Software update: Zabbix 1.6.9

With the Zabbix program you can keep an eye on different parts of a network and the services offered on them. The program supports two different ways to retrieve the relevant information. For example, it can send requests from its own host to the various services and network components, which then respond to them. There is also a so-called agent, which can be installed on the host to be monitored and with which detailed information can be retrieved. For more information about Zabbix, please refer to this and this pages. The developers have released version 1.6.9 with the following list of changes:

What’s New in 1.6.9

No new major features were introduced in this release, bug fixing only.

Other Improvements and Bug Fixes:

• [ZBX-2062] fixed sending of recovery messages multiple times
• [ZBX-1030] fixed security vulnerability in server allowing remote unauthenticated users to execute scripts. Thanks to Nicob

It is recommended to upgrade from previous releases of 1.6.x. Existing users of 1.6.x and new users should consider using the latest ZABBIX 1.8.x.

It is recommended to create the following indexes in order to speed up performance of ZABBIX front-end as well as server side (ignore it if the indexes already exist):
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX history_log_2 on history_log(itemid,id);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX history_text_2 on history_text(itemid,id);
CREATE INDEX graphs_items_1 on graphs_items(itemid);
CREATE INDEX graphs_items_2 on graphs_items(graphid);
CREATE INDEX services_1 on services(triggerid);