ZABBIX 2.4 – 7 Get

Zabbix get is a process which can be used to communicate with Zabbix agent and retrieve required information from the agent.

The utility is usually used for the troubleshooting of Zabbix agents.

An example of running Zabbix get under UNIX to get the processor load value from the agent:

shell> cd bin
shell> ./zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -p 10050 -k "system.cpu.load[all,avg1]"

Zabbix get accepts the following command line parameters:

  -s --host <host name or IP>      Specify host name or IP address of a host.
  -p --port <port number>          Specify port number of agent running on the host. Default is 10050.
  -I --source-address <IP address> Specify source IP address.
  -k --key <item key>              Specify key of item to retrieve value of.
  -h --help                        Give this help.
  -V --version                     Display version number.

Zabbix get on Windows can be run similarly:

zabbix_get.exe [options]