Release Notes for Zabbix 5.4.0rc1

11 May 2021

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 5.4.0rc1.

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 5.4.0rc1. Download here.

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-6658	Added warning for unsupported DB version Server
ZBXNEXT-6411	Added uniqueness criteria in template elements and added option to compare templates before importing API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6452	Implemented new syntax for aggregated checks API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-114, ZBXNEXT-6572	Added support of ranges and regular expressions for value mappings API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6544	Added new set of mathematical, aggregate and string functions for trigger expressions API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6451	Implemented new syntax for trigger expressions API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6453	Implemented new syntax for calculated checks API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-4910	Added severity in problem real-time export protocol Server
ZBXNEXT-6613	Added Express.ms media Templates
ZBXNEXT-6592	Added ManageEngine ServiceDesk media Templates
ZBXNEXT-6505	Added "WildFly Domain by JMX "and "WildFly Server by JMX" templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-6478	Added dashboard based pdf report support API Frontend Server Templates
ZBXNEXT-6589	Added Job discovery, backup process items in Database discovery, macros, and value map in the template MSSQL by ODBC Templates
ZBXNEXT-6571	Added templates with multi-page dashboards Templates
ZBXNEXT-6497	Added read/write locking to value cache Server
ZBXNEXT-2976	Dropped support of applications; added support of tags for item related configuration entities API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6504	Added Templates "TiDB by HTTP", "TiDB TiKV by HTTP" and "TiDB PD by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6288, ZBXNEXT-6289	Removed screens and slideshows API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6309	Added support for multi-page dashboards API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6508	Added template for APC UPS Symmetra RX Templates
ZBXNEXT-6571	Added templates for APC UPSs Galaxy 3500, Smart-UPS, Smart-UPS SRT, Symmetra RM Templates
ZBXNEXT-6528, ZBXNEXT-6565	Improved performance of host.create and template.create methods; improved performance of templates linking process; optimized DB::insert() method to send bulk SQL inserts API
ZBXNEXT-6368	Moved action operation scripts to global scripts, added manually started scripts on events API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6408	Added mongoDB plugin Agent
ZBXNEXT-5869	Added templates "MongoDB node by Zabbix Agent 2" and "MongoDB cluster by Zabbix Agent 2" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6507	Added Template Power APC UPS by SNMP Templates
ZBXNEXT-6462	Added Cisco Catalyst 3750 templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-6503	Added protection of Zabbix Server from overloading by proxy data Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6450	Added template NetApp AFF A700 by HTTP Templates
ZBXNEXT-6522	Added Brevis.one media Templates
ZBXNEXT-735	Allowed multiple jmx items on one host Java gateway
ZBXNEXT-5924	Added Template Module SMART by Zabbix agent 2 Templates
ZBXNEXT-6489	Added template for Huawei OceanStor 5300 V5 Templates
ZBXNEXT-6302	Added new metrics to VMWare template Templates
ZBXNEXT-6433	Added template "Microsoft SharePoint by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6442	Added ExportType server parameter for better configurability of real-time export Server
ZBXNEXT-1215, ZBXNEXT-6474	Changed field "alias" into "username" API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-5868	Moved global mappings to host / template API Frontend Installation Server Templates
ZBXNEXT-6385	Added template "Apache Ignite by JMX" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6301	Extended set of collected VMware metrics for VM and HV Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6427, ZBXNEXT-6458	Added support for strong encryption protocols for SNMPv3 API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6339	Added smart plugin to support S.M.A.R.T monitoring in Zabbix Agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6437	Added native support for system.sw.packages plugin in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6306	Added native linux support for key vm.memory.size in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6443	Added sha256() function to JavaScript preprocessing Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-5809	Added VictorOps media Templates
ZBXNEXT-6394	Added template "Hikvision camera by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6395	Added template "Jenkins by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6386	Raised javascript heap limit from 10 megabytes to 64 megabytes; fixed memory leak when heap limit is reached Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-5759	Added Oracle DB tnsnames.ora service name lookup support Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6360	Added support of JavaScript for global scripts API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6441	Added function to configure HTTP authentication for embedded scripts Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6376	Implemented support of negative filtering for tags API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6183	Added md5 checksum computation to preprocessing Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6399	Added support of host and item macros for Script item parameters Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6207, ZBXNEXT-6318	Added support of API tokens API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXCTR-13	Added custom query support for PostgreSQL plugin and template, fixed unix-socket support Agent Templates
ZBXNEXT-5518	Added support of XML parsing in JavaScript API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-5862	Added Rocket.Chat media Templates
ZBXNEXT-6389	Added template for NetApp FAS3220 Templates
ZBXNEXT-6311	Moved host availability from hosts to host interfaces API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6295	Added 3rd level sub-menu Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6285	Modified Oracle initial scheme creating and image loading in to the BLOB fields Installation
ZBXNEXT-6419	Added tablespace metrics to Oracle Templates Agent Templates
ZBXNEXT-6331	Updated plugins: ceph, docker, memcached, mysql, oracle, redis — unified functionality (parameters describing and parsing, URI parsing, using sessions, errors handling) Agent
ZBXNEXT-6210	Added native support for proc.mem key in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6252	Added support of LLD rule filter condition operators "exists" and "does not exist" Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6367	Added metrics to the official MySQL template Templates
ZBXNEXT-6380	Added new key vmware.cl.perfcounter Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6330	Added Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 template Templates
ZBXNEXT-6219	Added "HashiCorp Vault" template Templates
ZBXNEXT-6231	Added Apache ActiveMQ template Templates
ZBXNEXT-6257	Implemented Check for not supported value preprocessing step test API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBX-2594	Separated host and template related objects: items, triggers, graphs, low-level discovery rules, web scenarios Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6324	Moved Configuration -> Discovery to MVC API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6319	Added systemd.unit.get item key to Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6345	Added substitution of SID to account name and domain name in eventlog message Agent
ZBXNEXT-6307	Added ability to read properties from a file Java gateway
ZBXNEXT-6329	Added Template "GitLab by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6294	Replaced mass update pages with popup windows Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6325	Moved "Event correlation" to MVC and removed tabs in edit view Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6234	Added "Disk read/write request avg waiting time" items in template Windows physical disks Templates
ZBXNEXT-6323	Moved Administration -> Queue to MVC Frontend
ZBXNEXT-782	Moved calculated, aggregated and internal checks to new history poller process; moved availability updates to availability manager; removed database connections from pollers, unreachable pollers and Java pollers Documentation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6276	Improved period handling of macro function fmttime Server
ZBXNEXT-6332	Added {ITEM.VALUETYPE} macro Server
ZBXNEXT-6353	Added Morningstar devices monitoring templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-6269	Added hv ip to vmware.hv.discovery and vm metrics for FQDN template Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6272	Added template VMWare FQDN and updated template VMWare Templates
ZBXNEXT-6316	Added iTop media Templates
ZBXNEXT-6281	Added template "Hadoop by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6351	Added template "Aranet Cloud" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6275	Added Template "Zookeeper by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6280	Added trend function cache Server
ZBXNEXT-2480	Removed autocomplete from fields having sensitive data Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6253	Added native system.users.num support to Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6129	Added UnitFileState to systemd.unit.discovery for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6293	Replaced import page with popup window Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6290	Improved distinction between configuration and monitoring links in search results Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6282	Updated media types and templates to follow new JS methods naming Templates
ZBXNEXT-6241	Made JS object and method names more JavaScript alike Proxy Server
ZBX-18134	Removed ability to read PSK fields of hosts and proxies API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6236	Added template "Apache Kafka by JMX" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6201	Added "Template DB Apache Cassandra by JMX" Templates

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-19038	Fixed lld manager not to process lld rules on same host in parallel to avoid duplicated item keys being discovered; fixed crash when duplicated item key on same host exists Proxy Server
ZBX-19324	Fixed possible deadlocks between configuration and history syncers on proxy Proxy
ZBX-19209	Fixed panic in proc plugin for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-19241	Stopped proxy from overwriting local lastlogsize and mtime Proxy
ZBX-19321	Fixed missing event tags in case of multiple problems Server
ZBX-19063	Fixed logging for unsupported windows service command in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-19099	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 windows services plugin second parameter Agent
ZBX-19306	Fixed broken item configuration link in latest data results Frontend
ZBX-18883	Fixed logrt[] monitoring with copytruncate rotation Agent
ZBX-19274	Fixed semaphore not being cleaned up on Solaris when terminating Zabbix sender Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-19297	Fixed agent compilation under Windows Agent
ZBX-19233	Fixed potential loss of original error when reading vmware events Proxy Server
ZBX-18701	Fixed syntax mistakes in Template DB MySQL, renamed LLD rule to Database discovery Templates
ZBX-19159	Added postponing of recovery operation when problem operation still executes, fixed memory leak while saving tags returned by webhook Server
ZBX-19102	Fixed conversion of EVENT.NAME to EVENT.RECOVERY.NAME in recovery opmessage Installation
ZBX-19253	Removed ICMP checks, moved items to another application, changed update interval, added "Discard with heartbeat" preprocessing in APC UPS templates Templates
ZBX-19240	Fixed JavaScript errors upon copying map or map navigation tree widgets Frontend
ZBX-19088	Fixed overload memory with unused vmware events Proxy Server
ZBX-18673	Fixed JS in Slack media and updated documentation Templates
ZBX-18372	Fixed additional word before parameters in fatal error message text Frontend
ZBX-19220	Fixed broken link to Hikvision camera manufacturer page Templates
ZBX-19210	Fixed css file versioning for custom themes Frontend
ZBX-19199	Fixed console errors when updating problem widgets when other popups are active Frontend
ZBX-18912	Fixed escalation message is using template message instead of custom message in actions Server
ZBX-17454	Changed the unit of data item "pgsql.ping.time" in PostgreSQL template Templates
ZBX-19195	Fixed endless loop in graph widget processing if widget size is too small Frontend
ZBX-18809	Changed formula for latency in Elasticsearch template Templates
ZBX-19149	Updated logback-core, logback-classic and slf4j-api jars to the latest stable versions: 1.2.3, 1.2.3 and 1.7.30 Java gateway
ZBX-19150	Added csrf check Frontend
ZBX-12867	Reworked problem event popup of problems widget to load data only on mouse hover and click Frontend
ZBX-17000	Changed translation of 'last' for week of month in japanese Frontend
ZBX-19117	Fixed host deletion, template deletion and maintenance update was not shown in audit log report when it was made via API request API
ZBX-18595	Fixed wrong filtering for nested groups in monitoring problems page Frontend
ZBX-19103	Fixed device sorting in Zabbix agent 2 smartctl plugin Agent
ZBX-18998	Rewrote API main object validation API Frontend
ZBX-19111	Improved performance of checking circular and double linkages of templates API
ZBX-18918	Updated deprecated items in "RabbitMQ" template Templates
ZBX-18894	Fixed session_key update for dynamic configid Frontend
ZBX-18634	Changed macro names according to the Guidelines, fixed context macros in Temperature Discovery triggers, added preprocessing into Fan Discovery and Temperature Discovery Templates
ZBX-18620	Added {#REPLICA_NAME} macro in items of Non-local database discovery Templates
ZBX-19046	Fixed agent build on solaris 10 Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-17772	Updated readme, described how to get Project ID Templates
ZBXNEXT-6474	Fixed inconsistent datatypes in oracle DB upgrade patch query Installation
ZBX-19023	Fixed inheritance of the permissions and tag filters for new host groups API
ZBX-19071	Fixed server crash after "Check for not supported value" preprocessing step Server
ZBX-18906	Fixed main menu hidden mode, fixed menu items selection on the actions configuration pages Frontend
ZBX-18051	Fixed typos extra space after "(" Templates
ZBX-10370	Allowed Java Gateway to use ssl with remote registry Java gateway
ZBX-17471, ZBX-18854	Added TSDB version validation, TSDB 2.0, fixed TSDB housekeeping with 0 history period Server
ZBX-18803	Fixed test item form ignoring empty status code input Frontend
ZBX-18929	Fixed tag filtering by multiple negated conditions API
ZBX-19031	Fixed build failure on HP-UX and AIX Agent
ZBX-19025	Fixed usage of LIMIT in SQL in user.update and user.delete API API
ZBX-19029	Fixed Zabbix server and Zabbix proxy not remembering last log size when preprocessing is used Proxy Server
ZBX-17543	Fixed error in case if wmi.getall returned no items Agent
ZBX-18917	Disabled global script webhook execution on proxy Server
ZBX-18377	Fixed expression in "Memory usage is too high" trigger of "Template DB Redis" Templates
ZBX-18886	Implemented proper resource cleanup when sender terminates by signal Agent
ZBX-18963	Fixed preprocessing for archivelog items in Oracle Templates Templates
ZBX-18741	Fixed numeric value encountered Frontend
ZBX-18967	Moved template "Hikvision camera by HTTP" from "templates/cctv/" to "templates/cctv/hikvision" Templates
ZBX-18825	Fixed last year period calculation in service availability report daily mode Frontend
ZBX-18638	Removed triggers of the "Temperature" items, added the "Temperature sensor condition" items with triggers, removed unnecessary macros Templates
ZBX-18720	Fixed full clone of discovered host having duplicate interfaces Frontend
ZBX-18449	Reworked trigger API validation API
ZBX-18887	Fixed user session expiration when notification checks are performed in background Frontend
ZBX-18209	Fixed RegEx delimiter not being escaped in macro resolver Frontend
ZBX-18817	Fixed missing API and import validation for "unsupported check" preprocessing step API Frontend
ZBX-18237	Fixed problem description icon in Monitoring->Problems in compact view mode being displayed above problem name Frontend
ZBX-18945	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 build Raspbian 10 Agent
ZBX-18309	Fixed reading log files with NULL character in log line Agent
ZBX-18872	Fixed system.sw.os[name] for cases without quotation mark in /etc/os-release Agent
ZBX-18885	Fixed SNMP agent item not accepting values that are bigger than 2KB Proxy Server
ZBX-18874	Fixed incorrect links in templates and webhooks documentation Templates

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix documentation for full details.

Upgrade

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References

Zabbix 5.4 Manual