[ZBXNEXT-4897] Add relocate option to zabbix rpms during installation Created: 2018 Dec 04  Updated: 2019 Mar 26

Status: Open
Project: ZABBIX FEATURE REQUESTS
Component/s: Installation (I)
Affects Version/s: 3.0.23
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Change Request Priority: Major
Reporter: Adrian LIN Assignee: dimir
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 1
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
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Attachments: File zabbix.spec    

 Description   

By default, zabbix rpms are only allowed to be installed at default path. It follows the basic Linux file system standard. But for certain customers, the zabbix assets are preferred to be installed in customized directory.

So we add Prefix option in zabbix.spec file and some steps in post & postun phases to enable the relocate option during the rpm installation. The spec file modification is based on 3.0.19 version. And hope this could be added as a default config since no harm to logic.

 Comments   
Comment by Adrian LIN [ 2018 Dec 06 ]

Hi,

Since I can only find it at repo: https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/3.0/rhel/7/SRPMS/  as a rpm.

Any way I can find an official link to the source code of this?

Comment by dimir [ 2018 Dec 06 ]

svn://svn.zabbix.com

Comment by Gergely Csatari [ 2019 Jan 10 ]

Can you please tell us in which Zabbix release will this change be available?

Comment by dimir [ 2019 Mar 25 ]

From the Fedora docs:

The use of RPM’s facility for generating relocatable packages is strongly discouraged. It is difficult to make work properly, impossible to use from the installer or from yum, and not generally necessary if other packaging guidelines are followed. However, in the unlikely event that you have a good reason to make a package relocatable, you MUST state this intent and reasoning in the request for package review.

Thus I'm not sure we should do it.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_relocatable_packages

Comment by Adrian LIN [ 2019 Mar 26 ]

The real reason for this is that some users only grant permission of a single directory to zabbix. They prefer all content from zabbix are placed at the same place, not spreading out  as the default configuration. They will use the rpm installation instead of yum.

So it would be appreciated to keep the option, though may not be used commonly.  

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