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griotteau
Asked: 2014-07-30 02:18:24 +0800 CST

Vmware credential errors with zabbix check

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I want to monitor my vmware infrastructure with Zabbix.

I follow https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/vm_monitoring, but i doesn't have any new hosts or VM

i have this error in log :

Item [VCENTER.mydomain.lan:vmware.version[{$URL}]] error: Unable to make a connection because the user name or password is incorrect

My configuration :

- Zabbix 2.2.5 (installed via RPM on a Centos 6.5)
- vcenter 5.5 (self-signed certificate)

- StartVMwareCollectors = 1
- VMwareCacheSize = 16M
- VMwareFrequency = 60

- {$URL} = https://VCENTER.mydomain.lan/sdk
- {$USERNAME} = [email protected]
- {$PASSWORD} = xxxxx

I can connect with this account on vsphere web client. I also try with [email protected], and my AD account. I also try on the ESXi (with the root account).

curl -k -I https://VCENTER.mydomain.lan/sdk give me "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request"

vmware-esxi

2 Answers

  1. Try to define the username as MYDomain\MyUser

    E.g.

    {$USERNAME}  => "vsphere.local\monitoring"

    Zabbix has a bug if you use @ in the username.

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  2. Best Answer

    Too stupid ... Typo error with "{$USERNAME}" ...

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