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.