Reputation: 2011

PID file /run/zabbix/zabbix_server.pid not readable (yet?) after start

when i try to start the zabbix-server i am getting and run/zabbix/zabbix_server.pid not readable (yet?) error,

ls -al

-rw-rw-r--.  1 zabbix zabbix   5 May  1 15:15 zabbix_server.pid

my zabbix-server config file

#This is a configuration file for Zabbix Server process
# To get more information about Zabbix,
# visit http://www.zabbix.com

############ GENERAL PARAMETERS #################

LogFile=/var/log/zabbix/zabbix_server.log
LogFileSize=0
PidFile=/var/run/zabbix/zabbix_server.pid
#PidFile=/tmp/zabbix_server.pid
DBHost=localhost
DBName=zabbix
DBUser=zabbix
DBPassword=zabbix
DBSocket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

Please help. suggest me a solution

Upvotes: 1

Answers (6)

Андрей Б

Reputation: 1

check /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_server.log my problem was AllowUnsupportedDBVersions=1 in config zabbix

Unable to start Zabbix server due to unsupported PostgreSQL database version (12.18).
Must be at least (13.0).
Use of supported database version is highly recommended.
Override by setting AllowUnsupportedDBVersions=1 in Zabbix server configuration file at your own risk.

Upvotes: 0

jmr

Reputation: 206

That message only indicates that the server failed to start. Check the server log (/var/log/zabbix/zabbix_server.log according to your config file), it will contain a more meaningful error message.

In my case, it was a issue connecting with the database.

Upvotes: 3

Paul

Reputation: 87

Zabbix server does not accept special chars like: !@#$%^&*()_+,./;'[]}{|":?>< in DBPassword variable.

Upvotes: 0

Richard

Reputation: 21

I've had this issue when building a zabbix 4.0 server. To fix the issue I made sure that the path to the PID file was correct on '/etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf' and '/lib/systemd/system/zabbix-server.service'.

Interestingly restarting the service alone did not get rid of the error. I needed to reboot the server and this fixed the problem.

Upvotes: 2