Problem updating Zabbix to version 6

[tombaz47]

I have attempted updating Zabbix from version 5 to version 6 as per the installation instructions, however I get the following error:



Upon looking at the logs, I appear to have the following which may be causing this:

Error: Transaction test error:
file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf from install of zabbix-server-mysql-6.2.6- release1.el8.x86_64 conflicts with file from package zabbix-server-pgsql-5.0.26- 1.el8.x86_64
file /usr/share/man/man8/zabbix_server.8.gz from install of zabbix-server-mysq l-6.2.6-release1.el8.x86_64 conflicts with file from package zabbix-server-pgsql -5.0.26-1.el8.x86_64

I have attached the installation log for reference.

Please can someone help me on this.

[LenR]

Are you using mysql or postgres? The error is mixed packages, you're trying to install server-mysql but server-pgsql for 5.0 is installed. The frontend error is because the database hasn't been updated, because a 6.0 zabbix_server hasn't started and upgraded the DB.

[tombaz47]

Have ran the following command to check: cat /etc/zabbix/web/zabbix.conf.php
<?php
// Zabbix GUI configuration file.

$DB['TYPE'] = 'POSTGRESQL';
$DB['SERVER'] = 'localhost';
$DB['PORT'] = '0';
$DB['DATABASE'] = 'zabbix';
$DB['USER'] = 'zabbix';

[Atsushi]

If you are using PostgreSQL, upgrade using zabbix-server-mysql-6.2.6 instead of zabbix-server-mysql-6.2.6. After upgrading the package and checking the configuration file, start zabbix_server and the database will be upgraded automatically. Once the upgrade process is finished, you should be able to access it from your web front end.

[tombaz47]

I have tried that but am still getting the error. Anything else I can try?

[root@MGMT-MON01 ~]# systemctl stop zabbix-server
[root@MGMT-MON01 ~]# systemctl stop zabbix-proxy
Failed to stop zabbix-proxy.service: Unit zabbix-proxy.service not loaded.
[root@MGMT-MON01 ~]# mkdir /opt/zabbix-backup/
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/opt/zabbix-backup/’: File exists
[root@MGMT-MON01 ~]# dnf upgrade zabbix-server-pgsql zabbix-web-pgsql zabbix-agent
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/datto-rpm-repo-el.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Last metadata expiration check: 0:33:40 ago on Wed 18 Jan 2023 09:27:20 GMT.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Upgrading:
zabbix-agent x86_64 6.2.6-release1.el8 zabbix 550 k
zabbix-server-pgsql x86_64 6.2.6-release1.el8 zabbix 1.7 M

Transaction Summary
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Upgrade 2 Packages

Total download size: 2.2 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): zabbix-agent-6.2.6-release1.el8.x86_64.r 422 kB/s | 550 kB 00:01
(2/2): zabbix-server-pgsql-6.2.6-release1.el8.x 1.0 MB/s | 1.7 MB 00:01
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Total 1.4 MB/s | 2.2 MB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next successful transaction.
You can remove cached packages by executing 'dnf clean packages'.
Error: Transaction test error:
file /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf from install of zabbix-server-pgsql-6.2.6-release1.el8.x86_64 conflicts with file from package zabbix-server-mysql-5.0.26-1.el8.x86_64
file /usr/share/man/man8/zabbix_server.8.gz from install of zabbix-server-pgsql-6.2.6-release1.el8.x86_64 conflicts with file from package zabbix-server-mysql-5.0.26-1.el8.x86_64
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[Atsushi]

Wasn't it the Zabbix server for PostgreSQL that you were using? If you were not using Zabbix server for MySQL, please remove zabbix-server-mysql before upgrading zabbix-server-pgsql. Back up your configuration files before you begin.