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Zabbix. Upgrading the database to primary keys

Starting with Zabbix 6.0, primary keys are used for all tables in new installations, but since I upgraded Zabbix server to version 6.4, I had to manually update the tables after the upgrade.

Before updating, first of all, open the menu “Report” – “System Information” and make sure that the keys are not used, this will be indicated by the entry – “Database history tables use primary key – No”, if the keys are used, then this entry simply will not be.

How to update Zabbix templates

I started using Zabbix server a very long time ago, gradually updated it to the newest versions, and after a while I noticed that the server was updated, and the standard templates remained old.

How to run Zabbix-agent as root

I once added user options to the Zabbix agent configuration and they needed to access files that could only have root permissions, so I had to run Zabbix-agent as root.

How to change favicon in Zabbix

I was once asked to change the Zabbix icon.

Solution Free disk space is less than 5% on volume /boot

One day Zabbix told me that there is not enough free space on the /boot partition on one server

Custom intervals in Zabbix

In this article, I will give an example of specifying custom intervals for items in Zabbix so that they are polled only at the specified time, and not constantly at the usual interval.

Zabbix trigger during business hours

In this article, I will give an example of creating triggers in Zabbix that can only fire at certain times, and not always.

Solution Zabbix housekeeper processes more than 75% busy

Once I found a warning in the Zabbix panel:
Zabbix housekeeper processes more than 75% busy

Solution: Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes

Once on Ubuntu Server 18.04 I upgraded Zabbix 4.4 to 5.0 and found an error in the logs during the upgrade:

Displaying SNMP Traps about Loop Detect in Zabbix

In this article, I will give an example of SNMP Traps display about Loop Detect in Zabbix.