ZABBIX 1.5.2 (beta) released
ZABBIX SIA is proud to announce the availability of ZABBIX 1.5.2, the third
release in a series of pre-1.6 betas.
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 release notes for ZABBIX 1.5.2.
Do not use this release in production! It is for early beta testing only.
The following sections describe the release in detail and provide
late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.
What's New in 1.5.2 (beta)
The following functionality is introduced in this release and will be available
in stable ZABBIX 1.6.
:: New functionality and improvements
* added protection against brute force login attack
* added standart sorting to screens
* added more flexibility to scripts
* fixed problem with node syncing
* added Ldap authentication
* added support network and disk stats under OpenBSD
* added required server performance info to Status of ZABBIX
* added time filter in "Availability report"
* added automatic selection first group and host in WEB monitoring
* added support of DisablePassive parameter for agent
* improved support of numeric performance counters for Windows agents
* other bug fixes and minor improvements
What's New in 1.5.x (beta)
The following functionality is introduced in 1.5.x releases and will be
available in stable ZABBIX 1.6.
:: Support of IPv6
All ZABBIX modules support IPv6.
:: Better Distributed Monitoring
ZABBIX distributed monitoring has been improved for a more efficient Node
synchronisation protocol. See also details on ZABBIX Proxy.
:: ZABBIX Proxy process
ZABBIX proxy is a lightweight process, which performs data collection on
behalf of ZABBIX Server. The proxies can be used to create distributed
centralised monitoring of remote locations all reporting to a central server or
one of ZABBIX nodes.
ZABBIX Proxy significantly simplifies deployment and maintenances of large
ZABBIX setups in a distributed environment.
:: Dashboard
The Dashboard provides high level personalized details about monitored
environment. Now this is a central part of ZABBIX front-end.
:: Dynamic screens
A screen element can be made dynamic. In this case, information displayed
in the element will depend on a host selected by user.
:: Nice zoom for graphs
Zoom period can be selected by mouse for drill-down analysis.
:: Database cache module
Database cache module can be enabled to improve performance of busy
ZABBIX servers.
:: Pie charts
Pie charts (both 2D and 3D) are supported.
:: Basic management functions
Traceroute and Ping can be executed from the Status of Triggers screen.
More scripts can be added and configured. The scripts are executed on a
local ZABBIX server or one of ZABBIX nodes.
:: More efficient communication with agents
ZABBIX Agent supports data buffering, which can be tuned by new
configuration parameters, BufferSize and BufferSend. Communication
protocol has been improved to support sending of multiple values by one
TCP connection.
:: More efficient ZABBIX sender
ZABBIX Sender has been improved to support sending of multiple values by
one TCP connection.
:: Improved view of trigger statuses
The screen will display information about triggers and associated events.
:: Support of SNMP data having dynamic index
A new syntax can be used to monitor SNMP data with a dynamic index. See
SNMP section for more details.
:: Special processing of well known SNMP OIDs
Simple SNMP OIDs, like ifDescr, ifInOctets, ifInOctets, and other can be
used in ZABBIX and will be translated automatically into correct numeric
representation by ZABBIX itself.
:: Added printable view for all screens
Any screen can be printed in a nice way by pressing the Print link.
:: Disabling of login rights for a group of users
Whole user group can be configured not to have access to ZABBIX
front-end.
:: Added support of UTF-8
ZABBIX front-end is UTF-8 ready. Note that ZABBIX database and ZABBIX server and agent processes are still not ready for correct processing of UTF-8 data.
:: Added screen for better management of translations
The screen can be used to add new translations of ZABBIX front-end.
:: Added maintenance mode
ZABBIX Maintenance mode can be activated to disable ZABBIX front-end.
:: Unlimited number of map link styles
Any number of triggers can be linked to map link. The triggers will define
how the link is displayed.
:: Database monitoring
ZABBIX could retrieve data directly from an external database by executing a SQL request.
:: Other improvements
* Queue moved into Administration
* Link to Maps, Screens and Graphs moved to the Dashboard
* Option to remember user authorisation
* More efficient communication protocol
* Support of themes for ZABBIX front-end
* User 'guest' can be disabled
* Disabling group of users
* Database down screen
* Duplicated Login removed
* Added sorting for all screens
* Added support of zabbix[proxy,<proxyname>,lastaccess]
* Screen actions moved to Audit, added filter for Audit
* Added autodiscovery by ICMP pings
* Improved icmpping* processing. added "-c3" to fping
* Improved "Events" screen, added "Event Details" screen
* Added transaction functionality to frontend
* Added support of update interval in icmpping* simpe checks
* Increased default max number of log file lines sent per second to 100
* Numerous bug fixes and minor improvements
What's not ready yet but expected in 1.6
* Escalation module
* Encryption
* Backup/restore of configuration data
Installation and Upgrade Notes
Installation
See ZABBIX Manual for full details.
Upgrade
See ZABBIX Manual for a detailed upgrade procedure.
Pre-release testing
ZABBIX Server
ZABBIX Server has been tested on the following platforms:
* Ubuntu Linux, AMD64, kernel 2.6.11, MySQL 4.x
* Ubuntu Linux, Intel, kernel 2.6.15, MySQL 5.0.22
ZABBIX Agents
ZABBIX Agents have been compiled and tested on the following platforms:
* AIX 5.2
* FreeBSD 4.11, 5.4
* HP-UX 11.00
* Linux 2.6.11 (Ubuntu)
* Linux 2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
* Linux CentOS
* NetBSD 2.0
* OS/X 10.2
* Solaris 10
* Tru64 5.1B
* Windows XP
Commercial support
ZABBIX Company provides a full range of professional services. Please
contact our sales department for pricing and more details.
References
* ZABBIX 1.6 Manual
* ZABBIX Forums (http://www.zabbix.com/forum)
* ZABBIX Support (http://www.zabbix.com/support.php)
release in a series of pre-1.6 betas.
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 release notes for ZABBIX 1.5.2.
Do not use this release in production! It is for early beta testing only.
The following sections describe the release in detail and provide
late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.
What's New in 1.5.2 (beta)
The following functionality is introduced in this release and will be available
in stable ZABBIX 1.6.
:: New functionality and improvements
* added protection against brute force login attack
* added standart sorting to screens
* added more flexibility to scripts
* fixed problem with node syncing
* added Ldap authentication
* added support network and disk stats under OpenBSD
* added required server performance info to Status of ZABBIX
* added time filter in "Availability report"
* added automatic selection first group and host in WEB monitoring
* added support of DisablePassive parameter for agent
* improved support of numeric performance counters for Windows agents
* other bug fixes and minor improvements
What's New in 1.5.x (beta)
The following functionality is introduced in 1.5.x releases and will be
available in stable ZABBIX 1.6.
:: Support of IPv6
All ZABBIX modules support IPv6.
:: Better Distributed Monitoring
ZABBIX distributed monitoring has been improved for a more efficient Node
synchronisation protocol. See also details on ZABBIX Proxy.
:: ZABBIX Proxy process
ZABBIX proxy is a lightweight process, which performs data collection on
behalf of ZABBIX Server. The proxies can be used to create distributed
centralised monitoring of remote locations all reporting to a central server or
one of ZABBIX nodes.
ZABBIX Proxy significantly simplifies deployment and maintenances of large
ZABBIX setups in a distributed environment.
:: Dashboard
The Dashboard provides high level personalized details about monitored
environment. Now this is a central part of ZABBIX front-end.
:: Dynamic screens
A screen element can be made dynamic. In this case, information displayed
in the element will depend on a host selected by user.
:: Nice zoom for graphs
Zoom period can be selected by mouse for drill-down analysis.
:: Database cache module
Database cache module can be enabled to improve performance of busy
ZABBIX servers.
:: Pie charts
Pie charts (both 2D and 3D) are supported.
:: Basic management functions
Traceroute and Ping can be executed from the Status of Triggers screen.
More scripts can be added and configured. The scripts are executed on a
local ZABBIX server or one of ZABBIX nodes.
:: More efficient communication with agents
ZABBIX Agent supports data buffering, which can be tuned by new
configuration parameters, BufferSize and BufferSend. Communication
protocol has been improved to support sending of multiple values by one
TCP connection.
:: More efficient ZABBIX sender
ZABBIX Sender has been improved to support sending of multiple values by
one TCP connection.
:: Improved view of trigger statuses
The screen will display information about triggers and associated events.
:: Support of SNMP data having dynamic index
A new syntax can be used to monitor SNMP data with a dynamic index. See
SNMP section for more details.
:: Special processing of well known SNMP OIDs
Simple SNMP OIDs, like ifDescr, ifInOctets, ifInOctets, and other can be
used in ZABBIX and will be translated automatically into correct numeric
representation by ZABBIX itself.
:: Added printable view for all screens
Any screen can be printed in a nice way by pressing the Print link.
:: Disabling of login rights for a group of users
Whole user group can be configured not to have access to ZABBIX
front-end.
:: Added support of UTF-8
ZABBIX front-end is UTF-8 ready. Note that ZABBIX database and ZABBIX server and agent processes are still not ready for correct processing of UTF-8 data.
:: Added screen for better management of translations
The screen can be used to add new translations of ZABBIX front-end.
:: Added maintenance mode
ZABBIX Maintenance mode can be activated to disable ZABBIX front-end.
:: Unlimited number of map link styles
Any number of triggers can be linked to map link. The triggers will define
how the link is displayed.
:: Database monitoring
ZABBIX could retrieve data directly from an external database by executing a SQL request.
:: Other improvements
* Queue moved into Administration
* Link to Maps, Screens and Graphs moved to the Dashboard
* Option to remember user authorisation
* More efficient communication protocol
* Support of themes for ZABBIX front-end
* User 'guest' can be disabled
* Disabling group of users
* Database down screen
* Duplicated Login removed
* Added sorting for all screens
* Added support of zabbix[proxy,<proxyname>,lastaccess]
* Screen actions moved to Audit, added filter for Audit
* Added autodiscovery by ICMP pings
* Improved icmpping* processing. added "-c3" to fping
* Improved "Events" screen, added "Event Details" screen
* Added transaction functionality to frontend
* Added support of update interval in icmpping* simpe checks
* Increased default max number of log file lines sent per second to 100
* Numerous bug fixes and minor improvements
What's not ready yet but expected in 1.6
* Escalation module
* Encryption
* Backup/restore of configuration data
Installation and Upgrade Notes
Installation
See ZABBIX Manual for full details.
Upgrade
See ZABBIX Manual for a detailed upgrade procedure.
Pre-release testing
ZABBIX Server
ZABBIX Server has been tested on the following platforms:
* Ubuntu Linux, AMD64, kernel 2.6.11, MySQL 4.x
* Ubuntu Linux, Intel, kernel 2.6.15, MySQL 5.0.22
ZABBIX Agents
ZABBIX Agents have been compiled and tested on the following platforms:
* AIX 5.2
* FreeBSD 4.11, 5.4
* HP-UX 11.00
* Linux 2.6.11 (Ubuntu)
* Linux 2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
* Linux CentOS
* NetBSD 2.0
* OS/X 10.2
* Solaris 10
* Tru64 5.1B
* Windows XP
Commercial support
ZABBIX Company provides a full range of professional services. Please
contact our sales department for pricing and more details.
References
* ZABBIX 1.6 Manual
* ZABBIX Forums (http://www.zabbix.com/forum)
* ZABBIX Support (http://www.zabbix.com/support.php)