Zabbix utils library

zabbix_utils is a Python library for working with Zabbix API as well as with Zabbix sender and Zabbix get protocols.

Requirements

Supported versions:

• Zabbix 6.0+
• Python 3.8+

Tested on:

• Zabbix 6.0, 7.0, 7.2 and 7.4
• Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13

Dependencies:

• aiohttp (in case of async use)

Installation

Installation from PyPI

Install zabbix_utils library using pip:

$ pip install zabbix_utils

To install the library with dependencies for asynchronous work use the following way:

$ pip install zabbix_utils[async]

Installation from Zabbix repository

First of all, you need to install Zabbix repository. Official Zabbix packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and derivatives, as well as for Debian and derivatives are available on Zabbix website.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux and derivatives

Install zabbix_utils library from Zabbix repository:

# dnf install python3-zabbix-utils

To install additional dependencies such as aiohttp for asynchronous work use the following way:

# dnf install epel-release
# dnf install python3-aiohttp

Debian / Ubuntu and derivatives

Install zabbix_utils library from Zabbix repository:

# apt install python3-zabbix-utils

To install additional dependencies such as aiohttp for asynchronous work use the following way:

# apt install python3-aiohttp

Installation from GitHub

Clone the zabbix_utils repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/zabbix/python-zabbix-utils

Install zabbix_utils library using setup.py:

$ cd python-zabbix-utils/
$ python3 setup.py install

To install dependencies use one of the ways above.

Documentation

Use cases

To work with Zabbix API

To work with Zabbix API via synchronous I/O you can import and use zabbix_utils library as follows:

from zabbix_utils import ZabbixAPI

api = ZabbixAPI(url="127.0.0.1")
api.login(user="User", password="zabbix")

users = api.user.get(
    output=['userid','name']
)

for user in users:
    print(user['name'])

api.logout()

To work with Zabbix API via asynchronous I/O you can use the following way:

import asyncio
from zabbix_utils import AsyncZabbixAPI

async def main():
    api = AsyncZabbixAPI(url="127.0.0.1")
    await api.login(user="User", password="zabbix")

    users = await api.user.get(
        output=['userid','name']
    )

    for user in users:
        print(user['name'])

    await api.logout()

asyncio.run(main())

You can also authenticate using an API token (supported since Zabbix 5.4):

api = ZabbixAPI(url="127.0.0.1")
api.login(token="xxxxxxxx")

api = AsyncZabbixAPI(url="127.0.0.1")
await api.login(token="xxxxxxxx")

When token is used, calling api.logout() is not necessary.

It is possible to specify authentication fields by the following environment variables: ZABBIX_URL, ZABBIX_TOKEN, ZABBIX_USER, ZABBIX_PASSWORD

You can compare Zabbix API version with strings and numbers, for example:

# Method to get version
ver = api.api_version()
print(type(ver).__name__, ver) # APIVersion 7.0.0

# ZabbixAPI prototype with version
ver = api.version
print(type(ver).__name__, ver) # APIVersion 7.0.0

# Comparing versions
print(ver > 6.0)      # True
print(ver != 7.0)     # False
print(ver != "7.0.0") # False

# Version additional methods
print(ver.major)    # 7.0
print(ver.minor)    # 0
print(ver.is_lts()) # True

In case the API object or method name matches one of Python keywords, you can use the suffix _ in their name to execute correctly, for example:

from zabbix_utils import ZabbixAPI

api = ZabbixAPI(url="127.0.0.1")
api.login(token="xxxxxxxx")

template_source = ''
with open('template_example.xml', mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    template_source = f.read()

response = api.configuration.import_(
    source=template_source,
    format="xml",
    rules={...}
)

if response:
    print("Template imported successfully")

Please, refer to the Zabbix API Documentation and the using examples for more information.

To work via Zabbix sender protocol

To send item values to a Zabbix server or a Zabbix proxy you can import and use the library as follows:

from zabbix_utils import Sender

sender = Sender(server='127.0.0.1', port=10051)
response = sender.send_value('host', 'item.key', 'value', 1695713666)

print(response)
# {"processed": 1, "failed": 0, "total": 1, "time": "0.000338", "chunk": 1}

The asynchronous way:

import asyncio
from zabbix_utils import AsyncSender

async def main():
    sender = AsyncSender(server='127.0.0.1', port=10051)
    response = await sender.send_value('host', 'item.key', 'value', 1695713666)

    print(response)
    # {"processed": 1, "failed": 0, "total": 1, "time": "0.000338", "chunk": 1}

asyncio.run(main())

You can also prepare a list of item values and send all at once:

from zabbix_utils import ItemValue, Sender

items = [
    ItemValue('host1', 'item.key1', 10),
    ItemValue('host1', 'item.key2', 'test message'),
    ItemValue('host2', 'item.key1', -1, 1695713666),
    ItemValue('host3', 'item.key1', '{"msg":"test message"}'),
    ItemValue('host2', 'item.key1', 0, 1695713666, 100)
]

sender = Sender(server='127.0.0.1', port=10051)
response = sender.send(items)

print(response)
# {"processed": 5, "failed": 0, "total": 5, "time": "0.001661", "chunk": 1}

If you need to send values to several Zabbix clusters at once, you can do this by passing a list of Zabbix clusters:

from zabbix_utils import Sender

zabbix_clusters = [
    ['zabbix.cluster1.node1', 'zabbix.cluster1.node2:10051'],
    ['zabbix.cluster2.node1:10051', 'zabbix.cluster2.node2:20051', 'zabbix.cluster2.node3']
]

sender = Sender(clusters=zabbix_clusters)
response = sender.send_value('host', 'item.key', 'value', 1695713666)

print(response)
# {"processed": 2, "failed": 0, "total": 2, "time": "0.000103", "chunk": 2}

print(response.details)
# {
#     zabbix.cluster1.node1:10051: [{"processed": 1, "failed": 0, "total": 1, "time": "0.000050", "chunk": 1}],
#     zabbix.cluster2.node2:20051: [{"processed": 1, "failed": 0, "total": 1, "time": "0.000053", "chunk": 1}]
# }

In such case, the value will be sent to the first available node of each cluster.

Please, refer to the Zabbix sender protocol and the using examples for more information.

To work via Zabbix get protocol

To get a value by item key from a Zabbix agent or agent 2 via synchronous I/O the library can be imported and used as follows:

from zabbix_utils import Getter

agent = Getter(host='127.0.0.1', port=10050)
resp = agent.get('system.uname')

print(resp.value)
# Linux test_server 5.15.0-3.60.5.1.el9uek.x86_64

The library can be used via asynchronous I/O, as in the following example:

import asyncio
from zabbix_utils import AsyncGetter

async def main():
    agent = AsyncGetter(host='127.0.0.1', port=10050)
    resp = await agent.get('system.uname')

    print(resp.value)
    # Linux test_server 5.15.0-3.60.5.1.el9uek.x86_64

asyncio.run(main())

Please, refer to the Zabbix agent protocol and the using examples for more information.

Enabling debug log

If it needed to debug some issue with Zabbix API, sender or get you can enable the output of logging. The zabbix_utils library uses the default python logging module, but it doesn't log by default. You can define logging handler to see records from the library, for example:

import logging
from zabbix_utils import Getter

logging.basicConfig(
    format=u'[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s %(message)s',
    level=logging.DEBUG
)

agent = Getter(host='127.0.0.1', port=10050)
resp = agent.get('system.uname')

print(resp.value)

And then you can see records like the following:

[2023-10-01 12:00:01,587] DEBUG Content of the packet: b'ZBXD\x01\x0c\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00system.uname'
[2023-10-01 12:00:01,722] DEBUG Zabbix response header: b'ZBXD\x01C\x00\x00\x00C\x00\x00\x00'
[2023-10-01 12:00:01,723] DEBUG Zabbix response body: Linux test_server 5.15.0-3.60.5.1.el9uek.x86_64
[2023-10-01 12:00:01,724] DEBUG Response from [127.0.0.1:10050]: Linux test_server 5.15.0-3.60.5.1.el9uek.x86_64
Linux test_server 5.15.0-3.60.5.1.el9uek.x86_64

License

zabbix_utils is distributed under MIT License.