Solved Zabbix upgrade to 4.2

[fred974]

Hi,

I am running net-mgmt/zabbix3-server and I would like to upgrade to net-mgmt/zabbix42-server.
I looked at the Zabbix site and the port directory but I can't find out to upgrade from 3.x to 4.x.

Could anyone please advise? I also use MySQL database to record everything, do I need to run a DB upgrade script?

Thank you.

 

[SirDice]

I can't find out to upgrade from 3.x to 4.x.

It's so easy it doesn't need instructions. Stop the service, remove the old version, install the new and start the service. Done.

 

[fred974]

do I just copy the /usr/local/etc/zabbix34/zabbix_server.conf over to the new installation?

 

[SirDice]

Yes. I would suggest moving your custom scripts to /usr/local/etc/zabbix/. Then include it from zabbix_server.conf. Or else you have to move everything with every version upgrade.

 

[Eric A. Borisch]

I usually do something like this to upgrade from version MM to NN:

# in /usr/local/etc/zabbixMM/
diff -u zabbix_server.conf.sample zabbix_server.conf > ~/zabbix_server.patch
# Perform upgrade; now in /usr/local/etc/zabbixNN
cp zabbix_server.conf.sample zabbix_server.conf
patch -p0 < ~/zabbix_server.patch

As SirDice said, if you put any custom additions into /usr/local/etc/zabbix (and include them) you won't have to move them around, too.

I like to go with this approach so you can see any new options (potentially commented out / default) in the config file.

 

[fred974]

All done with no problem
Thank you