17 Return values

Overview

This section provides return value details for some Zabbix agent items.

system.sw.packages.get

The output of this item is an array of objects each containing the following keys:

  • name - package name
  • manager - package manager that reported this data (rpm, dpkg, pacman, or pkgtool)
  • version - package version
  • size - uncompressed package size in bytes (if not available, set to 0 (for Zabbix agent 2 - since 6.4.11))
  • arch - package architecture
  • buildtime - an object with 2 entries:
    • timestamp - UNIX timestamp when the package was built (if not available, set to 0)
    • value - human readable date and time when the package was built (if not available, set to empty string)
  • installtime - an object with 2 entries:
    • timestamp - UNIX timestamp when the package was installed (if not available, set to 0)
    • value - human readable date and time when the package was installed (if not available, set to empty string)

For example:

[
    {
        "name": "util-linux-core",
        "manager": "rpm",
        "version": "2.37.4-3.el9",
        "size": 1296335,
        "arch": "x86_64",
        "buildtime": {
            "timestamp" : 1653552239,
            "value" : "Sep 20 01:39:40 2021 UTC"
        },
        "installtime": {
            "timestamp" : 1660780885,
            "value" : "Aug 18 00:01:25 2022 UTC"
        }
    },
    {
        "name": "xfonts-base",
        "manager": "dpkg",
        "version": "1:1.0.5",
        "size": 7337984,
        "arch": "all",
        "buildtime": {
            "timestamp": 0,
            "value": ""
        },
        "installtime": {
            "timestamp": 0,
            "value": ""
        }
    }
]