Zabbix-server fails to start in 3.2 on Ubuntu 14.04

[k3c]

Hello

I have installed Zabbix 3.2 in ubuntu 14.04

#more /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS"

I have installed zabbix-server, but it fails to start

#service zabbix-server status
zabbix-server stop/waiting
#service zabbix-server stop
stop: Unknown instance:
#pgrep zabbix-server
#service zabbix-server start
zabbix-server stop/pre-start, process 2971
#pgrep zabbix-server

I do not find much help in

#tail /var/log/upstart/zabbix-server.log
zabbix-server stop/pre-start, process 18729
zabbix-server stop/pre-start, process 18788
zabbix-server stop/pre-start, process 18865
zabbix-server stop/pre-start, process 18970
zabbix-server stop/pre-start, process 677
zabbix-server stop/pre-start, process 2971
#


I have installed mariadb as database

#dpkg -l | grep zabbix
ii zabbix-agent 1:2.4.7-1+trusty amd64 network monitoring solution - agent
ii zabbix-frontend-php 1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1 all network monitoring solution - PHP front-end
ii zabbix-get 1:3.2.0-1+trusty amd64 Zabbix network monitoring solution - get
ii zabbix-server-mysql 1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1 amd64 network monitoring solution - server (using MySQL)
#

it listens on the usual port

#lsof -i:3306
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
mysqld 1388 mysql 22u IPv4 12397 0t0 TCP localhost:mysql (LISTEN)

and apache2 as web server

#lsof -i:80
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
apache2 2344 root 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2347 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2348 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2349 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2350 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2350 www-data 12u IPv6 32677 0t0 TCP abc.def:http->10.11.12.13:51375 (ESTABLISHED)
apache2 2351 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2390 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2423 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2424 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2425 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
apache2 2426 www-data 4u IPv6 15406 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
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on locahost:/zabbix/dashboard.php

I see a message, in red, every 5 seconds

Zabbix server is not running, the information displayed may not be current

Edit: I noticed no files exist in

#ls -alrt /var/log/zabbix-server
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 zabbix zabbix 4096 Feb 17 2014 .
drwxrwxr-x 16 root syslog 4096 Jan 2 08:38 ..
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Thanks for any hint

[k3c]

I seem to have all the required processes

# ps -ef | grep zabbix | grep -v grep
www-data 1332 1297 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 php-fpm: pool zabbix
zabbix 2099 1 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd
zabbix 2115 2099 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:19 /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd: collector [idle 1 sec]
zabbix 2116 2099 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd: listener #1 [waiting for connection]
zabbix 2117 2099 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd: listener #2 [waiting for connection]
zabbix 2118 2099 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd: listener #3 [waiting for connection]
zabbix 2120 2099 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:04 /usr/sbin/zabbix_agentd: active checks #1 [idle 1 sec]
zabbix 3473 1 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server
zabbix 3476 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:03 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: configuration syncer [synced configuration in 0.001747 sec, idle 60 sec]
zabbix 3477 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: db watchdog [synced alerts config in 0.001207 sec, idle 60 sec]
zabbix 3478 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: poller #1 [got 0 values in 0.000002 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3479 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: poller #2 [got 0 values in 0.000002 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3480 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: poller #3 [got 0 values in 0.000003 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3481 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: poller #4 [got 0 values in 0.000003 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3482 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: poller #5 [got 0 values in 0.000002 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3483 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: unreachable poller #1 [got 0 values in 0.000002 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3484 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: trapper #1 [processed data in 0.000185 sec, waiting for connection]
zabbix 3485 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: trapper #2 [processed data in 0.000081 sec, waiting for connection]
zabbix 3486 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: trapper #3 [processed data in 0.000080 sec, waiting for connection]
zabbix 3487 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: trapper #4 [processed data in 0.022123 sec, waiting for connection]
zabbix 3488 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: trapper #5 [processed data in 0.000088 sec, waiting for connection]
zabbix 3490 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: icmp pinger #1 [got 0 values in 0.000003 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3491 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: alerter [sent alerts: 0 success, 0 fail in 0.000305 sec, idle 30 sec]
zabbix 3493 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: housekeeper [deleted 0 hist/trends, 0 items, 0 events, 0 sessions, 0 alarms, 0 audit items in 0.000809 sec, idle 1 hour(s)]
zabbix 3495 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: timer #1 [processed 0 triggers, 0 events in 0.000007 sec, 0 maint.periods in 0.000729 sec, idle 30 sec]
zabbix 3496 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:04 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: http poller #1 [got 0 values in 0.001055 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3498 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: discoverer #1 [processed 0 rules in 0.000669 sec, idle 60 sec]
zabbix 3499 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: history syncer #1 [synced 0 items in 0.000001 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3501 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: history syncer #2 [synced 0 items in 0.000001 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3502 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: history syncer #3 [synced 0 items in 0.000001 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3505 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: history syncer #4 [synced 0 items in 0.000001 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3506 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:04 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: escalator [processed 0 escalations in 0.000213 sec, idle 3 sec]
zabbix 3507 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: proxy poller #1 [exchanged data with 0 proxies in 0.000003 sec, idle 5 sec]
zabbix 3509 3473 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:04 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: self-monitoring [processed data in 0.000003 sec, idle 1 sec]
root 6220 1012 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 sshd: zabbix [priv]
zabbix 6239 6220 0 Jan02 ? 00:00:00 sshd: zabbix@pts/1
zabbix 6241 6239 0 Jan02 pts/1 00:00:00 -bash
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[samiru]

Any luck with getting the server to start? I seem to have the same problem, also on Ubuntu 14.04.