feature request: foreground servers

[deanpence]

Three requests:

- Give zabbix-server and zabbix-agentd options that let them run in the foreground. (I realize they spawn other processes.)
- Give zabbix-server and zabbix-agentd the option to log either to syslog or to stdout/stderr.

The reason I ask is that some of us like to run all daemons under a supervisor, and if a daemon daemonizes, that makes it impossible. As for the logging request, some of us run a central syslog server.

[blagoycho]

10 years later, the same question?

Hey, did somebody found a way to run the zabbix server in the foreground?

Three requests:

- Give zabbix-server and zabbix-agentd options that let them run in the foreground. (I realize they spawn other processes.)
- Give zabbix-server and zabbix-agentd the option to log either to syslog or to stdout/stderr.

The reason I ask is that some of us like to run all daemons under a supervisor, and if a daemon daemonizes, that makes it impossible. As for the logging request, some of us run a central syslog server.

[BDiE8VNy]

See ZBXNEXT-611 (and consider to vote for it!)

[kloczek]

The reason I ask is that some of us like to run all daemons under a supervisor, and if a daemon daemonizes, that makes it impossible. As for the logging request, some of us run a central syslog server.

Change zabbix agent configuration to AllowRoot=1, User=root and restart the agent.

If you already didn't know that it is possible seems seems you have some gaps in knowledge about zabbix. However I think that some of you are doing something fundamentally wrong if you need to start agent to be running under root user.
I don't see single reason related to some diagnostics needs which would require to run agent in on daemon mode as well.

[blagoycho]

Need to run zabbix_server through supervisord

Hi,

I need to run zabbix_server and zabbix_agent via supervisord, in order to do it the application(s) must be running in the foreground.

Regards,
Blagoy

[kloczek]

Hi,

I need to run zabbix_server and zabbix_agent via supervisord, in order to do it the application(s) must be running in the foreground.

Regards,
Blagoy

IMO supervisord developers should stop forcing changing applications around. They should learn something about Solaris ctfs (contract fs) and SMF how to maintaining monitoring stared processes without rewriting all maintained applications.
It is really sad to see how some Linux developers again and again making the same mistakes by reinventing the wheel (Linux NIH syndrome sometimes is very annoying).

[polinux]

Hi,

I need to run zabbix_server and zabbix_agent via supervisord, in order to do it the application(s) must be running in the foreground.

Regards,
Blagoy

Hi,

Have a look into our zabbix-community-docker image. I have used supervisor there.
Link

Look into ds.sh and how supervisor is calling it. That should give you some ideas.

Hope that helps a bit.

[blagoycho]

Thank you will try that out

[blagoycho]

FYI: http://serverfault.com/questions/608...mode-available
This solved the problem ;-)

[polinux]

FYI: http://serverfault.com/questions/608...mode-available
This solved the problem ;-)

Yes. And as far as I remember we have exact same solution in our community docker image ;-)

[blagoycho]

Yes you have it. Thank you!

[richlv]

...and the foreground option got finally implemented for zabbix 3.0

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-611

[unficyp]

or just use https://mmonit.com/monit/ to monitor your processes.