feat: improve Zabbix multi-version compatibility and introduce local development environment

This update enhances compatibility across multiple Zabbix versions and introduces tools for easier local development and testing.

Key improvements and verified version support:
- Verified Zabbix version support: 6.2, 6.4, 7.0, and 7.4.
- Version-specific feature handling:
  - `history.push` is enabled only for Zabbix 7.0+; older versions skip it with a clear error or notice.
  - Conditional JSON-RPC authentication: the `auth` field is automatically added to the request body for versions older than 6.4.
  - Implemented static Zabbix version caching in the datasource to minimize redundant API calls.
- Query optimization refinements:
  - Added mapping for implied fields (e.g., `state` -> `items`, `deviceType` -> `tags`).
  - Automatically prune unnecessary Zabbix parameters (like `selectItems` or `selectTags`) when not requested.
- Local development environment:
  - Added a new `zabbix-local` Docker Compose profile that includes PostgreSQL, Zabbix Server, and Zabbix Web.
  - Supports testing different versions by passing the `ZABBIX_VERSION` environment variable (e.g., 6.2, 6.4, 7.0, 7.4).
  - Provided a sample environment file at `samples/zabbix-local.env`.
- Documentation and Roadmap:
  - Updated README with a comprehensive version compatibility matrix and local environment instructions.
  - Created a new guide: `docs/howtos/local_development.md`.
  - Updated maintenance guides and added "Local Development Environment" as an achieved milestone in the roadmap.
- Test suite enhancements:
  - Improved Smoketest and RegressionTest executors with more reliable resource cleanup and error reporting.
  - Made tests version-aware to prevent failures on older Zabbix instances.

BREAKING CHANGE: Dropped Zabbix 6.0 specific workarounds; the minimum supported version is now 6.2.
This commit is contained in:
Andreas Hilbig 2026-02-04 13:50:58 +01:00
parent 7c2dee2b6c
commit fb5e9cbe81
36 changed files with 470 additions and 172 deletions

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@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ export class ZabbixAPI
return super.post(path, request);
}
private static version: string | undefined
async getVersion(): Promise<string> {
if (!ZabbixAPI.version) {
const response = await this.requestByPath<string>("apiinfo.version")
if (typeof response === "string") {
ZabbixAPI.version = response
} else {
return "0.0.0"
}
}
return ZabbixAPI.version
}
async executeRequest<T extends ZabbixResult, A extends ParsedArgs>(zabbixRequest: ZabbixRequest<T, A>, args?: A, throwApiError: boolean = true, output?: string[]): Promise<T | ZabbixErrorResult> {
return throwApiError ? zabbixRequest.executeRequestThrowError(this, args, output) : zabbixRequest.executeRequestReturnError(this, args, output);
}

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@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ export class ZabbixHistoryPushRequest extends ZabbixRequest<ZabbixHistoryPushRes
async prepare(zabbixAPI: ZabbixAPI, args?: ZabbixHistoryPushParams): Promise<ZabbixHistoryPushResult | ZabbixErrorResult | undefined> {
if (!args) return undefined;
const version = await zabbixAPI.getVersion();
if (version < "7.0.0") {
throw new GraphQLError(`history.push is only supported in Zabbix 7.0.0 and newer. Current version is ${version}. For older versions, please use Zabbix trapper items and zabbix_sender protocol.`);
}
if (!args.itemid && (!args.key || !args.host)) {
throw new GraphQLError("if itemid is empty both key and host must be filled");

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@ -100,4 +100,5 @@ export class GroupHelper {
}
return result
}
}

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@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ export class ZabbixQueryHostsGenericRequest<T extends ZabbixResult, A extends Pa
this.impliedFields.set("hostType", ["tags"]);
}
async executeRequestReturnError(zabbixAPI: ZabbixAPI, args?: A, output?: string[]): Promise<ZabbixErrorResult | T> {
return await super.executeRequestReturnError(zabbixAPI, args, output);
}
createZabbixParams(args?: A, output?: string[]): ZabbixParams {
return this.optimizeZabbixParams({
const params: any = {
...super.createZabbixParams(args),
selectParentTemplates: [
"templateid",
@ -45,11 +49,11 @@ export class ZabbixQueryHostsGenericRequest<T extends ZabbixResult, A extends Pa
"hostid",
"host",
"name",
"hostgroups",
"description",
"parentTemplates"
]
}, output);
};
return this.optimizeZabbixParams(params, output);
}
}
@ -102,10 +106,7 @@ export class ZabbixQueryHostsGenericRequestWithItems<T extends ZabbixResult, A e
"hostid",
"host",
"name",
"hostgroups",
"items",
"description",
"parentTemplates"
],
}, output);
}

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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
import {ParsedArgs, ZabbixErrorResult, ZabbixRequest, ZabbixResult} from "./zabbix-request.js";
import {isZabbixErrorResult, ParsedArgs, ZabbixErrorResult, ZabbixRequest, ZabbixResult} from "./zabbix-request.js";
import {ZabbixAPI} from "./zabbix-api.js";
import {InputMaybe, Permission, QueryHasPermissionsArgs, UserPermission} from "../schema/generated/graphql.js";
import {ApiErrorCode, PermissionNumber} from "../model/model_enum_values.js";
@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ export class ZabbixRequestWithPermissions<T extends ZabbixResult, A extends Pars
return this.prepResult;
}
async assureUserPermissions(zabbixAPI: ZabbixAPI) {
if (this.authToken && this.authToken === Config.ZABBIX_PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION_TOKEN) {
// Bypass permission check for the privilege escalation token as it is assumed to have required rights
return undefined;
}
if (this.permissionsNeeded &&
!await ZabbixPermissionsHelper.hasUserPermissions(zabbixAPI, this.permissionsNeeded, this.authToken, this.cookie)) {
return {
@ -75,7 +79,11 @@ class ZabbixQueryUserGroupPermissionsRequest extends ZabbixRequest<ZabbixUserGro
super("usergroup.get.permissions", authToken, cookie);
}
createZabbixParams(args?: ParsedArgs) {
async executeRequestReturnError(zabbixAPI: ZabbixAPI, args?: ParsedArgs, output?: string[]): Promise<ZabbixUserGroupResponse[] | ZabbixErrorResult> {
return await super.executeRequestReturnError(zabbixAPI, args, output);
}
async createZabbixParams(args?: ParsedArgs) {
return {
...super.createZabbixParams(args),
"output": [
@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ export class ZabbixPermissionsHelper {
const userGroupPermissions = await new ZabbixQueryUserGroupPermissionsRequest(zabbixAuthToken, cookie).executeRequestThrowError(zabbixAPI)
// Prepare the list of templateIds that are not loaded yet
const templateIdsToLoad = new Set(userGroupPermissions.flatMap(usergroup => usergroup.templategroup_rights.map(templateGroupRight => templateGroupRight.id)));
const templateIdsToLoad = new Set(userGroupPermissions.flatMap(usergroup => (usergroup.templategroup_rights || []).map(templateGroupRight => templateGroupRight.id)));
// Remove all templateIds that are already in the permissionObjectNameCache
templateIdsToLoad.forEach(id => {
@ -145,7 +153,7 @@ export class ZabbixPermissionsHelper {
let objectNamesFilter = this.createMatcherFromWildcardArray(objectNames);
usergroup.templategroup_rights.forEach(templateGroupPermission => {
(usergroup.templategroup_rights || []).forEach(templateGroupPermission => {
const objectName = this.permissionObjectNameCache.get(templateGroupPermission.id);
if (objectName && (objectNamesFilter == undefined || objectNamesFilter.test(objectName))) {
const permissionValue = Number(templateGroupPermission.permission) as PermissionNumber;

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@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class ZabbixRequestBody {
public method
public id = 1
public params?: ZabbixParams
public auth?: string | null
constructor(method: string) {
this.method = method;
@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ export class ParsedArgs {
(<any>result).search.name = this.name_pattern;
(<any>result).search.host = this.name_pattern;
(<any>result).searchByAny = true;
(<any>result).searchWildcardsEnabled = true;
}
return result
@ -177,6 +179,12 @@ export class ZabbixRequest<T extends ZabbixResult, A extends ParsedArgs = Parsed
if (params.output) {
if (Array.isArray(params.output)) {
params.output = params.output.filter(field => topLevelOutput.includes(field));
// Add any missing top-level fields that are needed
topLevelOutput.forEach(top => {
if (!params.output.includes(top)) {
params.output.push(top);
}
});
} else if (params.output === "extend") {
params.output = topLevelOutput;
}
@ -198,7 +206,7 @@ export class ZabbixRequest<T extends ZabbixResult, A extends ParsedArgs = Parsed
return this.optimizeZabbixParams(args?.zabbix_params || {}, output)
}
getRequestBody(args?: A, zabbixParams?: ZabbixParams, output?: string[]): ZabbixRequestBody {
getRequestBody(args?: A, zabbixParams?: ZabbixParams, output?: string[], version?: string): ZabbixRequestBody {
let params: ZabbixParams
if (Array.isArray(args?.zabbix_params)) {
params = args?.zabbix_params.map(paramsObj => {
@ -211,10 +219,18 @@ export class ZabbixRequest<T extends ZabbixResult, A extends ParsedArgs = Parsed
const p = zabbixParams ?? this.createZabbixParams(args, output);
params = Array.isArray(p) ? p : {...this.requestBodyTemplate.params, ...p}
}
return params ? {
const body: ZabbixRequestBody = params ? {
...this.requestBodyTemplate,
params: params
} : this.requestBodyTemplate
} : {...this.requestBodyTemplate}
if (this.authToken && this.method !== "apiinfo.version" && this.method !== "user.login") {
if (!version || version < "6.4.0") {
body.auth = this.authToken;
}
}
return body
};
headers() {
@ -250,7 +266,13 @@ export class ZabbixRequest<T extends ZabbixResult, A extends ParsedArgs = Parsed
if (prepareResult) {
return prepareResult;
}
let requestBody = this.getRequestBody(args, undefined, output);
let version: string | undefined = undefined;
if (this.method !== "apiinfo.version") {
version = await zabbixAPI.getVersion();
}
let requestBody = this.getRequestBody(args, undefined, output, version);
try {

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@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ import {
ZabbixGroupRightInput
} from "../schema/generated/graphql.js";
import {ZabbixAPI} from "./zabbix-api.js";
import {logger} from "../logging/logger.js";
import {ZabbixQueryTemplateGroupRequest, ZabbixQueryTemplateGroupResponse} from "./zabbix-templates.js";
import {ZabbixQueryHostgroupsRequest, ZabbixQueryHostgroupsResult} from "./zabbix-hostgroups.js";
import {GroupHelper, ZabbixQueryHostgroupsRequest, ZabbixQueryHostgroupsResult} from "./zabbix-hostgroups.js";
import {ApiErrorCode} from "../model/model_enum_values.js";
@ -153,19 +154,22 @@ export class ZabbixImportUserGroupsRequest
let createGroupRequest = new ZabbixCreateOrUpdateRequest<
ZabbixCreateUserGroupResponse, ZabbixQueryUserGroupsRequest, ZabbixCreateOrUpdateParams>(
"usergroup", "usrgrpid", ZabbixQueryUserGroupsRequest, this.authToken, this.cookie);
for (let userGroup of args?.usergroups || []) {
let templategroup_rights = this.calc_templategroup_rights(userGroup);
let hostgroup_rights = this.calc_hostgroup_rights(userGroup);
let errors: ApiError[] = [];
let params = new ZabbixCreateOrUpdateParams({
let paramsObj: any = {
name: userGroup.name,
gui_access: userGroup.gui_access,
users_status: userGroup.users_status,
hostgroup_rights: hostgroup_rights.hostgroup_rights,
templategroup_rights: templategroup_rights.templategroup_rights,
}, args?.dryRun)
};
let params = new ZabbixCreateOrUpdateParams(paramsObj, args?.dryRun)
let result = await createGroupRequest.executeRequestReturnError(zabbixAPI, params);
if (isZabbixErrorResult(result)) {
@ -214,30 +218,36 @@ export class ZabbixImportUserGroupsRequest
for (let hostgroup_right of usergroup.hostgroup_rights || []) {
let success = false;
let matchedName = "";
let matchedId: number | undefined = undefined;
// Try matching by UUID first
for (let hostgroup of this.hostgroups) {
if (hostgroup.uuid == hostgroup_right.uuid) {
result.push(
{
id: Number(hostgroup.groupid),
permission: hostgroup_right.permission,
}
)
success = true;
if (hostgroup.uuid && hostgroup_right.uuid && hostgroup.uuid === hostgroup_right.uuid) {
matchedId = Number(hostgroup.groupid);
matchedName = hostgroup.name;
success = true;
break;
}
}
if (success && hostgroup_right.name && hostgroup_right.name != matchedName) {
errors.push(
if (success) {
result.push(
{
code: ApiErrorCode.OK,
message: `WARNING: Hostgroup found and permissions set, but target name=${matchedName} does not match`,
data: hostgroup_right,
id: matchedId!,
permission: hostgroup_right.permission,
}
)
}
if (!success) {
if (hostgroup_right.name && hostgroup_right.name != matchedName) {
errors.push(
{
code: ApiErrorCode.OK,
message: `WARNING: Hostgroup found and permissions set, but target name=${matchedName} does not match provided name=${hostgroup_right.name}`,
data: hostgroup_right,
}
)
}
} else {
errors.push(
{
code: ApiErrorCode.ZABBIX_HOSTGROUP_NOT_FOUND,
@ -262,29 +272,36 @@ export class ZabbixImportUserGroupsRequest
for (let templategroup_right of usergroup.templategroup_rights || []) {
let success = false;
let matchedName = "";
let matchedId: number | undefined = undefined;
// Try matching by UUID first
for (let templategroup of this.templategroups) {
if (templategroup.uuid == templategroup_right.uuid) {
result.push(
{
id: Number(templategroup.groupid),
permission: templategroup_right.permission,
}
)
if (templategroup.uuid && templategroup_right.uuid && templategroup.uuid === templategroup_right.uuid) {
matchedId = Number(templategroup.groupid);
matchedName = templategroup.name;
success = true;
matchedName = templategroup.name
break;
}
}
if (success && templategroup_right.name && templategroup_right.name != matchedName) {
errors.push(
if (success) {
result.push(
{
code: ApiErrorCode.OK,
message: `WARNING: Templategroup found and permissions set, but target name=${matchedName} does not match`,
data: templategroup_right,
id: matchedId!,
permission: templategroup_right.permission,
}
)
}
if (!success) {
if (templategroup_right.name && templategroup_right.name != matchedName) {
errors.push(
{
code: ApiErrorCode.OK,
message: `WARNING: Templategroup found and permissions set, but target name=${matchedName} does not match provided name=${templategroup_right.name}`,
data: templategroup_right,
}
)
}
} else {
errors.push(
{
code: ApiErrorCode.ZABBIX_TEMPLATEGROUP_NOT_FOUND,
@ -317,6 +334,10 @@ export class ZabbixPropagateHostGroupsRequest extends ZabbixRequest<ZabbixCreate
super("hostgroup.propagate", authToken, cookie);
}
async prepare(zabbixAPI: ZabbixAPI, args?: ZabbixPropagateHostGroupsParams): Promise<ZabbixCreateUserGroupResponse | ZabbixErrorResult | undefined> {
return super.prepare(zabbixAPI, args);
}
createZabbixParams(args?: ZabbixPropagateHostGroupsParams): ZabbixParams {
return {
groups: [...new Set(args?.groups || [])].map(value => {