Oracle DB connection problems by LDAP

[iam33]

Thank you very much in advance.

I am installing zabbix 1.8.8 with Oracle 10G BD either via instanclient 10.2.0.4.

The connection type is LDAP (by ldap.ora), not TNSNAMES.

Testing the connection with the SQLPLUS I connect to the database without problems, but when trying to start the Zabbix server, this does not connect and gives me the following error:

 11604:20111205:092430.270 IPMI monitoring: YES
  11604:20111205:092430.270 WEB monitoring: YES
  11604:20111205:092430.270 Jabber notifications: YES
  Ez Texting 11604:20111205:092430.270 notifications: YES
  11604:20111205:092430.270 ODBC: NO
  11604:20111205:092430.270 SSH2 support: NO
  11604:20111205:092430.270 IPv6 support: NO
  ****************************** 11604:20111205:092430.270
  In DBconnect 11604:20111205:092430.270 () flag: 1
  Can not connect to the 11604:20111205:092430.270 database. Exiting ...

The configuration options I have are:

LogFile = / logs / zabbix / zabbix_server.log
 LogFileSize = 10
 DebugLevel = 4
 PidFile = / software / zabbix / tmp / zabbix_server.pid
 DBName = exzb02
 DbUser = zabbix
 DbPassword = PASS

I know in previous versions of Zabbix the connection to the database could be performed by LDAP, so I understand that this should also be possible, right?

Anybody would think that's what happens ....?

Thank you very much.

[iam33]

Solved

The problem to connect with LDAP resides in the next files:

Zabbix_Server -> src/libs/zbxdb/db.c
Zabbix FrontEnd -> php/include/db.inc.php

In these files, in the database connection definition, the code forces to use all parameters:

server_db_name
server_db_port
db_name

while If you uses LDAP you only need db_name.

I have modified these scripts and compiled them and it works without problem.

Now, I would like to provide these changes to the zabbix developers, to include it in next versions.

HOW CAN I DO IT?

thanks!!

[iam33]

The problem still persists in version 2.0.
Any website manager could tell me how and to whom to pass the code that solves?

Thanks!

[richlv]

you should file a feature request here : https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT
make sure to describe everything in the issue and attach a patch, if available (do not simply link to forum)

[iam33]

Thank you so much for your answer!