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": ""
               }
           }
       ]