/var/run/zabbix-server deleted every reboot

[Scutty]

Help

I have got Zabbix working fine and am loving it it however, I have an issue where the /var/run/zabbix-server/ directory is deleted everytime I reboot Ubuntu and, of course, Zabbix cannot start up without me creating (and CHOWNing) a new directory in /var/run every time.
What is deleting this directory every shutdown? How do I stop it?

Thanks

[Niels]

Is that folder just for a pid file? If so, you can put it somewhere else.

[Scutty]

Yes

Its is just for the PID file but it works fine where it is, I just want to stop the directory getting deleted on shut-down. Its just a touch annoying when everything else works 100%

[Scutty]

bump

Hi again.

Can no-one help with this issue?

[tokind]

Funny, I am still running server 1.1.6, and my problem is that when I do a restart /var/tmp/zabbix_server.pid is NOT deleted. I have to go in and delete it following reboot and then manually start zabbix_server.

I wonder why the path you describe is different? And I wonder if the version you are running (1.4 ?) threw out the baby with the bathwater in an effort to resolve the clean exit issue that I have with 1.1.6?

I would suggest that you edit zabbix_server.conf and seek out PidFile=, and set the path to a standard location for pid files, e.g. /var/tmp/zabbix_server.pid or /var/run/zabbix_server.pid instead of storing the pid in a subdirectory.

You have a degree of control over where the pid file is written. Eliminating the zabbix_server subdirectory from the equation may resolve the issue.