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ZABBIX_SENDER(1) | General Commands Manual | ZABBIX_SENDER(1) |
NAME¶
zabbix_sender - Zabbix sender utilitySYNOPSIS¶
zabbix_sender [-v] -z server [-p port] [-I IP-address] -s host -k key -o valueDESCRIPTION¶
zabbix_sender is a command line utility for sending monitoring data to Zabbix server or proxy. On the Zabbix server an item of type Zabbix trapper should be created with corresponding key. Note that incoming values will only be accepted from hosts specified in Allowed hosts field for this item.OPTIONS¶
- -c, --config config-file
- Use config-file. Zabbix sender reads server details from the agentd configuration file. By default Zabbix sender does not read any configuration file. Absolute path should be specified. Only parameters Hostname, ServerActive, SourceIP, TLSConnect, TLSCAFile, TLSCRLFile, TLSServerCertIssuer, TLSServerCertSubject, TLSCertFile, TLSKeyFile, TLSPSKIdentity and TLSPSKFile are supported. First entry from the ServerActive parameter is used.
- -z, --zabbix-server server
- Hostname or IP address of Zabbix server. If a host is monitored by a proxy, proxy hostname or IP address should be used instead. When used together with --config, overrides the first entry of ServerActive parameter specified in agentd configuration file.
- -p, --port port
- Specify port number of Zabbix server trapper running on the server. Default is 10051. When used together with --config, overrides the port of first entry of ServerActive parameter specified in agentd configuration file.
- -I, --source-address IP-address
- Specify source IP address. When used together with --config, overrides SourceIP parameter specified in agentd configuration file.
- -s, --host host
- Specify host name the item belongs to (as registered in Zabbix frontend). Host IP address and DNS name will not work. When used together with --config, overrides Hostname parameter specified in agentd configuration file.
- -k, --key key
- Specify item key to send value to.
- -o, --value value
- Specify item value.
- -i, --input-file input-file
- Load values from input file. Specify - as <input-file> to read values from standard input. Each line of file contains whitespace delimited: <hostname> <key> <value>. Each value must be specified on its own line. Each line must contain 3 whitespace delimited entries: <hostname> <key> <value>, where "hostname" is the name of monitored host as registered in Zabbix frontend, "key" is target item key and "value" - the value to send. Specify - as <hostname> to use hostname from agent configuration file or from --host argument. An example of a line of an input file: "Linux DB3" db.connections 43 The value type must be correctly set in item configuration of Zabbix frontend. Zabbix sender will send up to 250 values in one connection. Contents of the input file must be in the UTF-8 encoding. All values from the input file are sent in a sequential order top-down. Entries must be formatted using the following rules:
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- Quoted and non-quoted entries are supported.
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- Double-quote is the quoting character.
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- Entries with whitespace must be quoted.
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- Double-quote and backslash characters inside quoted entry must be escaped with a backslash.
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- Escaping is not supported in non-quoted entries.
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- Linefeed escape sequences (\n) are supported in quoted strings.
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- Linefeed escape sequences are trimmed from the end of an entry.
- -T, --with-timestamps
- This option can be only used with --input-file option. Each line of the input file must contain 4 whitespace delimited entries: <hostname> <key> <timestamp> <value>. Timestamp should be specified in Unix timestamp format. If target item has triggers referencing it, all timestamps must be in an increasing order, otherwise event calculation will not be correct. An example of a line of the input file: "Linux DB3" db.connections 1429533600 43 For more details please see option --input-file.
- -r, --real-time
- Send values one by one as soon as they are received. This can be used when reading from standard input.
- --tls-connect value
- How to connect to server or proxy. Values:
- unencrypted
- connect without encryption (default)
- psk
- connect using TLS and a pre-shared key
- cert
- connect using TLS and a certificate
- --tls-ca-file CA-file
- Full pathname of a file containing the top-level CA(s) certificates for peer certificate verification.
- --tls-crl-file CRL-file
- Full pathname of a file containing revoked certificates.
- --tls-server-cert-issuer cert-issuer
- Allowed server certificate issuer.
- --tls-server-cert-subject cert-subject
- Allowed server certificate subject.
- --tls-cert-file cert-file
- Full pathname of a file containing the certificate or certificate chain.
- --tls-key-file key-file
- Full pathname of a file containing the private key.
- --tls-psk-identity PSK-identity
- PSK-identity string.
- --tls-psk-file PSK-file
- Full pathname of a file containing the pre-shared key.
- -v, --verbose
- Verbose mode, -vv for more details.
- -h, --help
- Display this help and exit.
- -V, --version
- Output version information and exit.
EXIT STATUS¶
The exit status is 0 if the values were sent and all of them were successfully processed by server. If data was sent, but processing of at least one of the values failed, the exit status is 2. If data sending failed, the exit status is 1.EXAMPLES¶
zabbix_sender -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -k mysql.queries -o 342.45Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries
item of monitored host. Use monitored host and Zabbix server defined in agent
configuration file.
zabbix_sender -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -s "Monitored Host"
-k mysql.queries -o 342.45
Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries
item of Monitored Host host using Zabbix server defined in agent
configuration file.
Send a timestamped value from the commandline to Zabbix
server, specified in the agent configuration file. Dash in the input data
indicates that hostname also should be used from the same configuration
file.
Send empty value of an item to the Zabbix server with IP
address 192.168.1.113 on port 10000 from the commandline. Empty
values must be indicated by empty double quotes.
zabbix_sender -z 192.168.1.113 -s "Monitored Host" -k mysql.queries
-o 342.45 --tls-connect cert --tls-ca-file /home/zabbix/zabbix_ca_file
--tls-cert-file /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.crt --tls-key-file
/home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.key
Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries
item in Monitored Host host to server with IP 192.168.1.113
using TLS with certificate.
zabbix_sender -z 192.168.1.113 -s "Monitored Host" -k mysql.queries
-o 342.45 --tls-connect psk --tls-psk-identity "PSK ID Zabbix
agentd" --tls-psk-file /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.psk
Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries
item in Monitored Host host to server with IP 192.168.1.113
using TLS with pre-shared key (PSK).
SEE ALSO¶
zabbix_agentd(8), zabbix_get(8), zabbix_proxy(8), zabbix_server(8)AUTHOR¶
Alexei Vladishev <alex@zabbix.com>2015-10-16 | Zabbix |