problem with net.if.out[eth0] 1.1 beta8

[jvalen]

Hello:

I think there is a problem with net.if.out[eth0] always get the same value :-(

# zabbix_get -s 192.168.2.3 -k net.if.out[eth0]
4294967295
# zabbix_get -s 192.168.2.3 -k net.if.out[eth0]
4294967295
# zabbix_get -s 192.168.2.3 -k net.if.out[eth0]
4294967295
# zabbix_get -s 192.168.2.3 -k net.if.out[eth0]
4294967295
# zabbix_get -s 192.168.2.3 -k agent.version
1.1beta8

any idea ?

redhat 2.1 esas agent

thanks in advance

Jorge V.S.'060422

[marius]

i'm having the same problem with beta9

[Alexei]

Perhaps /tmp/zabbix_agentd.tmp has no write permissions for user 'zabbix'? Then remove it and restart the agent.

[marius]

Perhaps /tmp/zabbix_agentd.tmp has no write permissions for user 'zabbix'? Then remove it and restart the agent.

Nope the permissions look good. Please refer to this thread: http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2728

[mruk]

I remember having problems with it, so I made a small patch:

diff -ruN ./zabbix-1.1beta9_org/include/sysinfo.h ./zabbix-1.1beta9/include/sysinfo.h
--- ./zabbix-1.1beta9_org/include/sysinfo.h     2006-04-20 17:06:49.000000000 +0200
+++ ./zabbix-1.1beta9/include/sysinfo.h 2006-05-06 19:29:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@
 int     PROC_NUM(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
 int     NET_IF_IN(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
 int     NET_IF_OUT(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
+int    NET_IF_IBYTES1(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
+int    NET_IF_IBYTES5(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
+int    NET_IF_IBYTES15(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
+int    NET_IF_OBYTES1(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
+int    NET_IF_OBYTES5(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
+int    NET_IF_OBYTES15(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
 int     SYSTEM_CPU_LOAD(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
 int     SYSTEM_CPU_UTIL(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
 int     SYSTEM_HOSTNAME(const char *cmd, const char *param, unsigned flags, AGENT_RESULT *result);
diff -ruN ./zabbix-1.1beta9_org/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/linux/linux.c ./zabbix-1.1beta9/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/linux/linux.c
--- ./zabbix-1.1beta9_org/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/linux/linux.c     2006-01-24 16:21:19.000000000 +0100
+++ ./zabbix-1.1beta9/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/linux/linux.c 2006-05-06 19:30:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
        {"vfs.fs.inode.total",  CF_USEUPARAM,   VFS_FS_INODE_TOTAL,     0,      "/"},
        {"vfs.fs.inode.pfree",  CF_USEUPARAM,   VFS_FS_INODE_PFREE,     0,      "/"},
 */
-/*
+
        {"net.if.ibytes1",      CF_USEUPARAM,   NET_IF_IBYTES1, 0,      "lo"},
        {"net.if.ibytes5",      CF_USEUPARAM,   NET_IF_IBYTES5, 0,      "lo"},
        {"net.if.ibytes15",     CF_USEUPARAM,   NET_IF_IBYTES15,0,      "lo"},
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
        {"net.if.obytes1",      CF_USEUPARAM,   NET_IF_OBYTES1, 0,      "lo"},
        {"net.if.obytes5",      CF_USEUPARAM,   NET_IF_OBYTES5, 0,      "lo"},
        {"net.if.obytes15",     CF_USEUPARAM,   NET_IF_OBYTES15,0,      "lo"},
-*/
+
 /*
        {"disk_read_ops1",      CF_USEUPARAM,   DISKREADOPS1,   0,      "sda"},
        {"disk_read_ops5",      CF_USEUPARAM,   DISKREADOPS5,   0,      "sda"},

As you can see, there was a syntax change and net.if.ibytes should be used instead of net.if.in and net.if.obytes should be used instead of net.if.out.

It works fine, however I`m not shure, that the returned values are ok. I had a multiplier of 4 for about a week (checked zabbix and ifstat the same time to get it), but then another check made me use multiplier 1. Maybe that`s why it is commented out

[marius]

I ended up going with customer parameters:

UserParameter=netin[*],grep $1 /proc/net/dev | cut -f2 -d":" | awk '{print $ 1}'
UserParameter=netout[*],grep $1 /proc/net/dev | cut -f2 -d":" | awk '{print $ 9}'

Took me a while to figure out I needed a space after $ in awk.

I'm actually using "8" as the multiplier - not 100% sure if it's accurate or not.