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  1. ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
  2. ZBX-16582

Zabbix Proxy fails to start : zabbix_proxy [31839]: failed to fork: [12] Cannot allocate memory

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    • 4.0.11
    • Proxy (P)
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    • Centos 7.6 (On VMWare)
      Zabbix Server / Proxy 4.0.7
      Postgresql 11

      Overnight out of the blue with no changes to our Zabbix proxy it failed and tried to restart. 

      I had a look at the logs and it reported the following error message constantly:

      zabbix_proxy [31839]: failed to fork: [12] Cannot allocate memory

      After 24 hours downtime I am at a loss after trying the following:

      • Rebooting Centos servers (Sever/Proxy)
      • Upgraded Zabbix to 4.0.11
      • Patched Centos servers
      • Rebuilt two brand new proxies which had the exact same issue
      • Recovered Proxy to yesterdays backup
      • Disabled any loadable modules
      • Updated Centos sysctl / limits.conf:

      -bash-4.2$ ulimit -a
      core file size (blocks, -c) 0
      data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
      scheduling priority (-e) 0
      file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
      pending signals (-i) 31190
      max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
      max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
      open files (-n) 37767
      pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
      POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
      real-time priority (-r) 0
      stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
      cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
      max user processes (-u) unlimited
      virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
      file locks (-x) unlimited

      • Upgraded from 8GB to 16GB ram with 8GB reservered (now back to 8GB)

      free -m
      total used free shared buff/cache available
      Mem: 7820 1007 3089 678 3724 5847
      Swap: 3687 0 3687

      Could this be this issue : https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-9084 ?

      Please help me, and I am already in the process with my manager of putting together the case to obtain Enterprise support.

      Cheers

      James

            zabbix.support Zabbix Support Team
            james.cook000@gmail.com James Cook
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