ZabbixApacheUpdater isn't able to send data to server

[jerrac]

The problem:

The ZabbixApacheUpdater.py script I got from http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/templates/apache reports errors with sending the data to my Zabbix Server.

Specifically:
From stderr:
ApacheStatsForZabbix: error: An error occurred while sending values to the Zabbix server
zabbix_sender [6647]: Warning: Timeout while executing operation
Usage: ApacheStatsForZabbix [-z <Zabbix hostname or IP>] [-o <Apache hostname or IP>]

From stdout:
Sending failed. Use option -vv for more detailed output.

Note: The script is already using the -vv option for zabbix_sender. On line 48.

What I've done:
I've set all the timeouts in the zabbix conf files to higher numbers.

I'm running the default Zabbix 1.8.5 Server and Agent that are in Ubuntu 11.10's repos.

I installed the script exactly the way the wiki page said to.

Any suggestions on how to fix this? Ways to get more debugging information? Steps I might have missed?

Thanks!

Below are my conf files and cron job.

Zabbix Server Conf:

# This is config file for ZABBIX server process
# To get more information about ZABBIX, 
# go http://www.zabbix.com

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

# This defines unique NodeID in distributed setup,
# Default value 0 (standalone server)
# This parameter must be between 0 and 999
NodeID=0

# Number of pre-forked instances of pollers
# Default value is 5
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartPollers=5

# Number of pre-forked instances of IPMI pollers
# Default value is 0
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartIPMIPollers=0

# Number of pre-forked instances of pollers for unreachable hosts
# Default value is 1
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartPollersUnreachable=1

# Number of pre-forked instances of trappers
# Default value is 5
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartTrappers=5

# Number of pre-forked instances of ICMP pingers
# Default value is 1
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartPingers=1

# Number of pre-forked instances of discoverers
# Default value is 1
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartDiscoverers=1

# Number of pre-forked instances of HTTP pollers
# Default value is 1
# This parameter must be between 0 and 255
#StartHTTPPollers=1

# Listen port for trapper. Default port number is 10051. This parameter 
# must be between 1024 and 32767

ListenPort=10051

# Source IP address for outgoing connections
#SourceIP=

# Listen interface for trapper. Trapper will listen on all network interfaces
# if this parameter is missing.

#ListenIP=10.16.0.239
#ListenIP=10.225.0.39
# How often ZABBIX will perform housekeeping procedure
# (in hours)
# Default value is 1 hour
# Housekeeping is removing unnecessary information from
# tables history, alert, and alarms
# This parameter must be between 1 and 24

#HousekeepingFrequency=1

# How often ZABBIX will try to send unsent alerts
# (in seconds)
# Default value is 30 seconds
SenderFrequency=30

# Uncomment this line to disable housekeeping procedure
#DisableHousekeeping=1

# Specifies debug level
# 0 - debug is not created
# 1 - critical information
# 2 - error information
# 3 - warnings (default)
# 4 - for debugging (produces lots of information)

DebugLevel=3

# Specifies how long we wait for agent response (in sec)
# Must be between 1 and 30 
Timeout=30

# Specifies how many seconds trapper may spend processing new data
# Must be between 1 and 300 
TrapperTimeout=100

# After how many seconds of unreachability treat a host as unavailable
#UnreachablePeriod=45

# How often check host for availability during the unavailability period
#UnavailableDelay=60

# Name of PID file

PidFile=/var/run/zabbix-server/zabbix_server.pid

# Name of log file
# If not set, syslog is used

LogFile=/var/log/zabbix-server/zabbix_server.log

# Maximum size of log file in MB. Set to 0 to disable automatic log rotation.
#LogFileSize=1

# Location for custom alert scripts
AlertScriptsPath=/etc/zabbix/alert.d/

# Location of external scripts
#ExternalScripts=/etc/zabbix/externalscripts

# Location of fping. Default is /usr/sbin/fping
# Make sure that fping binary has root permissions and SUID flag set
#FpingLocation=/usr/sbin/fping

# Location of fping6. Default is /usr/sbin/fping6
# Make sure that fping binary has root permissions and SUID flag set
#Fping6Location=/usr/sbin/fping6

# Temporary directory. Default is /tmp
#TmpDir=/tmp

# Frequency of ICMP pings (item keys 'icmpping' and 'icmppingsec'). Default is 60 seconds.
#PingerFrequency=60

# 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

# Connect to MySQL using Unix socket?

#DBSocket=/tmp/mysql.sock

Zabbix Agent conf on client server:

# This is config file for zabbix_agentd
# in case the agent is started standalone from init.d (not via inetd).
#
# To get more information about ZABBIX, go http://www.zabbix.com

############ 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.

Server=10.16.0.239

# Server port for sending active checks

#ServerPort=10051

# Unique hostname. Required for active checks.

Hostname=ws-test-oldtest-01

# Listen port. Default is 10050

#ListenPort=10050

# IP address to bind agent
# If missing, bind to all available IPs

#ListenIP=127.0.0.1

# Number of pre-forked instances of zabbix_agentd.
# Default value is 5
# This parameter must be between 1 and 16

StartAgents=5

# How often refresh list of active checks. 2 minutes by default.

#RefreshActiveChecks=120

# Disable active checks. The agent will work in passive mode listening server.

#DisableActive=1

# Enable remote commands for ZABBIX agent. By default remote commands disabled.

#EnableRemoteCommands=1

# Specifies debug level
# 0 - debug is not created
# 1 - critical information
# 2 - error information
# 3 - warnings
# 4 - information (default)
# 5 - for debugging (produces lots of information)

DebugLevel=3

# Name of PID file

PidFile=/var/run/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.pid

# Name of log file.
# If not set, syslog will be used

LogFile=/var/log/zabbix-agent/zabbix_agentd.log

# Maximum size of log file in MB. Set to 0 to disable automatic log rotation.
#LogFileSize=1

# Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing
# Must be between 1 and 30

Timeout=30

####### USER-DEFINED MONITORED PARAMETERS #######
# Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell command>
# Note that shell command must not return empty string or EOL only
#UserParameter=system.test,who|wc -l
### Set of parameter for monitoring MySQL server (v3.23.42 and later)
### Change -u<username> and add -p<password> if required
#UserParameter=mysql.ping,mysqladmin -uroot ping|grep alive|wc -l
#UserParameter=mysql.uptime,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f2 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"T"
#UserParameter=mysql.threads,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f3 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"Q"
#UserParameter=mysql.questions,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f4 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"S"
#UserParameter=mysql.slowqueries,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f5 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"O"
#UserParameter=mysql.qps,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f9 -d":"
#UserParameter=mysql.version,mysql -V

Cronjob on Client Server

# Zabbix Apache monitoring from http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/templates/apache
0,2,4,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50,52,54,56,58 * * * * /usr/bin/python /usr/local/admin/share/scripts/zabbixext/ZabbixApacheUpdater.py -c localhost -z 10.225.0.39 >> /usr/local/admin/share/logs/ws-test-oldtest-01.zabbix.stdout.apachestatus.log 2>>/usr/local/admin/share/logs/ws-test-oldtest-01.zabbix.stderr.apachestatus.log