How to update zabbix-agent2 from 6.4.17 to version 7.0.4.

[jburysom]

I cannot find anything in the documentation on upgrading the zabbix-agent from version 6.x to version 7.x on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x. What is the correct sequence or steps to upgrade the zabbix-agent2 on a Red Hat client. (I have re-installed my zabbix servers from 6.4.14 to 7.0.4)

Should you remove the old package first or can you perform an update/upgrade to the latest package after updating the release RPM?

Thanks – John

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Option 1:

• Remove old zabbix-release package for zabbix-release-6.4-1.el7.noarch
• Install the latest zabbix-release package for zabbix-release-latest.el7.noarch.rpm
• Run “yum update zabbix-agent2” to update the package? (Is there a need to stop the zabbix-agent2 service prior to upgrading?)

Option2:

• Remove old zabbix-release package for zabbix-release-6.4-1.el7.noarch
• Install the latest zabbix-release package for zabbix-release-latest.el7.noarch.rpm
• Uninstall the old zabbix-agent2 package 6.4.17. (yum remove zabbix-agent2)
• Install the new zabbix-agent2 package for version 7.0.4. (yum install zabbix-agent2)

[jhboricua]

Option 1 if you want to retain your agent configuration, as option 2 might remove it. Also, you don't have to remove the old zabbix-release package prior to install the new one. The RPM install will recognize the new one as an upgrade and handle it accordingly.

[jburysom]

Thanks for you input - this worked perfectly for my RHEL 8 clients:

# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.0/r...el8.noarch.rpm
# dnf update zabbix-agent2.x86_64 -y

[jhboricua]

Option 1 if you want to retain your agent configuration, as option 2 might remove it. Also, you don't have to remove the old zabbix-release package prior to install the new one. The RPM install will recognize the new one as an upgrade and handle it accordingly.

[jburysom]

Thanks for you input - this worked perfectly for my RHEL 8 clients:

# rpm -Uvh https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/7.0/r...el8.noarch.rpm
# dnf update zabbix-agent2.x86_64 -y