Proxy related questions

[overnet]

I've installed a Zabbix server and a Zabbix proxy. I then added the zabbix_proxy to zabbix_server (Configuration-->Hosts-->Proxies (Create New).

Then added a host to Zabbix server and selected the proxy from "Monitor by Proxy" drop down menu.

The "Availability" of the newly added host is showing as "Unknow".

The new host zabbix_agentd.conf is set as following:

############ GENERAL PARAMETERS #################

# List of comma delimited IP addresses (or hostnames) of ZABBIX servers.
# No spaces allowed. First entry is used for sending active checks.
# Note that hostnames must resolve hostname->IP address and
# IP address->hostname.

[B]Server=10.10.1.10[/B] [COLOR="Red"]#Zabbix Proxy IP[/COLOR]

# Server port for sending active checks

#ServerPort=10051

# Unique hostname. Required for active checks.

Hostname=host1

# Listen port. Default is 10050

#ListenPort=10050

Here are an entry from host1 logs (zabbix_agentd.log)

11820:20081125:212602 Getting list of active checks failed. Will retry after 60 seconds

Here are log entries from zabbix_proxy.log

8715:20081125:134554 Heartbeat message sendig failed
8715:20081125:134654 Heartbeat message sendig failed


zabbix_proxy.conf main settings are:

# IP address (or hostname) of ZABBIX servers.

Server=10.10.1.5

# Server port for sending active checks

ServerPort=10051

# Unique hostname.

Hostname=proxy1

# Database host name
# Default is localhost

#DBHost=localhost

# Database name
# SQLite3 note: path to database file must be provided. DBUser and DBPassword are ignored.
DBName=zabbix

# Database user

DBUser=zabbix

# Database password
# Comment this line if no password used

DBPassword=password

My questions are:

1- Should the agent of the host point to the IP of Zabbix Server or Zabbix Proxy?
2- Is there anything else I need to do to make the zabbix proxy, the host's zabbix agent and zabbix server work with each other?

Thanks a lot for your help,

[ataylo13]

Are all of your checks "ZABBIX agent(active)"? I had a similar problem and made one check the regular "ZABBIX agent" and that fixed it.

[overnet]

I'm not sure if I understood you correctly, but all the checks that the agent does are enabled. (Everything is on default).

[ataylo13]

Under the configuration tab...
Then select items...
edit one of the items that you are monitoring and check the "type"

[overnet]

All the items I have have "Zabbix Agent" for type, and "Active" for status.

Just a side note, I cant edit the items I can only select them.

[ataylo13]

You answered my question.

side note... you will need to edit the items under the template.

[overnet]

This is another thing all together, when I click on an item and try to change some values in that item I cant do it, I cant do any change. The only thing I can do is enable or disable an item.

But I have the items active already, do I need change this status? Is this why the host is not reporting to zabbix proxy and zabbix proxy is not reporting to the zabbix server?

Thank you,

[overnet]

I have two more questions related to dealing with proxy.

What does this error in logs mean?

Heartbeat message sendig failed

On Zabbix server logs I get the following error:

Unknown proxy "proxy2"

I search the whole database for an entry to proxy2 and did not find any, I looked in proxy_server.conf and proxy_agentd.conf and nothing there too, where does zabbix server store such value other than the DB?

Thank you,

[Alexei]

On Zabbix server logs I get the following error:

Unknown proxy "proxy2"

I search the whole database for an entry to proxy2 and did not find any, I looked in proxy_server.conf and proxy_agentd.conf and nothing there too, where does zabbix server store such value other than the DB?

Thank you,

Why search the database, search ZABBIX Manual!

Configuration->Hosts->Proxies

[overnet]

Why search the database, search ZABBIX Manual!

Configuration->Hosts->Proxies

It's because (Configuration->Hosts->Proxies) was not showing that proxy.

Only zabbix log was reporting about that proxy.

[Alexei]

Look at the zabbix_proxy.conf:

Hostname=proxy2

This is where the "proxy2" came from.