zbx_sender

zbx_sender is library for sending data to a remote Zabbix server. On the Zabbix server an item of type Zabbix trapper should be created with corresponding key. Note that incoming values will only be accepted from hosts specified in Allowed hosts field for this item.

Installation

    npm install zbx_sender

Usage

Simple example:

     var util = require("util");

     var options = {
         "zabbix-server" : "10.0.0.171",
         "port" : "10051",
         "realtime" : false,
         "with-timestamps" : true,
         "verbose" : true
     };
     
    var zbx_sender = require('zbx_sender').createZabbixSender(options);

    zbx_sender.on('data',function(resp,data){
         console.log('Got response: '+JSON.stringify(resp));
         data && console.log('    for data: '+data);
     });

    zbx_sender.on('error',function(err,orig,data){
        console.log('Error: '+ err.message);
        orig && console.log('   Orig error: '+ util.inspect(orig));
        data && console.log('   On data: '+ util.inspect(data));
    });

     zbx_sender.send([
         {
             'host': 'TEST',
             "clock" : 1418746700,
             "key" : 'item2',
             "value": 110
         },
         {
             'host': 'TEST',
             "clock" : 1418746710,
             "key" : 'item2',
             "value": 180
         }
     ]);

Options

zabbix-server

IP address of Zabbix server. If a host is monitored by a proxy, proxy IP address should be used instead.

port

Specify port number of server trapper running on the server. Default is 10051.

host

Specify host name as registered in Zabbix frontend. Will be used as default if not specified in sending data.

source-address

Specify source IP address

with-timestamps

Each portion of sending data must contain "clock" field with timestamp in Unix timestamp format. If "clock" is not specified, current time will be used.

real-time

Send values one by one as soon as they are received. By default library will collect data for one second.

verbose

Verbose mode. Event "data" will return response with items. Usefull then response is "success", but not all items was processed.

Methods

send

Take object with required fileds "key" and "value". Optionally can be set "host" (if not specified, will be used default from "option") and "clock" (makes sense only if option "with-timestamps" was set).

Events

zbx_sender inherits EventEmitter, and will emit this events:

data

Got response from Zabbix server

error

Got error while trying to send data