Release-Hinweise für Zabbix 7.0.0alpha5

27 September 2023

Das Zabbix Team freut sich, Ihnen Zabbix vorzustellen 7.0.0alpha5.

Zabbix ist eine Open-Source-Lösung für das verteilte Monitoring und dabei für Unternehmen ausgelegt (Enterprise-Klasse). Zabbix wird unter der GPL veröffentlicht und ist daher zur Verwendung kostenlos, ob kommerziell oder nicht. Den vollständigen Text der Lizenz finden Sie unter http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.

Dieses Dokument enthält die Release-Hinweise für Zabbix 7.0.0alpha5. Sie finden es unter download.

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New Features and Improvements

ZBXNEXT-8453	Moved triggers and trigger prototypes to mvc model and refactored edit forms to modal forms
ZBXNEXT-8145	Implemented communication framework for dashboard widgets
ZBXNEXT-8570	Removed support for TimescaleDB v1
ZBXNEXT-8600	Added secrets resolving to script preprocessing step
ZBXNEXT-1096	Implemented configurable per-item-type timeouts
ZBXNEXT-7726	Added support for extended error checking in preprocessing
ZBXNEXT-8331	Implemented new Pie chart widget
ZBXNEXT-8638	Implemented new evaluation functions jsonpath and xmlxpath
ZBXNEXT-8469	Increased PostgreSQL maximum supported version to 16
ZBXNEXT-8714	Increased MariaDB maximum supported version to 11.1
ZBXNEXT-8702	Added support of group discovery from different prototypes/lld rules
ZBXNEXT-4165	Implemented `selectActions` parameter for API method `mediatype.get` to display all associated actions for media types
ZBXNEXT-7761	Updated User groups permissions and problem tag filters 'Add' button behaviour to add a new row
ZBXNEXT-7761	Updated User groups permissions and problem tag filters 'Add' button behaviour to add a new row
ZBXNEXT-8576	Added template integration with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud
ZBXNEXT-7687	Extended Top Hosts widget column sorting
ZBXNEXT-6554	Increased remote command execution limits to 16MB
ZBXNEXT-8610	Added MantisBT template
ZBXNEXT-8621	Improved asynchronous pollers to read configuration in separate thread to avoid blocking
ZBXNEXT-8358	Improved item configuration sync on PostgreSQL by selecting using equal condition instead of not equal
ZBXNEXT-8541	Added support for history.push API method
ZBXNEXT-8649	Fixed time period params in JavaScript
ZBXNEXT-8429	Added HashiCorp Nomad template
ZBXNEXT-8421	Implemented dashboard tabs navigation for host dashboards
ZBXNEXT-8500, ZBXNEXT-8506	Moved proxies to separate database tables
ZBXNEXT-8633	Added asynchronous SNMP poller metrics to Zabbix health templates
ZBXNEXT-4781	Added new eventlog.count item key
ZBXNEXT-8581	Added support for HTTP proxy in Azure templates
ZBXNEXT-8520	Turned auditlog table into hypertable
ZBXNEXT-8558	Added MantisBT webhook
ZBXNEXT-8589	Updated documentation, unified metric names and descriptions in PostgreSQL templates, removed unused macros, user parameters and queries in PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent
ZBXNEXT-8563	Added warning messages that Oracle DB is deprecated on setup page and in System information widget and report
ZBXNEXT-8528	Added AWS Cost Explorer template
ZBXNEXT-8567	Added asynchronous SNMP pollers
ZBXNEXT-8620	Added asynchronous DNS resolving for async SNMP and Zabbix agent pollers
ZBXNEXT-8444	Moved template configuration form to modal window
ZBXNEXT-6974	Implemented new "Top triggers" widget; added new filtering options to "Top triggers" report page
ZBXNEXT-6524	Added operations "Add host tags", "Remove host tags" for autoregistration and discovery actions
ZBXNEXT-8190	Increased MariaDB maximum supported version to 11.0
ZBXNEXT-8582	Increased MySQL maximum supported version to 8.1
ZBXNEXT-8481	Added PostgreSQL by ODBC template
ZBXNEXT-8561	Added nodata trigger to remote Zabbix proxy and server health templates
ZBXNEXT-8560	Added messages that Oracle DB is deprecated
ZBXNEXT-8505	Added Cisco SD-WAN templates
ZBXNEXT-8482	Added integration with OpenStack Nova
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6986	Implemented audit logging of LLD rule API object
ZBXNEXT-8451	Disabled spell checking for nondescriptive textareas
ZBXNEXT-8569	Added asynchronous agent and HTTP agent poller metrics to Zabbix health templates
ZBXNEXT-743	Implemented new "Gauge" widget
ZBXNEXT-6144	Added proxy data memory cache to avoid using proxy history tables in normal operation
ZBXNEXT-7944	Excluded edgeupdate service from services discovery in Windows by Zabbix agent templates
ZBXNEXT-8460	Added asynchronous Zabbix agent and HTTP agent pollers
ZBXNEXT-8422	Added AWS ECS templates
ZBXNEXT-8515	Switched Zabbix frontend SVG icons to fonts
ZBXNEXT-8413	Moved Alerts -> Media types configuration form to modal window
ZBXNEXT-8497	Removed unnecessary JavaScript preprocessing in discovery rules in Kubernetes templates
ZBXNEXT-8445	Changed Data collection -> Event correlation form to modal window
ZBXNEXT-8465	Updated JavaScript scripts in Kubernetes templates
ZBXNEXT-297	Added remote command execution via active checks
ZBXNEXT-8447	Added new discovery manager, worker and queue metrics to Zabbix server and proxy health templates
ZBXNEXT-7072	Fixed hintbox to be automatically closed when target element disappears
ZBXNEXT-8294	Added filters of node labels and annotations for Kubelet discovery in Kubernetes cluster state template
ZBXNEXT-2299	Implemented problem/event filtering by performed update actions and user; reworked problem filter to support filtering by acknowledgement status and current user
ZBXNEXT-2732	Improved network discovery by implementing concurrent checks within single discovery rule
ZBXNEXT-8425	Increased the maximum length for username and password fields used in HTTP authentication from 64 to 255 characters
ZBXNEXT-8402	Implemented support of non-numeric vectors in aggregated calculations
ZBXNEXT-8245	Converted advanced configuration from checkbox to collapsible block
ZBXNEXT-8323	Added preprocessing cache support for Prometheus to JSON step
ZBXNEXT-8387	Changed Alerts->Scripts configuration form to modal window
ZBXNEXT-7640	Updated widget help icon link to documentation link of a specific widget
ZBXNEXT-8386	Changed Data collection->Discovery configuration form to modal window
ZBXNEXT-8211	Added support for new binary item value type
ZBXNEXT-8390	Added state filter for items in monitoring latest data
ZBXNEXT-8355	Added various improvements for aggregation functions
ZBXNEXT-8270	Added support of non-blocking sockets and thread-safe connect, accept, read, write operation timeouts based on poll
ZBXNEXT-8086	Implemented ability to use all widgets in dashboard templates
ZBXNEXT-8079	Added an option to choose whether redirected ICMP ping response is treated as host up or host down
ZBXNEXT-8235	Implemented simplified cloning in the UI by leaving only one Clone button for Hosts, Templates and Maps
ZBXNEXT-8326	Added Zabbix server and Zabbix frontend version to system information report
ZBXNEXT-8324	Dropped support for floats of limited range
ZBXNEXT-7569	Added support for Portage in system.sw.packages{,.get} items
ZBXNEXT-8237	Changed module details view to a modal (popup) and updated module details
ZBXNEXT-7132	Added option of getting fully qualified domain name in system.hostname key to Zabbix agent and Zabbix agent 2
ZBXNEXT-8226	Fixed the problem of insufficient length of URL fields
ZBXNEXT-8256	Renamed action operation types related to template linkage

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Bug-Fixes

ZBX-23427	Fixed trends not being calculated
ZBX-23361	Fixed uncapitalized first letter for value 'all' in radio buttons and in filter select fields
ZBX-22841	Fixed all date/time displays to match standard US date and time formats
ZBX-23446	Fixed nested transaction issue when processing autoregistration data
ZBX-23354	Fixed crash on shutdown after unsuccessful database connection on startup
ZBX-23358	Fixed "Problem hosts" widget without filtering by tags not showing problem host count
ZBX-23302	Fixed 'access denied' error in template multiselect popup
ZBX-23338	Improved performance of templatedashboard.get method for non super-admin users
ZBX-23110	Fixed possible crash on Windows 11 by removing concurrent Win API call for update perfCounters list
ZBX-23284	Prevented deletion of the discovered group as a result of renaming its group prototype
ZBX-21094	Fixed graphs not displaying values when items do not have trends and trend storage period is overridden in configuration
ZBX-23162	Fixed variable in JavaScript for Cisco Meraki template
ZBX-23066	Expanded ui/composer.json to describe the project
ZBX-23253	Added static units support to graph widget legend and hint box
ZBX-23261	Removed kiosk mode button from host inventory form
ZBX-23260	Fixed (enabled) additional URL fields in map properties
ZBXNEXT-8658	Improved Monitoring > Maps usability
ZBX-22943	Fixed various memory leaks in Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-22779	Replaced HTTP with HTTPS in Zabbix homepage address
ZBX-23298	Fixed walk[oid] discovery rule not working as test item
ZBX-23336	Fixed items not to become unsupported if interface is not available
ZBX-23244	Added escaping for special characters in HTML mode of Telegram mediatype
ZBX-21636	Fixed Oracle DB update query error mishandled as success
ZBX-20442	Fixed Ceph plugin not returning percent_used in Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-15210	Added housekeeping and handling in remove action operation of autoreg_host table
ZBX-21560	Fixed default Zabbix agent 1 and 2 config file name and path for Windows; fixed logging to stderr in Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-22991	Resolved recommendations/issues regarding new icons style
ZBX-22166	Fixed item value widget not showing decimal places properly with seconds
ZBX-23035	Fixed disappearing filter group in host, item, trigger, graph, discovery rule, web and template lists
ZBX-23105	Added missing database indices
ZBX-23240	Fixed filtering by "action" and "action_userid" in event.get and problem.get not working
ZBX-21952	Fixed and improved documentation for Oracle by ODBC template
ZBX-22980	Fixed host prototype displaying inherited macros in a non-inherited macro tab
ZBX-17279	Fixed graph widget loading
ZBX-22601	Fixed invalid time period filter submission
ZBX-23214	Fixed inability to import a host if a template with non-existent template group is specified in the same import file
ZBX-23275	Prevented undefined index error when unlinking a template containing an item with value map
ZBX-22724	Fixed inconsistencies in ordering of objects in template configuration export
ZBX-22060	Added notes about encryption in PostgreSQL templates, renamed database instance URI macro to connection string in PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2 template, updated PostgreSQL by ODBC template to use connection string
ZBX-23246	Fixed classic graph preview not working if more than 10 items are assigned to it
ZBX-22758	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 startup error on domain controllers by increasing go-winio version
ZBX-22451	Fixed resolving of calculated item formula in test popup
ZBX-23088	Fixed discovery rule host name, visible name and uniqueness criteria radio button values after updating Discovery checks
ZBX-22901	Fixed duplicate checking for SNMP discovery checks
ZBX-22620	Added header in items for Meraki template
ZBX-23051	Changed content of resolved alerts to be more compatible with Event Orchestration in PagerDuty
ZBX-23272	Fixed naming for tenant item prototypes in OpenStack Nova by HTTP template
ZBX-22818	Fixed some aggregation functions not working with last_foreach()
ZBX-23002	Made vfs_file_contents, vfs_file_regmatch, vfs_file_regexp, log, log.count, logrt, logrt.count and telnet items to fail when non-existing encoding is used
ZBX-21255	Added support of the fmtnum() function for {ITEM.VALUE}, {ITEM.LASTVALUE} and expression macros
ZBX-22771	Fixed handling of large unsigned integers in JSONPath
ZBX-22871	Fixed regular expression crash with invalid utf-8 sequences when PCRE2 is used
ZBX-23141	Fixed crash when maintenance is enabled and unexpected event exists for trigger prototype
ZBX-23068	Fixed crash and memory leak when using system.sw.os.get key
ZBX-21695	Fixed {TIME} macro not being resolved during scheduled report test
ZBX-23221	Fixed memory leaks when using certificate-based encryption in Zabbix agent and Zabbix agent 2; thanks to Masato Hirahata for the patch
ZBX-22864	Fixed calculation of max_repetitions sent out to device in SNMP PDUs
ZBX-23234	Fixed inability to link a template containing an item that depends on web scenario item
ZBX-23210	Fixed inability to unlink a template containing items with empty value map from a template
ZBX-22677	Adjusted font colors for placeholders, disabled and readonly fields
ZBX-21574	Optimized Asterisk by HTTP template
ZBX-18168	Added regexp runtime error logging for log*[] items
ZBX-22972	Fixed displaying of dashboard pages when scrolling is enabled
ZBX-23067	Enhanced audit logging with reason of switching of HA node to active mode
ZBX-22535	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 configuration with empty values
ZBX-22027	Fixed "Update problem" position in trigger context menu
ZBX-22757	Fixed action condition labels when custom expression is set
ZBX-22613	Fixed script execution with API token as authentication
ZBX-22881	Fixed link to filtered users belonging to the specific user group
ZBX-23060	Removed unused endpoints in JavaScript for Veeam Backup and Replication template
ZBX-22772	Added trends cleanup for non-numeric value types
ZBX-22788	Fixed inability to close pop-up confirmation message on the first attempt after opening multiple popups
ZBX-22787	Fixed mediatypes incorrectly saving parameters when switching type from Webhook to Script and vice versa
ZBX-23147	Fixed problem count indicators in Monitoring hosts page
ZBX-23072	Fixed web scenario step variable uniqueness validation if multiple variable names are empty
ZBX-23096	Fixed fields with key-value pairs being misaligned in web scenario configuration form
ZBX-23107	Fixed small memory leak in Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-22822	Fixed displaying the correct threshold color in "Top hosts" widget when value exceeds maximum
ZBX-22777	Fixed item test form sending incorrectly resolved macros to server if item uses SNMP interface
ZBX-23075	Fixed processing of network discovery rule with short update interval
ZBX-23097	Fixed use of uninitialised value when verifying subject and issuer with TLS
ZBX-23112	Fixed runtime errors in the inheritance of the trigger and trigger prototype dependencies
ZBX-22539	Fixed SLI calculation for days with daylight-saving-time transitions
ZBX-22916	Fixed action condition type dropdown not reloading the form if mouse is clicked and dragged
ZBX-22814	Fixed PHP runtime errors in API trigger.get method when using "expandComment" option
ZBX-23037	Fixed memory leak in vfs.fs.get[]
ZBX-22915	Fixed unfocusable dashboard pages in editing mode
ZBX-23014	Fixed Zabbix agent build on HP-UX
ZBX-23049	Fixed default condition for log item macro resolution
ZBX-21909	Updated setup section in README for PHP-FPM templates to include configuration example for Apache
ZBX-20148	Fixed the issue with housekeeper failing to delete some of the events that required deletion
ZBX-21970	Fixed console error in "Map navigation tree" widget; disabled add button on a 10th depth level
ZBX-19393	Fixed undefined index errors in configuration.importcompare
ZBX-22811	Removed CSRF token from the monitoring.host.view URL
ZBX-22290	Fixed generation of double page headers when general warning appears
ZBX-22830	Fixed free bytes calculation for temporary tablespace in Oracle Zabbix agent 2 plugin
ZBX-21845	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 systemd plugin failing with newer dbus
ZBX-21547	Fixed reading of non-UTF-8 encoded files in Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-22800	Fixed detection of authentication LDAP userdirectory when user is assigned to multiple user groups with LDAP authentication
ZBX-22808	Fixed broken timeline breakpoint in "Problems by severity" widget
ZBX-21571	Updated pod crash loop trigger expressions in Kubernetes nodes and cluster state templates
ZBX-22825	Fixed Zabbix access to the first page for user with specific page access
ZBX-22711	Fixed incorrectly displayed simple graphs with non-numeric items in Host graphs page
ZBX-22369	Fixed suffix interpretation in threshold values for "Item value" and "Top hosts" widget
ZBX-22987	Fixed inefficient URL schema validation
ZBX-21892	Fixed wrong fs type returned by vfs.fs.get for file systems with identical mount point
ZBX-21859	Fixed active checks occasionally not being executed on Zabbix agent 2 if checks for a plugin have long and short update intervals
ZBX-22941	Prevented clearing of the user macro secret values on inherited host prototypes as the result of user macros modifications on the parent host prototype of a template
ZBX-22889	Fixed performance problems by creating problem.cause_eventid index
ZBX-22695	Fixed eventlog duplicate timestamps
ZBX-22903	Fixed scale calculation for Graph and Graph (classic) widgets
ZBX-22838	Fixed Zabbix proxy reporting JSON error instead of TCP
ZBX-22904	Fixed streaming of metrics with large float numbers
ZBX-22148	Fixed the crash when updating a webhook to JavaScript that cannot be compiled
ZBX-22868	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 plugin Defaults when hardcoded value is provided
ZBX-22399	Added TLS and Default parameters support to MQTT plugin for Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-20280	Fixed page selection in a dashboard after refresh
ZBX-22883	Fixed occasional crash of user parameters on Windows when using Zabbix agent 2 with UserParameterDir defined
ZBX-22953	Fixed metric names in the Top hosts widget in global view dashboard, added missing connector queue metric to graph in Zabbix server health dashboard
ZBXNEXT-8392	Added a documentation link for each standard item key
ZBX-22243	Fixed navigation away from edited dashboard without user confirmation
ZBX-22844	Fixed compilation of Zabbix on OpenBSD when linking with libevent
ZBX-22798	Fixed incorrect output of vfs.file.contents when reading frequently modified file
ZBX-22805	Increased memory allocation limit for JavaScript execution from 64M to 512M
ZBX-21877	Fixed unnecessary proxy name wrapping into multiple lines in proxy list
ZBX-22264	Added optional empty state for dynamic rows library
ZBX-22697	Fixed VMware tags update error related to curl communication problems
ZBX-21573	Optimized preprocessing steps in the AWS EC2 by HTTP template
ZBX-16326	Fixed displaying of the first and last data points on the graphs
ZBX-22467	Fixed missing bracket in a trigger event name in Windows templates
ZBXNEXT-8467	Updated max supported TimescaleDB version to 2.11
ZBX-22738	Fixed flickering debug info while editing empty dashboards
ZBX-22231	Removed host and interface macros resolution from HTTP proxy fields in items, item prototype and discovery rule test dialogues
ZBX-22681	Fixed wrongly displayed Revert button for text macros in host, template and host prototype clone forms
ZBX-21194	Fixed filter form submission upon pressing Enter key in Safari
ZBX-22348	Added user role requirement for creating a user or updating a user with role already set to the frontend
ZBX-21804	Removed requirement for write permissions on hosts, host groups, triggers, discovery rules, discovery checks and proxies when creating or updating actions
ZBX-22743	Fixed user list filtering with user roles specified
ZBX-22418	Fixed popup form fields overlapping labels when textarea width is resized
ZBX-19590	Changed count_foreach to add 0 when no data are in the requested period
ZBX-22594	Fixed fatal error when a request contains invalid authentication parameters
ZBX-22397	Fixed disabled input field text color in Safari
ZBX-22691	Fixed action operations edit form opening wrong operation details popup window
ZBX-21593	Optimized preprocessing steps in the templates PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent and PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-22470	Fixed hang on logging when establishing an encrypted connection in Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-20263	Prevented the ability to link two or more templates with matching item keys to a host or template; improved the check for double template linkage and related error messages
ZBX-22254	Fixed support of special characters in LDAP group pattern
ZBX-22571	Fixed "service not equal" action condition not working as expected
ZBX-22644	Fixed Graph widget not showing all problems for multiple items with dataset aggregation enabled
ZBX-22698	Fixed spelling mistakes in the templates
ZBX-21883	Changed Select map field of the Map widget to multiselect
ZBX-22762	Fixed race condition in Zabbix agent 2 when reading filesystem
ZBX-22593	Changed representation of boolean item values in wmi.get, wmi.getall items in Zabbix agent 2 to match the format in classic Zabbix agent
ZBX-22793	Fixed LogSlowQueries not taken into account by server
ZBX-22314	Fixed OpenSSL, yaml, cmocka compiling in a non-standard location
ZBX-14557	Expanded the range of possible forecast return values to double precision
ZBX-22598	Fixed singular and plural forms in success and error messages and in confirmation messages
ZBX-22343	Removed use of deprecated cURL setopt options
ZBX-22147	Updated default buffer size to 1000 in Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-22587	Fixed JSON validation not detecting invalid unicode characters and out-of-bounds access with JSONPath on invalid unicode character
ZBX-21976	Added support of OneLogin and Azure SCIM, fixed some issues with provisioning

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Referenzen

Zabbix 7.0 Manual