Supported versions
ITRS supports the last two minor versions of OP5 Monitor:
- 8.2.x
- 8.1.x
- 7.5.x
For more information on versioning, see Release types.
Only the latest major version receives regular enhancements and fixes.
Note: In exceptional circumstances, critical fixes may be backported to previous major or minor versions where it is not reasonably possible to upgrade to a newer version of the product.
Operating system support
| OP5 Monitor version | RHEL 6 | RHEL 7 | 6 | 7 |
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8.2.x 8.1.x |
End of support 12 February 2020 |
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End of support 12 February 2020 |
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| 7.5.x |
End of life 30 November 2020 |
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End of life 30 November 2020 |
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Note: The RHEL 6 and 6 platforms will both reach end of life on 30 November 2020. Therefore, ITRS OP5 Monitor will also cease to support these platforms on that date. End of support for these platforms take effect earlier for OP5 Monitor version 8.x.
RHEL 8 and 8 are currently not supported.
OP5 Monitor collects data by running plugins. Checks can be agentless or through agents and APIs.
NRPE is an agent distributed with operating systems, while NSClient++ is an agent that is installed on servers.
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| WMI | Server 2008 and 2012 | ||||
Note: ITRS does not provide support on agents installed on different distributions. Verify with the package manager in your distribution and the support of the agent on the specific OS.
The table above is the verification of our plugin working with the specific agent in the base OS.
SNMP is limited to the configuration on the remote server for the specific check to be performed on that system.
Containerised environment support
ITRS supports running OP5 Monitor Slim Poller in the following containerised environments.
Each component should meet the documented minimum operating system requirements.
| Container environment | Slim Poller |
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| Docker Enterprise or Community Edition beginning version 18.03 |
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Cloud environment support
ITRS supports running OP5 Monitor in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.
Each component should meet the documented minimum operating system requirements.
Deploying OP5 Monitor into any cloud environment needs to take into consideration connectivity, performance, network traffic, and cost implications.
These are the publicly available machine images:
| Provider | OP5 Monitor version |
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| Azure Marketplace | OP5 Monitor 8.0.5 or higher |
| AWS Marketplace | OP5 Monitor 8.0.5 or higher |
Plugin support
For the full list of supported plugins, see Plugin reference.
Compatibility and lifecycle
This section outlines all the changes to ITRS OP5 Monitor compatibility and lifecycle.
Release types
The version numbers consist of three digits: major.minor.micro.
We continuously introduce new releases, which are normally considered micro releases. In rare cases build versions are used if the micro release does not fulfil our internal QA and a new build has to be created.
The releases can contain bug fixes, change of functions, or one or the other. When there have been enough micro releases that changed the user experience significantly or we introduce new features, we bump a minor version number. Major versions provide us with an opportunity to introduce features and break backwards compatibility.
Active maintenance of a minor release implies that we are fixing bugs and backporting some number of fixes into that code branch.
End of support notices
End of support means that the affected component, plugin, or feature is no longer supported, and this ends the release of binaries.
| Notice of change | Effective date |
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| End of support for ITRS OP5 Monitor 8.x.x running on RHEL 6 or 6 | 12 February 2020 |
| End of support for the 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 8.x.x running on Internet Explorer. | 1 May 2020 |
| End of support for ITRS OP5 Monitor version 8.0.x. | 23 June 2020 |
| End of support for all versions of ITRS OP5 Monitor running on RHEL 6 or 6 | 30 November 2020 |