Zabbix 2.0.9 icmpping giving 0

[Robbin]

Hello,

I have installed Zabbix 2.0.9 on Centos 6.4

but the simple check icmpping always giving 0

in the zabbix server config file i use this location for fping:
/usr/sbin/fping

so when i manualy try on the console:
/usr/sbin/fping 10.15.20.254
10.15.20.254 is alive

i found some articles to change the permissions of fping.
so i the current permissions are:
-rws--s---. 1 root zabbix 25160 Apr 17 2012 /usr/sbin/fping

it still not work so i enabled debugging of the zabbix server
i see this messages:
11526:20131027:112207.901 In get_pinger_hosts()
11526:20131027:112207.901 In substitute_key_macros() data:'icmpping[10.15.20.50,4,20,24,60]'
11526:20131027:112207.901 End of substitute_key_macros():SUCCEED data:'icmpping[10.15.20.50,4,20,24,60]'
11526:20131027:112207.901 In add_icmpping_item() addr:'10.15.20.50' count:4 interval:20 size:24 timeout:60
11526:20131027:112207.901 End of add_icmpping_item()
11526:20131027:112207.901 End of get_pinger_hosts():1
11526:20131027:112207.901 In process_pinger_hosts()
11526:20131027:112207.901 In add_pinger_host() addr:'10.15.20.50'
11526:20131027:112207.901 End of add_pinger_host()
11526:20131027:112207.901 In do_ping() hosts_count:1
11526:20131027:112207.901 In process_ping() hosts_count:1
11526:20131027:112207.901 /tmp/zabbix_server_11526.pinger
11526:20131027:112207.901 /usr/sbin/fping -q -C4 -p20 -b24 -t60 2>&1 </tmp/zabbix_server_11526.pinger;/usr/sbin/fping6 -q -C4 -p20 -b24 -t60 2>&1 </tmp/zabbix_server_11526.pinger;
11526:20131027:112207.905 End of process_ping()
11526:20131027:112207.905 End of do_ping():SUCCEED
11526:20131027:112207.906 End of process_pinger_hosts()
11526:20131027:112207.906 icmp pinger #1 spent 0.004909 seconds while processing 1 items



11526:20131027:112239.917 In substitute_key_macros() data:'icmpping[{IPADDRESS},3,25,56,600]'
11526:20131027:112239.917 End of substitute_key_macros():SUCCEED data:'icmpping[10.15.20.254,3,25,56,600]'
11526:20131027:112239.917 In add_icmpping_item() addr:'10.15.20.254' count:3 interval:25 size:56 timeout:600
11526:20131027:112239.917 End of add_icmpping_item()
11526:20131027:112239.917 End of get_pinger_hosts():1
11526:20131027:112239.917 In process_pinger_hosts()
11526:20131027:112239.918 In add_pinger_host() addr:'10.15.20.254'
11526:20131027:112239.918 End of add_pinger_host()
11526:20131027:112239.918 In do_ping() hosts_count:1
11526:20131027:112239.918 In process_ping() hosts_count:1
11526:20131027:112239.918 /tmp/zabbix_server_11526.pinger
11526:20131027:112239.918 /usr/sbin/fping -q -C3 -p25 -b56 -t600 2>&1 </tmp/zabbix_server_11526.pinger;/usr/sbin/fping6 -q -C3 -p25 -b56 -t600 2>&1 </tmp/zabbix_server_11526.pinger;
11526:20131027:112239.922 End of process_ping()
11526:20131027:112239.922 End of do_ping():SUCCEED
11526:20131027:112239.922 End of process_pinger_hosts()
11526:20131027:112239.922 icmp pinger #1 spent 0.004997 seconds while processing 1 items

i dont get an access denied message or somthing, and icmpping is still not working, i hope someone can help me.

[steveboyson]

AFAIK fping needs superuser (aka root) privileges.

For testing, do a "su - zabbix --shell=/bin/bash" and then test "fping <your.ip.addre.ss>"

[Robbin]

Thank you for your fast reply

i have tried this is the output:

[root@zabbix lib]# su - zabbix --shell=/bin/bash
su: warning: cannot change directory to /var/lib/zabbix: No such file or directory
-bash-4.1$ fping 10.15.20.50
10.15.20.50 is alive
-bash-4.1$

[steveboyson]

So it seems that the homedir for the zabbix user is not existing.

(as root):
mkdir /var/lib/zabbix
chown zabbix:zabbix /var/lib/zabbix

Do you use a macro for icmpping's target IP address? Is that set correctly?

EDIT: don't forget to restart the zabbix_server service as he is responsible for performing the icmpping tests IIRC.

[Robbin]

i create the homedirectory for the zabbix user.
then i restart the zabbix-server service.
but still no succes.
For sure i restart the zabbix server, but no succes.

i use a type: simple check
and as key: icmpping[10.15.20.254,4,20,24,60]

when i do a ping from the webinterface of zabbix it works:
Result of "Ping"
PING 10.15.20.254 (10.15.20.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.15.20.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.741 ms
64 bytes from 10.15.20.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.519 ms
64 bytes from 10.15.20.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.640 ms

--- 10.15.20.254 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.519/0.633/0.741/0.093 ms

[Robbin]

i found the solution in form post: https://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40523


Thank you for helping!