X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/gitweb/?p=netdata.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ChangeLog;h=1f6c5f274823fd598b08f7b0db795d18f7fb536f;hp=eae63fd9ea22a2edff8b7c9d88dc1142d72b7dc1;hb=a3ae351f1e4576e5a32166ddbc28c8699ce31991;hpb=2e8dedd05e58769ecefed51e6c9fdd3d95dbadcb diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index eae63fd9..1f6c5f27 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,555 @@ +netdata (1.6.0) - 2017-03-20 + + * birthday release: 1 year netdata + + netdata was first published on March 30th, 2016. + It has been a crazy year since then: + + 225.000 unique netdata users + currently, at 1.000 new unique users per day + + 80.000 unique netdata installations + currently, at 500 new installation per day + + 610.000 docker pulls on docker hub + + 4.000.000 netdata sessions served + currently, at 15.000 sessions served per day + + 20.000 github stars + + Thank you! + You are awesome! + + * central netdata is here + + This is the first release that supports real-time streaming of + metrics between netdata servers. + + netdata can now be: + + - autonomous host monitoring + (like it always has been) + + - headless data collector + (collect and stream metrics in real-time to another netdata) + + - headless proxy + (collect metrics from multiple netdata and stream them to another netdata) + + - store and forward proxy + (like headless proxy, but with a local database) + + - central database + (metrics from multiple hosts are aggregated) + + metrics databases can be configured on all nodes and each node maintaining + a database may have a different retention policy and possibly run + (even different) alarms on them. + + * monitoring ephemeral nodes + + netdata now supports monitoring autoscaled ephemeral nodes, + that are started and stopped on demand (their IP is not known). + + When the ephemeral nodes start streaming metrics to the central + netdata, the central netdata will show register them at "my-netdata" + menu on the dashboard. + + For more information check: + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/monitoring-ephemeral-nodes + + * monitoring ephemeral containers and VM guests + + netdata now cleans up container, guest VM, network interfaces and mounted + disk metrics, disabling automatically their alarms too. + + For more information check: + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/monitoring-ephemeral-containers + + * apps.plugin ported for FreeBSD + + @vlvkobal has ported "apps.plugin" to FreeBSD. netdata can now provide + "Applications", "Users" and "User Groups" on FreeBSD. + + * web_log plugin + + @l2isbad has done a wonderful job creating a unified web log parsing plugin + for all kinds of web server logs. With it, netdata provides real-time + performance information and health monitoring alarms for web applications + and web sites! + + For more information check: + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/The-spectacles-of-a-web-server-log-file + + * backends + + netdata can now archive metrics to `JSON` backends + (both push, by @lfdominguez, and pull modes). + + * IPMI monitoring + + netdata now has an IPMI plugin (based on freeipmi) + for monitoring server hardware. + + The plugin creates (up to) 8 charts: + + 1. number of sensors by state + 2. number of events in SEL + 3. Temperatures CELCIUS + 4. Temperatures FAHRENHEIT + 5. Voltages + 6. Currents + 7. Power + 8. Fans + + It also supports alarms (including the number of sensors in critical state). + + For more information, check: + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/monitoring-IPMI + + * new plugins + + @l2isbad builds python data collection plugins for netdata at an wonderfull + rate! He rocks! + + - **web_log** for monitoring in real-time all kinds of web server log files @l2isbad + - **freeipmi** for monitoring IPMI (server hardware) + - **nsd** (the [name server daemon](https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/)) @383c57 + - **mongodb** @l2isbad + - **smartd_log** (monitoring disk S.M.A.R.T. values) @l2isbad + + * improved plugins + + - **nfacct** reworked and now collects connection tracker information using netlink. + - **ElasticSearch** re-worked @l2isbad + - **mysql** re-worked to allow faster development of custom mysql based plugins (MySQLService) @l2isbad + - **SNMP** + - **tomcat** @NMcCloud + - **ap** (monitoring hostapd access points) + - **php_fpm** @l2isbad + - **postgres** @l2isbad + - **isc_dhcpd** @l2isbad + - **bind_rndc** @l2isbad + - **numa** + - **apps.plugin** improvements and freebsd support @vlvkobal + - **fail2ban** @l2isbad + - **freeradius** @l2isbad + - **nut** (monitoring UPSes) + - **tc** (Linux QoS) now works on qdiscs instead of classes for the same result (a lot faster) @t-h-e + - **varnish** @l2isbad + + * new and improved alarms + - **web_log**, many alarms to detect common web site/API issues + - **fping**, alarms to detect packet loss, disconnects and unusually high latency + - **cpu**, cpu utilization alarm now ignores `nice` + + * new and improved alarm notification methods + - **HipChat** to allow hosted HipChat @frei-style + - **discordapp** @lowfive + + * dashboard improvements + - dashboard now works on HiDPi screens + - dashboard now shows version of netdata + - dashboard now resets charts properly + - dashboard updated to use latest gauge.js release + + * other improvements + - thanks to @rlefevre netdata now uses a lot of different high resolution system clocks. + + netdata has received a lot more improvements from many more contributors! + + Thank you all! + + +netdata (1.5.0) - 2017-01-22 + + * yet another release that makes netdata the fastest + netdata ever! + + * netdata runs on FreeBSD, FreeNAS and MacOS ! + + Vladimir Kobal (@vlvkobal) has done a magnificent work + porting netdata to FreeBSD and MacOS. + + Everyhing works: cpu, memory, disks performance, disks space, + network interfaces, interrupts, IPv4 metrics, IPv6 metrics + processes, context switches, softnet, IPC queues, + IPC semaphores, IPC shared memory, uptime, etc. Wow! + + * netdata supports data archiving to backend databases: + + - Graphite + - OpenTSDB + - Prometheus + + and of course all the compatible ones + (KairosDB, InfluxDB, Blueflood, etc) + + * new plugins: + + Ilya Mashchenko (@l2isbad) has created most of the python + data collection plugins in this release ! + + - systemd Services (using cgroups!) + - FPing (yes, network latency in netdata!) + - postgres databases @facetoe, @moumoul + - Vanish disk cache (v3 and v4) @l2isbad + - ElasticSearch @l2isbad + - HAproxy @l2isbad + - FreeRadius @l2isbad, @lgz + - mdstat (RAID) @l2isbad + - ISC bind (via rndc) @l2isbad + - ISC dhcpd @l2isbad, @lgz + - Fail2Ban @l2isbad + - OpenVPN status log @l2isbad, @lgz + - NUMA memory @tycho + - CPU Idle @tycho + - gunicorn log @deltaskelta + - ECC memory hardware errors + - IPC semaphores + - uptime plugin (with a nice badge too) + + * improved plugins: + + - netfilter conntrack + - mysql (replication) @l2isbad + - ipfs @pjz + - cpufreq @tycho + - hddtemp @l2isbad + - sensors @l2isbad + - nginx @leolovenet + - nginx_log @paulfantom + - phpfpm @leolovenet + - redis @leolovenet + - dovecot @justohall + - cgroups + - disk space + - apps.plugin + - /proc/interrupts @rlefevre + - /proc/softirqs @rlefevre + - /proc/vmstat (system memory charts) + - /proc/net/snmp6 (IPv6 charts) + - /proc/self/meminfo (system memory charts) + - /proc/net/dev (network interfaces) + - tc (linux QoS) + + * new/improved alarms: + + - MySQL / MariaDB alarms (incl. replication) + - IPFS alarms + - HAproxy alarms + - UDP buffer alarms + - TCP AttemptFails + - ECC memory alarms + - netfilter connections alarms + - SNMP + + * new alarm notifications: + + - messagebird.com @tech-no-logical + - pagerduty.com @jimcooley + - pushbullet.com @tperalta82 + - twilio.com @shadycuz + - HipChat + - kafka + + * shell integration + + - shell scripts can now query netdata easily! + + * dashboard improvements: + - dashboard is now faster on firefox, safari, opera, edge + (edge is still the slowest) + - dashboard now has a little bigger fonts + - SHIFT + mouse wheel to zoom charts, works on all browsers + - perfect-scrollbar on the dashboard + - dashboard 4K resolution fixes + - dashboard compatibility fixes for embedding charts in + third party web sites + - charts on custom dashboards can have common min/max + even if they come from different netdata servers + - alarm log is now saved and loaded back so that + the alarm history is available at the dashboard + + * other improvements: + - python.d.plugin has received way to many improvements + from many contributors! + - charts.d.plugin can now be forked to support + multiple independent instances + - registry has been re-factored to lower its memory + requirements (required for the public registry) + - simple patterns in cgroups, disks and alarms + - netdata-installer.sh can now correctly install + netdata in containers + - supplied logrotate script compatibility fixes + - spec cleanup @breed808 + - clocks and timers reworked @rlefevre + + netdata has received a lot more improvements from many more + contributors! + + Thank you all guys! + + +netdata (1.4.0) - 2016-10-04 + + At a glance: + + - the fastest netdata ever (with a better look too)! + - improved IoT and containers support! + - alarms improved in almost every way! + + - new plugins: + softnet netdev, + extended TCP metrics, + UDPLite + NFS v2, v3 client (server was there already), + NFS v4 server & client, + APCUPSd, + RetroShare + + - improved plugins: + mysql, + cgroups, + hddtemp, + sensors, + phpfm, + tc (QoS) + + In detail: + + * improved alarms + + Many new alarms have been added to detect common kernel + configuration errors and old alarms have been re-worked + to avoid notification floods. + + Alarms now support notification hysteresis (both static + and dynamic), notification self-cancellation, dynamic + thresholds based on current alarm status + + * improved alarm notifications + + netdata now supports: + + - email notifications + - slack.com notifications on slack channels + - pushover.net notifications (mobile push notifications) + - telegram.org notifications + + For all the above methods, netdata supports role-based + notifications, with multiple recipients for each role + and severity filtering per recipient! + + Also, netdata support HTML5 notifications, while the + dashboard is open in a browser window (no need to be + the active one). + + All notifications are now clickable to get to the chart + that raised the alarm. + + * improved IoT support! + + netdata builds and runs with musl libc and runs on systems + based on busybox. + + * improved containers support! + + netdata runs on alpine linux (a low profile linux distribution + used in containers). + + * Dozens of other improvements and bugfixes + + +netdata (1.3.0) - 2016-08-28 + + At a glance: + + - netdata has health monitoring / alarms! + - netdata has badges that can be embeded anywhere! + - netdata plugins are now written in Python! + - new plugins: redis, memcached, nginx_log, ipfs, apache_cache + + IMPORTANT: + Since netdata now uses Python plugins, new packages are + required to be installed on a system to allow it work. + For more information, please check the installation page: + + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/Installation + + In detail: + + * netdata has alarms! + + Based on the POLL we made on github + (https://github.com/firehol/netdata/issues/436), + health monitoring was the winner. So here it is! + + netdata now has a poweful health monitoring system embedded. + Please check the wiki page: + + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/health-monitoring + + * netdata has badges! + + netdata can generate badges with live information from the + collected metrics. + Please check the wiki page: + + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/Generating-Badges + + * netdata plugins are now written in Python! + + Thanks to the great work of Paweł Krupa (@paulfantom), most BASH + plugins have been ported to Python. + + The new python.d.plugin supports both python2 and python3 and + data collection from multiple sources for all modules. + + The following pre-existing modules have been ported to Python: + + - apache + - cpufreq + - example + - exim + - hddtemp + - mysql + - nginx + - phpfm + - postfix + - sensors + - squid + - tomcat + + The following new modules have been added: + + - apache_cache + - dovecot + - ipfs + - memcached + - nginx_log + - redis + + * other data collectors: + + - Thanks to @simonnagl netdata now reports disk space usage. + + * dashboards now transfer a certain settings from server to server + when changing servers via the my-netdata menu. + + The settings transferred are the dashboard theme, the online + help status and current pan and zoom timeframe of the dashboard. + + * API improvements: + + - reduction functions now support 'min', 'sum' and 'incremental-sum'. + + - netdata now offers a multi-threaded and a single threaded + web server (single threaded is better for IoT). + + * apps.plugin improvements: + + - can now run with command line argument 'without-files' + to prevent it from enumating all the open files/sockets/pipes + of all running processes. + + - apps.plugin now scales the collected values to match the + the total system usage. + + - apps.plugin can now report guest CPU usage per process. + + - repeating errors are now logged once per process. + + * netdata now runs with IDLE process priority (lower than nice 19) + + * netdata now instructs the kernel to kill it first when it starves + for memory. + + * netdata listens for signals: + + - SIGHUP to netdata instructs it to re-open its log files + (new logrotate files added too). + + - SIGUSR1 to netdata saves the database + + - SIGUSR2 to netdata reloads health / alarms configuration + + * netdata can now bind to multiple IPs and ports. + + * netdata now has new systemd service file (it starts as user + netdata and does not fork). + + * Dozens of other improvements and bugfixes + + +netdata (1.2.0) - 2016-05-16 + + At a glance: + + - netdata is now 30% faster + - netdata now has a registry (my-netdata dashboard menu) + - netdata now monitors Linux Containers (docker, lxc, etc) + + IMPORTANT: + This version requires libuuid. The package you need is: + + - uuid-dev (debian/ubuntu), or + - libuuid-devel (centos/fedora/redhat) + + In detail: + + * netdata is now 30% faster ! + + - Patches submitted by @fredericopissarra improved overall + netdata performance by 10%. + + - A new improved search function in the internal indexes + made all searches faster by 50%, resulting in about + 20% better performance for the core of netdata. + + - More efficient threads locking in key components + contributed to the overal efficiency. + + * netdata now has a CENTRAL REGISTRY ! + + The central registry tracks all your netdata servers + and bookmarks them for you at the 'my-netdata' menu + on all dashboards. + + Every netdata can act as a registry, but there is also + a global registry provided for free for all netdata users! + + * netdata now monitors CONTAINERS ! + + docker, lxc, or anything else. For each container it monitors + CPU, RAM, DISK I/O (network interfaces were already monitored) + + * apps.plugin: now uses linux capabilities by default + without setuid to root + + * netdata has now an improved signal handler + thanks to @simonnagl + + * API: new improved CORS support + + * SNMP: counter64 support fixed + + * MYSQL: more charts, about QCache, MyISAM key cache, + InnoDB buffer pools, open files + + * DISK charts now show mount point when available + + * Dashboard: improved support for older web browsers + and mobile web browsers (thanks to @simonnagl) + + * Multi-server dashboards now allow de-coupled refreshes for + each chart, so that if one netdata has a network latency + the other charts are not affected + + * Several other minor improvements and bugfixes + + netdata (1.1.0) - 2016-04-20 Dozens of commits that improve netdata in several ways: