ITRS OP5 Monitor 8.x Release Notes

Overview

ITRS OP5 Monitor release notes contain the list of enhancements of features, and a set of issues fixed in the 8.x.x release version of OP5 Monitor.

To view the 7.x.x release notes, see ITRS OP5 Monitor 7.x Release Notes.

Upcoming OP5 Monitor release

Note: The May 2021 release of OP5 Monitor has been moved from Tuesday, May 4th to Tuesday, May 11th.

OP5 Monitor follows a 4-week release cycle. The next planned release for OP5 Monitor is on 11 May 2021.

This table shows the regular release schedule for OP5 Monitor 8.x.x:

Planned release date
11 May 2021
8 June 2021
10 August 2021
14 September 2021
 

In addition, OP5 Monitor 7.5.x is now released less frequently. The decision for each release is based on the severity of issues included.

Compatibility and lifecycle

ITRS supports the last two minor versions of OP5 Monitor.

Version End of support date
7.5.x

End of availability on 13 April 2021.

End of support on 13 October 2021.
8.2.x To be announced
8.3.x To be announced

End of availability

The end of availability means that the affected components will no longer be available for download. This ends the releasing of binaries, but the support continues:

Notice of change Effective date
End of availability for ITRS OP5 Monitor 7.5.x. 13 April 2021

End of support

The end of support means that the affected components are no longer supported:

Notice of change Effective date
End of support for the iOS and Android applications of the ITRS OP5 Monitor. These applications are no longer available for download. 28 April 2020
End of support for ITRS OP5 Monitor versions 8.0.x. 23 June 2020

End of support for the DokuWiki module for all versions of ITRS OP5 Monitor.

If you want to set up DokuWiki separately, see How to install DokuWiki stand-alone on CentOS 8.

 10 November 2020

End of support for all versions of ITRS OP5 Monitor running on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6

 30 November 2020
End of support for ITRS OP5 Monitor 7.5.x. 13 October 2021

 

For more information on past end-of-support notices, see the OP5 Monitor 8.x Compatibility Matrix.

OP5 Monitor 8.3.0

Released: 13 April 2021

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Slim Poller now supports autoscaling in Kubernetes, can be set up automatically with environment variables, and can auto-register with the cluster.

  • Test this check now works in Slim Poller/passive poller mode.

  • You can now configure passive pollers to use Merlin's file sync to fetch files from masters.

  • A new mon command, mon oconf remote-fetch, can now be used to trigger a remote node to do a fetch against the current node.

  • You can now identify OP5 Monitor nodes by UUID instead of IP address or DNS name.

  • Livestatus and Naemon have been updated to version 1.2.4 to stay in sync with upstream.

  • The nagios_aws plugin has been renamed to check_aws, with the following updates:

    • Support for additional regions: af-south-1, ap-east-1, eu-north-1, eu-south-1, eu-west-3, and me-south-1.

    • Improved metric and error handling.

Breaking changes

These are the breaking changes in this release:

Merlin protocol update

In OP5 Monitor 8.3.0, the Merlin protocol has been updated. When updating to this version, all instances of OP5 Monitor, such as servers, pollers, and Slim Pollers, must be the same version 8.3.0 to function properly.

Slim Poller

Beginning OP5 Monitor 8.3.0, SSH keys must be set up differently. For more information, see Set up Slim Poller.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12646 Livestatus, Naemon Livestatus and Naemon have been updated to version 1.2.4 to stay in sync with upstream.
MON-12635 Logger The logger host column is now correctly populated with the name of the originating host.
MON-12627 Plugins The nagios_aws plugin has been renamed to check_aws.
MON-12573 Plugins check_aws now handles AWS API errors and displays these in the terminal.
MON-12572 Plugins

check_aws now sets the default units for all available CloudWatch metrics, without any user input needed.
MON-12424 Merlin A new mon command, mon oconf remote-fetch, can now be used to trigger a remote node to do a fetch against the current node.
MON-12416 Merlin, Nacoma Test this check now works in Slim Poller/passive poller mode.
MON-12393 Merlin, Slim Poller You can now configure passive pollers to use Merlin's file sync to fetch files from masters.
MON-12389 Merlin, Slim Poller

Slim Poller now supports deployment in Kubernetes:

  • Autoscaling

  • Automatic setup with environment variables.

  • Auto-registering with the cluster.
MON-12356 Merlin You can now identify OP5 Monitor nodes by UUID instead of IP address or DNS name.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12667 Install/Upgrade The max_connections MySQL variable is now correctly set to 1024.
MON-12626 Plugins

The check_aws plugin now includes the following additional regions:

  • af-south-1

  • ap-east-1

  • eu-north-1

  • eu-south-1

  • eu-west-3

  • me-south-1

OP5 Monitor 8.2.7

Released: 9 March 2021

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Merlin has been improved to make report data more reliable, and to alleviate sync issues caused by network outages in multi-node environments.

  • LMD has been updated to version 1.9.5 to stay in sync with upstream.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12628 LMD

LMD has been updated to version 1.9.5 to stay in sync with upstream.

For more information on LMD 1.9.5, see lmd/Changes at v1.9.5.
MON-10734 Merlin

Merlin now saves binlog persistently over restarts. This makes report data more reliable, and alleviates sync issues caused by network outages in multi-node environments.

You can disable this behaviour by setting binlog_persist = 0 in merlin.conf.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11453 Ninja Quicklinks now correctly handle ampersands (&) in URL parameters.
     

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Description
MON-12663

A few customers have reported that their security solutions are flagging the package masscan-1.0.3-5.el7.x86_64.rpm as suspicious, hence preventing its download when updating OP5 Monitor.

In OP5 Monitor, Masscan is used by Nacoma for service discovery on hosts in the monitored network, by scanning and detecting open ports.

The full repository path to the package is http://repos.op5.com/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/m/masscan-1.0.3-5.el7.x86_64.rpm

Whitelisting the package should resolve the issue.
   

OP5 Monitor 8.2.6

Released: 9 February 2021

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Autodiscovery jobs can now be scheduled, and provide a notification banner when a scheduled discovery job finds new hosts that are not yet being monitored. You can also define an exclusion list for hosts you do not wish to be included in the search. For more information, see Add hosts with Autodiscovery in Manage hosts and services.

  • mon check distribution now includes the following thresholds: OK, WARNING, and CRITICAL.

  • A number of updates to different components to prevent various potential security vulnerabilities.

  • LMD has been updated to version 1.9.4, and Naemon to version 1.2.3, to stay in sync with upstream.

Breaking changes

These are the breaking changes in this release:

DokuWiki

DokuWiki has now been completely removed from OP5 Monitor.

If you want to set up DokuWiki separately, see How to install DokuWiki stand-alone on CentOS 8.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12590 Nachos Nachos package dependencies have been updated to prevent potential security vulnerabilities.
MON-12582 Naemon

Naemon has been updated to version 1.2.3 to stay in sync with upstream.

For more information on Naemon 1.2.3, see naemon-core/NEWS.

MON-12580 Plugins

The naemon-check-vmware package has been updated to prevent potential security vulnerabilities.
MON-12570 Autodiscovery

Autodiscovery has been updated to prevent potential security vulnerabilities. Support for Python 3.4 has been removed.
MON-12567 LMD

LMD has been updated to version 1.9.4 to stay in sync with upstream.

For more information on LMD 1.9.4, see lmd/Changes at v1.9.4.
MON-12547 DokuWiki

DokuWiki module has now been completely removed.

If you want to set up DokuWiki separately, see How to install DokuWiki stand-alone on CentOS 8.
MON-12517 Merlin

mon check distribution now includes the following thresholds:

  • OK

  • WARNING

  • CRITICAL

MON-12490 Ninja Ownership of files installed by the Ninja packages has been changed to root to improve security.
MON-12204 Autodiscovery Autodiscovery now provides a notification banner when a scheduled discovery job finds new hosts that are not yet being monitored. For more information, see Manage Autodiscovery notifications in Manage hosts and services.
MON-11533 plugins

An update is available for the OP5 Monitor server management pack, which changes the behaviour of the yum update service. When applied, you must remove the old service manually to avoid duplicates.

Unlike previous updates to the pack, this does not require force activation.
MON-10491 Autodiscovery Autodiscovery now supports scheduled discovery jobs.
MON-10450 Autodiscovery With exclusion lists, you can now exclude certain hosts from appearing in the discovery results for scheduled jobs.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MONUI-189 Ninja Pressing Cancel while editing a widget now correctly reverts the selection to the last saved setting.
MON-12566 Merlin

It is now possible to set the notifies attribute when using mon node add.
MON-12548 reports The availability report with a reporting period of Last week now correctly covers the previous calendar week, regardless of when it is run.
MON-12507 Slim Poller Fixed an issue that caused a buildup of defunct processes.
MON-12496 reports The Alerts log report now shows alert outputs in the correct order.
MON-12484 Autodiscovery, Nachos Unused remote database users for configuration managements and Autodiscovery have been removed.
MON-12478 Nachos Nachos now uses a less privileged database user for configuration management service.
MON-12451 LMD An update of LMD to 1.9.4 fixes an issue that broke custom_variables regexp mapping.
MON-12401 plugins The check_domain plugin now works correctly for all domains, and now also supports .io and .cc TLDs.
MON-12380 ModSecurity, Trapper Lua files with comments can now correctly be uploaded to Trapper.
MON-12349 ModSecurity Fixed an issue that prevented quicklinks from being saved to the quickbar.
MON-9844 Ninja The extinfo details page now shows parent and child relationships for hosts.
     

OP5 Monitor 8.2.5

Released: 8 December 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Addressed several possible cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

  • Updated default configuration values for internal components to improve performance for large deployments.

Breaking changes

These are the breaking changes in this release:

DokuWiki

DokuWiki has been removed from OP5 Monitor.

If you want to set up DokuWiki separately, see How to install DokuWiki stand-alone on CentOS 8.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12353 DokuWiki DokuWiki module has been removed from OP5 Monitor.
MON-11265 Install/Upgrade

Fine-tuned configuration parameters for internal components to increase performance for large installations.

Note: This update includes changes to MariaDB, which requires a restart to take effect.

This update does not affect any previously configured changes you have made to PHP and MySQL parameters on your OP5 Monitor implementation. For more information, see How to Tweak PHP and MySQL settings for OP5 Monitor.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12469 Ninja Resolved a possible cross-site scripting vulnerability with widgets.
MON-12468 Ninja Resolved a possible cross-site scripting vulnerability with dashboard names.
MON-12462 Nachos Objects with trailing backlash (\) can now be saved correctly.
MON-12207 Ninja The browser session cookie is now deleted on logout to prevent possible session trapping.
MON-12206 Ninja Resolved a possible cross-site scripting vulnerability with Nacoma.
MON-9151 Merlin, Naemon The Naemon system journal now states the reason if Naemon is terminated due to an invalid Merlin module configuration.
MON-6309 Generic nmap is now only provided with superuser privileges for the commands needed to do network scans.
     

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Description
MON-12533

Settings with a value of 0 disappear from the configuration file.

When an object configuration is written to file, some settings are skipped when their value is 0. This does not apply to settings whose only expected values are 1 or 0.

To resolve this issue, perform a yum clean all command, then yum update.

   

OP5 Monitor 8.2.4

Released: 10 November 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • The default monitor host object is now named after the host name on new installations.

  • LMD has been updated to version 1.9.1, while Naemon and Livestatus have been updated to version 1.2.1 to stay in sync with upstream.

  • The check_hpasm plugin has been updated to version 4.8 to stay in sync with upstream.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12447 LMD LMD has been updated to version 1.9.1 to stay in sync with upstream.
MON-12372 Livestatus, Naemon Naemon and Livestatus have been updated to version 1.2.1 to stay in sync with upstream.
MON-12084 Install/Upgrade The default monitor host object is now named after the host name on new installations. This makes it easier to resolve different monitor servers in peered setups.
MON-11874 Plugins The check_hpasm plugin has been updated to version 4.8 to stay in sync with upstream.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12456 check_k8s The check_k8s plugin now prints to stdout on errors.
MON-12436 LMD Hard service count columns, such as num_services_hard_crit, can now be retrieved via HTTP API filter.
MON-12431 Naemon Flexible scheduled services downtimes now respect the duration argument.
MON-12425 API Removed the author parameter from the API documentation for external commands.
MON-12415 API Resolved a potential cross-site scripting vulnerability in relation to the HTTP API.
MON-12229 Install/Upgrade

Removed redundant directories that persisted post-installation.
     

OP5 Monitor 8.2.3

Released: 13 October 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Autodiscovery has been improved with a new API endpoint for host and service configurations, as well as the option to choose host templates and host groups.
  • Naemon documentation has been improved around inheritance of object values.
  • Updates to check_docker 2.2.2 and LMD 1.9 to stay in sync with upstream.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12400 LMD LMD has been updated to version 1.9.0 to stay in sync with upstream.
MON-12399 Plugins check_docker has been updated to version 2.2.2 to stay in sync with upstream.
MON-12385 Naemon

The Naemon documentation on inheritance of object values has been updated to reflect its actual implementation:
MON-12381 Autodiscovery A new API endpoint is now available for setting device configuration.
MON-11409 Merlin Merlin no longer overwrites the configured log level when you update OP5 Monitor.
MON-11355 Autodiscovery You can now select and assign a Host template and Host group for discovered hosts.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12409 Merlin The mon sysconf check license command has been fixed and now uses the check_op5_license plugin.
MON-12387 Ninja There are no longer any reserved words to be considered for host group names in relation to recurring downtime.
     

OP5 Monitor 8.2.2

Released: 15 September 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MONUI-227 Ninja

Fixed an issue where you could not configure a host whose host_name only contained numbers, when clicking Configure this host settings from the host /extinfo page.

 
MON-12369 API, LMD The API filter now returns custom variables for contacts.
MON-12098 Reports You can now schedule reports to run on the first day of the month.
MON-11820 Nacoma Host templates are now respected when you create new hosts and apply a template.
MON-11754 Ninja Fixed an issue where API examples on the service configuration page unintentionally created a dead link.
MON-11399 BSM Fixed an issue where users with limited permissions encountered errors when attempting to view business service value objects, such as Constant (OK).
MON-11385 pnp Fixed an issue that caused the syslog to fill with Use of uninitialized value messages.
MON-8520 API Resolved a possible cross-site scripting vulnerability with the HTTP API error message.
     

OP5 Monitor 8.2.1

Released: 18 August 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • The check_elasticquery plugin has been added for the Log Analytics version 7.0.x integration. This plugin supports filtering.
  • A new plugin, check_nrpe4, is now shipped with OP5 Monitor. It provides support for NRPE versions 2, 3, and 4.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12348 ModSecurity, Ninja ModSecurity is now configured to allow for self-checks of Magellan and Nachos.
MON-12334 Licence The 30-day trial licence countdown now correctly starts from when you first run the OP5 Monitor container.
MON-12191 Plugins The check_elasticquery plugin has been added for the Log Analytics version 7.0.x integration. This plugin supports filtering.
MON-11178 Plugins A new plugin, check_nrpe4, is now shipped with OP5 Monitor. It provides support for NRPE versions 2, 3, and 4.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12365 Nacoma, plugins Removed some outdated plugin metadata that were previously presented during a clean install.
MON-12352 LMD Fixed filtering when using regular expressions.
MON-12350 LMD KeepAlive connections for LMD now properly terminate at end-of-file (EOF).
MON-12326 Merlin, Slim Poller Fixed a user group error when generating a Merlin encryption key.
MON-12308 Plugins The check_vmware_v2 plugin can now find data stores with a full stop (.) in the name.
MON-12121 Nacoma The changelog history now correctly displays the object name instead of object ID.
MON-12086 Autodiscovery, Nachos Fixed an issue that prevented monitoring of the Nachos and Magellan services from another host over HTTP. This is a typical scenario in a clustered environment.
MON-11486 BSM Fixed a permission error for Test-Drive.lua during object configuration syncs between peers.
     

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Description
MON-12376

There is an issue wherein the performance graph does not correctly display when you hover the cursor over the performance graph button in the list view.

To resolve this issue, perform a yum clean all command, then a yum update.
   

OP5 Monitor 8.2.0

Released: 23 June 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • You can now encrypt Merlin communications using public key encryption. This encryption supports mixed environments. For more information, see Set up encrypted Merlin.
  • LMD has been updated to version 1.8.3 to stay in sync with upstream.
  • The check_elasticquery plugin has been updated for Log Analytics version 6.x.x to support filtering.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12216 LMD LMD has been updated to version 1.8.3 to stay in sync with upstream.
MON-12141 Plugins The check_elasticquery plugin has been updated for integration with Log Analytics version 6.x.x, and now observes filtering and returns results accordingly.
MON-12109 Encrypted Merlin There is now an option to use public key encryption for Merlin communications. For more information, see Set up encrypted Merlin.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MONUI-379 Ninja As there is no longer a free licence available for ITRS OP5 Monitor, the licence expiry notice has been updated to reflect this.

MONUI-287

 Ninja A horizontal scroll bar has been added to the list view.
MON-12214 LMD Improved LMD performance when updating comments with high ID numbers.
MON-12186 Plugins The check_snmpif plugin no longer returns segmentation faults when you use the -D or --admin-down option without a value.
MON-12148 ModSecurity, Nacoma ModSecurity has been configured to allow the Test this check function.
MON-12145 ModSecurity, Ninja Error messages relating to ModSecurity have been improved for clarity.
MON-12030 Nacoma You can once more add a host as parent in a template without breaking the configuration.
     

OP5 Monitor 8.1.4

Released: 26 May 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12161 Install/Upgrade The open-vm-tools package is now included in the ISO. This improves offline installs for OP5 Monitor customers that use VMware products.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12173 ModSecurity, Nacoma, Ninja Fixed an issue where ModSecurity prevented certain check commands.
MON-12158 ModSecurity, Nacoma Fixed an issue where ModSecurity prevented special characters in services.
MON-12150 ModSecurity, Ninja Fixed an issue where ModSecurity prevented certain autodiscovered checks, services, and other functions.
MON-12149 ModSecurity Fine-tuning of ModSecurity to be more lenient with the content of check command arguments.
MON-12147 ModSecurity Fine-tuning of ModSecurity to allow for complex passwords.
MON-12146 ModSecurity Fine-tuning of ModSecurity to allow for scanning of devices with many objects.
MON-12133 Nachos Nachos now manages to export related objects that have been deleted.
MON-12113 Nacoma Reserved characters for the Test this check function are no longer filtered by default. Instead, you can now enable the filtering as needed.
MON-11765 Ninja Duplicate quicklinks no longer appear in the UI.
     

OP5 Monitor 8.1.3

Released: 28 April 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • LMD has been updated to version 1.8.2 to stay in sync with upstream.
  • ModSecurity has been introduced to increase the security and prevent potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attempts. If your installation has advanced custom scripts that use cross-site scripting, then you may encounter an error. To resolve this error, see this article.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12103 Portal The correct OP5 Monitor version is now shown in the portal.
MON-12093 LMD LMD has been updated to version 1.8.2 to stay in sync with upstream.
MON-12062 Nacoma, Ninja ModSecurity, an application firewall, has now been integrated into OP5 Monitor to increase security and prevent potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attempts.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12088 GUI Removed the unintended feature Delete downtime by hostname, which did not work properly.
MON-11559 Merlin The op5-monitor service now continues to run after a mon restart.
     

OP5 Monitor 8.1.2

Released: 31 March 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12061 Livestatus, LMD Livestatus has increased the default value of its maximum response size to accommodate large environments.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-10954 Merlin The error message has been clarified when Merlin failed due to the poller being assigned to a missing hostgroup.
MON-11115 Plugins check_by_snmp_disk_io no longer causes 'segfaults' when polling a device with a large number of disks.
MON-12073 Naemon UI can no longer show scheduled downtimes that could not be added by Naemon.
MON-12076 Merlin mon oconf push no longer disregards connect=no.
MON-12077 Slim Poller Slim Poller now prevents the accumulation of zombie processes.
     

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Description
MON-12097

mon check distribution causes a warning if there are no expired checks.

To resolve this issue, perform a yum clean all command, then yum update.
   

OP5 Monitor 8.1.1

Released: 3 March 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Naemon and Livestatus have been updated to version 1.2.0 to stay in sync with upstream.

Breaking changes

These are the breaking changes in this release:

  • Beginning OP5 Monitor 8.1.1, OP5 Monitor does not install on CentOS 6.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-12051 Livestatus, Naemon Naemon and Livestatus have been updated to version 1.2.0 to stay in sync with upstream.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-9368 Naemon, Ninja Fixed an issue that caused Naemon during configuration save to revert a disabled flapping detection for a host that has been disabled in the extinfo page.
MON-11742 Naemon Fixed an issue that caused Naemon to create a perfdata file (empty) even if the global configuration process_performance_data was set to 0 (disabled).
MON-11910 Merlin Alert History now updates after a logrotate.
MON-11953 Nacoma It is no longer possible to run Test this check with reserved characters in command-line arguments.
MON-12014 Nachos Nachos can now separate between identical escalations.
MON-12036 Merlin, Naemon Systemd is now able to restart OP5 Monitor services on RHEL 7.x systems without postfix installed.
MON-12040 Naemon Cancelling host downtimes (that are not recurring), when coming from a list view or the object page, now works correctly.
MON-12041 Merlin Printing log messages with more than 4096 characters now works correctly.
     

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Description
MON-12031

Configuration changes are not populated across peers.

To resolve this issue, perform a yum clean all command, then yum update. This also applies if you install from a tar-ball, ISO, or OVA.

Fixed in OP5 Monitor 8.1.2
   

OP5 Monitor 8.1.0

Released: 4 February 2020

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Slim Poller is now available to use in orchestrated environments. It is a containerised small footprint version of the OP5 Monitor Poller configuration. See the Slim Poller documentation.
  • Nachos have been updated with improved performance for configuration saves.
  • Livestatus Multitool Daemon (LMD) now uses version 1.8.1 to stay in sync with upstream.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11393 Merlin Slim Poller is now available to use in orchestrated environments. It is a containerised small footprint version of the OP5 Monitor Poller configuration.
MON-11907 Nachos The configuration save mechanisms have been optimised when using Nachos, and as a result, improves the save performance.
MON-11948 Plug-ins The Kubernetes plug-in now supports performance data.
MON-11968 Nachos The API now indicates when a configuration save takes a longer time than normal is required.
MON-11981 Nachos Nachos export performance has been improved.
MON-11995 LMD Updated LMD to version 1.8.1 to stay in sync with upstream.
MONUI-180 Nachos-UI The UI now displays a warning when a configuration save is going to take longer than normal.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11882 Logger Log archive search now works when log archiving is enabled.
MON-11987 Ninja, Mayi A user who is assigned to a limited_edit group can now edit a host object.
MON-11994 Logger Log archive now displays search results correctly.
MON-12000 API, LMD API for host status now shows correct service information.
MONUI-224 Nachos Nachos now display the correct link for the troubleshooting article in the error message.
     

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Description
MON-12014

Nachos fails to separate between some objects.

If you have more than one escalation or dependency for the same object with the same contacts and contact groups, then Nachos will only update one of these.

Fixed in OP5 Monitor 8.1.1
MON-12031

Configuration changes are not populated across peers.

To resolve this issue, perform a yum clean all command, then yum update. This also applies if you install from a tar-ball, ISO, or OVA.

Fixed in OP5 Monitor 8.1.2
   

OP5 Monitor 8.0.10

Released: 17 December 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Includes an API endpoint for removal of Scheduled Downtime.
  • Optimises the resource use of Magellan.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11872 API The API now supports removal of Scheduled Downtimes.
MON-11896 Nachos Nachos now log the output from Naemon when a reload fails.
MON-11897 Autodiscovery The number of worker processes is now capped to the number of cores. The default setting is now max of four workers.
MON-11924 Nacoma Added the type of the dependent object to the name of the hostdependency.
MON-11952 Nacoma Added the type of the parent to which a service belongs to in the name of the servicedependency.
     

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11736 Nachos Nachos correctly restore permissions of the restore configuration files.
MON-11912 Ninja Reports created before 8.0.2 now work again after upgrading to 8.0.9.
MON-11915 Livestatus Fixes an issue that could cause a deadlock when OP5 Monitor 8 accessed Livestatus 1.1.0 directly without the use of LMD.
MON-11923 Nachos Hostgroup dependencies are now allowed.
     

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Description
MON-11978

Unable to remove Scheduled Downtimes from the UI.

To resolve this issue, perform a yum clean all command, then yum update. This also applies if you install from a tar-ball, ISO, or OVA.

OP5 Monitor 8.0.9

Released: 12 November 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Provides additional support for monitoring of hybrid IT environment using the new plug-in for monitoring Amazon Web Services (AWS) through their native cloud monitoring Cloudwatch.
  • Naemon and Livestatus are now updated to version 1.1.0 to stay in sync with upstream.
  • Documentation links in the OP5 Monitor application now redirects correctly in the ITRSOP5 Monitor Documentation.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-10630 Config, GUI, Ninja Enabled gzip in Apache to increase page speed.
MON-11788 Livestatus, Naemon Naemon and Livestatus are now updated to version 1.1.0 to stay in sync with upstream.
MON-11830 Plug-ins A new plug-in that allows monitoring of Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources through Cloudwatch.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-8228 Naemon Service dependencies for services on hostgroups now works.
MON-10972 Naemon On demand macro HOSTSTATEID now works.
MON-11823 Reports OP5 Monitor Report function now sends reports on time.
MON-11863 Portal Sending test messages or SMS from the OP5 Monitor Portal on an EL6 appliance system now works.

OP5 Monitor 8.0.8

Released: 15 October 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • It has always been recommended to only restore the same version where the backup was taken from. To restore a backup from different versions of OP5 Monitor can cause serious issues. In this release, a thorough version check has been implemented for the restore of backups that prevents all restore except the exact same version.
  • In the past, OP5 Monitor has filtered out SNMP results where the ifDescr field has been containing the words null or loopback. This filtering has caused issues for some customers, hence the filtering has been removed. Each customer can now decide on how to use this information.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11802 Backup Improved control so that only backups from correct version can be restored.
MON-11816 Nacoma SNMP scan results are no longer filtered for any versions of SNMP.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-9109 Merlin, Naemon Scheduled downtimes are now deleted correctly from all nodes regardless if the nodes have started or not.
MON-11605 Nachos Save hooks are now executed correctly. For reference, open the README file in your local folder: /opt/monitor/op5/nacoma/hooks/save/README.
MON-11732 Nachos Self-monitoring of Nachos now works on fresh installations.
MON-11763 Ninja Log archive search no longer throws timezone exceptions.
MON-11822 Plug-ins A change in the implementation of SNMP on EL 7.7 caused incorrect readings of RAM usage. A flag -S has been added to be used with EL 7.7 target systems to disable subtraction of buffered and cached memory.

OP5 Monitor 8.0.7

Released: 17 September 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Introduced more support for monitoring of hybrid IT environments:
    • New plug-in for monitoring of Kubernetes clusters, such as deployments (replicas), nodes, and pods.
  • Instructions on how to implement sudo to run mon commands such as start, stop, restart, and node status without root user privileges is now available. For more information, click here.

Breaking changes

After upgrading to version 8.0.7, you may see one of the following error messages:

(...) eventhandler /opt/monitor/op5/smsreceive/smsreceiver/smsreceiver.php cannot
					be read: Permission denied

or

Stats directory /var/log/smsd_stats is not writable.

These issues both stem from configurations made in /etc/smsd.conf in combination with a recent change in OP5 Monitor.

For more information, see SMSD issues after upgrading to 8.0.7.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11168 Smstools The smssend module can now be used without root user privileges.
MON-11604 Gui More filter options are now available in the menu for hosts, services, hostgroups, and servicegroups.

MON-11645

MON-11717

 Plug-ins A new plug-in for monitoring of Kubernetes clusters has been built and included.
MON-11730 Nachos Banners in Nachos have been removed to increase performance.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11607 Livestatus Multitool Daemon (LMD) Negated rules now work in the list view for more advanced filters.
MON-11706 Ninja After saving a new business object, only a single banner of each type is now displayed.
MON-11752 Plug-ins On RHEL 7.7, check_by_snmp_memory now produces a normal state.
MON-11787 Nachos Independent saves by different users are now handled and displayed correctly in Nachos.

OP5 Monitor 8.0.6

Released: 20 August 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • New plug-in for monitoring of Docker.
    • Memory consumption in absolute units (bytes, KB, MB, GB) and as a percentage (0-100%) of the container limit.
    • CPU usages as a percentage (0-100%) of container limit.
    • Automatic restarts performed by the Docker daemon.
    • Checks if the container status is running and if the container health checks are passing.
    • The presence of a container or containers matching specified names.
    • Image version that can identify if the running image matches the one in the remote registry.
    • Image age that can identify the last time the image was built.

New features and enhancements

These are the new features and enhancements of this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-11466 Livestatus Multitool Daemon (LMD) The root user privileges are no longer required.
MON-11603 GUI There are now titles on all pages in the toolbar in the configuration pages, labels on all drop-downs, and search fields. Headings of forms are now more descriptive, and the number of items now shows on the drop-down.
MON-11628 Ninja There is now a clear warning message during deletions to help reduce the risk of deleting unintended content.
MON-11668 Ninja The log for Ninja is now rotated.
MON-11711 LMD The default log level is now set to Warn, instead of Info.
MON-11718 Plug-in It is now possible to monitor Docker.
MON-11729 GUI Increased the resolution of the product image.
MON-11750 LMD LMD is now aligned with the latest upstream version 1.6.1.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

Issue key Component Release description
MON-9236 Livestatus, LMD The logs for Livestatus and LMD are now rotated.
MON-11030 Ninja Tooltip is added for Operating Status radio buttons.
MON-11720 LMD Network outages view is now operational.

MON-11723

MON-11724

MON-11725

MON-11726

 LMD A value is added to match the available values in livestatus.
MON-11743 Nachos It is now possible to remove all objects from configuration files.
MON-11748 Ninja All text blocks during creation of admin account are now displayed separately.

Known issues

These are the known issues affecting this release:

Issue key Description
MON-11607

Negate rules in the list view work with LMD when simple filters are used. However, when complex filters are used, it causes an error.

Fixed in version 8.0.7 release

OP5 Monitor 8.0.5

Released: 25 June 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • The Oracle-instantclient has been removed from distribution. 
  • Plug-in check_vmware_api is now deprecated in favour for check_vmware_v2. 
  • Self-monitoring of new OP5 Monitor 8. For example, Nachos, Magellan, and LivestatusMultitool Daemon (LMD) services.
  • Reduced scrolling after multi-action, only one banner is now shown.
  • The appearance of the login page has been adapted to fit the new branding.
  • The configuration main page UI design has been updated, and the number of unsaved changes are now shown.
  • The text displays when a change is successfully submitted have been improved.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

  • Fixed an issue with mon check exectime that gave empty results.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Livestatus Multitool Daemon (LMD) to crash with Panic: runtime error: index out of range.
  • Fixed an issue with snmp_functions that caused it to incorrectly filter some interfaces when using snmp v3.
  • Fixed an issue with an incorrect link within OP5 Monitor GUI pointing to support resources.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the old product name to be shown in notifications.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented valid recurring downtime from being applied.
  • Fixed an issue that broke the parent configuration page when deleting a hostgroup in a hostgroup.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented LMD from populating host_check_source.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a PHP Warning: Illegal string offset 'id' when loading the page to save configuration.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented business service hostgroups/servicegroups to work with LMD.
  • Fixed an issue where members_with_state were missing in both hostgroup & servicegroup tables in LMD.

How to upgrade

To upgrade to the latest version:

  1. Click the update notification in the OP5 Monitor web interface.
  2. Use yum update on the command line.
  3. Alternatively, download the latest tarball for offline installation.
  4. Run this script:
    5. systemctl enable op5-monitor

OP5 Monitor 8.0.4

Released: 28 May 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • OP5 Monitor now have support for alerts-based on saved searches in Log Analytics.
  • OP5 Monitor is now rebranded with ITRSOP5 Monitor logos.
  • New login page for OP5 Monitor.
  • Export error now results in a more detailed error message.
  • Naemon UI is now more responsive when submitting changes after editing a host.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

  • Fixed an issue where the API mixed inherited and explicit values.
  • Fixed an issue with a broken link to administrator manual.
  • Fixed an issue where OP5 Monitor was displayed in lower case.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented logrotate of Merlin on RHEL 7.x.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented logrotate of smstools on RHEL.
  • Fixed an issue with an incorrect link to check cmd from plug-in view.
  • Fixed an issue with an incorrect link on the plug-in page to the ITRS support page.
  • Fixed an issue with an incorrect link to read more about plug-ins.

OP5 Monitor 8.0.3

Released: 2 May 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • OP5 Monitor is back on Azure Marketplace.
  • About box now shows the OS version.
  • New lines are no longer stripped from long output when notifying a contact.
  • Reduced the number of clicks required to perform the Check now action.
  • Removed unnecessary use of AllowOverride directive in Apache config.
  • check_vmware_v2 now handle 'Current' version of runtime tools as OK.
  • Autodiscovery no longer shows passwords when filling in SNMP information.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

  • Fixed the issue with viewing hosts without services.
  • Fixed the issue with generating scheduled reports created before release 8.0.2.
  • Fixed the issue with host names longer than 75 characters.
  • Fixed the issue with help text flicker when hovering a help icon.
  • Fixed default arguments in OP5 self-monitoring management pack.
  • Fixed the issue with check_vmware_v2 failing to recognise an unknown hardware element status.
  • Fixed several issues with LMD.
  • Fixed undefined variable in validate_uri_string.
  • Fixed nachos log levels.
  • Fixed knowledge base links.

OP5 Monitor 8.0.2

Released: 3 April 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • Naemon release 1.0.10.
  • Backup rotation scheme for Naemonconfiguration files.
  • Time zones are now supported when generating reports.
  • PATCH to remove custom variables.
  • Input validation for custom object attributes.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

  • Fixed the issue with the recurring downtime listview not showing weekdays or months.
  • Fixed incorrect warning when renaming objects.
  • Fixed the issue with the config export success banner not closing.
  • Fixed the issue with banner margin.
  • Fixed the issue with exception objects.
  • Fixed the issue with Edit User Menu only saving the last edited group.
  • Fixed the UI issue with line wrap for a large number of recipients in reports.
  • Fixed the issue with host templates not allowing to add hostgroup with identical name.
  • Fixed the issue with break line tag visible when scheduling a downtime.
  • Fixed the issue with incorrect mapping of the API value service_description.
  • Fixed the issue with contact templates not saving some of the properties.
  • Fixed the OP5 Monitor mobile app not showing services under a host.
  • Fixed the issue with filter query with services as a column.
  • Fixed the UI issue with tooltips.
  • Fixed the issue with adding a location in Geomap using Google Maps.
  • Fixed the issue with some ninja file permissions.

OP5 Monitor 8.0.1

Released: 5 March 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • When clicking on user export instead run full export if only one user has made changes.
  • Added confirmation step before reverting configuration changes.
  • Added Naemon when failed on EL7.
  • check_vmware_v2 offline installation.

Issues fixed

These are the issues we have fixed in this release:

  • Fixed Magellan installation issues while updating from OP5 Monitor 7 to OP5 Monitor 8 (EL7).
  • Fixed Magellan in Appliance OVA and ISO.
  • Fixed host view service states summary mismatch.
  • Fixed the issues with UTF-8 characters.
  • Fixed the load issue with the Monitoring Performance widget.
  • Fixed the issue with submitting service without description.
  • Fixed some issues with export progress notifications.
  • Fixed the issue with the performance page.
  • Fixed the issue with license signatures which cause login failure to the UI. Detailed incident report including postmortem can be found here.
  • Fixed some logrotate issues.
  • Fixed some spelling issues.
  • Fixed Ninja backup function.
  • Fixed Ninja errors filling up ninja.log.
  • Fixed some security issues.

OP5 Monitor 8.0.0

Released: 30 January 2019

To download ITRS OP5 Monitor, including all components, see ITRS Downloads.

OP5 Monitor is happy to announce the first public release of OP5 Monitor 8. For about a year already our developers have been working on the this release to make OP5 Monitor faster, modular and more focused on the customers' needs. It is also the first release where we did things a bit different with the new microservice architecture and the API-first approach to development. We are certainly excited about this new major branch of OP5 Monitor and are looking forward to hearing your feedback.

Highlights

These are the highlights of this release:

  • OP5 Monitor now includes a more stable and responsive UI during the configuration export process.

Autodiscovery

  • Automatically discovers all the devices using the following methods:
    • Seed IP which is used as a starting point to build the device network graph.
    • IP range is used to sweep the network for the devices available within the range.
  • Covers a wide range of devices by supporting multiple protocols: LLDP, ICMP, SNMP v1, v2c, v3.
  • Documentation can be found here: Autodiscovery

Nachos

  • A new configuration manager that enables saving and exporting Naemon configuration in the background.
  • REST API for configuration export.
  • Fully integrated in UI for smoother configuration management.
  • Documentation can be found here: Nachos

check_vmware 2.0

  • The new VMware plug-in monitors virtual infrastructures managed by a VMware vCenter or VMware ESXi servers, such as its data centers, clusters, hosts, and virtual machines.
  • It can check a wide range of different metrics and statuses depending on the targeted infrastructure. For example, CPU load, memory usage, network activity, and runtime states.
  • Documentation can be found here: VMware plugin 2.0

Livestatus caching

  • A mechanism that allows accessing livestatus data while Naemon is restarting.
  • Improves user experience while the system applies new configuration.
  • Documentation can be found here: Cached Monitor

How to upgrade

To update to OP5 Monitor 8.0.0 from any previous version of OP5 Monitor 7:

  1. yum clean all.
  2. yum update.
  3. yum install op5-release-up-7-to-8.
  4. yum --enablerepo='*7-to-8*' update. 
  5. On EL7, run this script:
    6. systemctl enable op5-monitor

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Other releases

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ITRS OP5 Monitor 8.x Release Notes

Released: 30 January 2019

Last updated: 9 February 2021
ITRS OP5 Monitor 7.x Release Notes

Released: 5 March 2019

Last updated: 13 October 2020