1 February 2012
Zabbix SIA is proud to announce the availability of Zabbix 1.9.9 (Fourth Beta Release of Zabbix 2.0.0).
Zabbix is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution. Zabbix is released under the GPL, thus it is free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use. A complete text of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.
This document contains the release notes for Zabbix 1.9.9. Download it from http://www.zabbix.com/download.php.
This release introduces major features along with numerous improvements and bug fixes.
This release is not for production use. It is a Beta Release!
It is almost feature complete but does not fully represent expected 2.0 version. Minor improvements could be introduced.
The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.
New SNMP trap monitoring provides high performance way of collecting traps, pre-processors such as SNMPTT could be used as well.
Maps and map elements could be optionally configured to automaticall select icons depending on element type (for example: host, network device, switch, etc).
Added new option in map configuration which enables macros expanding.
Host profiles were renamed to a more standard "host inventory".
Trigger related data is cached to reduce number of database requests, it improves overall performance of Zabbix Server.
Information about hardware and software details can be automatically retrieved by Zabbix Agent and extended using user-defined parameters.
Added discovery based on HTTPS and Telnet checks, discovery configuration form is redesigned.
In addition to standart host name, visible host name can be set to be displayed everywhere in the front-end. Additional macros for visible host name are also introduced.
Remote commands (Agent, IPMI and SSH based) can be configured in a more flexible yet easier way.
Zabbix JMX monitoring allows native secure remote monitoring of Java applications and popular middlewares such as JBoss, WebSphere and WebLogic.
Boolean data type can be used for monitoring of two state metrics and JMX counters having boolean type.
New set of map icons is available for creation of great looking maps.
Added support for {IPADDRESS}, {HOST.DNS} and {HOST.CONN} macros in trigger names.
Normal and extended host profiles merged. Macros for referencing all profile fields introduced.
Multiple network interfaces can be assigned to a single host, therefore one host may have several IP addresses with different checks for each IP.
Zabbix interface translations are handled by GNU gettext module.
Added support of monitoring auto-registered hosts with passive checks. It is very handy for monitoring of Cloud-like environments.
Unknown triggers and events will no longer be displayed in Zabbix WEB interface, a special flag will be shown if Zabbix is not confident about status of triggers or events.
Zabbix is able to discover your file systems, network interfaces and SNMP interfaces automatically with no manual work. One template can be used for hosts having different devices. Lost resources could be automatically deleted based on configurable retention period.
Processing of escalations has been improved to work more efficiantly.
Graph legend can be optionally disabled.
Templates may contain screens for easy maintenance and quick access to a set of performance graphs. The screens are available via host popup available when clicking on a host.
There are significant improvements in the database schema for better consistency and security of configuration and historical data.
Zabbix supports nanosecond resolution for historical data. If you are migrating from 1.8.x the option will be off by default. It is on for fresh setups.
A map element may have multiple links (URLs) to external resources.
User scripts can be used to execute any command on a monitored host using Zabbix or IPMI agents.
Standard trigger severities can be customized to have a different names and colors for displaying in Zabbix front-end.
The login screen was re-designed to have a better look.
The new forms has much better look and usability.
Label formats can be individually configured for different types of map elements on map level.
Zabbix front-end will save grid-options for each map. Map import/export is extended to support new grid-related attributes.
Zabbix will automatically fill in DNS names of newly discovered and auto-registered devices.
Events visible in Zabbix front-end can be exported to a CSV file with a mouse click.
SQLite3 can be used on Zabbix Server side and works also with Zabbix front-end. Might be useful for embedded environments and low profile hardware.
Two new options (ALL, ANY) can be used to control filtering on API level.
All host group elements can be displayed in a map area.
Media types can be optionally disabled.
The item is now supported for various platforms including BSD.
Dependency from template to host is supported.
See Zabbix Manual for full details.
Recompile Zabbix binaries and update front-end PHP files. Execute a database patch if migrating from Zabbix 1.8.x. See Zabbix Manual for a detailed upgrade procedure.
Zabbix Server has been tested on the following platforms:
- Ubuntu Linux, AMD64, kernel 2.6.11, MySQL 5.x
- Ubuntu Linux, Intel, kernel 2.6.15, MySQL 5.0.22, PostgreSQL 8.3
- RedHat EL 5.3, Intel, kernel 2.6.18, Oracle 11gR2
- Slackware Linux, x86, kernel 2.6.29.6, MySQL 5.1.x
Zabbix Agents have been compiled and tested on the following platforms:
- AIX 5.2
- FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
- HP-UX 10.x, 11.x
- Linux 2.4.x, 2.6.x
- Linux CentOS
- NetBSD 2.0
- OS/X 10.2
- Solaris 8, 9, 10
- Tru64 5.1B
- Windows XP, 2000, 2003, 2008, Vista
Note that agents are available pre-compiled from http://www.zabbix.com/download.php for a limited number of versions and platforms.
Zabbix Company provides a full range of professional services. We also provide trouble-free upgrade service for easy migration from earlier versions to Zabbix 1.8.x. Please contact Sales for pricing and more details.
- Zabbix 1.8 Manual
- Zabbix Forums (http://www.zabbix.com/forum)
- Zabbix Support (http://www.zabbix.com/support.php)