Opsview 6.9.x End of Support

Opsview versions 6.9.x reached their End of Support (EOS) status at the end of January 2026, in accordance with our Support policy. As of this date, these versions no longer receive code fixes, security updates, maintenance releases, or backported changes.

The documentation for version 6.9.7 and earlier releases will remain accessible for reference, but it will no longer be updated or maintained. We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest supported version of Opsview to ensure continued support and access to the latest features and security enhancements.

DataStore Server

The Opsview Datastore is a persistent NoSQL database.

Dependencies Copied

It uses our version of Erlang - opsview-erlang.

Installation Copied

Refer to Advanced Automated Installation.

Configuration Copied

We ship the opsview-datastore with the configuration tuned for high-performance. Any configuration overrides should be placed in a .ini file in /opt/opsview/datastore/etc/local.d directory.

Management Copied

Debians 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:

RPMs Copied

Watchdog service files are now managed by the package. Any modifications will be saved at upgrade and remove time.

Note

For hostname changes, datastore as an Erlang component does not handle hostname changes well and reconfiguration or reinstallation is required.

Opsview Datastore logs via syslog using local6 facility.

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

/opt/opsview/watchdog/bin/opsview-monit <start|stop|restart> opsview-datastore
["Opsview On-Premises"] ["User Guide"]

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