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ZABBIX Processes
* ZABBIX Server
* ZABBIX Agent (UNIX)
* ZABBIX Agent (Windows)
* ZABBIX Sender (UNIX)
* ZABBIX Get (UNIX)
ZABBIX Get (UNIX)

ZABBIX UNIX Get is a process which communicates wich ZABBIX Agent and retrieves required information.

ZABBIX Get can be started by executing:

shell> cd bin
shell> ./zabbix_get -s127.0.0.1 -p10050 -k"system.cpu.load[all,avg1]"

ZABBIX Get accepts the folowing command line parameters:

  • -p --port <port number> Specify port number of agent running on the host. Default is 10050.
  • -s --host <host name or IP> Specify host name or IP address of a host.
  • -k --key <key of metric> Specify metric name (key) we want to retrieve.
  • -h --help give this help
  • -v --version display version number

In order to get this help run:

shell> zabbix_get -h