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8 Template changes

This page lists all changes to the stock templates that are shipped with Zabbix.

Note that upgrading to the latest Zabbix version will not automatically upgrade the templates used. It is suggested to modify the templates in existing installations by:

  • Downloading the latest templates from the Zabbix Git repository;
  • Then, while in ConfigurationTemplates you can import them manually into Zabbix. If templates with the same names already exist, the Delete missing options should be checked when importing to achieve a clean import. This way the old items that are no longer in the updated template will be removed (note that it will mean losing history of these old items).

New templates

See the list of new templates in Zabbix 4.4.0.

Changes in 4.4.1

  • The Template Net HP Comware HH3C SNMPv2 now contains the correct value mapping.
  • In the Template Module Zabbix agent agent.ping type has been changed from ZABBIX_ACTIVE to ZABBIX_PASSIVE

Changes in 4.4.2

Low-level discovery rules have been split from the parent template Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB SNMPv2 into separate linked templates:

  • Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB storage SNMPv2
  • Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB memory SNMPv2
  • Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB CPU SNMPv2

Other changes:

  • A CPU utilization item has been added to Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB CPU SNMPv2;
  • The filesystem discovery filter has been improved to exclude some unnecessary values in Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB storage SNMPv2 (linked to Template OS Windows SNMPv2), Template Net Arista SNMPv2);
  • The network interface discovery filter has been improved to exclude some unnecessary values in Template Module Interfaces Windows SNMPv2 (linked to Template OS Windows SNMPv2);
  • Discovery filters in several templates are now defined by template-level user macros (for example {$VFS.FS.FSNAME.MATCHES} and {$VFS.FS.FSNAME.NOT_MATCHES}) that can be overridden on host or linked-template level for flexibility:
    • Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB storage SNMPv2
    • Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB memory SNMPv2
    • Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB CPU SNMPv2
    • Template Module Interfaces Windows SNMPv2

Changes in 4.4.4

  • Windows service discovery has been added to Template OS Windows by Zabbix agent.
  • Low-level discovery rules have been split from Template Module HOST-RESOURCES-MIB SNMPv1 into separate linked templates (see Changes in 4.4.2 for details)
  • Each xml of template has been moved into its own sub directory. In Bitbucket, this allows each template to have its own README.md rendered, when viewed in web.
  • Value mapping 'Ethernet 10Mbs' has been renamed to 'Ethernet' in linux,linux_prom
  • Ploop md hcp zram has been added to LLD filter for vfs.dev(block devices) in linux,linux_prom,linux_snmp
  • Not used macros in hp_hpn template have been removed
  • Value mapping for HH3C template has been fixed
  • Poll time of CPU metrics has been changed to 5m by default in cisco template
  • Missing user macros in windows_agent template has been added
  • Remove mode=none from trigger prototypes, version triggers now close after some timeout
  • Width has been set to 750px for all screen graphs

Changes in 4.4.5

New HAProxy and Redis templates are available:

  • Template App HAProxy by HTTP - collects metrics by polling HAProxy Stats Page with HTTP agent remotely (see description);
  • Template App HAProxy by Zabbix agent - collects metrics by polling HAProxy Stats Page locally with Zabbix agent (see description).
  • Template DB Redis - collects metrics from Redis by polling the new Zabbix agent 2 (see description).

Changes in 4.4.6

New MySQL template is available:

  • Template DB MySQL by ODBC - collects metrics from DBMS MySQL and its forks by ODBC (see description).