Gateway Hub 2.x Release Notes

Overview

Gateway Hub release notes contain the list of enhancements of features, and a set of issues fixed in the current release.

This page contains release notes for all Gateway Hub 2.x releases.

For the latest highlights, see What's New in Geneos.

Gateway Hub 2.4.0

Released: April 2021

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Role-based access control for data and includes.
  • Updated monitoring UI.
  • Simpler Gateway security.
  • Schema-less ingestion.

Gateway Hub is a brand new component in the Geneos environment, providing the foundations for smarter monitoring, improved scalability, and a refreshed modern UI.

Role-based access control for data and includes

This release introduces the ability to restrict access to data and Gateway includes files to specific roles. It also adds the ability to create custom roles with specific access permissions. These can be used to prevent unauthorised users from updating global Gateway includes files, or ensure certain business-sensitive metrics can only be viewed by a particular team. By default, all data and includes are accessible to all logged-in users, new roles can be created for more granular access. For more information, see Roles.

Updated monitoring UI

The monitoring UI in the Web Console has been updated in a number of ways following your feedback. Firstly metric data is arranged into dataviews rather than the flat list of metrics previously shown. The history of a text value can now be displayed when a dataview text value is selected. Deleted dataview rows can now be visualised, for more visibility of historical data. The performance is also significantly improved when viewing entities with large numbers of metrics.

Simpler Gateway security

Centralised Gateway configuration was previously secured using Kerberos. This is now done using generated application keys which are much simpler to set up.

Schema-less ingestion

By default, Gateway Hub will now accept data without a schema and will attempt to infer one based on the number of samples observed. In many cases, this will require no further input from the user, though dataviews with variable data may still result in some ingestion errors which can be resolved by specifying a schema manually in the Gateway Setup Editor. The units of measure are not inferred in this way and should be added manually if required; this is to avoid incorrect inference between KiB, KB, and others.

Gateways will need to be upgraded to version 5.7.x and higher to take advantage of this feature, and will no longer report errors when attempting to publish dataviews without a schema.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-14905 You can now restrict access to data and Gateway include files through Role Based Access Control (RBAC).
STARK-15142 Security update for CVE-2020-13936.
STARK-15213 The history chart accompanying the dataview control in the Web Console no longer zooms when using the scroll wheel as this was interfering with page navigation.
HP-106 Memory is allocated to components better, particularly in machines with lower amounts of memory available.
HP-515 Gateway Hub sizing tool now includes size information for all components.
HP-554 Security updates for CVE-2020-25649, CVE-2020-24616, CVE-2020-24750, CVE-2020-14195, CVE-2020-11619.
HP-662 Gateway Hub diagnostics now include a copy of the Gateway Hub certificate and trust chain which can be useful to diagnose TLS-related installation issues.
HP-719 TLS v1 and v1.1 connections are now fully disabled.
HP-720 Weak CBC based TLS cipher suites are now fully disabled.
HP-777 Weak cipher suites have been disabled in the Netprobe included in Gateway Hub.
HP-810 Data published from Gateway 5.7.x and higher without a schema can now be used to infer a schema automatically.
   

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-14892 Metric names with / are now correctly handled in the Web Console.
STARK-15078 Resolved incorrect authorisation issue when releasing a Gateway lock.
STARK-15102 Capacity Planner integration screens no longer appear editable to users without administrator access.
STARK-15226 LDAP group names containing spaces are now correctly handled by the SSO Agent.
HP-602 The liveness check for Kafka has been improved to ensure that data is not accepted before the system is ready to receive it.
HP-604 Gateway Hub no longer fails to install when the supplied TLS PEM file contains one or more intermediate CA certificates.
HP-654 The installer of Gateway Hub now detects when a user-supplied certificate is making use of the deprecated Netscape Cert Type extension in a way which is likely to cause the hub-admin command to fail to connect to the orchestration daemon.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.
STARK-14925

Grafana version 7.2 and higher is incompatible with the Geneos datasource plugin, as a result the query form fields will not display.

As a workaround, you should downgrade to Grafana 7.1 until a fix is available.
STARK-14990 Issue CVE-2020-28052 (BDSA-2020-3371) reported by Blackduck refers to the OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method. Neither this method nor the class are used by Gateway Hub.
STARK-15269 Blackduck flags json-smart 1.3.2 as a security risk (CVE-2021-27568). The dependency is pulled in via nimbus-jose-jwt and they already have a fixed in place for this. For more information, see Nimbus JOSE+JWT 7.9. The latest version of nimbus-jose-jwt is already used by the Gateway Hub.
HP-145

Ansible 2.10 is not yet compatible with Mitogen, a tool used to greatly speed Ansible installations. To install Gateway Hub with Ansible 2.1.0, specify the following in your installation descriptor:

installation.ansible.use_mitogen_strategy: false

HP-454 Library jackson-databind 2.10.3 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the deserialisation of XML, but it does not impact Gateway Hub since the dependency is coming from Zookeeper. Gateway Hub does not use XML configuration for Zookeeper.
HP-455 Library jackson-databind 2.10.2 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the deserialisation of XML, but it does not impact Gateway Hub since the dependency is coming from Kafka. Gateway Hub does not use XML configuration for Kafka.
HP-456 Jetty 9.4.24 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the use of the system's temporary directory by the Jetty web server. Jetty is only a transitive dependency of Gateway Hub's through Kafka and Zookeeper. Kafka uses Jetty for its RESTful proxy, while Zookeeper uses Jetty for its admin server. Gateway Hub does not use any of these features, which are turned off via configuration.
HP-457

BlackDuck has flagged three security vulnerabilities in Postgresql 12.4 which is used by Gateway Hub:

  • A vulnerability issue affecting client applications that create connections in specifying security parameters. Gateway Hub uses the `peer` authentication method which relies on identifying users using their operating system credentials. So this vulnerability does not affect Gateway Hub.

  • A vulnerability issue allowing regular users to execute SQL functions under the identity of a super user. This vulnerability issue does not impact Gateway Hub which uses Postgresql with a single regular user which is the same as its runtime user, and is identified to the database via its Unix credentials.

  • A vulnerability issue affecting interactive Postgresql sessions, which Gateway Hub does not make use of.
HP-780 Velocity 1.7 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. Velocity is a dependency of OpenSAML, and we do not use it directly in the Gateway Hub, and in particular we do not make any use of Velocity templates.
HP-781

Bouncy Castle 1.61 to 1.68 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. There is currently no available fix for this issue but the vulnerability only affects users of the BKS-V1 keystore format that is not in use anywhere in the Gateway Hub.

For more information, see bc-java in GitHub.
   

Gateway Hub 2.3.1

Released: February 2021

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Gateway Hub 2.3.1 contains a hotfix for the Gateway Hub linux infrastructure self-monitoring plugin, enabling support for processes that contain a space in the command name.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
HP-673 The Linux infrastructure plugin used by the Collection Agent to collect self-monitoring metrics for Gateway Hub can now parse system process information files when a process contains a space in its command name. This allows the Collection Agent to start up correctly.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.
STARK-14925

Grafana version 7.2 and higher is incompatible with the Geneos datasource plugin, as a result the query form fields will not display.

As a workaround, you should downgrade to Grafana 7.1 until a fix is available.
STARK-14954 The version of the transitive dependency used {{bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.66.jar}} is the latest one in Maven so updating is not possible.
STARK-14990 Issue CVE-2020-28052 (BDSA-2020-3371) reported by Blackduck refers to the OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method. Neither this method nor the class are used by Gateway Hub.
HP-145

Ansible 2.10 is not yet compatible with Mitogen, a tool used to greatly speed Ansible installations. To install Gateway Hub with Ansible 2.1.0, specify the following in your installation descriptor:

installation.ansible.use_mitogen_strategy: false

HP-454 Library jackson-databind 2.10.3 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the deserialisation of XML, but it does not impact Gateway Hub since the dependency is coming from Zookeeper. Gateway Hub does not use XML configuration for Zookeeper.
HP-455 Library jackson-databind 2.10.2 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the deserialisation of XML, but it does not impact Gateway Hub since the dependency is coming from Kafka. Gateway Hub does not use XML configuration for Kafka.
HP-456 Jetty 9.4.24 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the use of the system's temporary directory by the Jetty web server. Jetty is only a transitive dependency of Gateway Hub's through Kafka and Zookeeper. Kafka uses Jetty for its RESTful proxy, while Zookeeper uses Jetty for its admin server. Gateway Hub does not use any of these features, which are turned off via configuration.
HP-457

BlackDuck has flagged three security vulnerabilities in Postgresql 12.4 which is used by Gateway Hub:

  • A vulnerability issue affecting client applications that create connections in specifying security parameters. Gateway Hub uses the `peer` authentication method which relies on identifying users using their operating system credentials. So this vulnerability does not affect Gateway Hub.

  • A vulnerability issue allowing regular users to execute SQL functions under the identity of a super user. This vulnerability issue does not impact Gateway Hub which uses Postgresql with a single regular user which is the same as its runtime user, and is identified to the database via its Unix credentials.

  • A vulnerability issue affecting interactive Postgresql sessions, which Gateway Hub does not make use of.
HP-601 The Prometheus plugin used by Gateway Hub's built-in Collection Agent to gather metrics from etcd makes use of the OkHttp client, which has a dependency on Bouncy Castle 1.65. OkHttp is not used by Gateway Hub to check passwords, since it is only used to consume etcd's public REST API.
   

Gateway Hub 2.3.0

Released: January 2021

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Monitoring Coverage
  • Gateway Hub self-monitoring
  • Upgrades support

Monitoring Coverage

The Monitoring Coverage page allows you to determine if you are monitoring everything correctly. It works by comparing each monitored entity with a number of custom policies and then flagging any breaches in an easy-to-use UI.

In this version, the policies that can be set enforce the use of attributes and plugins. Some examples of policies that can be set using Monitoring Coverage are:

  • All entities must have Department and Application attributes populated.

  • Entities in the Securities Division must have the Environment attribute populated with one of Dev, QA, Pre-production, and Production.

  • All entities are collecting CPU, Disk, and Hardware metrics.

The Monitoring Coverage page also provides an interactive report for determining the coverage of the policies which provides an additional layer of assurance that all monitored hosts are configured correctly.

For more information, see Monitoring Coverage.

Self-monitoring

Self-monitoring is now provided by default through a pre-packaged Netprobe which can be assigned to a Gateway 5.5 or higher. You can use the available metrics to ensure the Gateway Hub runs smoothly, as well as alerting you when additional resources, such as Disk IO and storage are required.

Upgrades

Upgrades are now supported beginning Gateway Hub 2.2.1.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-12511 The default address of the Web Console is now 8443 instead of 8080.
STARK-14780 SAML and traditional LDAP SSO can now coexist in the Web Console.
HP-68 The hub-check can now scan UDP ports in addition to TCP ports. This requires that the package net-tools are installed.
HP-102 You can now configure the apid and Web Console to use HTTP instead of HTTPS.
HP-106 Memory is allocated to components better, particularly in machines with lower amounts of memory available.
HP-115 The Gateway Hub installer includes additional build information in the Gateway Hub package.
HP-141 The Gateway Hub installer package now contains a sample installation descriptor.
HP-143 The Gateway Hub can no longer mistakenly be started by a user other than the configured runtime user.
HP-147 etcd metrics are now available through Gateway Hub self-monitoring.
HP-159 Improved the suggested systemd configuration to avoid incorrectly reporting that the Gateway Hub has failed after a successful shut down.
HP-172 You can now use the command hubctl to upgrade prior versions of the Gateway Hub beginning 2.2.1.
HP-181 You can now configure the Postgresql user.
HP-199 The Gateway Hub checker now checks the system parameters by running sysctl rather than inspecting /etc/sysctl.conf directly.
HP-220 You can now use the Postgresql Collection Agent plugin for self-monitoring.
HP-237 The Gateway Hub installer now generates JKS keystore and truststore passwords instead of prompting when passwords are not specified in the installation descriptor.
HP-243 When performing a local install, setting installation.connection.local_host_name is now required, and its value cannot be equal to localhost.
HP-323 You can now configure the log level of the Gateway Hub services through the installation descriptor.
HP-386 The ports used to monitor the orchestrationd, kafka, and zookeeper through JMX are now configurable.
HP-446 Gateway Hub now works on RHEL 7.9.
HP-453 The Gateway Hub installer performs additional checks of the supplied PEM file to detect any potential issues (invalid CA, expired certificate, or invalid SAN hostname).
HP-465 The Address already in use errors now provide the relevant port.
HP-485 The Gateway Hub installer now provides the relevant username when prompting for an SSH password during installation.
MCOV-272 You can now use the Monitoring Coverage in the Web Console to check attributes and metrics.
   

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-14528 The Copy buttons in the Web Console > Application keys no longer throw errors when generating an application key.
STARK-14799 Late arriving data in Gateway Hub no longer throws an error in addition to the warning.
STARK-14853 Setting a variable that uses the Gateway name macro no longer causes centralised configuration validation failures.
STARK-14886 The refresh token handling in the Web Console has been improved to reduce the possibility of an unauthorised error.
STARK-14936 Fixed an issue where centralised Gateways without resources could not have resources added.
HP-71 The hub-checker now asks for the SSH password if a private key has not been supplied.
HP-73 The Java check explicitly checks if the runtime user exists.
HP-79 Gateway Hub no longer supports changing the etcd peer port using the hubctl setup reconfigure command.
HP-479 The self-signed certificates generated by the Gateway Hub installer now have an expiry of 397 days.
HP-553 Fixed memory leak in the Webhooks publisher.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.
STARK-14925

Grafana version 7.2 and higher is incompatible with the Geneos datasource plugin, as a result the query form fields will not display.

As a workaround, you should downgrade to Grafana 7.1 until a fix is available.
STARK-14954 The version of the transitive dependency used {{bcprov-ext-jdk15on-1.66.jar}} is the latest one in Maven so updating is not possible.
STARK-14990 Issue CVE-2020-28052 (BDSA-2020-3371) reported by Blackduck refers to the OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method. Neither this method nor the class are used by Gateway Hub.
HP-145

Ansible 2.10 is not yet compatible with Mitogen, a tool used to greatly speed Ansible installations. To install Gateway Hub with Ansible 2.1.0, specify the following in your installation descriptor:

installation.ansible.use_mitogen_strategy: false

HP-454 Library jackson-databind 2.10.3 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the deserialisation of XML, but it does not impact Gateway Hub since the dependency is coming from Zookeeper. Gateway Hub does not use XML configuration for Zookeeper.
HP-455 Library jackson-databind 2.10.2 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the deserialisation of XML, but it does not impact Gateway Hub since the dependency is coming from Kafka. Gateway Hub does not use XML configuration for Kafka.
HP-456 Jetty 9.4.24 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability issue relates to the use of the system's temporary directory by the Jetty web server. Jetty is only a transitive dependency of Gateway Hub's through Kafka and Zookeeper. Kafka uses Jetty for its RESTful proxy, while Zookeeper uses Jetty for its admin server. Gateway Hub does not use any of these features, which are turned off via configuration.
HP-457

BlackDuck has flagged three security vulnerabilities in Postgresql 12.4 which is used by Gateway Hub:

  • A vulnerability issue affecting client applications that create connections in specifying security parameters. Gateway Hub uses the `peer` authentication method which relies on identifying users using their operating system credentials. So this vulnerability does not affect Gateway Hub.

  • A vulnerability issue allowing regular users to execute SQL functions under the identity of a super user. This vulnerability issue does not impact Gateway Hub which uses Postgresql with a single regular user which is the same as its runtime user, and is identified to the database via its Unix credentials.

  • A vulnerability issue affecting interactive Postgresql sessions, which Gateway Hub does not make use of.
HP-601 The Prometheus plugin used by Gateway Hub's built-in Collection Agent to gather metrics from etcd makes use of the OkHttp client, which has a dependency on Bouncy Castle 1.65. OkHttp is not used by Gateway Hub to check passwords, since it is only used to consume etcd's public REST API.
   

Gateway Hub 2.2.2

Released: October 2020

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-14854 Gateway files are now compressed to ensure that they fit within the Kafka message limit.
HP-243 When performing a local install, setting installation.connection.local_host_name is now required and its value cannot be localhost.
   

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
HP-79 Gateway Hub no longer supports changing the etcd peer port using the hubctl setup reconfigure command.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.
STARK-14448

If a Gateway Hub node is taken down abruptly (for example, due to a loss of power), it is possible for Kafka to report an error when restarting because its session with Zookeeper was not properly terminated.

To resolve this problem, you must restart the Gateway Hub for a second time.
HP-119 SnakeYAML 1.24 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability affects the loading of YAML aliases, which are not used in Gateway Hub configuration files.
HP-189 Netty-4.1.45.Final is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This dependency is pulled in by Kafka 2.5 (which is the latest version) and jetcd-0.5.3. The vulnerability will be resolved once both Kafka 2.5 and jetcd-0.5.3 provide upgrades with a fix.
HP-234 PostgreSQL Database Server REL_12_3 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability relates to the PostgreSQL schema search path and impacts logical replication and the installation of PostgreSQL extensions. This does not impact Gateway Hub, which does not rely on PostgreSQL replication and does not require additional PostgreSQL extensions to be installed after the initial setup.
   

Gateway Hub 2.2.1

Released: September 2020

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-13070 Kafka retention settings are now configurable during installation.
STARK-14393 The Kafka log format now aligns with other components.
STARK-14396 Log formats are now consistent across all Gateway Hub components.
STARK-14599 Application log retention settings are now configurable during installation.
   

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-11874 Log entries are now displayed in UTC instead of local time.
STARK-14582 Memory now correctly allocated for machines with 16 GB memory.
STARK-14648 If installation.connection.user is not specified, the Hub checker now uses hub.user when connecting to the remote node.
STARK-14679 Chart axes and tooltips in the Entity metrics view no longer report duplicate rounded values.
STARK-14680 Web Console no longer displays 401 errors when multiple cookies are available for the same domain.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.
STARK-14448

If a Gateway Hub node is taken down abruptly (for example, due to a loss of power), it is possible for Kafka to report an error when restarting because its session with Zookeeper was not properly terminated.

To resolve this problem, you must restart the Gateway Hub for a second time.
HP-119 SnakeYAML 1.24 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability affects the loading of YAML aliases, which are not used in Gateway Hub configuration files.
HP-234 PostgreSQL Database Server REL_12_3 is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. This vulnerability relates to the PostgreSQL schema search path and impacts logical replication and the installation of PostgreSQL extensions. This does not impact Gateway Hub, which does not rely on PostgreSQL replication and does not require additional PostgreSQL extensions to be installed after the initial setup.
   

Gateway Hub 2.2.0

Released: August 2020

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Simplified Gateway Hub installation
  • SAML security
  • Capacity Planner integration

Gateway Hub 2.2.x is a significant upgrade, further simplifying the installation process, and reducing the software and hardware requirements. Although the look and feel of the Web Console remains largely the same, it is now far simpler to deploy. The hardware requirements for Gateway Hub have been decreased further, though as always, additional hardware will provide better performance.

Simplified installation

Gateway Hub is now deployed as a single tar file, with a simple Ansible script for installing the relevant components. Typical installations will take a few minutes, and root access is not required.

For more information, see Install in Gateway Hub documentation.

SAML security

A new security scheme, SAML has been introduced, providing simpler integration with compatible security infrastructures. SAML authentication also allows access to the Web Console outside the firewall for environments that permit this. In order to use SAML authentication, you must map the LDAP (or equivalent) groups to a field in the SAML token typically memberOf.

For more information, see SAML configuration in Gateway Hub documentation.

Capacity Planner integration

Integration with ITRS Capacity Planner is now provided via a new app, allowing capacity data to be sent to Capacity Planner with minimal configuration required. The Capacity Planner app supersedes the Capacity Planner Helper plugin.

For more information, see Capacity Planner app configuration in Gateway Hub documentation.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-12078 Business hours are now configurable instead of having a fixed value of 9-5.
STARK-12815 The granularity of all charts has been increased.
STARK-12973 Stacked area chart visualisation is now available on the Web Console.
STARK-13084 Web Console now has better handling of concurrent updates to dashboards.
STARK-13475 You can now deselect metrics in the entity monitoring screen to clear the history chart and show all events relevant for that entity.
STARK-13494 The Events overlay in the monitoring screen now shows aggregated error information.
STARK-13602 You can now import and export dashboards in the Web Console.
STARK-13619 The System Errors screen is no longer available in the Web Console.
STARK-13840 Gateway Hub now supports RHEL 7.8.
STARK-14546 Gateway Hub no longer requires SELinux to be disabled.
   

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-11343 Autocomplete now correctly handles the keywords EXISTS and NOT EXISTS.
STARK-12371 Webhooks are correctly displayed as read-only for Operators.
STARK-13190 Error message no longer displays after a Webhook is deleted.
STARK-13275 The entity filter autocomplete is now displayed correctly when the NOT IN keyword is used.
STARK-13466 Show in dashboard control improved for dashboards with long names.
STARK-13477 Dashboard panels referring to missing metrics no longer show a loading indicator.
STARK-13609 Gateway IDs are no longer assigned sequentially.
STARK-13696 The certificate chain is now correctly generated when using self-signed certificates.
STARK-13941 Gateway Hub now supports Oracle JRE.
STARK-13945 Editing a dashboard name no longer deletes unsaved widgets.
STARK-14532 Web Console now uses 8443 as its default HTTPS port.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.
STARK-14448

If a Gateway Hub node is taken down abruptly (for example, due to a loss of power), it is possible for Kafka to report an error when restarting because its session with Zookeeper was not properly terminated.

To resolve this problem, you must restart the Gateway Hub for a second time.
   

Gateway Hub 2.1.2

Released: June 2020

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-13762 Manually triggered data retention jobs now finish considerably quicker than before.
STARK-13761 Snapshot and API daemon logging has been reduced, resulting in smaller disk usage.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.
STARK-13925

Netty-4.1.45.Final is flagged as a security vulnerability by BlackDuck. The dependency is pulled in by Kafka 2.5 (which is the latest version) and jetcd-0.5.3.

The vulnerability will be resolved once both Kafka 2.5 and jetcd-0.5.3 provide upgrades with a fix.
   

Gateway Hub 2.1.1

Released: June 2020

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-13742 The java.io.tmpdir directory is no longer hardcoded in the warden.conf.j2 template. This prevents a java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError occurring when deploying Gateway Hub with custom folders.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.
   

Gateway Hub 2.1.0

Released: May 2020

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Performance improvements
  • Anomaly detection

Performance improvements

Gateway Hub now handles entities with up to 10,000 metrics correctly. Additionally, resource allocation has been improved.

Anomaly detection

Gateway Hub now includes an Anomaly Detection UI component. You can now overlay metric charts with the expected normal bounds of that metric based on historical data.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-13386 The Events browser chart now provides more granular data.
STARK-13340 The entity filter parameter in the Grafana datasource plugin no longer requires quotes.
STARK-13302 Percentiles are now displayed more compactly, for example p95.
STARK-13245 The Grafana datasource plugin now supports Entity queries.
STARK-13244 The Grafana datasource plugin now supports Event queries.
STARK-13237 GPG keys are now correctly removed when uninstalling.
STARK-13205 Gateway Hub diagnostic files now include syslog.
STARK-13199 Metric queries now have improved performance.
STARK-13184 Entity metrics can now be filtered by typing in the column headers in the Web Console.
STARK-13078 The Dashboard home list now shows Dashboard descriptions.
STARK-13053 Dashboard panels can now display metrics filtered by row name.
STARK-13047 Users with Operator privileges can no longer modify other users' dashboards when SSO is enabled.
STARK-13046 Dashboard panels now support the following aggregations: first, last, p1, and p99.
STARK-13042

You can now set the output of an entity query as a Global parameter in a Dashboard.

Panels can be configured to use the Global parameter. This allows you to quickly switch the targets of panels from one entity to another.

STARK-12974 Area charts are now available in Dashboard panels.
STARK-12907 Dashboard metric selector has been made more compact.
STARK-12838 Gateway Hub can now handle entities with large numbers of metrics, for example 10,000+.
STARK-12732 Infinity and negative infinity values are now handled correctly.
STARK-12712 Hub checker no longer checks Spark configuration.
STARK-12642 The Gateway config UI now displays the Gateway validation messages when include files are assigned.
STARK-12058 Gateway Hub no longer supports using a KeyStore and TrustStore to configure TLS/SSL. You must provide PEM files instead.
STARK-12045 All hosts must now be specified using fully qualified domain names (FQDNs). IP addresses are no longer accepted as these cause SSL issues.
STARK-9804 The Dashboard list is now searchable.
STARK-9182 The entity overview metric table now displays a floating header.
STARK-5997

You can now display the expected normal bounds when viewing metric history charts.

This allows you to compare current values with the expected values based on historical data.

   

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-13496 Gateway Hub's data retention processes no longer causes NoClassDefFoundError errors.
STARK-13373 Restarting Gateway Hub is now less likely to result in apid errors.
STARK-13351 TimescaleDB packages included in the Gateway Hub installer are now signed correctly.
STARK-13347 The Web Console no longer incorrectly shows an Enable storage to show historical data prompt when viewing an entity without historical data.
STARK-13322 Hub checker now correctly fails if a non-existing child device is supplied as a MapR disk.
STARK-13312 Dashboard text panels now correctly show their text contents.
STARK-13304 Hub checker now correctly accepts CentOS 7.7.1908 as a supported version.
STARK-13301 Dashboard metric charts no longer interpolate empty buckets.
STARK-13289 Hub checker now correctly fails when mapr_disks is not set.
STARK-13278 Hub checker no longer reports a false positive for a missing Java runtime when installing as root.
STARK-13277 Hub checker now correctly handles blank lines in the hosts file.
STARK-13268 Hub checker no longer requires disks to be located in the /dev directory.
STARK-13249 Hub checker now tests for syslinux as a prerequisite.
STARK-13222 Removing a Managed Entity no longer causes a crash in the normaliser.
STARK-13220 Hub checker now correctly handles non-existing disks.
STARK-13219 Hub checker will no longer allow partitioned disks for MapR.
STARK-13193 Adding an include file through the Gateway config UI no longer adds an empty include group.
STARK-13119 Open API definitions now correctly refer to Roles rather than Groups.
STARK-13100 Dashboard errors now clear after some time has elapsed.
STARK-13099 The Dashboard panel KPI preview now correctly reflects the user's timezone.
STARK-13089 The Open API documentation now correctly shows the ITRS-Doc-Version.
STARK-13085 Displaying a tooltip is now easier for metric charts with a single point.
STARK-13068 The Dashboard header now follows the page when scrolling.
STARK-13035 KPI icons are now optional.
STARK-12609 The Gateway config UI now identifies locked Gateways and resources.
STARK-12597 Dashboard panels now account for the user timezone correctly.
STARK-12521 Changing a Dashboard panel's visualisation type will no longer reset the title and description.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.
   

Gateway Hub 2.0.0

Released: 8 April 2020

This release delivers the updated binaries for Gateway Hub in the ITRS Downloads page.

Note: Upgrading from Gateway Hub 1.x.x to 2.0.0 is not currently supported.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Dashboards
  • Metric query improvements
  • Reduced hardware requirements
  • Centralised configuration UI

Dashboards

The Web Console now includes Dashboard functionality for easy visualisation of metrics and their related events. This release includes line charts, bar charts, KPIs, and table visualisations.

Metric query improvements

Metric storage and query performance has been improved. Queries that previously took up to a minute now take a few seconds or less. This is due to a change in the way that metric data is being stored, as well as various improvements to how metric data is being retrieved.

Reduced hardware requirements

Another benefit of improved query performance is reduced hardware required to run the Gateway Hub. The minimum memory requirements have decreased from 32 GB to 16 GB, and the disk space required for storage has also decreased.

The Gateway Hub sizing tool has been updated to account for these new minimums, although it is important to note that just like with all software, better hardware will result in better performance.

Centralised configuration UI

A new administration UI is provided for centralised configuration. Although the Gateway Setup Editor is still the best place to work with include files directly, the new Web Console pages provide some additional tools such as the ability to see which Gateways are using which includes and vice versa. It also provides the ability to see the history of include files, including the diffs between versions, as well as a UI tool to upload Gateway binaries to Gateway Hub, which is required for centralised setup validation.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-13034 Added a View in Dashboard control to the Events viewer, allowing the current entity date filters to be passed to a dashboard.
STARK-12685 Gateway Hub no longer requires JDK for installation. JRE is now sufficient to install.
STARK-12454 A tooltip has been added to the Events overlay in metric history charts.
STARK-12419

Additional pre-install checks were added:

  • Operating system is Red Hat 7 or CentOS 7.
  • Architecture is x86_64.
  • If metric data and write ahead log locations are already created, then these are empty.
STARK-12295 Entities that have been grouped by severity are now displayed in decreasing order of severity instead of by count.
STARK-12117 A legend has been added to the Events chart in the Web Console.
STARK-11134 Creation time was added to the Events result table in the Web Console.
STARK-11098 First and Last aggregations have been added.
STARK-10296 Web Console no longer displays generic 401 error messages when a more specific error is available from the backend.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Release description
STARK-13142 Significantly decreased storage requirements for events.
STARK-13117 The documentation link in the About page of the snapshot versions of the Web Console (used in the snapshot versions of MiniGeneos) now correctly points to the latest published version of the documentation.
STARK-13088 Fixed a null pointer exception when Webhooks is publishing events from dataview headlines.
STARK-13023 Added ITRS-Doc-Version that was missing from the API definition for GET /documents/{id}.
STARK-12936 The Events chart tooltip now works correctly.
STARK-12782 Gateway Hub install checker now handles multiple Kafka directories correctly.
STARK-12750 Empty entity filters can no longer be set in the Web Console Monitoring home page.
STARK-12652 Events screen chart X-axis no longer overflows the panel.
   

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Known issue description

STARK-13180

For large scale deployments, the Gateway Hub 2.0.0 installer can set PostgreSQL min_wal_size and max_wal_size values smaller than they should be.

These values are found in the {{ hub.install.postgres_data }}/postgresql.conf file, where hub.install.postgres_data is the directory you specified in your hubctl configuration file.

When these values are too small the Hub will perform poorly for both ingesting and querying metric data. You will also see entries like the following in the PostgreSQL logs at {{ hub.install.postgres_data }}/log:

2020-04-07 09:08:35.566 UTC [26000] LOG: checkpoints are occurring too frequently (1 second apart).

2020-04-07 09:08:35.566 UTC [26000] HINT: consider increasing the configuration parameter max_wal_size.

To resolve the situation, do the following on each Hub node after installation:

  1. Check the size of the disk that will contain your PostgreSQL write ahead log:
    2. df {{ hub.install.postgres_wal }} -BG
  2. Modify the PostgreSQL configuration by running the following command as the postgres user or via sudo:
    3. timescaledb-tune -pg-config /usr/pgsql-11/bin/pg_config -conf-path {{ hub.install.postgres_data }}/postgresql.conf -wal-disk-size {{ postgres_wal_disk_gb }}GB
  3. Restart PostgreSQL:
    4. systemctl restart postgresql-11.service

STARK-6505

Gateway Hub will not correctly handle a dataview defined in a Gateway with columns named sampleTime, netprobeTime, or dataViewId.

STARK-4463

Dataview data from additional rows computed in the Gateway is not stored for regular or non-computed columns.

STARK-4350

Data that is received without a timestamp has a default timestamp incorrectly applied with the timezone of the local machine.
   

Other Gateway Hub releases

Gateway Hub 2.x Release Notes Released: 8 April 2020
Gateway Hub 1.x Release Notes Released: 21 January 2019

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