Release Notes for Zabbix 5.0.0

11 May 2020

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 5.0.0.

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 the release notes for Zabbix 5.0.0. Download it from download.

The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.

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New Features and Improvements

ZBX-17667	Moved "frontends/php" to "ui" directory
ZBXNEXT-3035	Added ability of filtering out items, triggers, hosts and graphs or overriding their attributes during Low-level discovery based on LLD object and prototype name
ZBXNEXT-2663	Support SAML authentication in zabbix frontend
ZBXNEXT-5711	Added ability to view logs in frontend when testing web hook media type
ZBXNEXT-5300	Implemented widget copy/paste possibility in dashboard
ZBXNEXT-5879	Added filter to Configuration->Templates/Hosts->Discovery rules
ZBXNEXT-5907	Added Jira ServiceDesk mediatype
ZBXNEXT-1882, ZBXNEXT-5865	Added problem unacknowledge option
ZBXNEXT-1899	Added support of threaded email notifications
ZBXNEXT-1891	Added option 'delay' for zabbix[proxy] internal check and calculate nodata() to respect proxy availability
ZBXNEXT-1686	Added persistent queue for active items in Zabbix agent 2
ZBXNEXT-5849	Added support of search and filter by macro value
ZBXNEXT-5864	Added {EVENT.DURATION} in recovery message of webhooks
ZBXNEXT-5678	Added proxy support for all media
ZBXNEXT-5832	Added ServiceNow mediatype
ZBXNEXT-5670	Added "Template App Elasticsearch Cluster by HTTP"
ZBXNEXT-1578	Added ability to use user macros for IPMI user and password
ZBXNEXT-702	Implemented ability to compare string values in triggers
ZBXNEXT-5658	Added media "Zammad"
ZBXNEXT-5821	Added "Template App Memcached"
ZBXNEXT-5833	Added "Template DB ClickHouse by HTTP"
ZBXNEXT-5851	Added ability to monitor versions of all other Zabbix servers and proxies with zabbix.stats and zabbix[version] internal items
ZBXNEXT-2297	Added user defined macros creation/edition for host prototypes
ZBXNEXT-5825, ZBXNEXT-5826	Fixed support of Elasticsearch version 7.x
ZBXNEXT-5325	Added Docker plugin
ZBXNEXT-5622	Added Zendesk media
ZBXCTR-1	Added Telegram media type
ZBXNEXT-5824	Added media "Redmine"
ZBXNEXT-5861	Added {EVENT.DURATION} macro to subject of message templates
ZBXNEXT-5848	Increased acknowledge message maximum size to 2048 characters
ZBXNEXT-5702	Improved UI performance for large installations
ZBXNEXT-5599	Added MS Teams media type
ZBXNEXT-5715	Added Jira media type
ZBXNEXT-5767	Added Memcached plugin
ZBXNEXT-5569	Updated main menu to vertical style for the saving space
ZBXNEXT-5691	Implemented IEEE754 compatible value range for Numeric (float) history data type
ZBXNEXT-4829	Changed web setup wizard to not create and drop tables for DB connectivity test purposes
ZBXNEXT-5369	Added EVENT.TAGSJSON macro
ZBXNEXT-1736	Increased float precision
ZBXNEXT-5734	Added base64 encode, decode functions to webhook
ZBXNEXT-5527	Added "Template Server Chassis by IPMI"
ZBXNEXT-5685	Added "Template DB MySQL by Zabbix agent 2"
ZBXCTR-3	Added SIGNL4 webhook integration
ZBXNEXT-5821	Added "Template App Memcached"
ZBXNEXT-5325	Added "Template App Docker" template
ZBXNEXT-252	Added EVENT.DURATION macro
ZBXNEXT-5720	Implemented displaying latest data if filter is empty
ZBXNEXT-4712	Added new preprocessing type "Replace" for items, item prototypes and LLD rules
ZBXNEXT-5786	Updated the list of user agents
ZBXNEXT-5685	Added MySQL plugin for Zabbix agent 2
ZBXNEXT-5676	Added support for TimescaleDB compression
ZBXNEXT-5829	Replaced uint64 hash function with faster one
ZBXNEXT-1169	Replaced problem acknowledge page with a modal popup window
ZBXNEXT-2753, ZBXNEXT-5641	Added TLS for server, proxy and UI connection to database
ZBXNEXT-1961	Added support for connection string to db.odbc.* items
ZBXNEXT-3604	Added support of user configurable ciphers for communication between Zabbix components
ZBXNEXT-5649	Added name referencing support ('~' suffix) to jsonpath
ZBXNEXT-2727	Added support of JMX TabularData
ZBXNEXT-5694	Implemented new page Monitoring->Hosts and added "Configuration" to Host context menu
ZBXNEXT-2957	Added ability to mask macros
ZBXNEXT-617	Added mass update of macros on host / template
ZBXNEXT-2613	Moved SNMP connection-related attributes to host interface level
ZBXNEXT-5449	Added support of svg graph as image download
ZBXNEXT-5716	Removed mbedTLS support
ZBXNEXT-5781	Improved agent2 metric testing (-t) and printing (-p) by adding full plugin interface support and verbose testing option
ZBXNEXT-3940	Added functionality to flush SNMP connections cache
ZBXNEXT-1561	Added nanoseconds option for zabbix_sender; thanks to Vladimir for the patch
ZBXNEXT-5604	Added option to suppress logging of system.run[] if embedded in agent configuration file
ZBXNEXT-4584	Implemented auditlog API
ZBXNEXT-1797	Added HOST.ID macro support to notifications
ZBXNEXT-5725	Added ability to select specific severities in Monitoring->Problems
ZBXNEXT-5697	Removed support for Internet Explorer
ZBXNEXT-5698	Added filter by tags for widget "Problems by severity" and "Problem hosts"
ZBXNEXT-5287, ZBXNEXT-5288	Implemented functionality to test items
ZBXNEXT-5514	Added functionality for Zabbix frontend customization
ZBXNEXT-5660	Added Discord media type
ZBXNEXT-5603, ZBXNEXT-5626	Added database character set check
ZBXNEXT-5659	Added "Template DB MySQL by ODBC"
ZBXNEXT-5690	Added support for libssh
ZBXNEXT-5646	Added support of configuration parameters HostInterface and HostInterfaceItem
ZBXNEXT-5706	Replaced xml2-config to pkg-config when building with libxml2
ZBXNEXT-1423	Added ipmi.get item for IPMI sensor LLD
ZBXNEXT-5546, ZBXNEXT-5548	Added support of default message templates for each media type
ZBXNEXT-5639	Added available agent 2 check restriction parameters
ZBXNEXT-5693	Reset page number when applying new filter, changing sort order or re-opening the page
ZBXNEXT-5554	Added webhook through proxy
ZBXNEXT-1898	Implemented strong cryptography for encoding frontend passwords
ZBXNEXT-5592	Dropped IBM DB2 database support for Zabbix server
ZBXNEXT-1085	Added available agent check restriction parameters
ZBXNEXT-4700	Reworked new action operation form as popup
ZBXNEXT-5412	Reworked new condition forms as popup
ZBXNEXT-1989	Increased maximum item key length to 2048 chars
ZBXNEXT-5414	Moved maintenance period configuration settings to modal window to decrease page refresh count
ZBXNEXT-5538	Moved Administration->User groups pages to MVC framework
ZBX-11991	Reworked event correlation operations page
ZBXNEXT-5413	Reworked discovery checks form as popup
ZBXNEXT-170	Implemented possibility to "unlink" specific templates in hosts and templates massupdate
ZBXNEXT-3322	Implemented popup submenus on page headings instead of select controls

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-17676	Updated ZBX_MAX_FIELDS in dbschema.h to accomodate new SAML fields
ZBX-17512	Fixed length restriction for media type script import into Oracle database
ZBX-17584	Implemented dedicated page for "update problem" popup dialog
ZBX-17618	Fixed dynamic item switching for URL widget
ZBX-17650	Fixed formula for zabbix[proxy,,delay] calculation
ZBX-17655	Fixed possible use of uninitialized variable
ZBX-17520	Fixed opening Problems popup from SVG graph outside webview boundaries
ZBX-17567	Fixed possible pooler crash if interface_snmp is missing in configuration cache
ZBX-17614	Fixed oracle sql error while sending notifications
ZBX-17617	Fixed broken markup in host selection on dashborad
ZBX-17608	Fixed broken multiselect in "Discovery rule" field in monitoring discovery view
ZBX-17540	Fixed text overflow in table
ZBX-17445	Fixed misleading error shown when formula cannot be updated during LLD
ZBX-16162	Fixed graph line interruptions when discarding values with heartbeat
ZBX-17589	Fixed occasional blank pages when viewing host graphs as values
ZBX-17571	Changed preprocessing for the haproxy.version, discovery rules divided into HTTP and TCP services
ZBX-17524	Fixed time selector button state
ZBX-17496	Fixed UserMacro API validation
ZBX-17532	Added css files and sprites versioning by query strings
ZBX-17501	Fixed overlapping multiselect suggest with browser autocomplete
ZBX-17521	Fixed closing multi-level pop-up menus when selected with a mouse click
ZBX-15914	Fixed map elements label inconsistency
ZBX-17402	Fixed search field accidentally transform value to lowercase
ZBX-17140	Fixed builtin counter index rewrite on localized Windows systems
ZBX-17412	Fixed updating metadata, ip, port for hosts with TLS certificate encryption monitored via proxy
ZBX-17505	Fixed crash inside a fork when calling vfs.fs.inode
ZBX-17558	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 compilation on MS Windows
ZBX-16959	Fixed return code check of curl_easy_setopt
ZBX-17423	Fixed "reset" button in history page
ZBX-17551	Fixed duktape crash on ppc64le architecture
ZBX-16112	Fixed connection timeout issue with media type testing by increasing timeout to 65 seconds
ZBX-17377	Fixed HostInterfaceItem not being refreshed during active checks
ZBX-17526	Fixed severity checkboxes in the firefox browser
ZBX-17395	Fixed deletion of templated applications that were linked to items when importing templates
ZBX-17359	Fixed "sortorder": "DESC" option with multiple sortfields
ZBX-17541	Fixed Zabbix agent compilation on MS Windows
ZBX-16772	Enabled zabbix_agent2 to use OpenSSL 1.0.1, 1.0.2 on Unix platforms
ZBX-17500	Fixed errors in zabbix_agent2 man-page
ZBX-17336	Fixed wrong error message when fping fails
ZBX-17427	Fixed top busiest triggers filter
ZBX-17365	Fixed parameters order in Media types test form
ZBX-17428	Fixed skipping null cells in CSV file
ZBX-17461	Fixed length parameter for web.page.regexp item key
ZBX-17475	Fixed the interface_snmp amount that was used to proxy configuration
ZBX-17442	Fixed web.page.get to time out when there is no response
ZBX-17457	Fixed description in Template DB MySQL by Zabbix agent
ZBX-17508	Fixed error in oracle database encoding check
ZBX-17429	Fixed trigger expression condition popup to display negative numbers upon opening existing expression
ZBX-17177	Removed "operationid" from lower level properties in Action API
ZBX-17518	Fixed empty parameter handling in GET method of CurlHttpRequest
ZBX-17012	Fixed URL validator to also accept relative URLs
ZBX-17514	Fixed db upgrade patch for Oracle
ZBX-17368	Fixed HostMetadataItem and HostInterfaceItem handling in agent2
ZBX-17507	Fixed oracle query interpreted as a multistatement
ZBX-17275	Optimized database requests in maintenance update
ZBX-17502	Fixed possible hang in agent2 when executing some metrics that forked another process
ZBX-17398	Fixed server crash when escalating internal events with OPDATA macro
ZBX-9387	Fixed incorrect maintenance calculations when DST changed to summer time
ZBX-17390	Fixed validation of the maximum selected period
ZBX-17469	Fixed kiosk button margin in history/graph view of the latest data
ZBX-17346	Fixed button label in item test dialog
ZBX-17439	Fixed macros detection in item test dialog
ZBX-17409	Fixed item mysql.dbsize in Template DB MySQL
ZBX-17173	Improved windows agent build scripts
ZBX-17344	Fixed PHP 7.4 errors in Latest data->History page for text and log items having an empty filter
ZBX-17288	Fixed undefined indexes in Administration->Regular expressions->Test tab
ZBX-17330	Fixed error reading vmware events with keys over 2^31
ZBX-17272	Changed translation strings to yield order number in argument
ZBX-17426	Fixed agen2 build with go 1.14
ZBX-16802	Added mtime-reread/mtime-noreread options parameter to log* keys
ZBX-17350	Fixed displaying of multiple value types in Latest data->History page
ZBX-17284	Fixed macro {EVENT.VALUE} is not substituted properly in webhooks
ZBX-17027	Fixed broken layout in usergroup page
ZBX-17390	Fixed validation of the maximum selected period
ZBX-17205	Fixed inability to add more than one space in auto-expandable fields like macros and tags
ZBX-17347	Fixed order of setting the Severity in the columns in the filters to vertical
ZBX-17308	Fixed unreachable code notice in a generic popup
ZBX-17185	Fixed non-disappearing messages of failed login attempts
ZBX-17180	Fixed undefined index in maps for trigger elements with no permissions
ZBX-17322	Fixed deadlock between server and frontend when updating multiple hosts
ZBX-9057	Fixed duplicate entries being written into in profiles table
ZBX-17159	Fixed overlay dialogue instantiation
ZBX-17108	Improved process utilization calculation
ZBX-17269	Fixed undefined indexes in history page
ZBX-17342	Dump memory statistics and items with most values when value cache is fully used
ZBX-16928	Upgraded Duktape version from 2.3.0 to 2.4.0
ZBX-16926	Fix INT_MAX error when compiling on SunOS/Joyent/Solaris
ZBX-17295	Fixed IPMI sensor LLD JSON output
ZBX-17222	Fixed unlimited data selection in Latest data view
ZBX-17213	Fixed Zabbix proxy not to execute remote commands on Zabbix agent with timeout and not to wait for execution result
ZBX-17201	Fixed snmp trapper processes exceeding 1000%
ZBX-17121	Improved proxy configuration synchronization performance on server when using Oracle database
ZBX-17174	Fixed sorting of Webhook parameters using natural sort order
ZBX-17171	Fixed padding of dashboard controls while in edit mode
ZBX-17220	Fixed several PHP 7.4 compatibility issues
ZBX-17050	Fixed allowed hosts parsing by agent2
ZBX-16827	Fixed applications being unlinked from items when both items and applications are not discovered anymore
ZBX-16697	Implemented preloader in popups
ZBX-17054	Fixed undefined index in discovery checks
ZBX-17035	Internal events are not created if there is no enabled internal actions
ZBX-16965	Fixed link/unlink template operation execution order
ZBX-17165	Fixed incorrect validation in XML conversion chain duo wrong XML type for tag tls_accept, added 5.0 XML schema
ZBX-17170	Fixed saving of cloned actions when one of its operations was modified
ZBX-12899	Fixed check for circular dependencies of navigation tree items
ZBX-17049	Fixed non well formed numeric value in maintenance.create and maintenance.update; fixed undefined index in maintenance create and update popup
ZBX-17066	Fixed wrongly positioned context menu when launched by keyboard
ZBX-402	Fixed latest data reloading to updating asynchronously
ZBX-16695	Changed default width of various screen elements in Zabbix templates from 500 to 750 pixels
ZBX-11764	Fixed automake scripts; thanks to Tomasz Kłoczko for the patch

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbixマニュアル for full details.

アップグレードサービス

Recompile Zabbix binaries and update front-end PHP files. Execute a database patch if migrating from Zabbix 1.8.x. See Zabbix manual for a detailed upgrade procedure.

Commercial support

Zabbix Company provides a full range of Professional Services. We also provide trouble-free Upgrade Service for easy migration from earlier versions of Zabbix. Please 営業への問い合わせ for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
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• Zabbix Development Services

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References

Zabbix 5.0 Manual