ZABBIX_SENDER(8)ZABBIX_SENDER(8)NAMEzabbix_sender - Zabbix sender utility.
SYNOPSISzabbix_sender [-hpzvIV] {-kso | [-T] -i <inputfile>} [-c <config-file>]
DESCRIPTIONzabbix_sender is a command line utility for sending performance data to
a remote Zabbix server. 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
agent configuration file. By default Zabbix sender does not read
any configuration file. Absolute path should be specified. Only
parameters Hostname, ServerActive and SourceIP 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.
-p, --port <port>
Specify port number of server trapper running on the server.
Default is 10051.
-s, --host <host>
Specify agent hostname as registered in Zabbix frontend. Host IP
address and DNS name will not work.
-I, --source-address <IP>
Specify source IP address.
-k, --key <key>
Specify item key to send value to.
-o, --value <value>
Specify value.
-i, --input-file <inputfile>
Load values from input file. Specify - as <inputfile> to read
values from standard input.
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 reg‐
istered 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 sequen‐
tial order top-down. Entries must be formatted using the follow‐
ing rules:
· Quoted and non-quoted entries are supported.
· Double-quote is the quoting character.
· Entries with whitespace must be quoted.
· Double-quote and backslash characters inside quoted
entry must be escaped with a backslash.
· Escaping is not supported in non-quoted entries.
· Linefeed escape sequences (\n) are supported in quoted
strings.
· 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 trig‐
gers 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.
-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 suc‐
cessfully 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.
EXAMPLESzabbix_sender-c /usr/local/etc/zabbix22/zabbix_agentd.conf -s "Moni‐
tored Host" -k mysql.queries -o 342.45
Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries key in Monitored Host host
using Zabbix server defined in agent daemon configuration file.
zabbix_sender-z 192.168.1.113 -i data_values.txt
Send values from file data_values.txt to server with IP 192.168.1.113.
Host names and keys are defined in the file.
echo "- hw.serial.number 1287872261 SQ4321ASDF" | zabbix_sender-c
/usr/local/usr/local/etc/zabbix22_agentd.conf -T -i -
Send a timestamped value from the commandline to Zabbix server, speci‐
fied in the agent daemon configuration file. Dash in the input data
indicates that hostname also should be used from the same configuration
file.
echo '"Zabbix server" trapper.item ""' | zabbix_sender-z 192.168.1.113
-p 10000 -i -
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 double empty double quotes.
SEE ALSOzabbix_agentd(8), zabbix_get(8), zabbix_proxy(8), zabbix_server(8)AUTHOR
Alexei Vladishev <alex@zabbix.com>
16 October 2015 ZABBIX_SENDER(8)
