Release Notes for Zabbix 5.4.2rc1

21 六月 2021

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 5.4.2rc1.

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 5.4.2rc1. Download it from 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-6671	Added templates DELL PowerEdge R720 SNMP, R720 by HTTP, R740 SNMP, R740 by HTTP, R820 SNMP, R820 by HTTP, R840 SNMP, R840 by HTTP Templates
ZBXNEXT-6706	Changed the group name to {#DATACENTER.NAME}/{#VM.FOLDER} for discovered VM Templates
ZBXNEXT-6723	Updated template names Templates
ZBXNEXT-6517	Added {#VM.FOLDER} macro with chain of vm parent folders to the vmware vm discovery Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6596	Added native linux proc.num support plugin to Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6582	Increased "Attempts" to 100 and "Attempt interval" to 1h in media types API

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-19431	Changed defaults of widgets in "Zabbix server health" dashboard to show problems for selected items only Installation
ZBX-19362	Removed the multiplier of "Cache swap current size" item in Template App Squid Templates
ZBX-19200	Fixed host, template, item, trigger and graph APIs returning unnecessary fields API
ZBX-18896	Fixed semi-transparent loading layer does not cover entire modal window Frontend
ZBX-19534	Fixed pipeline items in Template Gitlab by HTTP Templates
ZBX-19418	Fixed template import from version 5.0 with JavaScript preprocessing in item Frontend
ZBX-19349	Fixed parameters of some keys in "PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2" Templates
ZBX-19219	Added Cisco image usage policy note and fixed directory structure for Cisco templates Templates
ZBX-19532	Fixed x or y axis exceed limit during screen to dashboard conversion Installation Server
ZBX-19508	Removed "Delete missing" column header from media type import popup Frontend
ZBX-18695	Fixed file_put_contents() runtime error if web server has no write permissions for zabbix.conf.php Frontend
ZBX-19424	Fixed trigger handling failing if host name looks like a number API
ZBX-18265	Changed "Monitoring > Hosts > Latest data" to show Items without data by default Frontend
ZBX-19272	Fixed runtime error in settings helper API
ZBX-18788	Fixed webhook parameters not being reset on media type change API
ZBXNEXT-6700	Fixed macros in Template Gitlab by HTTP Templates
ZBX-19548	Fixed PHP runtime errors in the "Problems by severity" vidget Frontend
ZBX-19318	Added sorting by itemids for trends flush to avoid deadlock Proxy Server
ZBX-19229	Fixed missing calendar popup on Host Dashboard page Frontend
ZBX-19203	Fixed filter values to be unset when switching between pages and resetting filter in latest data history screen Frontend
ZBX-19281	Fixed json format of vmware.datastore.discovery item Proxy Server
ZBX-18879	Fixed update vmware info about vCenter fullname and version Proxy Server
ZBX-18914	Fixed timeout issue with vfs.fs plugin for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-19461	Fixed validation of the second parameter in history functions API Frontend
ZBX-19123	Fixed sorting by name or status on action page Frontend
ZBX-19493	Fixed missing "Add a new widget" prompt on empty dashboard pages Frontend
ZBX-18941	Improved error messages on "Execute now" by adding item and host names API
ZBX-19262	Fixed tag space trimming in mass update popup Frontend
ZBX-19255	Fixed update of http headers field in item and item prototype mass update form Frontend
ZBX-19447	Implemented item type validation by API API
ZBX-19400	Added workaround for mysql_get_server_version returning the wrong MariaDB version Server
ZBX-18863	Fixed error when overviews skipped entries with numeric host/item/trigger names Frontend
ZBX-19388	Fixed inherited graph and graph prototype update if user has no permissions to child host or template API
ZBX-18699	Fixed selected value appearance in popup host group filter Frontend
ZBX-19084	Fixed removal of inherited tags in "Tags" tab Frontend
ZBX-19357	Fixed dashboard slideshow not starting automatically when requested by URL parameter Frontend

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix指导手册。 for full details.

版本升级

See 升级指南 for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 5.4.2.

Commercial support

Zabbix Company provides a full range of Professional Services. We also provide trouble-free 升级服务 for easy migration from earlier versions of Zabbix. Please 联系我们 for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix 认证培训
• Zabbix 二次开发

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References

Zabbix 5.4 Manual