1ZABBIX_SENDER(1) General Commands Manual ZABBIX_SENDER(1)
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6 zabbix_sender - Zabbix sender utility
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9 zabbix_sender [-v] -z server [-p port] [-I IP-address] -s host -k key
10 -o value
11 zabbix_sender [-v] -z server [-p port] [-I IP-address] [-s host] [-T]
12 [-N] [-r] -i input-file
13 zabbix_sender [-v] -c config-file [-z server] [-p port] [-I IP-address]
14 [-s host] -k key -o value
15 zabbix_sender [-v] -c config-file [-z server] [-p port] [-I IP-address]
16 [-s host] [-T] [-N] [-r] -i input-file
17 zabbix_sender [-v] -z server [-p port] [-I IP-address] -s host
18 --tls-connect cert --tls-ca-file CA-file [--tls-crl-file CRL-file]
19 [--tls-server-cert-issuer cert-issuer] [--tls-server-cert-subject
20 cert-subject] --tls-cert-file cert-file --tls-key-file key-file
21 [--tls-cipher13 cipher-string] [--tls-cipher cipher-string] -k key -o
22 value
23 zabbix_sender [-v] -z server [-p port] [-I IP-address] [-s host]
24 --tls-connect cert --tls-ca-file CA-file [--tls-crl-file CRL-file]
25 [--tls-server-cert-issuer cert-issuer] [--tls-server-cert-subject
26 cert-subject] --tls-cert-file cert-file --tls-key-file key-file
27 [--tls-cipher13 cipher-string] [--tls-cipher cipher-string] [-T] [-N]
28 [-r] -i input-file
29 zabbix_sender [-v] -c config-file [-z server] [-p port] [-I IP-address]
30 [-s host] --tls-connect cert --tls-ca-file CA-file [--tls-crl-file
31 CRL-file] [--tls-server-cert-issuer cert-issuer]
32 [--tls-server-cert-subject cert-subject] --tls-cert-file cert-file
33 --tls-key-file key-file [--tls-cipher13 cipher-string] [--tls-cipher
34 cipher-string] -k key -o value
35 zabbix_sender [-v] -c config-file [-z server] [-p port] [-I IP-address]
36 [-s host] --tls-connect cert --tls-ca-file CA-file [--tls-crl-file
37 CRL-file] [--tls-server-cert-issuer cert-issuer]
38 [--tls-server-cert-subject cert-subject] --tls-cert-file cert-file
39 --tls-key-file key-file [--tls-cipher13 cipher-string] [--tls-cipher
40 cipher-string] [-T] [-N] [-r] -i input-file
41 zabbix_sender [-v] -z server [-p port] [-I IP-address] -s host
42 --tls-connect psk --tls-psk-identity PSK-identity --tls-psk-file
43 PSK-file [--tls-cipher13 cipher-string] [--tls-cipher cipher-string] -k
44 key -o value
45 zabbix_sender [-v] -z server [-p port] [-I IP-address] [-s host]
46 --tls-connect psk --tls-psk-identity PSK-identity --tls-psk-file
47 PSK-file [--tls-cipher13 cipher-string] [--tls-cipher cipher-string]
48 [-T] [-N] [-r] -i input-file
49 zabbix_sender [-v] -c config-file [-z server] [-p port] [-I IP-address]
50 [-s host] --tls-connect psk --tls-psk-identity PSK-identity
51 --tls-psk-file PSK-file [--tls-cipher13 cipher-string] [--tls-cipher
52 cipher-string] -k key -o value
53 zabbix_sender [-v] -c config-file [-z server] [-p port] [-I IP-address]
54 [-s host] --tls-connect psk --tls-psk-identity PSK-identity
55 --tls-psk-file PSK-file [--tls-cipher13 cipher-string] [--tls-cipher
56 cipher-string] [-T] [-N] [-r] -i input-file
57 zabbix_sender -h
58 zabbix_sender -V
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61 zabbix_sender is a command line utility for sending monitoring data to
62 Zabbix server or proxy. On the Zabbix server an item of type Zabbix
63 trapper should be created with corresponding key. Note that incoming
64 values will only be accepted from hosts specified in Allowed hosts
65 field for this item.
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68 -c, --config config-file
69 Use config-file. Zabbix sender reads server details from the
70 agentd configuration file. By default Zabbix sender does not
71 read any configuration file. Only parameters Hostname, Server‐
72 Active, SourceIP, TLSConnect, TLSCAFile, TLSCRLFile,
73 TLSServerCertIssuer, TLSServerCertSubject, TLSCertFile, TLSKey‐
74 File, TLSPSKIdentity and TLSPSKFile are supported. Hostname de‐
75 fined through HostnameItem parameter will not be picked up, in
76 this case the hostname should be specified via command line (see
77 -s option). All addresses defined in the agent ServerActive
78 configuration parameter are used for sending data. If sending
79 of batch data fails to one address, the following batches are
80 not sent to this address.
81 -z, --zabbix-server server
83 Hostname or IP address of Zabbix server. If a host is monitored
84 by a proxy, proxy hostname or IP address should be used instead.
85 When used together with --config, overrides the entries of
86 ServerActive parameter specified in agentd configuration file.
87 -p, --port port
89 Specify port number of Zabbix server trapper running on the
90 server. Default is 10051. When used together with --config,
91 overrides the port entries of ServerActive parameter specified
92 in agentd configuration file.
93 -I, --source-address IP-address
95 Specify source IP address. When used together with --config,
96 overrides SourceIP parameter specified in agentd configuration
97 file.
98 -s, --host host
100 Specify host name the item belongs to (as registered in Zabbix
101 frontend). Host IP address and DNS name will not work. When
102 used together with --config, overrides Hostname parameter speci‐
103 fied in agentd configuration file.
104 -k, --key key
106 Specify item key to send value to.
107 -o, --value value
109 Specify item value.
110 -i, --input-file input-file
112 Load values from input file. Specify - as <input-file> to read
113 values from standard input. Each line of file contains white‐
114 space delimited: <hostname> <key> <value>. Each value must be
115 specified on its own line. Each line must contain 3 whitespace
116 delimited entries: <hostname> <key> <value>, where "hostname" is
117 the name of monitored host as registered in Zabbix frontend,
118 "key" is target item key and "value" - the value to send. Spec‐
119 ify - as <hostname> to use hostname from agent configuration
120 file or from --host argument.
121 An example of a line of an input file:
123 "Linux DB3" db.connections 43
125 The value type must be correctly set in item configuration of
127 Zabbix frontend. Zabbix sender will send up to 250 values in
128 one connection. Contents of the input file must be in the UTF-8
129 encoding. All values from the input file are sent in a sequen‐
130 tial order top-down. Entries must be formatted using the fol‐
131 lowing rules:
132 • Quoted and non-quoted entries are supported.
135 • Double-quote is the quoting character.
137 • Entries with whitespace must be quoted.
139 • Double-quote and backslash characters inside quoted en‐
141 try must be escaped with a backslash.
142 • Escaping is not supported in non-quoted entries.
144 • Linefeed escape sequences (\n) are supported in quoted
146 strings.
147 • Linefeed escape sequences are trimmed from the end of
149 an entry.
150 -T, --with-timestamps
153 This option can be only used with --input-file option.
154 Each line of the input file must contain 4 whitespace delimited
156 entries: <hostname> <key> <timestamp> <value>. Timestamp should
157 be specified in Unix timestamp format. If target item has trig‐
158 gers referencing it, all timestamps must be in an increasing or‐
159 der, otherwise event calculation will not be correct.
160 An example of a line of the input file:
162 "Linux DB3" db.connections 1429533600 43
164 For more details please see option --input-file.
166 If a timestamped value is sent for a host that is in a “no data”
168 maintenance type then this value will be dropped; however, it is
169 possible to send a timestamped value in for an expired mainte‐
170 nance period and it will be accepted.
171 -N, --with-ns
174 This option can be only used with --with-timestamps option.
175 Each line of the input file must contain 5 whitespace delimited
177 entries: <hostname> <key> <timestamp> <ns> <value>.
178 An example of a line of the input file:
180 "Linux DB3" db.connections 1429533600 7402561 43
182 For more details please see option --input-file.
184 -r, --real-time
187 Send values one by one as soon as they are received. This can
188 be used when reading from standard input.
189 --tls-connect value
191 How to connect to server or proxy. Values:
192 unencrypted connect without encryption (default)
195 psk connect using TLS and a pre-shared key
197 cert connect using TLS and a certificate
199 --tls-ca-file CA-file
201 Full pathname of a file containing the top-level CA(s) certifi‐
202 cates for peer certificate verification.
203 --tls-crl-file CRL-file
205 Full pathname of a file containing revoked certificates.
206 --tls-server-cert-issuer cert-issuer
208 Allowed server certificate issuer.
209 --tls-server-cert-subject cert-subject
211 Allowed server certificate subject.
212 --tls-cert-file cert-file
214 Full pathname of a file containing the certificate or certifi‐
215 cate chain.
216 --tls-key-file key-file
218 Full pathname of a file containing the private key.
219 --tls-psk-identity PSK-identity
221 PSK-identity string.
222 --tls-psk-file PSK-file
224 Full pathname of a file containing the pre-shared key.
225 --tls-cipher13 cipher-string
227 Cipher string for OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer for TLS 1.3. Override
228 the default ciphersuite selection criteria. This option is not
229 available if OpenSSL version is less than 1.1.1.
230 --tls-cipher cipher-string
232 GnuTLS priority string (for TLS 1.2 and up) or OpenSSL cipher
233 string (only for TLS 1.2). Override the default ciphersuite se‐
234 lection criteria.
235 -v, --verbose
237 Verbose mode, -vv for more details.
238 -h, --help
240 Display this help and exit.
241 -V, --version
243 Output version information and exit.
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247 The exit status is 0 if the values were sent and all of them were suc‐
248 cessfully processed by server. If data was sent, but processing of at
249 least one of the values failed, the exit status is 2. If data sending
250 failed, the exit status is 1.
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254 zabbix_sender -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -k mysql.queries -o
255 342.45
256 Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries item of monitored
257 host. Use monitored host and Zabbix server defined in agent con‐
258 figuration file.
259 zabbix_sender -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -s "Monitored Host" -k
261 mysql.queries -o 342.45
262 Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries item of Monitored
263 Host host using Zabbix server defined in agent configuration
264 file.
265 zabbix_sender -z 192.168.1.113 -i data_values.txt
267 Send values from file data_values.txt to Zabbix server with IP
268 192.168.1.113. Host names and keys are defined in the file.
269 echo "- hw.serial.number 1287872261 SQ4321ASDF" | zabbix_sender -c
271 /usr/local/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf -T -i -
272 Send a timestamped value from the commandline to Zabbix server,
273 specified in the agent configuration file. Dash in the input
274 data indicates that hostname also should be used from the same
275 configuration file.
276 echo '"Zabbix server" trapper.item ""' | zabbix_sender -z 192.168.1.113
278 -p 10000 -i -
279 Send empty value of an item to the Zabbix server with IP address
280 192.168.1.113 on port 10000 from the commandline. Empty values
281 must be indicated by empty double quotes.
282 zabbix_sender -z 192.168.1.113 -s "Monitored Host" -k mysql.queries -o
284 342.45 --tls-connect cert --tls-ca-file /home/zabbix/zabbix_ca_file
285 --tls-cert-file /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.crt --tls-key-file
286 /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.key
287 Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries item in Monitored
288 Host host to server with IP 192.168.1.113 using TLS with cer‐
289 tificate.
290 zabbix_sender -z 192.168.1.113 -s "Monitored Host" -k mysql.queries -o
292 342.45 --tls-connect psk --tls-psk-identity "PSK ID Zabbix agentd"
293 --tls-psk-file /home/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.psk
294 Send 342.45 as the value for mysql.queries item in Monitored
295 Host host to server with IP 192.168.1.113 using TLS with pre-
296 shared key (PSK).
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300 Documentation ⟨https://www.zabbix.com/manuals⟩
301 zabbix_agentd(8), zabbix_get(1), zabbix_proxy(8), zabbix_server(8),
303 zabbix_js(1), zabbix_agent2(8)
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306 Alexei Vladishev <alex@zabbix.com>
307Zabbix 2020-02-29 ZABBIX_SENDER(1)