Release Notes for Zabbix 7.0.0alpha1

23 May 2023

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 7.0.0alpha1.

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 7.0.0alpha1. 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-2732	Improved network discovery by implementing concurrent checks within single discovery rule
ZBXNEXT-8425	Increased the maximum length for username and password fields used in HTTP authentication from 64 to 255 characters
ZBXNEXT-8402	Implemented support of non-numeric vectors in aggregated calculations
ZBXNEXT-8245	Converted advanced configuration from checkbox to collapsible block
ZBXNEXT-8323	Added preprocessing cache support for Prometheus to JSON step
ZBXNEXT-8387	Changed Alerts->Scripts configuration form to modal window
ZBXNEXT-7640	Updated widget help icon link to documentation link of a specific widget
ZBXNEXT-8386	Changed Data collection->Discovery configuration form to modal window
ZBXNEXT-8211	Added support for new binary item value type
ZBXNEXT-8390	Added state filter for items in monitoring latest data
ZBXNEXT-8355	Added various improvements for aggregation functions
ZBXNEXT-8270	Added support of non-blocking sockets and thread-safe connect, accept, read, write operation timeouts based on poll
ZBXNEXT-8086	Implemented ability to use all widgets in dashboard templates
ZBXNEXT-8079	Added an option to choose whether redirected ICMP ping response is treated as host up or host down
ZBXNEXT-8235	Implemented simplified cloning in the UI by leaving only one Clone button for Hosts, Templates and Maps
ZBXNEXT-8326	Added Zabbix server and Zabbix frontend version to system information report
ZBXNEXT-8324	Dropped support for floats of limited range
ZBXNEXT-7569	Added support for Portage in system.sw.packages{,.get} items
ZBXNEXT-8237	Changed module details view to a modal (popup) and updated module details
ZBXNEXT-7132	Added option of getting fully qualified domain name in system.hostname key to Zabbix agent and Zabbix agent 2
ZBXNEXT-8226	Fixed the problem of insufficient length of URL fields
ZBXNEXT-8256	Renamed action operation types related to template linkage

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-22793	Fixed LogSlowQueries not taken into account by server
ZBX-22314	Fixed OpenSSL, yaml, cmocka compiling in a non-standard location
ZBX-14557	Expanded the range of possible forecast return values to double precision
ZBX-22598	Fixed singular and plural forms in success and error messages and in confirmation messages
ZBX-22343	Removed use of deprecated cURL setopt options
ZBX-22147	Updated default buffer size to 1000 in Zabbix agent 2
ZBX-22587	Fixed JSON validation not detecting invalid unicode characters and out-of-bounds access with JSONPath on invalid unicode character
ZBX-21976	Added support of OneLogin and Azure SCIM, fixed some issues with provisioning

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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

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 7.0.0.

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 7.0 Manual