#1101183 zabbix-server-mysql: Unable to start Zabbix server due to unsupported MariaDB database version (11.08.01)

Package:
zabbix-server-mysql
Source:
zabbix-server-mysql
Description:
network monitoring solution - server (using MySQL)
Submitter:
Andrea Janna
Date:
2026-03-02 17:53:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1101183#5
Date:
2025-03-24 11:42:32 UTC
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After upgrading mariadb-server package to the latest Debian trixie version Zabbix server service doesn't start anymore and reports the following error in the log.

After setting AllowUnsupportedDBVersions=1 in Zabbix server configuration file Zabbix server service starts up but it reports the following warning in the log.
#1101183#10
Date:
2025-03-24 22:58:17 UTC
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What do you expect maintainer to do about that?

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What exactly is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?
 -- Thomas Sowell
#1101183#17
Date:
2026-03-02 17:20:51 UTC
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The latest version currently in the archive, 7.0.22 supports MariaDB 11.8 and 12.0

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-10056
https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-10077