Frontend claims ZABBIX server is running = NO

[packetloss]

zabbix is installed, by using this howto: http://www.zabbix.com/manual/v1.1/install_server.php.

The front end looks good and mysql seems to be working as I can add users/hosts.

the backend server process is acting wierd and according to the system (on the frontend site) tells me it's not running.

root@virtue:/home/zabbix/zabbix-1.1.1/src/zabbix_server# File [/var/tmp/zabbix_server.pid] exists. Is this process already running ?

but if I asked for jobs by issues a 'jobs' command it does not list anything.

I ask it to come to the foreground so I can stop it and I get:

root@virtue:/home/zabbix/zabbix-1.1.1/src/zabbix_server# fg zabbix_server
bash: fg: zabbix_server: no such job

also -- when following that guide -- to a tee the compile didn't create a /etc/zabbit directory for the conf or binary file.. I had to find those in the extracted tar ball directory and move them..

it did not error when I issued this command as shown here:

mv /var/tmp/zabbix_server.pid /var/tmp/zabbix_server.pid.bak

and this is what I get when I start it

root@virtue:/etc/zabbix# ./zabbix_server
root@virtue:/etc/zabbix#

no error.. but the web interface shows it as not running and there are no 'jobs'

Anyone have any ideas on this one? I've searched the forums and read the manual.

[erisan500]

What OS are you installing zabbix on?


Greetings

[packetloss]

Ubuntu 6.06

[Mephistopheles]

Same Problem

I had the same issue on Fedora Core 5. I checked the sourceforge forums and someone with the same issue was told to check /tmp/zabbix_server.log for messages. Why they chose to log everything to /tmp as opposed to /var/log, I have no idea...other than it's specified in the provided sample zabbix_server.conf. I missed it, too. My problem was that I had specified the database user in zabbix_server.conf but not the password.

Hope this helps.

[schneck]

PHP GUI may be lying :-)

The way the GUI decides whether the server is running or not may produce wrong answers, depending on your setup.

Eg. see http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showpost...0&postcount=10

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[denso]

check out your selinux policy I use RHEL 3, 4 and various others and noticed that if selinux is enabled it will cause this problem.