Zabbix UNIX Get is a process which communicates with Zabbix Agent and retrieves required information.
The utility is usually used for troubleshooting of ZABBIX Agents.
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 following 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. -I --source-address <ip address> Specify source IP address -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