This is probably a dumb question and one I haven't researched much, but is it possible to use the Zabbix API to report health data (as opposed to retrieve/configure it)?
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Not possible. In order to add monitoring data from an external entity one usually uses trapper items. -
Thanks for the reply, I thought as much. I assume the 'zabbix sender' utility source or the API it uses is not public?Comment
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Whole Zabbix, including sender utility, is open source.
Trapper items do not work through API. Zabbix sender utility uses TCP to connect directly to Zabbix trapper process and pass the data to it. You can see more details on the utility here.
And here's some description on zabbix trapper protocol.Last edited by dimir; 15-09-2020, 17:04.Comment
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