Download Zabbix 1.8.6

Version 1.8.6 of Zabbix has been released. With this program, the status of network services, servers and other network equipment can be monitored. Simple information can be obtained with only the program; for more detailed info, an agent can be installed on the server. More information about Zabbix can be found on this page be found and here are some screenshots. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Complete List of Bug Fixes and Improvements included into 1.8.6

• [ZBX-3990] fixed exiting proxy and server on cache reload using runtime control options
• [ZBX-3835] fixed possible security vulnerability in redirects
• [ZBX-3968] fixed issues with filtering in monitoring->events in Internet Explorer 7
• [ZBX-3469] fixed setting UNKNOWN trigger status when agent goes down
• [ZBX-3973] added logging of proxy mode (active/passive) at startup
• [ZBX-3902] fixed possible zombie states in UNIX, moved watchdog (server) and heartbeats (proxy) to separate processes (main process just waits), added more logging to exiting Windows agent
• [ZBX-3166] fixed application updating in Template linking event. Changed linked Template color in application page. Added param NOEMPTY for popup page witch allows hide Empty button in application and item pages
• [ZBX-3565] reformatting media types in notifications page, adding links to media types
• [ZBX-3784] added validation on duplicate discovery rule name
• [ZBX-3733] make possible to save Device uniqueness criteria status (discovery rule) in cloning event
• [ZBX-3845] check, if this user group is used in the config, if so it cannot be deleted
• [ZBX-3911] fixed wrong trigger expression parsing when key parameters contained “(”
• [ZBX-3856] fixed new group creation from template page
• [ZBX-3840] fixed possible path disclosure
• [ZBXNEXT-849] added example MySQL UserParameter to monitor database and table size
• [ZBX-3935] fixed possible function redeclaration error
• [ZBX-3944] added support of multibyte NIC names for the net.if.* checks under Windows
• [ZBX-3947] fixed compilation under AIX 5.2 with fileset lower than 5.2.0.40
• [ZBX-3947] fixed compilation under AIX 5.2 with enabled IPv6
• [ZBX-3426] fixed application unlink and clear when it is linked from template
• [ZBX-1074] fixed compilation errors regarding sem_lock and sem_unlock on HP-UX; thanks to brian collins
• [ZBX-3877] fixed slow Housekeeper for PostgreSQL 7.4+; thanks to Ildefonso Camargo
• [ZBXNEXT-816] added support for reloading configuration cache from the command line
• [ZBX-3063] added compatibility with PostgreSQL 9+; thanks to Andrey Groshev for patch
• [ZBX-3890] added logging of ORACLE warning messages while connecting to the database
• [ZBX-3880] fixed repeated processing of log-files through proxy when disabling a host or item
• [ZBX-3420] fixed wrong error message being logged in case of DNS resolution errors
• [ZBX-3519] fixed terminated processes when system.run[,wait] times out and added proper output handling for system.run[,nowait] on UNIX
• [ZBX-3768] fixed ‘uptime’ and ‘s’ units as according to the documentation
• [ZBX-3490] added support for LVM devices and full path to devices to vfs.dev.read and vfs.dev.write; thanks to Takanori Suzuki
• [ZBX-3862] fixed broken popups in frontend in Internet Explorer 7
• [ZBX-3463] fixed MaxHousekeeperDelete configuration parameter being ignored for IBM DB2
• [ZBX-3854] added saving of state of dynamic/fixed setting for time lines on all pages
• [ZBX-3847] fixed item history clearing not deleting data in trends_uint table
• [ZBX-3797] fixed processing of vfs.dev.* checks under FreeBSD
• [ZBXNEXT-799] added support of SRV records to net.tcp.dns.query[]; thanks to Edward Rudd
• [ZBX-1029] added lookup of Jabber SRV records to Jabber notifications; thanks to Edward Rudd
• [ZBXNEXT-792] added type parameter for system.hostname[] on Windows to support both NetBIOS and host names
• [ZBXNEXT-791] added HostnameItem to Agent and Proxy configuration for setting the default Hostname
• [ZBX-3192] fixed SNMP index cache to support SNMP target for each entry; thanks to Ilia Sotnikov
• [ZBX-3825] fixed errors with single quotes in javascript messages
• [ZBXNEXT-782] added support of not-supported items in the history cache
• [ZBX-3072] fixed MySQL error when shutting down server
• [ZBX-3105] added processing of garbage in configuration files
• [ZBX-2083] fixed audit.details field cutting
• [ZBX-3824] fixed unnecessary synchronization of “profiles” table in DM setup
• [ZBX-3821] removed warning messages about failed evaluation of trigger expressions
• [ZBX-3826] fixed recovering unsupported icmpping* items when a key has been entered incorrectly
• [ZBX-3766] fixed “Do” button in item form
• [ZBX-3417] removed trailing and leading space from phrase “”
• [ZBX-3806] fixed HTTP pollers being started on Zabbix proxy
• [ZBX-3808] updated Brazilian Portuguese translation; thanks to Murilo Moreira de Oliveira
• [ZBX-3682] fixed import of map elements having empty label; thanks to Takanori Suzuki
• [ZBX-3679] fixed incorrect “No nodes defined” when screen selection popup has no elements
• [ZBX-3638] fixed displaying or vertical text in case or special HTML characters
• [ZBX-3582] fixed screen import
• [ZBX-3801] added check for duplicate template IDs when creating host through API
• [ZBX-3802] fixed error when try to open custom screen from history link
• [ZBX-3794] added timeout support to vfs.file.* commands
• [ZBX-3747] replaced strcpy() and vsnprintf() calls with safer ones and strerror() with zbx_strerror() which also prints the error code
• [ZBX-3760] fixed the CPU collector for processing the non-contiguous CPU IDs
• [ZBX-3796] select a graph with the same name if it exists when changing host in monitoring -> graphs
• [ZBX-3776] treat duplicate UserParameter as error
• [ZBX-3728] fixed a warning message when removing a user script
• [ZBX-3731] fixed possible SQL errors when updating trends
• [ZBX-3772] improved performance of the history syncer
• [ZBX-3547] Rewrote performance counters and CPU stats collection for Windows
• [ZBX-3677] added unit blacklist on the server side
• [ZBX-3746] Fixed parsing of trigger expressions containing \\
• [ZBX-3744] updated Japanese translation; thanks to Kodai Terashima
• [ZBX-3681] fixed API to leave internal PHP encoding in UTF-8
• [ZBX-3353] fixed skipping web items in the host “Full clone” operation
• [ZBX-3503] fixed “incorrect usage of quotes” error
• [ZBX-3740] fixed compilation errors due to undefined SOL_IPV6
• [ZBX-2952] added Base64 data line wrapping in Email notifications
• [ZBX-3698] fixed error in log wizard when expression had internal parentheses
• [ZBX-524] added log messages when syncing a proxy configuration data
• [ZBX-3671] fixed ORACLE SQL error when processing of the trigger function count()