Release Notes for Zabbix 5.2.0alpha3

14 September 2020

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 5.2.0alpha3.

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 5.2.0alpha3. 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

ZBXNEXT-6019	Added Oracle Database plugin
ZBXNEXT-4647, ZBXNEXT-6096	Added support of digest authentication for HTTP Agent
ZBXNEXT-4803	Added tab indicator to show clearly that a tab in Zabbix UI contains non-empty list or enabled some functionality
ZBXNEXT-6139	Added GetHeaders method to CurlHttpRequest javascript object
ZBXNEXT-6116	Added SysAid media type
ZBXNEXT-6167	Added diaginfo runtime command to log internal diagnostic information
ZBXNEXT-6106	Added Host context menu to hosts listed on 'Web monitoring' page
ZBXNEXT-6065	Added SolarWinds Service Desk webhook
ZBXNEXT-6117	Added media "TOPdesk"
ZBXNEXT-5540	Added LLD rules for stand-alone and CAPsMAN APs
ZBXCTR-10	Added iLert media type
ZBXNEXT-5898	Added user macro expanding in item description
ZBXNEXT-6085	Added host prototype tag support
ZBXNEXT-2603	Increased user macros values maximum size from 255 to 2048
ZBXNEXT-5965	Added support for load balancing by change user session storage driver from file based to encrypted cookies
ZBXNEXT-6073	Added item log macros support in trigger names, operational data, descriptions, event tags, event values and trigger URL
ZBXNEXT-82	Reworked part of parameters from definitions file to configurable parameters using frontend; added new API for settings, authentication, housekeepeing
ZBXNEXT-2156	Implemented ability to create hosts without interfaces
ZBXNEXT-2754	Added YAML as default import/export format
ZBXNEXT-250	Added support of global and per-user time zones for frontend, notifications and for time limit when notifications are sent
ZBXNEXT-3362	Added ability to set the default system language

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-18341	Removed media_jira_with_CF_example.xml and moved example with custom fields example to readme
ZBX-18131	Added support of single-select, checkbox and radio button customfield types and "__zbx" tag filter for labels in Jira webhook
ZBX-18065	Add help flag to Zabbix Agent 2
ZBX-17906	Fixed HTTP agent JSON output when using HTTP/2; thanks to Mike Noordermeer for the patch
ZBX-18167	Fixed filter block in lld overrides popup
ZBX-18174	Fixed oracle errors for host macro updates when linking templates
ZBX-18188	Increased age and duration related macro resolution to seconds
ZBX-18152	Fixed incorrect selected menu option for template screens page
ZBX-18340	Added runtime command diaginfo option to command line help messages
ZBX-18250	Changed link to "Web monitoring" page in context menu with filtering parameters
ZBX-18170	Fixed LLD override for applications
ZBX-15904	Added check of required cache size for vmware event messages
ZBX-18121	Fixed SSH monitoring when compiled with libssh; thanks to MATSUDA Daiki for the patch
ZBX-17927	Fixed Agent2 user-defined parameter key testing
ZBX-18314	Fixed description of URI field in Template DB MySQL by Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-18067	Fixed using outdated dynamic host when editing dynamic widgets on dashboard
ZBX-18261	Fixed performance of the "Latest data" screen with partitioned history tables
ZBX-18230	Fixed import data normalizer to convert strings recursively and process some of the custom extended rules and validations
ZBX-18322	Enabled Memcached and MySQL plugins for Windows
ZBX-17982	Added non-trigger event types support to webhooks
ZBX-18190	Removed triggers for items Log growths, Log shrinks for MSSQL ODBC template
ZBX-18122	Fixed russian character in setup section and templates for Oracle ODBC and PostgreSQL agent2
ZBX-18074	Fixed unresolved macros in item names in data overview table
ZBX-18195	Changed log level increase command for Agent 2 to match Agent 1
ZBX-17984	Added support of ipv6 and unix sockets for memcached plugin
ZBX-18189	Fixed crash when performing housekeeping with disabled value cache
ZBX-18267	Fixed {ITEM.NAME<1-9>} and {ITEM.KEY<1-9>} macro expansion when host is configured without any interfaces
ZBX-18181	Fixed undefined index when importing host with non-existing interface and host interfaces not being deleted if interfaces are not present in import file
ZBX-14503	Updated JMX template to follow guidelines
ZBX-18196	Added overriding of triggers for IPMI Threshold sensors discovery
ZBX-18021	Changed Opsgenie media to handle extra options Tags and Teams
ZBX-18050	Removed proxy name from host breadcrumbs
ZBX-18202	Added new default item keys for item type "Zabbix aggregate"
ZBX-18124	Fixed discovered host group prototype saving during import
ZBX-17692	Fixed column sizes and paddings for items in graph edit form
ZBX-17812	Fixed incorrect copying of severeties in Problem widgets
ZBX-17886	Fixed SNMP type item test form not sending and resolving interface macros
ZBX-18183	Fixed displaying negative time in convertUnitsS() function
ZBX-18103	Fixed host connection macro in Slack media type
ZBX-18072	Fixed Discord API version in Discord media type
ZBX-17952	Fixed compression availability not being checked when deleting history
ZBX-17981	Fixed Discord endpoint validation
ZBXNEXT-6052	Fixed "Shared" tag being displayed for users that are not the dashboard owners
ZBX-18249	Fixed Oracle ODBC Template issues
ZBXNEXT-6052	Added filter and showing additional details in the list of dashboards
ZBXNEXT-6054	Moved Configuration -> Applications to MVC
ZBX-17955	Fixed "medias" parameter named inconsistency in user.create and user.update API methods
ZBX-17548	Don't store text items with history 0 in proxy history

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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
• Zabbix トレーニング
• Zabbix Development Services

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References

Zabbix 5.2 Manual