macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install zabbix-clilocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install zabbix-cli with Homebrew, apt, Nix
CLI tool for interacting with Zabbix monitoring system. Version 3.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install zabbix-cli.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install zabbix-cliDebian stable package indexes · zabbix-cli · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#zabbix-clinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/za/zabbix-cli/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
CLI tool for interacting with Zabbix monitoring system
Project links
Commands and aliases
- zabbix-cli
- zabbix-cli-bulk-execution
- zabbix-cli-init
history
Project history and usage
Zabbix CLI is a Python terminal client for administering Zabbix through the Zabbix API, with interactive, single-command, and batch modes.
Project history
The project is developed and tested by the University Center for Information Technology at the University of Oslo. Its README describes it as a command-line interface for common Zabbix administrative tasks over the Zabbix API.
Version 3 was rewritten from the ground up, leaving the older 2.3.2 implementation available on a branch. The newer CLI emphasizes a richer terminal interface, JSON output, configuration files, authentication helpers, and cross-platform binaries built with PyInstaller.
Adoption history
zabbix-cli fills a gap around Zabbix administration: Zabbix exposes a JSON-RPC API, but many operators want a packaged terminal client for host, group, proxy, and inventory workflows instead of writing one-off curl or Python snippets.
The README documents installation through the `zabbix-cli-uio` PyPI mirror, Homebrew, and release binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows. That adoption pattern is practical rather than glamorous: it is a workstation/sysadmin helper around an existing monitoring installation.
How it is used
Users start `zabbix-cli` as a REPL, run `zabbix-cli COMMAND` for a single operation, or pass a file for batch execution. It prompts for the Zabbix frontend URL and credentials, stores a session token, and can render either terminal tables or machine-readable JSON.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, zabbix-cli is interesting as a third-party operational companion to a major monitoring stack: it packages API administration into a normal CLI with completions, config files, auth state, JSON output, and distro-friendly release artifacts.
It also demonstrates a common ecosystem pattern around large server products: the core project ships an API, while site operators and universities build smaller command tools to make daily administration scriptable.
Timeline
- 2.3.2: Last old-line version kept as the historical branch referenced by the README.
- 2024-10-01: zabbix-cli-uio 3.1.1 appeared on PyPI, early in the rewritten v3 line.
- 2026-06-17: zabbix-cli-uio 3.7.0 was uploaded to PyPI.
Related projects
- Related projects include Zabbix itself, the Zabbix API, PyZabbix, zabbix_sender, zabbix_get, and other site-local automation around monitoring inventories.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
./zabbix-cli.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zabbix-cli/zabbix-cli.toml$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/zabbix-cli/zabbix-cli.toml- macOS
./zabbix-cli.toml~/Library/Application Support/zabbix-cli/zabbix-cli.toml~/Library/Preferences/zabbix-cli/zabbix-cli.toml- Windows
.\zabbix-cli.toml%LOCALAPPDATA%\zabbix-cli\zabbix-cli.toml%APPDATA%\zabbix-cli\zabbix-cli.toml
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.zabbix-cli_auth
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
zabbix-cli | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
zabbix-cli-bulk-execution | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
zabbix-cli-init | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version3.7.0
manager updated2026-07-10
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:zabbix-cli |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.7.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://unioslo.github.io/zabbix-cli/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/unioslo/zabbix-cli |
| Last updated | 2026-07-10T09:34:38-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
zabbix-cli 3.5.1-1
Command-line interface for Zabbix
https://github.com/unioslo/zabbix-cli
sudo apt install zabbix-cli- Section: utils
- Architecture: all
- 13 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Zabbix Cli
Nix95%
zabbix-cli
nix profile install nixpkgs#zabbix-cli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Zabbix Cli
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation