Zabbix upgrade procedure

[sweedcorn]

Hi, i want to ask for some help regarding the upgrade of zabbix.

Currently, i have two instances of zabbix with external DB servers for each server.

Today I installed the second instance and in the version of zabbix i see 5.4.2 which is strange because when i do apt update on my first instance i can't see any new updates but the version is 5.4.1.

Can you explain how this happened? I installed both instances the same way using the same repo (i checked it)

https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb

https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb

zabbix_server --version
zabbix_server (Zabbix) 5.4.1
Revision ecb5b3378c 7 June 2021, compilation time: May 28 2021 10:41:12

zabbix_server --version
zabbix_server (Zabbix) 5.4.2
Revision 4c8f9aabe1 28 June 2021, compilation time: Jun 11 2021 14:01:39

Thanks for all comments !!!

[Markku]

Hi, did you also do "apt upgrade" after "apt update"?

Markku

[sweedcorn]

yes ofc sorry for not mentioning it

[Markku]

Can you show us the output of "sudo apt update; apt list --upgradable; apt list zabbix\*" command on both servers?

Markku

[sweedcorn]

Here it is, i even tried again install using:

wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/u...u20.04_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zabbix-server-pgsql zabbix-frontend-php php7.4-pgsql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent


Zabbix server with 5.4.1

altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ sudo apt update; apt list --upgradable; apt list zabbix\*
Hit:1 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:2 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:3 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [101 kB]
Get:4 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Fetched 328 kB in 1s (314 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Listing... Done
Listing... Done
zabbix-agent/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed,local]
zabbix-apache-conf/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-frontend-php/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-java-gateway/focal 1:4.0.17+dfsg-1 all
zabbix-proxy-mysql/focal 1:4.0.17+dfsg-1 amd64
zabbix-proxy-pgsql/focal 1:4.0.17+dfsg-1 amd64
zabbix-proxy-sqlite3/focal 1:4.0.17+dfsg-1 amd64
zabbix-release/now 1:5.4-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-server-mysql/focal 1:4.0.17+dfsg-1 amd64
zabbix-server-pgsql/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed,local]
zabbix-sql-scripts/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]



zabbix server with 5.4.2

altepro@zabbix-int:~$ sudo apt update; apt list --upgradable; apt list zabbix\*
Hit:1 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:5 https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu focal InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Listing... Done
Listing... Done
zabbix-agent2/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
zabbix-agent/unknown,now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed]
zabbix-apache-conf/unknown,now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed]
zabbix-frontend-php/unknown,now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed]
zabbix-get/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
zabbix-java-gateway/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 all
zabbix-js/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
zabbix-nginx-conf/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 all
zabbix-proxy-mysql/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
zabbix-proxy-pgsql/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
zabbix-proxy-sqlite3/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
zabbix-release/unknown,now 1:5.4-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed]
zabbix-sender/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
zabbix-server-mysql/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
zabbix-server-pgsql/unknown,now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed]
zabbix-sql-scripts/unknown,now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed]
zabbix-web-service/unknown 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64


i seen strange /unknown lines so maybe that's the problem ?
And I see there is no zabbix repo for the first server ...

Thanks for the help

[Markku]

Yeah, there is no Zabbix's own repo there in the first server, so you need to download and install the zabbix-release dpkg file, then apt update and install the desired components.

Markku

[sweedcorn]

Yea well i did that ... still no luck it seems that I cannot add the repo using the official writeup, it is not working

So can I just manually add the repo deb https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu focal main to the sources list ?

and what about the source deb - deb-src https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu focal main ? do i need that too ?

Thanks

altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/u...u20.04_all.deb
--2021-07-19 14:18:19-- https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/u...u20.04_all.deb
Resolving repo.zabbix.com (repo.zabbix.com)... 178.128.6.101, 2604:a880:2:d0::2062:d001
Connecting to repo.zabbix.com (repo.zabbix.com)|178.128.6.101|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3468 (3.4K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb’

zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all. 100%[================================================== ======================>] 3.39K --.-KB/s in 0s

2021-07-19 14:18:20 (432 MB/s) - ‘zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb’ saved [3468/3468]

altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ sudo dpkg -i zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb
(Reading database ... 111784 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack zabbix-release_5.4-1+ubuntu20.04_all.deb ...
Unpacking zabbix-release (1:5.4-1+ubuntu20.04) over (1:5.4-1+ubuntu20.04) ...
Setting up zabbix-release (1:5.4-1+ubuntu20.04) ...
altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:2 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:3 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [101 kB]
Get:4 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Fetched 328 kB in 1s (400 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.

altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ sudo apt install zabbix-server-pgsql zabbix-frontend-php php7.4-pgsql zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-sql-scripts zabbix-agent
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
php7.4-pgsql is already the newest version (7.4.3-4ubuntu2.5).
zabbix-agent is already the newest version (1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04).
zabbix-apache-conf is already the newest version (1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04).
zabbix-frontend-php is already the newest version (1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04).
zabbix-server-pgsql is already the newest version (1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04).
zabbix-sql-scripts is already the newest version (1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[Markku]

What you are showing here is that you install the zabbix-release package correctly, run apt update, but the system is still not actually using the repo correctly. What kind of manual apt sources configurations (or similar) there has been made on that server? I mean, it looks really strange and looks like a result of some manual misconfiguration somewhere.

Markku

[sweedcorn]

Its just a fresh ubuntu 20.04 installation with nothing maunally added, thats why iam asking here... Beacause what i did was just fresh install of ubuntu and then the zabbix install using the official writeup at

https://www.zabbix.com/download?zabbix=5.4&os_distribution=ubuntu&os_version=20.04_focal&db=postgresql&ws=apache

So whats your suggestions ? I dont know if another reinstall will do the trick this time

[Markku]

Based on searching for "apt installed,local" it looks like you have installed the zabbix packages from .deb files and not from the repo.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...itory-in-etc-a

Markku

[sweedcorn]

seems you are right

altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ apt list --installed | grep installed,local

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

zabbix-agent/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed,local]
zabbix-apache-conf/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-frontend-php/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-release/now 1:5.4-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-server-pgsql/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed,local]
zabbix-sql-scripts/now 1:5.4.1-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]


altepro@zabbix-int:~$ apt list --installed | grep installed,local

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

zabbix-agent/now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed,local]
zabbix-apache-conf/now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-frontend-php/now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-release/now 1:5.4-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]
zabbix-server-pgsql/now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed,local]
zabbix-sql-scripts/now 1:5.4.2-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,local]



so what to do now ? how can I force the server to download it from zabbix repo ?

Thanks

[sweedcorn]

I manually added the repo and now it seems it works, I upgraded successfully:

altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbix.list
deb https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu focal main
deb-src https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/5.4/ubuntu focal main

altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ zabbix_server --version
zabbix_server (Zabbix) 5.4.2
Revision 4c8f9aabe1 28 June 2021, compilation time: Jun 11 2021 14:01:39

altepro@zabbix-cust:~$ apt list --installed | grep installed,local
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
altepro@zabbix-cust:~$


Thanks for the help Markku, appreciate it