Release Notes for Zabbix 4.4.0beta1

27 Sep 2019

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 4.4.0beta1.

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 4.4.0beta1. Download it from downloads.

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-5434	Added support of {event.id} macro in trigger url
ZBXNEXT-5197	Increased maximum dependent item count to 29999
ZBXNEXT-2946	Added new key "wmi.getall" to collect all required wmi properties in a json document
ZBX-7341	Reworked template linking interface
ZBXNEXT-5330	Added new filtering option in "host availability" widget
ZBXNEXT-1287	Added support for english performance counters on windows
ZBXNEXT-5406	Updated widgets on default dashboards
ZBXNEXT-4209	Added jmx.get[<discovery mode>,<object name pattern>] key for jmx lld
ZBXNEXT-5453	Added zabbix agent 2
ZBXNEXT-4033	Added possibility to return multiple columns (and rows) from sql odbc
ZBXNEXT-5426	Renamed media type field "description" to "name"
ZBXNEXT-5416	Dropped support of "jabber" and "ez texting" media types
ZBXNEXT-5252	Added new dashboard widget "graph prototype"
ZBXNEXT-3497, ZBXNEXT-5291	Added support of psk-based encryption in autoregistration
ZBXNEXT-5328	Replaced graph widget hosts and items selector
ZBX-16511	Added source ip address to unknown request log warning message
ZBXNEXT-5141	Added "template app apache"
ZBXNEXT-854	Added support of bar graphs
ZBX-3783	Added strict validation of input parameters in valuemap.get() method
ZBXNEXT-5142	Added "template app nginx"
ZBXNEXT-1657	Split proxy and host names in separate columns in configuration->hosts list, configuration->discovery rules list and administration->queue pages
ZBXNEXT-4920	Increased received packet size to 1gb
ZBXNEXT-4942	Implemented support of displaying operational data in the list of problems
ZBXNEXT-5343	Extended custom error handling to support more preprocessing rules
ZBXNEXT-5344	Extended lld preprocessing to support xml related preprocessing operations
ZBXNEXT-5257	Added "template db postgresql"
ZBXNEXT-5258	Added "template db mysql"
ZBXNEXT-5281	Added visibility option for the widget header
ZBX-9522	Improved frontend messaging usage across multiple browser tabs
ZBXNEXT-1740	Added way to specify "connect to dns" for auto registered agents and discovered hosts
ZBXNEXT-5236	Updated dashboard for 24 columns grid supporting
ZBX-11280	Implemented auto-resizing of macro and tag fields on user input
ZBXNEXT-5251	Extended widget "problems by severity" with aggregated view
ZBX-11299	Changed font for fields of trigger expressions and scripts to monospaced
ZBX-16157	Moved adminitration->users pages to mvc framework
ZBXNEXT-5250	Dropped support of screen element 'screen'
ZBXNEXT-5249	Added new dashboard widget "host availability"
ZBXNEXT-5238	Added edit control for the widget in dashboard view mode
ZBXNEXT-5183	Implemented support of simple triggers under items in export files
ZBXNEXT-5040, ZBXNEXT-5219	Moved item real-time data to a new, seperate table in database
ZBXNEXT-1856, ZBXNEXT-5223	Added web scenario and http agent with kerberos authentication delegation
ZBXNEXT-5211	Increased the maximum hosts name character length from 64 to 128 for autoregistration and lld
ZBXNEXT-1302	Added low-level discovery of block devices
ZBX-10574	Automated documentation link update upon release of new major version

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-16465	Fixed zabbix database schema creation failure on mariadb
ZBX-16654	Fixed undefined index error in discovered host update form
ZBX-16645	Fixed suggested selection font weight for new item
ZBX-13266	Fixed performance of sql query with lots of items
ZBX-16089	Fixed windows socket initialization in windows sender sample application
ZBX-16228	Increased max length to 2000 characters for values of the headers of the http agents
ZBX-16480	Fixed error in graphs after page refresh if period was set to future
ZBXNEXT-5219	Fixed possibility to create items and item prototypes with values in real time fields
ZBX-16546	Fixed broken items mass update form preprocessing tab checkbox markup in firefox
ZBX-16452	Fixed inconsistency in show legend, working time and triggers for graphs in screens and dashboard
ZBX-16565	Fixed incorrect sorting of triggers in "trigger overview" widget
ZBX-16530	Fixed color for blinked elements
ZBX-7798	Improved performance of icmpping* for fping v4.0 and more
ZBX-16522	Fixed undefined index "type" in pie and exploded graph creation
ZBX-16545	Fixed shell script execution timeout log message
ZBX-16467	Removed tables without auto-increment from dbget_maxid_num function
ZBX-16538	Fixed color for the multiselect selected items
ZBX-16445	Fixed possible duplicate key insertion during lld
ZBX-16550	Fixed web monitoring items has no real-time data entry in "item_rtdata"
ZBX-16539	Fixed "template net juniper snmpv2"
ZBX-16349	Fixed "delete missing" checkbox does not work when importing template without checking "update existing"
ZBX-16279	Fixed trailing spaces handling in value mapping when using mysql
ZBX-16230	Fixed unreachable host next check calculation uses both unreachable settings and flexible item interval
ZBX-16460	Fixed zabbix daemon termination on freebsd
ZBX-16449	Fixed wrong order of the displayed latest values in problems
ZBX-16435	Fixed zabbix graph spinning in preview tab in ie11
ZBX-15766	Fixed the ability to add an unlimited number of widgets in the dashboard
ZBX-16398	Fixed selection of discovered services by dservice.get "dcheckids" property
ZBX-16370	Fixed link indicator coloring in network maps
ZBX-16502	Fixed user edit form having a disabled and hidden fields when alias is the same as guest user
ZBX-16507	Fixed vertical scrollbar in kiosk mode when focusinig widgets with hidden headers
ZBX-16524	Fixed failed query error when aggregate checks are used
ZBX-16501	Fixed log out form being resubmitted when user is already logged back in another tab
ZBX-16468	Fixed undefined index "state" in item prototype selection popup
ZBX-16072	Added more strict validation of host, template and proxy names to prohibit leading and trailing spaces
ZBX-16128	Fixed incorrect action id in audit log
ZBX-16354	Fixed incorrect sorting by name with capital letters
ZBX-16471	For consistency reason changed translation string 'resolved by user.' to 'resolved by inaccessible user.'
ZBX-16469	Fixed problem that caused impossibility to edit trigger description in problems screen
ZBX-16362	Fixed keyboard event handling in graph widget hintbox
ZBX-16474	Fixed 'request-uri too long' error in problems mass update page
ZBX-16473	Fixed server-proxy synchronization and pre-preprocessing issues with items that are monitored by server even when their hosts are monitored by proxies
ZBX-16184	Updated zabbix sender man page
ZBX-16462	Fixed syntax error in sql query used to calculate sla in monitoring->services
ZBX-16031	Reworked event update controller, making partly closed set of events closable
ZBX-16283	Fixed read-only shared dashboard without widgets missing placeholder label
ZBX-16316	Fixed dashboard widget and slideshow menu popup not updating current refresh rate and fixed a js error in slideshows
ZBX-16346	Fixed compilation for oracle instant client v18.5 and higher
ZBX-16146	Added missing mandatory tag "<tags/>" into templates/classic/template_app_zabbix_server.xml
ZBX-16424	Fixed unable to create/update web scenario from internet explorer/edge
ZBX-15954	Fixed functional macros resolving in maps
ZBX-15905	Reverted changes that introduced error with write permissions in assets directory
ZBX-15804	Fixed links for discovered hosts, items, triggers and graphs
ZBX-10786	Added placeholder for "required string" field in web monitoring
ZBX-16153	Fixed 500 internal server error when trying to preview pie/exploded graph without items
ZBX-16204	Fixed undefined offset in ccontrollerwidgetproblemhostsview

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix Manual for full details.

Upgrade

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 contact Sales for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix Training
• Zabbix Development Services

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References

Zabbix 4.4 Manual