIX-SERVER>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
ServerActive=<IP-FROM-ZABBIX-SERVER>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Hostname=<HOSTNAME>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Timeout=5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Include=/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.userparams.conf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Include=/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.d/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
UserParameter=debian_updates[*],/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable | grep $1 | cut -d " " -f1

I know the version I am trying to use is OLD, but I've not seen where a newer version will work.

i guess that a newer version works too

[dstevens1]

SOLVED: help with Zabbix agent on IBM i V7R2

FWIW, I got this fixed.

The fix was to change the CCSID of the zabbix_agent and zabbix_agentd binaries from 819 (ISO-8859 ASCII) to 37 (US/Canada); QSHELL does not recognize CCSID 819