Zabbix with SSH2 support on FBSD8?

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kooper

Hi all


Got myself FreeBSD 8.0 and loving it so far. Ran into a bit of a problem with installing Zabbix Server 1.8.1 though, specifically getting it to support SSH2.

I've asked on Zabbix' forums, but doesn't seem like anyone has a solution.

Has anyone tried getting Zabbix server installed on FreeBSD 8.0 with SSH2 support? I'm hoping there's a way to accomplish this via the ports.

Please, please, please help...


Thanks,
Kooper.
 
This is just a guess, but this is what a quick search turned up:

http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/1.8/complete ->

Code: 
2.4. Server requirements
Requirement	Description
OpenIPMI 	Required for IPMI support
libssh2 	Required for SSH support. Version 1.0 or higher.

Ports tree:

security/libssh2

From its pkg-descr:
Code: 
libssh2 is a library implementing the SSH2 protocol as defined by
Internet Drafts: SECSH-TRANS(22), SECSH-USERAUTH(25), SECSH-CONNECTION(23),
SECSH-ARCH(20), SECSH-FILEXFER(06)*, SECSH-DHGEX(04), and SECSH-NUMBERS(10).

WWW: http://www.libssh2.org/

From its pkg-plist:

Code: 
include/libssh2.h
include/libssh2_publickey.h
include/libssh2_sftp.h
lib/libssh2.so
lib/libssh2.so.1
lib/libssh2.la
lib/libssh2.a
libdata/pkgconfig/libssh2.pc

Looks like this might correspond with the -lssh2 in your compile output.

A quick Google on 'libssh2 zabbix' appears to confirm that.

Try.
 
Thanks for the speedy help DutchDaemon. I've definitely got libssh2 installed:

Code: 
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/ports/security/libssh2]# make deinstall
===>  Deinstalling for security/libssh2
===>   Deinstalling libssh2-1.2.4,2
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/ports/security/libssh2]# make reinstall
===>  Installing for libssh2-1.2.4,2

Adding libssh as well just in case:

Code: 
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/ports/security/libssh]# make install
===>  Found saved configuration for libssh-0.4.1
=> libssh-0.4.1.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
=> Attempting to fetch from [url]http://www.libssh.org/files/[/url].
libssh-0.4.1.tar.gz                           100% of  246 kB  103 kBps
===>  Extracting for libssh-0.4.1
=> MD5 Checksum OK for libssh-0.4.1.tar.gz.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for libssh-0.4.1.tar.gz.
===>  Patching for libssh-0.4.1
===>   libssh-0.4.1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/cmake - not found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/cmake in /usr/ports/devel/cmake
=> cmake-2.8.0.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
=> Attempting to fetch from [url]http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/[/url].
cmake-2.8.0.tar.gz                            100% of 3469 kB   96 kBps 00m00s
===>  Extracting for cmake-2.8.0_3
=> MD5 Checksum OK for cmake-2.8.0.tar.gz.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for cmake-2.8.0.tar.gz.
===>  Patching for cmake-2.8.0_3
===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for cmake-2.8.0_3
===>  Configuring for cmake-2.8.0_3
---------------------------------------------
...
...
...
...

===>   Running ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib
===>   Registering installation for libssh-0.4.1
===> SECURITY REPORT:
      This port has installed the following files which may act as network
      servers and may therefore pose a remote security risk to the system.
/usr/local/lib/libssh.so.4.0.1

      If there are vulnerabilities in these programs there may be a security
      risk to the system. FreeBSD makes no guarantee about the security of
      ports included in the Ports Collection. Please type 'make deinstall'
      to deinstall the port if this is a concern.

      For more information, and contact details about the security
      status of this software, see the following webpage:
[url]http://www.libssh.org/[/url]


I'm going to try to compile zabbix-server again one more time, will keep you posted on how it turns out.


And thanks again for the help so far.

Cheers,
Derick
 
Reinstalling zabbix-server:

Code: 
===>  Deinstalling for net-mgmt/zabbix-server
===>   Deinstalling zabbix-server-1.8.1,2
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/ports/net-mgmt/zabbix-server]# make clean
===>  Cleaning for zabbix-server-1.8.1,2


Now just ran a make, going form there:

Code: 
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/ports/net-mgmt/zabbix-server/work/zabbix-1.8.1]# ./configure --enable-server --with-ssh2 --with-net-snmp --with-mysql 
--with-jabber --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/man --infodir=/usr/local/info/ --build=i386-portbld-freebsd8.0
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/ports/net-mgmt/zabbix-server/work/zabbix-1.8.1]# make install
...
...
...
   -liconv
test -z "/usr/local/sbin" || ../.././install-sh -c -d "/usr/local/sbin"
  /usr/bin/install -c 'zabbix_server' '/usr/local/sbin/zabbix_server'
Making install in create
Making install in man
test -z "/usr/local/man/man1" || .././install-sh -c -d "/usr/local/man/man1"
test -z "/usr/local/man/man8" || .././install-sh -c -d "/usr/local/man/man8"
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 './zabbix_server.man' '/usr/local/man/man8/zabbix_server.8'
Making install in misc
Making install in upgrades


Starting it up and checking logfile:

Code: 
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/local/bin]# which zabbix_server
/usr/local/sbin/zabbix_server
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/local/bin]# /usr/local/sbin/zabbix_server
[root@TSG-BSD /usr/local/bin]# cd /tmp/
[root@TSG-BSD /tmp]# vi zabbix_server.log
 34373:20100316:174451.312 **** Enabled features ****
 34373:20100316:174451.312 SNMP monitoring:       YES
 34373:20100316:174451.312 IPMI monitoring:        NO
 34373:20100316:174451.312 WEB monitoring:        YES
 34373:20100316:174451.312 Jabber notifications:  YES
 34373:20100316:174451.312 ODBC:                   NO
 34373:20100316:174451.312 SSH2 support:           NO
 34373:20100316:174451.312 IPv6 support:           NO
 34373:20100316:174451.312 **************************


I'm starting to think I'm doing something wrong somewhere by manually configuring and installing, but I don't know how to pass the --with-ssh2 argument directly to the port itself.
 
If I configure the port directly in /usr/ports/net-mngmt/zabbix-server/work/zabbix-1.8.1/ and afterwards install in by going to /usr/ports/net-mngmt/zabbix-server and doing a make install, will that use the arguments I used when configuring directly in the work subdirectory?
 
This has now been solved, "Rincewind" over on Zabbix' forums provided a couple of files that sorted it out. Many thanks for the assistance DutchDaemon, much appreciated.

Solution here.
 
So to your (or Rincewind's) understanding, is this something Zabbix should fix, or the Zabbix port maintainer should fix? If the latter, please point the port maintainer to this thread so he knows there's something in the pipeline.
 
DutchDaemon said:
So to your (or Rincewind's) understanding, is this something Zabbix should fix, or the Zabbix port maintainer should fix? If the latter, please point the port maintainer to this thread so he knows there's something in the pipeline.
Click to expand...

It is actually a Zabbix should fix. I've contribute modified files to Zabbix dev team, but it is either not confirmed nor rejected. Anyway, I think it is possible to proceed small patch to FreeBSD port to avoid this problem before Zabbix team fix it in next version, but unfortunately I don't know what should I do.
 
I'll see if I can get the port maintainer to chime in. Maybe he can incorporate a patch based on your findings.
 
Hi DutchDaemon, Rincewind


Just raised this on Zabbix' bug tracking system as ZBX-2198. Hopefully they'll include your fix in their next update Rincewind. Thanks again for those fixes, much appreciated :)
 
I have added an SSH option to the 1.8.2 port update I am about to submit. It did not require any patches to Zabbix or its configure setup.
 
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