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7 Get
Overview
Zabbix get is a command line utility 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.
See also zabbix_utils - a Python library that has built-in functionality to act like Zabbix get.
Running Zabbix get
An example of running Zabbix get under UNIX to get the processor load value from the agent:
Another example of running Zabbix get for capturing a string from a website:
cd bin
./zabbix_get -s 192.168.1.1 -p 10050 -k "web.page.regexp[www.example.com,,,\"USA: ([a-zA-Z0-9.-]+)\",,\1]"Note that the item key here contains a space so quotes are used to mark the item key to the shell. The quotes are not part of the item key; they will be trimmed by the shell and will not be passed to Zabbix agent.
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.
-t --timeout <seconds> Specify timeout. Valid range: 1-30 seconds (default: 30 seconds).
-k --key <item key> Specify key of item to retrieve value of.
-P --protocol <value> Protocol used to communicate with agent. Values:
auto - connect using JSON protocol, fallback and retry with plaintext protocol (default);
json - connect using JSON protocol key;
plaintext - connect using plaintext protocol where just item key is sent (6.4.x and older releases)
--tls-connect <value> How to connect with agent. Values:
unencrypted - connect without encryption (default);
psk - connect using TLS and a pre-shared key;
cert - connect using TLS and a certificate;
--tls-ca-file <CA file> Full pathname of a file containing the top-level CA(s) certificates for peer certificate verification.
--tls-crl-file <CRL file> Full pathname of a file containing revoked certificates.
--tls-agent-cert-issuer <cert issuer> Allowed agent certificate issuer.
--tls-agent-cert-subject <cert subject> Allowed agent certificate subject.
--tls-cert-file <cert file> Full pathname of a file containing the certificate or certificate chain.
--tls-key-file <key file> Full pathname of a file containing the private key.
--tls-psk-identity <PSK-identity> PSK-identity string.
--tls-psk-file <PSK-file> Full pathname of a file containing the pre-shared key.
--tls-cipher13 <cipher-string> Cipher string for OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer for TLS 1.3. Override the default ciphersuite selection criteria. This option is not available if OpenSSL version is less than 1.1.1.
--tls-cipher <cipher-string> GnuTLS priority string (for TLS 1.2 and up) or OpenSSL cipher string (only for TLS 1.2). Override the default ciphersuite selection criteria.
-h --help Give this help.
-V --version Display version number.See also Zabbix get manpage for more information.
Zabbix get on Windows can be run similarly: