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zabbix_server
ZABBIX_SERVER(8) System Manager's Manual ZABBIX_SERVER(8)
NAME
zabbix_server - Zabbix server daemon
SYNOPSIS
zabbix_server [-c config-file]
zabbix_server [-c config-file] -R runtime-option
zabbix_server [-c config-file] -T
zabbix_server -h
zabbix_server -V
DESCRIPTION
zabbix_server is the core daemon of Zabbix software.
OPTIONS
-c, --config config-file
Use the alternate config-file instead of the default one.
-f, --foreground
Run Zabbix server in foreground.
-R, --runtime-control runtime-option
Perform administrative functions according to runtime-option.
Runtime control options
config_cache_reload
Reload configuration cache. Ignored if cache is being cur‐
rently loaded. Default configuration file (unless -c op‐
tion is specified) will be used to find PID file and signal
will be sent to process, listed in PID file.
snmp_cache_reload
Reload SNMP cache.
housekeeper_execute
Execute the housekeeper. Ignored if housekeeper is being
currently executed.
trigger_housekeeper_execute
Execute the trigger housekeeper (remove problems for
deleted triggers). Ignored if trigger housekeeper is being
currently executed.
secrets_reload
Reload secrets from Vault. Ignored if configuration cache
or secrets are being currently loaded.
diaginfo[=section]
Log internal diagnostic information of the specified sec‐
tion. Section can be historycache, preprocessing, alerting,
lld, valuecache, locks, and connector. By default diagnos‐
tic information of all sections is logged.
prof_enable[=target]
Enable profiling, affects all processes if target is not
specified
prof_disable[=target]
Disable profiling, affects all processes if target is not
specified
ha_status
Display high availability cluster status. Can be performed
only on active node.
ha_remove_node
ha_remove_node[=name|ID] Remove high availability node by
its name or ID listed in ha_status. Can be performed only
on active node.
ha_set_failover_delay[=delay]
Set high availability failover delay. The delay can be
specified using time suffixes. Can be performed only on
active node.
log_level_increase[=target]
Increase log level, affects all processes if target is not
specified
log_level_decrease[=target]
Decrease log level, affects all processes if target is not
specified
Log level control targets
process-type
All processes of specified type (alerter, alert manager,
alert syncer, availability manager, browser poller, config‐
uration syncer, configuration syncer worker, connector man‐
ager, connector worker, discovery manager, discov‐
ery worker, escalator, ha manager, history poller, his‐
tory syncer, housekeeper, http poller, http agent poller,
icmp pinger, internal poller, ipmi manager, ipmi poller,
java poller, lld manager, lld worker, odbc poller, poller,
agent poller, preprocessing manager, preprocessing worker,
proxy poller, proxy group manager, report manager, re‐
port writer, self-monitoring, service manager, snmp poller,
snmp trapper, task manager, timer, trapper, trigger house‐
keeper, unreachable poller, vmware collector)
process-type,N
Process type and number (e.g., poller,3)
pid Process identifier
Profiling control targets
process-type
All processes of specified type (alerter, alert manager,
alert syncer, availability manager, browser poller, config‐
uration syncer, configuration syncer worker, connector man‐
ager, connector worker, discovery manager, discov‐
ery worker, escalator, ha manager, history poller, his‐
tory syncer, housekeeper, http poller, http agent poller,
icmp pinger, internal poller, ipmi manager, ipmi poller,
java poller, lld manager, lld worker, odbc poller, poller,
agent poller, preprocessing manager, preprocessing worker,
proxy poller, proxy group manager, report manager, re‐
port writer, self-monitoring, service manager, snmp poller,
snmp trapper, task manager, timer, trapper, trigger house‐
keeper, unreachable poller, vmware collector)
process-type,N
Process type and number (e.g., history syncer,1)
pid Process identifier
scope
(rwlock, mutex, processing) can be used with process-type
(e.g., history syncer,1,processing)
-T, --test-config
Validate configuration file and exit.
-h, --help
Display this help and exit.
-V, --version
Output version information and exit.
FILES
/usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf
Default location of Zabbix server configuration file (if not
modified during compile time).
SEE ALSO
Documentation
zabbix_agentd(8), zabbix_get(1), zabbix_proxy(8), zabbix_sender(1),
zabbix_js(1), zabbix_agent2(8), zabbix_web_service(8)
Zabbix 2022-01-06 ZABBIX_SERVER(8)