Zabbix Server

[Marco Cruz]

Hey to alll,

I am a beginner in Network Management Systems and in Zabbix to.
After I install Zabbix in Fedora Core 8, when I went, to the graphical interface, to "Reports" -> "Status Zabbix" -> "Parameter" - > "Zabbix Server Running" it says "NO".
I don´t understand Why this is happening if when I do /etc/init.d/zabbix staus it says: "zabbix_server (pid 2595 .... .... ) is running ..."

Can someone help me?

Thanks in advanced
Regards
Marco C.
www.viaquanta.com - Portugal

[Aly]

I assume your frontend located on the different PC neither zabbix-server.
This status is shown incorrectly in such situation.

[alx]

hello,

I am a beginner in Network Management Systems and in Zabbix

please, Marco, allow me some advice:

After I install Zabbix in Fedora Core 8, when I went, to the graphical interface, to "Reports" -> "Status Zabbix" -> "Parameter" - > "Zabbix Server Running" it says "NO".
I don´t understand Why this is happening if when I do /etc/init.d/zabbix staus it says: "zabbix_server (pid 2595 .... .... ) is running ..."

first of all, the service start up scripts [those at /etc/init.d] are very usefulll when you are sure they work properly. dont blindly trust their responses

use something like 'ps ax | grep zabbix' to see if the zabbix server is really running and / or 'netstat -nlt' to determine what ports are accepting connections on your system [zabbix server 10051 / zabbix agent 10050]

try to run the daemon 'by hand', on a console, instead on using the script [on my systems '/usr/bin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf'] , and look for what it tells back

during my installation, either server [ubuntu server 7.10], either clients [novell open enterprise server, fedora4 32 and fedora8 64] presented a lot of little problems like startup script pointing wrong config file location, conflicts between startup scripts and conf files declared parameters to the daemon, lack of permission to create pid and log files [proper zabbix user configuration] . all these things can be pointed from the messages of execution 'by hand' at the console and some experimentation.

also, dont forget the special case pointed by Aly

hope it helps,
best, alexandre