Zabbix Agent Log

[angel_of_devil]

Dear All,

All of my Windows hosts (Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows Server 2012) both have no zabbix_agentd.log file at all. I don't know why. Below is configuration of one host:

# This is a config file for Zabbix Agent (Windows)
# To get more information about Zabbix, go to http://www.zabbix.com

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

### Option: LogFile
# Name of log file.
# If not set, Windows Event Log is used.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# LogFile=

LogFile=C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\Zabbix_agentd.log

### Option: LogFileSize
# Maximum size of log file in MB.
# 0 - disable automatic log rotation.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 0-1024
# Default:
# LogFileSize=1

### Option: DebugLevel
# Specifies debug level
# 0 - no debug
# 1 - critical information
# 2 - error information
# 3 - warnings
# 4 - for debugging (produces lots of information)
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 0-4
# Default:
# DebugLevel=3
DebugLevel=0

### Option: SourceIP
# Source IP address for outgoing connections.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# SourceIP=

### Option: EnableRemoteCommands
# Whether remote commands from Zabbix server are allowed.
# 0 - not allowed
# 1 - allowed
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
EnableRemoteCommands=1

### Option: LogRemoteCommands
# Enable logging of executed shell commands as warnings.
# 0 - disabled
# 1 - enabled
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# LogRemoteCommands=0

##### Passive checks related

### Option: Server
# List of comma delimited IP addresses (or hostnames) of Zabbix servers.
# Incoming connections will be accepted only from the hosts listed here.
# No spaces allowed.
# If IPv6 support is enabled then '127.0.0.1', '::127.0.0.1', '::ffff:127.0.0.1' are treated equally.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# Server=

Server=10.10.20.85

### Option: ListenPort
# Agent will listen on this port for connections from the server.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 1024-32767
# Default:
ListenPort=10050

### Option: ListenIP
# List of comma delimited IP addresses that the agent should listen on.
# First IP address is sent to Zabbix server if connecting to it to retrieve list of active checks.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# ListenIP=0.0.0.0

### Option: StartAgents
# Number of pre-forked instances of zabbix_agentd that process passive checks.
# If set to 0, disables passive checks and the agent will not listen on any TCP port.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 0-100
# Default:
# StartAgents=3

##### Active checks related

### Option: ServerActive
# List of comma delimited IPort (or hostnameort) pairs of Zabbix servers for active checks.
# If port is not specified, default port is used.
# IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets if port for that host is specified.
# If port is not specified, square brackets for IPv6 addresses are optional.
# If this parameter is not specified, active checks are disabled.
# Example: ServerActive=127.0.0.1:20051,zabbix.domain,[::1]:30051,::1,[12fc::1]
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# ServerActive=

ServerActive=127.0.0.1

### Option: Hostname
# Unique, case sensitive hostname.
# Required for active checks and must match hostname as configured on the server.
# Value is acquired from HostnameItem if undefined.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
Hostname=NI-HOST01

### Option: HostnameItem
# Item used for generating Hostname if it is undefined.
# Ignored if Hostname is defined.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# HostnameItem=system.hostname

### Option: RefreshActiveChecks
# How often list of active checks is refreshed, in seconds.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 60-3600
# Default:
# RefreshActiveChecks=120

### Option: BufferSend
# Do not keep data longer than N seconds in buffer.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 1-3600
# Default:
# BufferSend=5

### Option: BufferSize
# Maximum number of values in a memory buffer. The agent will send
# all collected data to Zabbix server or Proxy if the buffer is full.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 2-65535
# Default:
# BufferSize=100

### Option: MaxLinesPerSecond
# Maximum number of new lines the agent will send per second to Zabbix Server
# or Proxy processing 'log', 'logrt' and 'eventlog' active checks.
# The provided value will be overridden by the parameter 'maxlines',
# provided in 'log', 'logrt' or 'eventlog' item keys.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 1-1000
# Default:
# MaxLinesPerSecond=100

############ ADVANCED PARAMETERS #################

### Option: Alias
# Sets an alias for parameter. It can be useful to substitute long and complex parameter name with a smaller and simpler one.
# For example, if you wish to retrieve paging file usage in percents from the server,
# you may use parameter "perf_counter[\Paging File(_Total)\% Usage]", or you may define an alias by adding the following line to configuration file
# Alias = pg_usageerf_counter[\Paging File(_Total)\% Usage]
# After that you can use parameter name "pg_usage" to retrieve the same information.
# You can specify as many "Alias" records as you wish.
# Aliases cannot be used for parameters defined in "PerfCounter" configuration file records.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range:
# Default:

### Option: Timeout
# Spend no more than Timeout seconds on processing
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 1-30
# Default:
# Timeout=3

### Option: PerfCounter
# Syntax: <parameter_name>,"<perf_counter_path>",<period>
# Defines new parameter <parameter_name> which is an average value for system performance counter <perf_counter_path> for the specified time period <period> (in seconds).
# For example, if you wish to receive average number of processor interrupts per second for last minute, you can define new parameter "interrupts" as following:
# PerfCounter = interrupts,"\Processor(0)\Interrupts/sec",60
# Please note double quotes around performance counter path.
# Samples for calculating average value will be taken every second.
# You may run "typeperf -qx" to get list of all performance counters available in Windows.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range:
# Default:

### Option: Include
# You may include individual files in the configuration file.
#
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# Include=

# Include=c:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.userparams.conf
# Include=c:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd\

####### USER-DEFINED MONITORED PARAMETERS #######

### Option: UnsafeUserParameters
# Allow all characters to be passed in arguments to user-defined parameters.
# 0 - do not allow
# 1 - allow
#
# Mandatory: no
# Range: 0-1
# Default:
# UnsafeUserParameters=0

### Option: UserParameter
# User-defined parameter to monitor. There can be several user-defined parameters.
# Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell command>
# Note that shell command must not return empty string or EOL only.
# Example: UserParameter=system.test,echo 1
#UserParameter=system.test,echo 1

[tchjts1]

Believe it or not, Zabbix is case sensitive, even on Windows. So your log directory and file name: C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\Zabbix_agentd.log need to be cased appropriately.

I don't know if that is your issue or not, but I ran into that when I was first starting out with Zabbix.

And you have DebugLevel=0 Put that at 3 and you will start seeing a log, I suspect.

[angel_of_devil]

Believe it or not, Zabbix is case sensitive, even on Windows. So your log directory and file name: C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\Zabbix_agentd.log need to be cased appropriately.

I don't know if that is your issue or not, but I ran into that when I was first starting out with Zabbix.

And you have DebugLevel=0 Put that at 3 and you will start seeing a log, I suspect.

Thanks. The problem is solved with set value for parameter DebugLevel