Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /etc/zabbix/web/zabbix.conf.php on line 24

Question

I am using docker-compose to create a zabbix container operating with Nginx and PostgreSQL but it generates the following error Parse error:

syntax error, unexpected ';' in /etc/zabbix/web/zabbix.conf.php on line 24.

I do not understand this because it was working correctly a few minutes ago.

docker-compose.yaml

version: '3.1'
services:
postgres:
image: postgres
restart: always
environment:
  POSTGRES_USER: zabbix
  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: zabbix
  POSTGRES_DB: zabbix
zabbix-server:
image: zabbix/zabbix-server-pgsql
restart: always
environment:
  DB_SERVER_HOST: postgres
  POSTGRES_USER: zabbix
  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: zabbix
  POSTGRES_DB: zabbix
depends_on:
  - postgres
zabbix-web:
image: zabbix/zabbix-web-nginx-pgsql
restart: always
environment:
  ZBX_SERVER_HOST: zabbix-server
  DB_SERVER_HOST: postgres
  POSTGRES_USER: zabbix
  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: zabbix
  POSTGRES_DB: zabbix
depends_on:
  - postgres
  - zabbix-server
ports:
  - 8081:80

Since the error is in `zabbix.conf.php`, it would be more helpful if you shared that file with us. — M. Eriksson, Jun 02 '18 at 14:14
I have a question in which of the 3 containers I find the file? — trok brk, Jun 02 '18 at 15:58
How would we know which of your containers contains what code? We're not clairvoyants. — M. Eriksson, Jun 02 '18 at 16:00
There is a bug with latest zabbix-docker commit (Added Elasticsearch feature) and latest docker images, you can quick fix it with empty history settings in the environment section for web container: ZBX_HISTORYSTORAGEURL= ZBX_HISTORYSTORAGETYPES=[] — Aleksey Deryagin, Jun 05 '18 at 09:12
And here is Github issue: https://github.com/zabbix/zabbix-docker/issues/317 — Aleksey Deryagin, Jun 05 '18 at 09:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '18 at 16:42

Check that your zabbix.con.php file has this shape. You can find this file in the zabbix web container.

<?php
// Zabbix GUI configuration file.
global $DB, $HISTORY;
$DB['TYPE']     = 'POSTGRESQL';
$DB['SERVER']   = 'postgres';
$DB['PORT']     = '5432';
$DB['DATABASE'] = 'zabbix';
$DB['USER']     = 'zabbix';
$DB['PASSWORD'] = 'zabbix';
// Schema name. Used for IBM DB2 and PostgreSQL.
$DB['SCHEMA'] = '';
$ZBX_SERVER      = 'zabbix-server';
$ZBX_SERVER_PORT = '10051';
$ZBX_SERVER_NAME = 'Zabbix docker';
$IMAGE_FORMAT_DEFAULT   = IMAGE_FORMAT_PNG;
// Elasticsearch url (can be string if same url is used for all types).
$HISTORY['url']   = '';
// Value types stored in Elasticsearch.
$HISTORY['types'] = '';

It usually happens that somewhere in the code there is an equals followed by a semicolon whereby the error is generated.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /etc/zabbix/web/zabbix.conf.php on line 24

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