[ZBXNEXT-9090] Reload SNMP cache when SNMPv3 credentials are updated Created: 2024 Mar 18  Updated: 2025 Jun 17

Status: IN MANUAL TESTING
Project: ZABBIX FEATURE REQUESTS
Component/s: Proxy (P), Server (S)
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 7.0.14rc1, 7.2.8rc1, 7.4.1rc1, 8.0.0alpha1 (master)

Type: New Feature Request Priority: Minor
Reporter: Michal Kudlacz Assignee: Andris Zeila
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 14
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: 4h
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Issue Links:
Causes
Duplicate
duplicates ZBX-24365 SNMPv3 changes require service restart Closed
Team: Team A
Sprint: S25-W24/25
Story Points: 1

 Description   

TLDR:
When SNMPv3 settings are changed, snmp cache has to be reloaded with

zabbix_proxy -R snmp_cache_reload

Is it possible for Zabbix server to automatically pass config change to the relevant Zabbix proxy when necessary?

"We are currently starting to connect more and more Mgmt. systems like CISCO DNA Center or ARISTA Cloud Vision to Zabbix. This means that we not only automatically receive the information/alarms from the Central Mgmt. but also the SNMP access data automatically. This means that in the end we would have to build a cronejob or a script that is used for SNMPv3 access data every time a change is received in Zabbix from another system, also clear the cache on the correct proxy. From my point of view this is the wrong approach.

In the end I only see a solution here that the Zabbix server reports this information as a config change to the Zabbix proxy by changing the SNMPv3 access data in the database and this then empties the cache for exactly the necessary systems on the proxy.
The workaround via cli means that I always empty the entire cache for proxy.
We will now see how we can implement the workaround.
It would be great if such important functions were implemented in v7 or v8 for security reasons, as you mentioned, SNMPv3 data is also changing more and more. Some of our customers this happens once a year."



 Comments   
Comment by Vladislavs Sokurenko [ 2024 Apr 23 ]

Would be nice to detect exact interface that was changed and then clear it out of SNMP cache

Comment by Vladislavs Sokurenko [ 2025 Jun 12 ]

Implemented in pull request feature/ZBXNEXT-9090-7.0

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