Need help setting up zabbix as trap receiver

[tjernigan]

I have been following the instructions as laid out in this walkthrough https://reasonableitservice.com/setu...n-zabbix-v6-4/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZv2VFPz5k4

But I'm stuck. I can't get snmptrapd running. I have a fresh install of ubuntu and zabbix setup. I don't even have any hosts yet. When I attempt to start snmptrapd I get this error
not sure how to resolve it

Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/snmptrapd.service; static)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2024-04-26 16:51:47 UTC; 7s ago
TriggeredBy: ● snmptrapd.socket
Process: 2714 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/snmptrapd -LOw -f udp:162 udp6:162 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
Main PID: 2714 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
CPU: 32ms

Apr 26 16:51:47 Zabbix systemd[1]: Starting Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Trap Daemon....
Apr 26 16:51:47 Zabbix snmptrapd[2714]: Unrecognized character \xE2; marked by <-- HERE after do <-- HERE near column 4 at (eval 6) line 1.
Apr 26 16:51:47 Zabbix systemd[1]: snmptrapd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION
Apr 26 16:51:47 Zabbix systemd[1]: snmptrapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 26 16:51:47 Zabbix systemd[1]: Failed to start Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Trap Daemon..

[tim.mooney]

Apr 26 16:51:47 Zabbix snmptrapd[2714]: Unrecognized character \xE2; marked by <-- HERE after do <-- HERE near column 4 at (eval 6) line 1.

You have an invalid character (it's hex byte E2) in your snmptrapd.conf or other SNMP configuration file that you edited. The invalid character is somewhere after the word "do " in the file.

Did you edit snmptrapd.conf with a Windows editor? Did you cut-and-paste from a web page? Have you made any changes to your locale-related settings (like LANG) on that system?

Somehow you managed to get garbage text into the config file, but it's not clear how that would happen under normal circumstances.