Release Notes for Zabbix 5.2.1rc2

3 November 2020

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 5.2.1rc2.

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 5.2.1rc2. 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-6236	Added template "Apache Kafka by JMX" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6247	Improved LLD rule processing after reconnecting to proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6201	Added "Template DB Apache Cassandra by JMX" Templates

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-18601	Fixed dashboard widget to be updated continuously when 'No refresh' interval is specified Frontend
ZBX-18591	Fixed active Zabbix Agent v2 5.0 doesn't work with Server v5.2.0 Agent
ZBX-18185	Fixed compilation error on Solaris 10 Agent
ZBX-18538	Fixed API role.update rules validation API
ZBX-18317	Fixed fatal error when updating only discovered triggers and their properties API
ZBX-18163	Fixed being able to delete interfaces on discovered hosts API
ZBX-18505	Fixed build failing to compile for Zabbix agent 2 on ARM/v7 and ARM/v6 Agent
ZBX-18380	Changed trigger of the net.if.speed item in the Windows network module template Templates
ZBX-18494	Removed recovery mode NONE in trigger "Operating system description has changed" Templates
ZBX-18546	Fixed "Something impossible" bug in server and proxy when diaginfo is requested Proxy Server
ZBX-18058	Updated the list of item keys and their descriptions Frontend
ZBX-18531	Fixed template "Ceph by Zabbix Agent2" pool discovery Templates
ZBX-18476	Changed Fan, Temperature, Voltage LLD rules in Template Net Arista Templates
ZBX-16155	Fixed "Template Net TP-LINK" readme Templates

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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 5.2.1.

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 5.2 Manual