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1 Zabbix Proxy
Zabbix Proxy is a process which collects performance and availability data from one or more monitored devices and sends the information to a Zabbix Server. Zabbix Proxy can be started by:
Zabbix Proxy runs as a daemon process. Zabbix Proxy accepts the following command line parameters:
-c --config <file> specify configuration file, default is /etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf
-h --help give this help
-v --version display version numberIn order to get this help run:
Example of command line parameters:
shell> zabbix_proxy -c /usr/local/etc/zabbix_proxy.conf
shell> zabbix_proxy --help
shell> zabbix_proxy -vThe configuration file contains parameters for zabbix_proxy. The file must exist and it should have read permissions for user 'zabbix'. Supported parameters:
| Parameter | Mandatory | Range | Default | Description |
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| CacheSize | no | 128K-1G | 8M | Size of configuration cache, in bytes. Shared memory size, for storing hosts and items data. |
| CacheUpdateFrequency | no | 1-3600 | 60 | How often Zabbix will perform update of configuration cache, in seconds. For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter will be ignored. |
| ConfigFrequency | no | 1-604800 | 3600 | How often proxy retrieves configuration data from Zabbix Server in seconds. For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter will be ignored. |
| DBHost | no | localhost | Database host name. If set to localhost, socket is used for MySQL. |
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| DBName | yes | Database name. For SQLite3 path to database file must be provided. DBUser and DBPassword are ignored. |
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| DBPassword | no | Database password. Ignored for SQLite. Comment this line if no password is used. |
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| DBSocket | no | 3306 | Path to MySQL socket. Database port when not using local socket. Ignored for SQLite. |
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| DBUser | Database user. Ignored for SQLite. | |||
| DataSenderFrequency | no | 1-3600 | 1 | Proxy will send collected data to the Server every N seconds. |
| DebugLevel | no | 0-4 | 3 | Specifies debug level 0 - no debug 1 - critical information 2 - error information 3 - warnings 4 - for debugging (produces lots of information) |
| ExternalScripts | no | /etc/zabbix/externalscripts | Location of external scripts | |
| Fping6Location | no | /usr/sbin/fping6 | Location of fping6. Make sure that fping6 binary has root ownership and SUID flag set. Make empty ("Fping6Location=") if your fping utility is capable to process IPv6 addresses. |
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| FpingLocation | no | /usr/sbin/fping | Location of fping. Make sure that fping binary has root ownership and SUID flag set! |
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| HeartbeatFrequency | no | 0-3600 | 60 | Frequency of heartbeat messages in seconds. Used for monitoring availability of Proxy on server side. 0 - heartbeat messages disabled. For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter will be ignored. |
| HistoryCacheSize | no | 128K-1G | 8M | Size of history cache, in bytes. Shared memory size for storing history data. |
| HistoryTextCacheSize | no | 128K-1G | 16M | Size of text history cache, in bytes. Shared memory size for storing character, text or log history data. |
| Hostname | no | Unique Proxy name. Make sure the Proxy name is known to the server! System hostname is used if undefined. |
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| HousekeepingFrequency | no | 1-24 | 1 | How often Zabbix will perform housekeeping procedure (in hours). Housekeeping is removing unnecessary information from history, alert, and alarms tables. If PostgreSQL is used, suggested value is 24, as it performs VACUUM. |
| Include | no | You may include individual files or all files in a directory in the configuration file. | ||
| ListenIP | no | 0.0.0.0 | List of comma delimited IP addresses that the trapper should listen on. Trapper will listen on all network interfaces if this parameter is missing. Multiple IP addresses are supported in version 1.8.3 and higher. |
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| ListenPort | no | 1024-32767 | 10051 | Listen port for trapper. |
| LogFileSize | no | 0-1024 | 1 | Maximum size of log file in MB. 0 - disable automatic log rotation. |
| LogFile | no | Name of log file. If not set, syslog is used. |
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| LogSlowQueries | no | 0-3600000 | 0 | If a query takes longer than this many milliseconds, the query is logged to the log file. 0 - disable log slow queries This option is supported in version 1.8.2 and higher. |
| PidFile | no | /tmp/zabbix_proxy.pid | Name of PID file. | |
| ProxyLocalBuffer | no | 0-720 | 0 | Proxy will keep data locally for N hours. This parameter may be used if local data will be used by third party applications. |
| ProxyMode | no | 0-1 | 0 | Proxy operating mode. 0 - proxy in the active mode 1 - proxy in the passive mode This option is supported in version 1.8.3 and higher. |
| ProxyOfflineBuffer | no | 0-720 | 1 | Proxy will keep data for N hours in case of no connectivity with Zabbix Server. Older data will be lost. |
| SSHKeyLocation | no | Location of public keys for SSH checks | ||
| ServerPort | no | 1024-32767 | 10051 | Port of Zabbix trapper on Zabbix server. For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter will be ignored. |
| Server | yes | IP address (or hostname) of Zabbix server. Active Proxy will get configuration data from the server. For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter will be ignored. |
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| SourceIP | no | Source IP address for outgoing connections. | ||
| StartDBSyncers | no | 1-64 | 4 | Number of pre-forked instances of DB Syncers. This option is supported in version 1.8.3 and higher. |
| StartDiscoverers | no | 0-255 | 1 | Number of pre-forked instances of discoverers. |
| StartHTTPPollers | no | 0-255 | 1 | Number of pre-forked instances of HTTP pollers. |
| StartIPMIPollers | no | 0-255 | 0 | Number of pre-forked instances of IPMI pollers. |
| StartPingers | no | 0-255 | 1 | Number of pre-forked instances of ICMP pingers. |
| StartPollersUnreachable | no | 0-255 | 1 | Number of pre-forked instances of pollers for unreachable hosts. Obsolete since 1.8.3. |
| StartPollers | no | 0-255 | 5 | Number of pre-forked instances of pollers. |
| StartTrappers | no | 0-255 | 5 | Number of pre-forked instances of trappers |
| Timeout | no | 1-30 | 3 | Specifies how long we wait for agent, SNMP device or external check (in seconds). |
| TmpDir | no | /tmp | Temporary directory. | |
| TrapperTimeout | no | 1-300 | 300 | Specifies how many seconds trapper may spend processing new data. |
| TrendCacheSize | no | 128K-1G | 4M | Size of trend cache, in bytes. Shared memory size for storing trends data. |
| UnavailableDelay | no | 1-3600 | 60 | How often host is checked for availability during the unavailability period, in seconds. |
| UnreachableDelay | no | 1-3600 | 15 | How often host is checked for availability during the unreachability period, in seconds. |
| UnreachablePeriod | no | 1-3600 | 45 | After how many seconds of unreachability treat a host as unavailable. |