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How to increase maximum dependent item in Zabbix?

I get this error: Cannot create item "kube.pod.containers.limits.cpu[***/###]": maximum dependent item count reached. I think this parameter is set to 29999 in default. How can i increase this parameter?

Solution

  • This is hardcoded in the source: release/6.0 zabbix_server/lld/lld_item.c

    typedef zbx_lld_item_full_t zbx_lld_item_t;

  #define ZBX_DEPENDENT_ITEM_MAX_COUNT    29999
  #define ZBX_DEPENDENT_ITEM_MAX_LEVELS   3

    So changing this requires a recompile and some testing. The limits sometimes have a reason.