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zabbix_sender
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 5 July 2011
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NAME
zabbix_sender - Áú»¢¶Ä²© sender utility. ?
SYNOPSIS
zabbix_sender [-hpzvIV] {-kso | [-T] -i <inputfile>} [-c <config-file>] ?
DESCRIPTION
zabbix_sender is a command line utility for sending data to a remote Áú»¢¶Ä²© server. On the Áú»¢¶Ä²© server an item of type Áú»¢¶Ä²© 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.
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Options
-c, --config <config-file>
Specify agent configuration file for reading server details.
-z, --zabbix-server <server>
Hostname or IP address of Áú»¢¶Ä²© server.
-p, --port <port>
Specify port number of server trapper running on the server. Default is 10051.
-s, --host <host>
Specify host name as registered in Áú»¢¶Ä²© front-end. 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 - for standard input. Each line of file contains whitespace delimited: <hostname> <key> <value>. Specify - in <hostname> to use hostname from configuration file or --host argument.
-T, --with-timestamps
Each line of file contains whitespace delimited: <hostname> <key> <timestamp> <value>. This can be used with --input-file option. Timestamp should be specified in Unix timestamp format.
-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.
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EXAMPLES
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 key in Monitored Host host using Áú»¢¶Ä²© 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 /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -T -i -
Send a timestamped value from the commandline to Áú»¢¶Ä²© server, specified in the agent daemon configuration file. Dash in the input data indicates that hostname also should be used from the same configuration file.
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SEE ALSO
zabbix_agentd(8), zabbix_get(8), zabbix_proxy(8), zabbix_server(8) ?
AUTHOR
Alexei Vladishev <[email protected]>
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