Zabbix not accepting parameters - StartPollers, StartPingers, etc.

[clarkritchie]

I was attempting to tune various parameters in my config files last night, and found that neither my server (v2.0.8) nor my proxy (v2.0.4) would accept custom values on a large number of the parameters.

For example, I set things like StartPollers=20 or StartPingers=2 (the range on both should be 0-1000) and I'd see errors like this:

zabbix_server [29561]: wrong value of [StartTrappers] in config file [/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf], line 175
zabbix_server [29944]: wrong value of [StartPingers] in config file [/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf], line 184


In fact, I'd see the same errors when I set those parameters to their default values (e.g. StartTrappers=5). The only way I could get the server or proxy to start would be to leave those items commented out entirely.

What might I be missing?

[clarkritchie]

Bump. Anyone? Seems like a defect maybe?

[heaje]

Are you certain that you don't have some hidden characters in the config file that are causing the server to have issues parsing the config? Perhaps windows line endings?

[clarkritchie]

Absolutely certain. I edited the files with vi.

[tchjts1]

Would you mind posting your actual config for us to look at?
You can remove any specific identifying data...

[clarkritchie]

Well hells bells, it seems that Zabbix's parser doesn't care for comments following a parameter.

• Acceptable: StartTrappers=20
• Not acceptable: StartTrappers=20 # testing new value here

[tchjts1]

Well hells bells, it seems that Zabbix's parser doesn't care for comments following a parameter.

Now you know why I asked to see the actual config.
At least you fixed it.