NAME Zabbix::Sender - A pure-perl implementation of zabbix-sender. VERSION version 0.03 SYNOPSIS This code snippet shows how to send the value "OK" for the item "my.zabbix.item" to the zabbix server/proxy at "my.zabbix.server.example" on port "10055". use Zabbix::Sender; my $Sender = Zabbix::Sender->new({ 'server' => 'my.zabbix.server.example', 'port' => 10055, }); $Sender->send('my.zabbix.item','OK'); NAME Zabbix::Sender - A pure-perl implementation of zabbix-sender. SUBROUTINES/METHODS _init_json Zabbix 1.8 uses a JSON encoded payload after a custom Zabbix header. So this initializes the JSON object. _init_hostname The hostname of the sending instance may be given in the constructor. If not it is detected here. zabbix_template_1_8 ZABBIX 1.8 TEMPLATE a4 - ZBXD b - 0x01 c4 - Length of Request in Bytes (64-bit integer), aligned left, padded with 0x00 c4 - dito a* - JSON encoded request This may be changed to a HashRef if future version of zabbix change the header template. _encode_request This method encodes the item and value as a json string and creates the required header acording to the template defined above. _decode_answer This method tries to decode the answer received from the server. send Send the given item with the given value to the server. Takes two arguments: item and value. Both should be scalars. DEMOLISH Disconnects any open sockets on destruction. AUTHOR "Dominik Schulz", "<"lkml at ds.gauner.org">" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-zabbix-sender at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Zabbix::Sender You can also look for information at: * RT: CPAN's request tracker * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * Search CPAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This code is based on the documentation and sample code found at: http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/doc/tech/proto/zabbixsenderprotocol http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/1.8/protocols LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2011 Dominik Schulz. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information. AUTHOR Dominik Schulz COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Dominik Schulz. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.