Release Notes for Zabbix 5.0.4rc1

21 September 2020

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 5.0.4rc1.

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 5.0.4rc1. 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-6023	Added Windows service support for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6019	Added Oracle Database plugin Agent
ZBXNEXT-6139	Added GetHeaders method to CurlHttpRequest javascript object Server
ZBXNEXT-6116	Added SysAid media type Templates
ZBXNEXT-6167	Added diaginfo runtime command to log internal diagnostic information Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6106	Added Host context menu to hosts listed on 'Web monitoring' page Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6065	Added SolarWinds Service Desk webhook Templates
ZBXNEXT-6117	Added media "TOPdesk" Templates
ZBXNEXT-5540	Added LLD rules for stand-alone and CAPsMAN APs Templates
ZBXCTR-10	Added iLert media type Templates

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-17993	Fixed ZabbixWeb Test Item for Admin is not working Server
ZBX-13384	Fixed minor template issues to follow guidelines Templates
ZBX-18114	Fixed documentation for Agent2 PersistentBuffer Documentation Installation
ZBX-17842	Updated VMware template to follow guidelines Templates
ZBX-17848	Fixed fping interval detection, added log prints of detected options in debug mode, re-detect options every hour Proxy Server
ZBX-18341	Removed media_jira_with_CF_example.xml and moved example with custom fields example to readme Templates
ZBX-18131	Added support of single-select, checkbox and radio button customfield types and "__zbx" tag filter for labels in Jira webhook Templates
ZBX-18065	Add help flag to Zabbix Agent 2 Agent
ZBX-17906	Fixed HTTP agent JSON output when using HTTP/2; thanks to Mike Noordermeer for the patch Proxy Server
ZBX-18206	Fixed incorrect housekeeping form behaviour Frontend
ZBX-18167	Fixed filter block in lld overrides popup Frontend
ZBX-18174	Fixed oracle errors for host macro updates when linking templates Server
ZBX-18188	Increased age and duration related macro resolution to seconds Server
ZBX-18152	Fixed incorrect selected menu option for template screens page Frontend
ZBX-18340	Added runtime command diaginfo option to command line help messages Proxy Server
ZBX-18250	Changed link to "Web monitoring" page in context menu with filtering parameters Frontend
ZBX-18170	Fixed LLD override for applications Server
ZBX-15904	Added check of required cache size for vmware event messages Proxy Server
ZBX-18121	Fixed SSH monitoring when compiled with libssh; thanks to MATSUDA Daiki for the patch Proxy Server
ZBX-17927	Fixed Agent2 user-defined parameter key testing Agent
ZBX-18314	Fixed description of URI field in Template DB MySQL by Zabbix agent 2 Templates
ZBX-18067	Fixed using outdated dynamic host when editing dynamic widgets on dashboard Frontend
ZBX-18261	Fixed performance of the "Latest data" screen with partitioned history tables Frontend
ZBX-18322	Enabled Memcached and MySQL plugins for Windows Agent
ZBX-17982	Added non-trigger event types support to webhooks Templates
ZBX-18190	Removed triggers for items Log growths, Log shrinks for MSSQL ODBC template Templates
ZBX-18122	Fixed russian character in setup section and templates for Oracle ODBC and PostgreSQL agent2 Templates
ZBX-18074	Fixed unresolved macros in item names in data overview table Frontend
ZBX-18195	Changed log level increase command for Agent 2 to match Agent 1 Agent
ZBX-17984	Added support of ipv6 and unix sockets for memcached plugin Agent
ZBX-18189	Fixed crash when performing housekeeping with disabled value cache Server
ZBX-18181	Fixed undefined index when importing host with non-existing interface API
ZBX-14503	Updated JMX template to follow guidelines Templates
ZBX-18196	Added overriding of triggers for IPMI Threshold sensors discovery Templates
ZBX-18021	Changed Opsgenie media to handle extra options Tags and Teams Templates
ZBX-18050	Removed proxy name from host breadcrumbs Frontend
ZBX-18202	Added new default item keys for item type "Zabbix aggregate" Frontend
ZBX-18124	Fixed discovered host group prototype saving during import Frontend
ZBX-17692	Fixed column sizes and paddings for items in graph edit form Frontend
ZBX-17812	Fixed incorrect copying of severeties in Problem widgets Frontend
ZBX-17886	Fixed SNMP type item test form not sending and resolving interface macros Frontend
ZBX-18183	Fixed displaying negative time in convertUnitsS() function Frontend
ZBX-18103	Fixed host connection macro in Slack media type Templates
ZBX-18249	Fixed Oracle ODBC Template issues Templates
ZBX-18072	Fixed Discord API version in Discord media type Templates
ZBX-17952	Fixed compression availability not being checked when deleting history API
ZBX-17981	Fixed Discord endpoint validation Templates

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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 5.0.4.

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 5.0 Manual