/usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf
Default location of Zabbix server configuration file (if not modified during compile time).
zabbix_server8
Zabbix server daemon
Usage
zabbix_server [-c
config-file]
zabbix_server [-c
config-file]
-R
runtime-option
zabbix_server [-c
config-file]
-T
zabbix_server -h
zabbix_server -V
Overview
zabbix_server is the core daemon of Zabbix software.
Options
-
-c, --config config-file -
Use the alternate config-file instead of the default one.
-
-f, --foreground -
Run Zabbix server 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. Default configuration file (unless
-coption 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.
trigger_housekeeper_execute-
Execute the trigger housekeeper (remove problems for deleted triggers). Ignored if trigger housekeeper is being currently executed.
secrets_reload-
Reload secrets from Vault. Ignored if configuration cache or secrets are being currently loaded.
diaginfo[=section]-
Log internal diagnostic information of the specified section. Section can be historycache, preprocessing, alerting, lld, valuecache, locks, and connector. 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
ha_status-
Display high availability cluster status. Can be performed only on active node.
ha_remove_node-
ha_remove_node[=name|ID] Remove high availability node by its name or ID listed in ha_status. Can be performed only on active node.
ha_set_failover_delay[=delay]-
Set high availability failover delay. The delay can be specified using time suffixes. Can be performed only on active node.
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 (alerter, alert manager, alert syncer, availability manager, browser poller, configuration syncer, configuration syncer worker, connector manager, connector worker, discovery manager, escalator, ha manager, history poller, history syncer, housekeeper, http poller, http agent poller, icmp pinger, internal poller, ipmi manager, ipmi poller, java poller, lld manager, lld worker, odbc poller, poller, agent poller, preprocessing manager, preprocessing worker, proxy poller, proxy group manager, report manager, report writer, self-monitoring, service manager, snmp poller, snmp trapper, task manager, timer, trapper, trigger housekeeper, 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 (alerter, alert manager, alert syncer, availability manager, browser poller, configuration syncer, configuration syncer worker, connector manager, connector worker, discovery manager, escalator, ha manager, history poller, history syncer, housekeeper, http poller, http agent poller, icmp pinger, internal poller, ipmi manager, ipmi poller, java poller, lld manager, lld worker, odbc poller, poller, agent poller, preprocessing manager, proxy poller, proxy group manager, report manager, report writer, self-monitoring, service manager, snmp poller, snmp trapper, task manager, timer, trapper, trigger housekeeper, unreachable poller, vmware collector)
- 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
Releases
7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.
--foreground since Debian 9 (Stretch);
--test-config since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-T since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-f since Debian 9 (Stretch).
--new-nodeid until Debian 8 (Jessie);
-n until Debian 8 (Jessie).