2 problems in zabbix

[wvw]

Hello

I am running zabbix 1.4.2 on Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop. I have set up zabbix with all the required packages and the install went smooth.

But when I go to the frontend and click on Reports->Status of ZABBIX It shows ZABBIX server is running NO

When I execute the sudo /etc/init.d/zabbix-server start & sudo /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start, I don't get any error messages. Yet when I check the frontend it still says the same. When I do a ps -aux|grep zabbix-server or I change to zabbix_server I only get my own ps listed.

What am I doing wrong? Even restarting my zabbix machine does not solve the problem.

The next problem I have is the date listed under Monitoring->Queue and I select details from the drop down list it gives me Next Check 01.01.1970 12:00:00. how can I fix this?

wvw

[pierre-hoffmann]

Hi,

Please read zabbix-server.log; default in /tmp directory (destination in configured in zabbix-server.conf).
If no logfile, verify that 'zabbix' user has good rights on destination directory.

Regards.

[wvw]

Hi Pierre

Thanks for the response.

I don't have a /tmp/zabbix-server.log file. how can I verify that my user zabbix has good rights?

When I did the install, I created user zabbix and added it to the admin group. After that I installed and configured the mysql DB and the zabbix configuration. Everything went fine with no error reports.

[pierre-hoffmann]

Hi,

to set where to put "zabbix-server.log", use "zabbix-server.conf" file

# Name of log file
# If not set, syslog is used
LogFile=/zabbix/log/zabbix_server.log

If this line unset, i think zabbix logs was in /var/log/messages
file of Linux (not a good idea ...)

You must also verify path of PID file:

# Name of PID file
PidFile=/zabbix/zabbix_server.pid

If you want to be sure of rights, make a recursive chown on zabbix directory tree

chown -R zabbix /zabbix

Regards,
Pierre

[wvw]

Hi,

to set where to put "zabbix-server.log", use "zabbix-server.conf" file

# Name of log file
# If not set, syslog is used
LogFile=/zabbix/log/zabbix_server.log

If this line unset, i think zabbix logs was in /var/log/messages
file of Linux (not a good idea ...)

You must also verify path of PID file:

# Name of PID file
PidFile=/zabbix/zabbix_server.pid

If you want to be sure of rights, make a recursive chown on zabbix directory tree

chown -R zabbix /zabbix

Regards,
Pierre

My zabbix-server.log file is pointing to tmp/zabbix-server.log but there is no file

My pid file is in /var/tmp

and my zabbix folder is /home/zabbix with all the zabbix binaries in zabbix.1.4.2

Is this ok or did I install my zabbix incorrectly?

[pierre-hoffmann]

Hi,

• Verify Zabbix binary work:
  

  # . /home/zabbix/zabbix_server -V
  ZABBIX Server (daemon) v1.4.5 (25 March 2008)
  Compilation time:  May 23 2008 16:17:16

• Is zabbix user exist ?
  

  # cat /etc/passwd | grep zabbix
  zabbix:x:109:112::/home/zabbix:/bin/sh

  Or you must create it
  

  # groupadd zabbix
  # useradd zabbix -g zabbix

• Create Zabbix.log
  

  # touch /tmp/zabbix-server.log
  # chown zabbix /tmp/zabbix-server.log

• Try to start zabbix server without startup script
  

  /home/zabbix/zabbix-server -c /home/zabbix/zabbix-server.conf

  wait 30 seconds, and if you make a
  

  ps -ef | grep 'zabbix-server'
  zabbix   12439     1  0 09:51 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12466 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12467 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12468 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12469 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12470 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12471 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12472 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12473 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12474 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12475 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12476 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12477 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12478 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12479 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12480 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12481 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12482 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12483 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12485 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12487 12439  2 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12489 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12490 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12492 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12494 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12495 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf
  zabbix   12497 12439  0 09:52 ?        00:00:00 /softs/zabbix/sbin/zabbix_server -c /softs/zabbix/conf/zabbix_server.conf

  you must have a lot of process
  
  Verify good startup in zabbix_server.log:
  

  # cat /tmp/zabbix_server.log
    5994:20080724:170201 Starting zabbix_server. ZABBIX 1.4.6.
    5994:20080724:170201 **** Enabled features ****
    5994:20080724:170201 SNMP monitoring:       YES
    5994:20080724:170201 WEB monitoring:         NO
    5994:20080724:170201 Jabber notifications:   NO
    5994:20080724:170201 IPv6 support:           NO
    5994:20080724:170201 **************************
    5995:20080724:170203 server #1 started [Poller. SNMP:ON]
    5996:20080724:170203 server #2 started [Poller. SNMP:ON]
    5997:20080724:170203 server #3 started [Poller. SNMP:ON]
    6000:20080724:170203 server #6 started [Trapper]
    6001:20080724:170203 server #7 started [Trapper]
    6002:20080724:170203 server #8 started [Trapper]
    5998:20080724:170203 server #4 started [Poller. SNMP:ON]
    5999:20080724:170203 server #5 started [Poller. SNMP:ON]
    6004:20080724:170203 server #9 started [Trapper]
    6008:20080724:170203 server #10 started [Trapper]
    6010:20080724:170203 server #11 started [ICMP pinger]
    6014:20080724:170203 server #12 started [Alerter]
    6016:20080724:170203 server #13 started [Housekeeper]
    6016:20080724:170203 Executing housekeeper
    6018:20080724:170203 server #14 started [Timer]
    6020:20080724:170203 server #16 started [Node watcher. Node ID:0]

Is this ok or did I install my zabbix incorrectly?

For me, a clean install you must have /zabbix or /usr/zabbix directory dedicated for zabbix
(not in /home : it's make only for users profiles) .
And on this directory you must have

• /zabbix/sbin for zabbix binary,
• /zabbix/log for zabbix server and agent log,
• /zabbix/conf for zabbix server and agent configuration.

Regards,