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Eric J.
Asked: 2012-09-27 21:01:23 +0800 CST

Start Zabbix at boot on Ubuntu 12.04 precise

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I followed the documentation on installing Zabbix from source and it is working great, except that zabbix_server and zabbix_agentd do not automatically start when the system is booted.

I found that the following entries were made for me

/etc/services

zabbix-agent    10050/tcp                       # Zabbix Agent
zabbix-agent    10050/udp
zabbix-trapper  10051/tcp                       # Zabbix Trapper
zabbix-trapper  10051/udp

When I issue the commands

zabbix-server

zabbix-agentd

from a shell, both start just fine.

What is the correct procedure to ensure that zabbix_server and zabbix_agentd automatically start when the Ubuntu server is booted?

ubuntu

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The following suggestion from the Zabbix forum worked for me:

    Copy the init.d scripts to the right spot:

    sudo cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-server /etc/init.d
sudo cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-agent /etc/init.d

    Set the correct permissions and set Zabbix to start when the machine boots:

    sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-server
sudo update-rc.d zabbix-server defaults
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent
sudo update-rc.d zabbix-agent defaults
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  2. One thing you might want to consider:

    When installing from source, the different zabbix components (such as zabbix_server & zabbix_agentd) do take their configuration files from /usr/local/etc instead of /etc/zabbix.

    I therefore use symbolic links from /etc/zabbix to /usr/local/etc.

    # ln -s /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf /usr/local/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf # ln -s /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf

    If not, the zabbix components will start on boot, but totally unconfigured.

    If I need to start the components from the command line, I need to add the option -c or --config too.

    # zabbix_server --config=/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf # zabbix_agentd --config=/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

    Hope this helps. Jord

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