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  1. ZABBIX FEATURE REQUESTS
  2. ZBXNEXT-4641

Include external configuration file as default to improve deployment and upgrade

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    • Change Request
    • Status: Open
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 3.4.11, 4.0.0rc1
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    • Linux

    Description

      I started to use Zabbix appliance (server, proxy and agent) by editing zabbix_*.conf. Almost every time I upgrade one of them, the classic

      Configuration file '/etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf'
      
       ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
       ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
         What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
          Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
          N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
            D     : show the differences between the versions
            Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
       The default action is to keep your current version.
      *** zabbix_proxy.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] 
      
      
      

      pops up.

      So I reset the conf file to its default and add only one line at the end:

       

      Include=/etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy_local.conf

       

      In this way, the diff are quicker to inspect, having moved all the customized parameters to an external file.

      Still, I have to accept all new changes made by package distributor and then re-add the last line.

      It would be convenient for sysadmin, if zabbix would include, as default, every .conf inside a directory, for example /etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.d/.conf. Like Apache or MySQL do. In this way using orchestration tool to upgrade many proxies and agent would proceed uninterruptedly.

       

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