6 返回值的编码

Zabbix server 期望每个返回的文本值都是UTF8编码的， 这涉及每一种类型的检查: zabbix agent, ssh, telnet等等。

不同的监视系统/设备和检查的返回值中可能有非ascii字符。对于这种情况，几乎所有的zabbix keys都包含一个额外的item key参数* * <encoding> * *。 这个关键参数是可选的，但是如果返回的值不是UTF8编码，并且它包含非ascii字符，则应该指定它。否则，结果可能是出乎意料的和不可预测的。

在这种情况下，对不同数据库后台的行为描述如下。

MySQL

如果一个值在非UTF8编码中包含非ascii字符，那么当数据库存储此值时，该字符及该字符后的值将被丢弃。没有警告信息写入 zabbix_server.log.
Relevant for at least MySQL version 5.1.61

PostgreSQL

如果一个值在非UTF8编码中包含非ascii字符—这将导致一个失败的SQL查询(PGRES_FATAL_ERROR:编码的无效字节序列)和数据将不会被存储。会向zabbix_server.log中写入一个适当的警告消息.
Relevant for at least PostgreSQL version 9.1.3

5 Encoding of returned values

Zabbix server expects every returned text value in the UTF8 encoding. This is related to any type of checks: zabbix agent, ssh, telnet, etc.

Different monitored systems/devices and checks can return non-ASCII characters in the value. For such cases, almost all possible zabbix keys contain an additional item key parameter - <encoding>. This key parameter is optional but it should be specified if the returned value is not in the UTF8 encoding and it contains non-ASCII characters. Otherwise the result can be unexpected and unpredictable.

A description of behavior with different database back-ends in such cases follows.

MySQL

If a value contains a non-ASCII character in non UTF8 encoding - this character and the following will be discarded when the database stores this value. No warning messages will be written to the zabbix_server.log.
Relevant for at least MySQL version 5.1.61

PostgreSQL

If a value contains a non-ASCII character in non UTF8 encoding - this will lead to a failed SQL query (PGRES_FATAL_ERROR:ERROR invalid byte sequence for encoding) and data will not be stored. An appropriate warning message will be written to the zabbix_server.log.
Relevant for at least PostgreSQL version 9.1.3