Opsview 6.8.x End of Support

With the release of Opsview 6.11.0 on February 2025, versions 6.8.x have reached their End of Support (EOS) status, according to our Support policy. This means that versions 6.8.x will no longer receive code fixes or security updates.

The documentation for version 6.8.9 and earlier versions will remain accessible for the time being, but it will no longer be updated or receive backports. We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest version of Opsview to ensure continued support and access to the latest features and security enhancements.

Load Balancer

Opsview LoadBalancer provided by HAProxy allows to distribute the load for high-load Opsview Components across a number of instances, some of which may be on different servers. It simplifies configuration changes and terminates SSL connections.

Dependencies Copied

The Opsview loadbalancer install the Opsview Watchdog package.

Installation Copied

Refer to Advanced Automated Installation.

Configuration Copied

No post or pre-install configuration is required for running opsview-loadbalancer.

Management Copied

Configuration Copied

DPKGs Copied

Watchdog service files are now managed by the package, doing a remove would leave the watchdog service file behind with a .save extension. Purging the package will remove it. The package managed config files are as follows:

• /opt/opsview/watchdog/etc/services/opsview-loadbalancer.conf
• /opt/opsview/loadbalancer/etc/haproxy.cfg

RPMs Copied

Watchdog service files are now managed by the package. Any modifications will be saved at upgrade and remove processes with the .rpmnew and .rpmsave extensions correspondingly.

• /opt/opsview/watchdog/etc/services/opsview-loadbalancer.conf
• /opt/opsview/loadbalancer/etc/haproxy.cfg

Service Administration Copied

As root, start, stop and restart the service using: