zabbix_proxy(8)

zabbix_proxy8

Zabbix proxy daemon

Usage

zabbix_proxy [-c config-file]

zabbix_proxy [-c config-file] -R runtime-option

zabbix_proxy [-c config-file] -T

zabbix_proxy -h

zabbix_proxy -V

Overview

zabbix_proxy is a daemon that collects monitoring data from devices and sends it to Zabbix server.

Options

-c, --config config-file

Use the alternate config-file instead of the default one.

-f, --foreground

Run Zabbix proxy in foreground.

-R, --runtime-control runtime-option

Perform administrative functions according to runtime-option.

Runtime control options

config_cache_reload

Reload configuration cache. Ignored if cache is being currently loaded. Active Zabbix proxy will connect to the Zabbix server and request configuration data. Default configuration file (unless -c option is specified) will be used to find PID file and signal will be sent to process, listed in PID file.

snmp_cache_reload

Reload SNMP cache.

housekeeper_execute

Execute the housekeeper. Ignored if housekeeper is being currently executed.

diaginfo[=section]

Log internal diagnostic information of the specified section. Section can be historycache, preprocessing, locks. By default diagnostic information of all sections is logged.

prof_enable[=target]

Enable profiling, affects all processes if target is not specified

prof_disable[=target]

Disable profiling, affects all processes if target is not specified

log_level_increase[=target]

Increase log level, affects all processes if target is not specified.

log_level_decrease[=target]

Decrease log level, affects all processes if target is not specified.

Log level control targets

process-type

All processes of specified type (availability manager, browser poller, configuration syncer, data sender, discovery manager, history syncer, housekeeper, http poller, icmp pinger, ipmi manager, ipmi poller, java poller, odbc poller, poller, agent poller, http agent poller, snmp poller, preprocessing manager, self-monitoring, snmp trapper, task manager, trapper, unreachable poller, vmware collector)

process-type,N

Process type and number (e.g., poller,3)

pid

Process identifier

Profiling control targets

process-type

All processes of specified type (configuration syncer, data sender, discovery manager, history syncer, housekeeper, http poller, preprocessing manager, icmp pinger, ipmi manager, ipmi poller, java poller, poller, agent poller, http agent poller, snmp poller, self-monitoring, snmp trapper, task manager, trapper, unreachable poller, vmware collector, history poller, availability manager, odbc poller)

process-type,N

Process type and number (e.g., history syncer,1)

pid

Process identifier

scope

(rwlock, mutex, processing) can be used with process-type (e.g., history syncer,1,processing)

-T, --test-config

Validate configuration file and exit.

-h, --help

Display this help and exit.

-V, --version

Output version information and exit.

Files

/etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf

Default location of Zabbix proxy configuration file (if not modified during compile time).

Releases

6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13

--foreground since Debian 9 (Stretch); --test-config since Debian 13 (Trixie); -T since Debian 13 (Trixie); -f since Debian 9 (Stretch).

From zabbix-proxy-mysql 1:7.0.22+dfsg-1~deb13u1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Also shipped by zabbix-proxy-pgsql, zabbix-proxy-sqlite3. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.