Release Notes for Zabbix 6.0.0alpha5

25 October 2021

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 6.0.0alpha5.

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 6.0.0alpha5. Download here.

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

---

New Features and Improvements

ZBXNEXT-6923, ZBXNEXT-6928	Added High availability cluster support API Frontend Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6896	Added automatic Item type suggestion Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7004	Implemented service cloning Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6951	Implemented audit logging of services API object API
ZBXNEXT-2475	Added handling of compressed content to web monitoring Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6782	Added new parameters for system.hostname Agent
ZBXNEXT-6757	Added ability to create/edit hosts via modal form Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6837	Added VMWare SD-WAN VeloCloud template Templates
ZBXNEXT-6869	Removed positional macros in item name Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6677	Added cpu percent field to docker.container_stats key for docker plugin in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6608	Added support for vmware key named 'vmware.hv.sensors.get' Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6644	Added support for vmware key named 'vmware.hv.maintenance' Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6954	Added new macros for debugging trigger expressions Server
ZBXNEXT-6930	Removed Monitoring -> Overview Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6868	Implemented complete audit logging of host groups; added strict validation for hostgroup.massadd, hostgroup.massupdate, hostgroup.massremove API methods; changed sortfield used in audit log report to auditid API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6970	Added templates for "MikroTik" Ethernet routers and Switches Templates
ZBXNEXT-6879	Implemented new history functions "rate", "bucket_rate_foreach" and "bucket_percentile" and math function "histogram_quantile" Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6929	Implemented audit logging of correlation API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6428	Moved plugins config options to separate files Agent
ZBXNEXT-2406	Implemented service problem root cause analysis API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6885	Implemented audit logging of mediatype API object; refactored mediatype.create, mediatype.update and mediatype.delete API
ZBXNEXT-6888	Added template "InfluxDB by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6914	Implemented audit logging of image and iconmap API objects API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6716	Implemented API method history.clear - history cleanup for items and web scenarios API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6809	Changed behavior of the vmware event log, the 'skip' option of the new item resets the VMware event cache Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6822	Added Github media type Templates
ZBX-20010	Fixed crash in zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 caused by uninitialized pointer in db_version_info struct Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6918	Implemented audit logging of script API object API
ZBXNEXT-6912	Implemented audit for server (processing LLD graphs) Server
ZBXNEXT-6911	Implemented audit for server (processing LLD triggers) Server
ZBXNEXT-6750	Added IgnoreURLCertErrors configuration option to web service
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6917	Implemented audit logging of global macro API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6910	Implemented audit logging of dashboard and templatedashboard API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6887	Implemented audit logging of report API object API
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6718	Restored audit logging of user login and logout actions; implemented logging of failed login attempts by non-existing users; added new API method user.unblock API Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6871	Implemented audit for server (processing Web scenarios) Server
ZBXNEXT-6898	Added restriction that prevents server and proxy from working with old unsupported databases Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6889	Implemented audit logging of proxy API object API
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6909	Implemented audit logging of authentication, autoregistration, housekeeping and settings API objects API
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6901	Implemented audit logging of module API object API
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6717	Added RegExp API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6840	Improved protocol to support Zabbix proxy configuration of size up to 16 GB; improved performance and memory usage by freeing uncompressed data as fast as possible and compressing before connection Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6784	Removed item being unsupported when swap is not configured Agent
ZBXNEXT-6856	Implemented audit for server (linking templates - graphs, graph prototypes) Server
ZBXNEXT-6855	Implemented audit for server (linking templates - triggers, trigger prototypes) Server
ZBXNEXT-6852	Updated localization for Zabbix Support URL; replaced Zabbix Share link with link to Zabbix Integrations Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6787	Added support of user permissions for service tree API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6824	Replaced simple macros with expression macros API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6870	Implemented support of additional HTTP methods for webhooks Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6866	Implemented audit logging of usergroup API object API
ZBXNEXT-6830	Implemented audit on server (processing discovered items) Server
ZBXNEXT-6817	Implemented audit for server (linking templates - items, items prototypes, discovery rules) Server
ZBXNEXT-6820	Added utf8mb3 when checking for supported mysql character sets and collations Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6859	Added logging of deleted tokens when deleting a user API
ZBXNEXT-6789	Added template for Travis CI Templates
ZBXNEXT-6800	Implemented complex service status calculation and propagation rules API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6775	Implemented new audit log; added new auditlog to user and token API API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6810	Implemented audit on server (processing of LLD rules and discovered hosts) Server
ZBXNEXT-6802	Implemented audit for server (linking templates - host, host prototypes) Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6702	Added {#FSLABEL} macro in item names of the "Windows filesystems by Zabbix agent/agent active" templates, changed vfs.file.cksum[/etc/passwd] key to vfs.file.cksum[/etc/passwd,sha256] in Unix templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-6813	Dropped support of British English as frontend language API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6688	Added new items for Agent and Agent2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6601	Added monoinc() and monodec() functions API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6768	Implemented audit for server (except for linking and LLD) Server
ZBXNEXT-6772	Added new prometheus label matching operators != and !~ Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6715	Made auditlog workable with new auditlog DB structure API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-4029	Implemented password policy support API Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6773	Added new aggregation functions count, exists_foreach and item_count Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6755	Added support of alerting in services API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-3022	Improved scalability of services API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6674	Added tag based mapping of problems in services API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6528, ZBXNEXT-6669	Moved auditlog calls from frontend sections Images, Proxies, Graphs and Graph prototypes, Services, and Maps to API API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6679	Improved performance of template linking on Zabbix Server Server
ZBXNEXT-284	Added timeout parameter to zabbix_sender and zabbix_get Agent

---

Bug Fixes

ZBX-20065	Fixed count() function gt,ge,lt,le operations Server
ZBX-19958	Fixed macro with regular expression for interfaces discovery in OS linux template Templates
ZBX-18611	Fixed division by zero error due to small graph size when using gradient lines Frontend
ZBX-20079	Fixed web scenarios import / export error when authentication method is kerberos API
ZBX-18988	Added vm.vmemory.size metric to Zabbix agent 2 for Windows Agent
ZBX-19569	Changed linked template "Zabbix agent" to "Zabbix agent active" in templates "Windows by Zabbix agent active" and "Linux by Zabbix agent active" Templates
ZBX-18554	Fixed MSSQL by ODBC README Templates
ZBX-19872	Removed redundant escaping in XML data of HTTP agent POST request Server
ZBX-19920	Changed setup instruction in README of the "IIS by Zabbix agent" template Templates
ZBX-19237	Changed condition in SQL request of pgsql.connections.sum.waiting item in DB PostgreSQL template to exclude rows with idle state Templates
ZBX-20019	Fixed README file in Oracle by Zabbix Agent 2 template Templates
ZBX-19760	Fixed interface operstate valuemap in the linux templates Templates
ZBX-20017	Added new metrics, fixed update intervals in the "F5 Big-IP" template Templates
ZBX-20077	Fixed possible collision of audit entities for server in json Server
ZBX-20089	Fixed server crash during network discovery when default inventory mode is not Disabled Server
ZBXNEXT-6708	Fixed 3rd parameter for Zabbix agent 2 web.certificate.get plugin Agent
ZBX-20006	Fixed Zabbix server must not audit default DB values Server
ZBX-20008	Removed curl and ldap linkage from agent2 Agent
ZBX-19997	Fixed too long URL error when performing background page refresh Frontend
ZBX-20021	Fixed impossibility to import media types of type script with parameters from previous versions API
ZBX-19889	Fixed server not updating trigger dependencies and other data during linking Server
ZBX-20001	Fixed crash and invalid bytecode error being generated on big-sendian systems when javascript is used; upgraded duktape to version 2.6 Installation Proxy Server
ZBX-19419	Fixed not refreshing graph widgets on dashboards Frontend
ZBX-19604	Increased storage size of fields item_preproc.params, triggers.description and media_type_message.message for Oracle backend Installation Proxy Server
ZBX-19781	Fixed server not linking host prototype inventory mode Server
ZBX-19978	Fixed SQL errors when trying to get count of the interfaces API
ZBX-19774	Fixed README examples Templates
ZBX-19776	Fixed README file Templates
ZBX-19284	Added smart.disk.attr.raw item, removed unit for smart.disk.hours item in "SMART by Zabbix agent 2" template Templates
ZBX-19899	Fixed mass update not working across pages Frontend
ZBX-19584	Increased width for Subscriptions section of Scheduled reports to avoid text clipping Frontend
ZBX-19580	Fixed date format mismatch in UI elements that are loaded via JavaScript Frontend
ZBX-19683	Fixed editable UI tags component for discovered host edit form Frontend
ZBX-19883	Fixed broken secret text macro button style Frontend
ZBX-19848	Fixed vmware perf counters that return percentage values Proxy Server
ZBX-19939	Fixed typo in Clickhouse Template README Templates
ZBX-20014	Fixed server audit to generate CUID during entry creation instead of audit flush Server
ZBX-20015	Fixed Zabbix agent not being able to retrieve active checks configuration on Windows Agent
ZBX-19989	Fixed audit flush when used with Oracle Server
ZBX-19954	Fixed updating of the "subject" and "message" parameters in scheduled reports API
ZBX-19923	Fixed incorrect audit after context name change in host prototype Server
ZBX-19814	Added ignoring final result in case if fping quits on a signal Server
ZBX-19952	Removed libmodbus linkage from server and proxy Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-19914	Fixed Web scenarios fields update during template linking Server
ZBX-19931	Fixed crash on big-endian systems when processing history Proxy Server
ZBX-19440	Added utf-8 support to zbx_set_json_strerror Server
ZBX-19864	Fixed preprocessing of "Checkpoint sync time" item, fixed the regex in preprocessing in the "Ping time" item, fixed SQL request in the "Get transactions" item in "DB PostgreSQL" template Templates
ZBX-19614	Fixed proc.num,proc.cpu.utilization,proc.mem metrics not working properly when compiled with unsupported Go version and improved performance by using functions introduced in Go 1.16 Agent
ZBX-19120	Fixed escaping values in resolved macros in item test form for HTTP items when Request body type is JSON or XML Frontend
ZBX-19850	Fixed unnecessary updates of database records in the report.update() method API
ZBX-19712	Fixed unavailable interface to affect only Zabbix agent checks,SNMP agent checks, IPMI checks and JMX monitoring Proxy Server
ZBX-19635	Fixed build failure when DES is disabled in Net-SNMP or when LTO is used Installation
ZBX-19817	Fixed module config not being stored in database when module is discovered Frontend
ZBX-19675	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 -R windows service crash Agent
ZBX-19865	Fixed typos in "F5 Big-IP SNMP" template Templates
ZBX-19835	Fixed incorrect master item in template "Hikvision camera by HTTP" Templates
ZBX-19849	Fixed a trigger name typo in the "MSSQL by ODBC" template Templates
ZBX-19613	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 redis plugin to closer match redis-cli connection Agent
ZBX-19510	Fixed re-reading of old Windows events for various Windows event system synchronization problems Agent
ZBX-16803	Fixed ability to use Interface Guid in network interface LLD Agent
ZBX-19236	Fixed task manager constantly busy with close_problem task if trigger no longer exists but event still exist Server
ZBX-19581	Fixed untranslated and incorrectly translated strings Frontend
ZBX-18680	Fixed multi-channel notification issue in "Slack" media type Templates
ZBX-19822	Fixed Zabbix server not to populate housekeeper table with tasks that are never deleted when TimescaleDB partitioning is used API Server
ZBX-19623	Fixed Jira Service Desk URL in webhook Templates
ZBX-19857	Dropped support for the non-working option "with_gui_access" in the usergroup.get() method API
ZBX-19395	Changed version in links of the templates and the media Templates

---

Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix documentation for full details.

Upgrade

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 6.0.0.

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 Contact sales for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix Training
• Zabbix Development services

---

References

Zabbix 6.0 Manual