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# zabbix\_server

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)\
Updated: 2018-10-11\
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## NAME

zabbix\_server - Zabbix server daemon [ ]{#lbAC}

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## SYNOPSIS

**zabbix\_server** \[**-c** *config-file*\]\
**zabbix\_server** \[**-c** *config-file*\] **-R** *runtime-option*\
**zabbix\_server -h**\
**zabbix\_server -V** [ ]{#lbAD}

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## DESCRIPTION

**zabbix\_server** is the core daemon of Zabbix software. [ ]{#lbAE}

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## 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*.

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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.

  
**housekeeper\_execute**  
Execute the housekeeper. Ignored if housekeeper is being currently
executed.

  
**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

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Log level 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, poller,
preprocessing manager, preprocessing worker, proxy poller,
self-monitoring, snmp trapper, task manager, timer, trapper, unreachable
poller, vmware collector)

  
*process-type,N*  
Process type and number (e.g., poller,3)

  
*pid*  
Process identifier, up to 65535. For larger values specify target as
"process-type,N"

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**-h**, **--help**  
Display this help and exit.

**-V**, **--version**  
Output version information and exit.

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## FILES

*/usr/local/etc/zabbix\_server.conf*  
Default location of Zabbix server configuration file (if not modified
during compile time).

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## SEE ALSO

**[zabbix\_agentd](zabbix_agentd)**(8),
**[zabbix\_get](zabbix_get)**(8), **[zabbix\_proxy](zabbix_proxy)**(8),
**[zabbix\_sender](zabbix_sender)**(8) [ ]{#lbAJ}

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## AUTHOR

Alexei Vladishev <<alex@zabbix.com>>

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## Index

[NAME](#lbAB)

[SYNOPSIS](#lbAC)

[DESCRIPTION](#lbAD)

[OPTIONS](#lbAE)

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[FILES](#lbAH)

[SEE ALSO](#lbAI)

[AUTHOR](#lbAJ)

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