Linux – Zabbix – check not supported by agent

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A check that looks pretty standard fails on the zabbix agent. The check is not supported on the web interface. Checking via console does that too:

% zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -p 10050 -k "kernel.maxproc"
ZBX_NOTSUPPORTED

There is no note in the zabbix-agent log about that check. What can I do to debug / fix it?

With Debug=5 in zabbix_agentd I get only:

 12172:20110320:225114 Processing request.
 12172:20110320:225114 In check_security()
 12172:20110320:225114 Requested [kernel.maxproc]
 12172:20110320:225114 Sending back [ZBX_NOTSUPPORTED]

Best Answer

quite important facts are missing - for example, zabbix agent version and the operating system where it is installed.

best guess based on available information - either this is some more exotic platform where these checks are genuinely not supported (see http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/1.8/manual/config/items#supported_by_platform), or a security solution like grsecurity, selinux or apparmor prevents the agent from reading that data.