NAME

zabbix_server - Zabbix server daemon

SYNOPSIS

zabbix_server [-c config-file]
 
zabbix_server [-c config-file] -R runtime-option
 
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 currently loaded. Default configuration file (unless -c option 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. 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 section. Section can be historycache, preprocessing, alerting, lld, valuecache, locks. By default diagnostic 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, configuration syncer, discoverer, escalator, ha manager, history syncer, housekeeper, http poller, icmp pinger, ipmi manager, ipmi poller, java poller, lld manager, lld worker, poller, preprocessing manager, preprocessing worker, proxy poller, self-monitoring, snmp trapper, task manager, timer, trapper, unreachable poller, vmware collector, history poller, availability manager, service manager, odbc poller)
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, configuration syncer, discoverer, escalator, history syncer, housekeeper, http poller, icmp pinger, ipmi manager, ipmi poller, java poller, lld manager, lld worker, poller, preprocessing manager, preprocessing worker, proxy poller, self-monitoring, snmp trapper, task manager, timer, trapper, unreachable poller, vmware collector, history poller, availability manager, service manager, odbc poller)
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)
-h, --help
Display this help and exit.
-V, --version
Output version information and exit.

FILES

/etc/zabbix/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)

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