10 Template changes

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

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 and importing 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).

Please be informed that since Zabbix 6.0, all templates follow an updated format, which may impact the import of pre-6.0 templates. For more information, see Template changes in 6.0.

Changes in 7.0.0

New templates

  • Website by Browser template has been added for monitoring complex websites and web applications.

Updated templates

Changes in 7.0.1

New templates

Updated templates

The templates Zabbix server health, Remote Zabbix server health, Zabbix proxy health, and Remote Zabbix proxy health have been updated for improved visual representation by transferring item data visualizations from graphs to dashboard widgets and regrouping the displayed metrics.

Changes in 7.0.2

New templates

Changes in 7.0.4

New templates

Updated templates

The templates within the VMware and VMware FQDN template sets have been updated and supplemented with several improvements including the following:

  • new LLD rules "VMware overall health discovery" and "VMware alarm discovery", as well as new dashboards for all VMware templates;
  • new items about network statistics - as part of the VMware Hypervisor template;
  • new items for getting information about snapshots and triggers for free disk space, as well as an update for the trigger “VM has been restarted” - as part of the VMware Guest template.

Changes in 7.0.5

New templates

Updated templates

  • In all APC templates, the discovery rule for external defective battery packs has been supplemented with a filter to avoid creating unsupported items.
  • In the templates MSSQL by Zabbix agent 2 and MSSQL by ODBC, a timeout has been added and certain item keys have been adjusted to increase monitoring stability.

Changes in 7.0.6

New templates

  • Nutanix Prism Element by HTTP, a template set that also includes the templates Nutanix Cluster Prism Element by HTTP and Nutanix Host Prism Element by HTTP.

Updated templates

  • The template VMware Hypervisor within the VMware and VMware FQDN template sets has been updated with the option to be used as a standalone template.
  • Proxmox VE by HTTP has been updated with new items and trigger prototypes for disk space usage in LXC containers.