GROUNDWORK-1541

Add monarch_create_host utility script

The monarch_create_host script is now included in the product to allow automated host creation with the API.

GROUNDWORK-1529

Update TCG Java Examples for Blog

Update TCG Java pull examples, upgrade Spring Boot to latest version including Prometheus Actuate end points.

GROUNDWORK-1520

Allow TCG APM Connect to directly set Host and Service Monitor Status

This enhancement allows for faster and more efficient state determination where the endpoint allows a state to be listed.

GROUNDWORK-1512

Need bc binary in monarch

"bc", a utility, is now available at the monarch container. This allows testing check scripts in the monarch GUI.

GROUNDWORK-1504

Add dass/Monarch convenience scripts for notifications, commit, build instance

Scripts now present in the monarch container and documented. 

GROUNDWORK-1489

Improve appearance of Monarch help tooltips

Minor UI enhancement.

GROUNDWORK-1477

Bump up the PHP memory limit in RStools and NeDi

memory_limit setting directly modifiable in php.ini on a volume, default configuration changed.

GROUNDWORK-1468

Mark SLA Contracts as archived in SLA Management

GROUNDWORK-1465

Foundation needs to send hostgroups and servicegroups with downtime messages

Kafka messages for host and service downtimes have hostgroups and servicegroups.

GROUNDWORK-1455

GORT Menu structure change (move Methods to submenu)

New notifications manager configuration of methods now in separate screen.

GROUNDWORK-1442

Add clusterstate plugin to GW8 nagios container

Latest version of plugin now included in the nagios container. This is an efficient way to manage the sometime complicated logic of cluster monitoring in Nagios. 

GROUNDWORK-1441

Create version of EE without Elastic, Kibana, Logstash, filebeat, or curator

Option added in Installer to select installations for Curator, ELK, and TCG connectors APM, Elastic, and SNMP.

GROUNDWORK-1430

Add plugin platform table support for new GDMA platforms

The pluginplatform table in the monarch database now has content extended (both in a fresh install, and via migration script in an upgrade) to cover new GDMA platforms.

GROUNDWORK-1427

Connectors should provide "Status message" for hosts

Status message values now appear for TCG connectors.

GROUNDWORK-1426

Provide containerized tcg-snmp example in override.yml

Example of containerized SNMP connector is now in the default docker-compose.override.yml file.

GROUNDWORK-1421

Installer Updates for EE and Child installations

Improved installer to ask configuration questions early in the process,  use a nicer GUI. 

GROUNDWORK-1395

Make CAdvisor Internal Check Frequency Configurable

Can now be configured with a docker-compose env.var.

GROUNDWORK-1348

CAdvisor on Ubuntu logs warning messages

Upgraded to latest CAdvisor, added support for more detailed logging. 

GROUNDWORK-1337

Allow downtime entered through Nagios CGI to be reflected in the Status Summary

If you like the Nagios CGIs and want to enter your downtime for Nagios hosts and services there, these will now work. We recommend you use the Downtime UI, however. 

GROUNDWORK-1326

Provide scripted means of updating the credentialed user's password

Can now update credential user's password regularly through authenticated scripted means. 

GROUNDWORK-1273

NOC Board Auto-expand feature should be able to expand > 1 board

All NOC Boards with auto-expand set will now get expanded.  

GROUNDWORK-1036

Elastic connector needs some status text

Status text message added for Elastic connector.

GROUNDWORK-1025

Improvements for Dashboard, SLA and Downtime - Port from GW7 to GW8

Updates made to various features in the Business/SLA dashboard and downtime UI are now incorporated. 

GROUNDWORK-922

Indicate downtime more clearly in text

Host and service downtimes are now more clear with text.

GROUNDWORK-218

Add setting of timezone to browser timezone to NeDi

UI sets to browser timezone - this avoids confusion when viewing certain screens. 

GROUNDWORK-1547

Need to delete Nagios-related Next Check Time fields during migration

Migration script updated to remove unused data in next check time.

GROUNDWORK-1545

Add/update metrics buttons should be on right

Minor UI fix. 

GROUNDWORK-1540

Inconsistent spelling on license page

Minor UI fix.

GROUNDWORK-1539

Service-level timestamps are imbibing host-level data

Update in Foundation. This was needed to correct a minor timing mismatch between when data was actually processed, and when it was reported in status to have been processed. 

GROUNDWORK-1536

LastPluginOutput in Status Summary includes Read More/Show less in copied text

Fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1533

Redundant setting in Ack dialog

Minor UI fix.

GROUNDWORK-1515

Downtimes failing for PMC hosts

Send command issue fixed. Downtimes now working for all hosts.

GROUNDWORK-1514

Test of Monarch inherited command line ignores inherited arguments

Properly inherits command arguments. Fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1513

NeDi Needs 2 more volumes

Additional volumes needed to support certain NeDi features added (notably RRDs for interface data) 

GROUNDWORK-1511

Blue line in the middle of hostgroup/servicegroup availability graphs

The line is removed.

GROUNDWORK-1507

Edit revproxy:/etc/nginx/conf.d/redirect.conf if IPv6 stack is missing or disabled

If you aren't using IPv6, the configuration of the revproxy will not not need to be modified by hand in order to work. 

GROUNDWORK-1505

Google Cloud Connector reports critical on zero value

Now reports OK. Fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1501

Link delete button not appearing - can't remove links

Minor UI fix.

GROUNDWORK-1499

Allow plugin download from older GDMA releases to work with GW8

Revised and fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1497

Typo in info message in monarch_set_host_service_notification_interval script

Missing leading character fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1490

Status/Home timeframe selector is no longer dismissed on click

Fixed, selector does not linger. This will preserve the time selection for the length of the navigation session. 

GROUNDWORK-1482

Immediate errors in rstools cron upon initial gw8 start

Character typo issue fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1474

NeDi graphs do not populate

Modifications made to crontab: graphs update properly now.

GROUNDWORK-1473

Monarch Test button shows extra output at end

service-check Test output no longer has the extra "‍ - nagios" string appended.

GROUNDWORK-1462

Backup procedure does not backup custom plugins in the Nagios container

Backups now include all custom plugins added to the Nagios container

GROUNDWORK-1461

Downtime creation is synced between Nagios and RStools, but not deletion

Sync is now fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1460

Containerized elastic connector fails upon configuration

The containerized Elastic connector was unstable on configuration in some cases. This is now fixed. 

GROUNDWORK-1449

Please allow colons in the host, hostgroup and service names in notifications

Colon now valid in defining notification rules

GROUNDWORK-1447

GDMA multihost mode must be supported in GW8

The poller is now able to pull the files under the multihost build dir. Fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1435

DalekServices fails in deleteAgentOnConnection on delete TCG connector

This inventory control step was failing in prior versions and some inventory would be temporarily orphaned. This is now fixed. 

GROUNDWORK-1418

Command to generate SLA Reports is not executed with correct timezone

Cron job changed to respect user's timezone selection in install. 

GROUNDWORK-1417

AWS Cloud Hub connector creates non-functional CloudWatch HG on startup

There was an issue with the creation of a harmless hostgroup that is now fixed. 

GROUNDWORK-1384

HTTP failure response for /api/events/stateTransitions: 0 Unknown Error

Added detail to alert that shows up when the browser loses connectivity to the server. 

GROUNDWORK-1373

TCG logfile needs a file-size limit and regular rotation

Some TCG connectors had log files  that were growing without bound that will now be rotated after upgrade. 

GROUNDWORK-1350

Installer fails when /tmp mounted noexec

The installer now properly checks for this condition and declines politely to install until it is fixed. 

GROUNDWORK-1344

Insufficient auth for Cloud Hub

There was a security issue where the Cloud Hub iframe could potentially leak configuration data to an unauthenticated user. This is fixed. 

GROUNDWORK-1341

Status Metric graphs in random order on service info

Alphabetical sort functionality now working for the metrics on a service (when there are more than one).

GROUNDWORK-1334

Nagios connector host address improper caption

Fixed caption.

GROUNDWORK-1333

Elastic connector config gives inconsistent alerts for blank fields

Now user is given feedback when "Server Name" field is not properly filled and submitted. 

GROUNDWORK-1331

Links to GW7 docs in monarch

Links fixed in Monarch to GroundWork Support 8 pages.

GROUNDWORK-1257

Bad sort icons for Cloud Hub metrics

Icons fixed.

GROUNDWORK-1199

Jasper server gives you login screen when logging in as user other than admin

Updated to use admin only, since our SSO is not supported with Jasper.

GROUNDWORK-1013

Add MetrIc and Update Metrics mouseovers not showing properly

UI fix.

GROUNDWORK-416

Jasper Reports Charts have random colors per monitor status

Fixed.

(Previously a Known Issue)

Notification of contacts on acknowledgement did not work 

This is now possible with the GroundWork Messenger application

(Previously a Known Issue)

Container hostgroup was empty

This hostgroup is now populated with connector state resources. 

(Previously a Known Issue)

Docker connector did not detect service unknown on down containers

The unknown state is now properly displayed

(Previously a Known Issue)

Some plugins did not work

We have now gone through the plugins and tested them all for basic functionality. 

Notifications (GroundWork Messenger)

GroundWork Messenger notification system includes the capability of limiting notifications to a certain time frame. The most common, and default time frame is 24/7, which has a default expiration date of 12/31/2021. 

This configuration is adjusted in Configuration > Notifications > Configuration > Time Frames. The Validity Information section for the Valid To field needs to be adjust to a later date e.g., 12/31/2099. Note this configuration change may result in queued notifications being sent, please contact GroundWork Support.

Nagios Monitoring

Renaming a host to the same name except for case will require 2 commits. The renaming of a host to the same name with differences only in the case of the characters is possible, but requires committing the configuration twice.

Run the Commit (or, for Parent-managed-child, the Build Instance) process a second time, and the renamed host will appear. 

Nagios Monitoring

Adding two hosts with the same name except for case will not work. If you ever find you need to have two hosts with the same name except for case in the Nagios system, this is allowed. It will not show both hosts, however, only the first one you add, and it won't work at all if you do it in a single commit.

To do this (admittedly really rare thing), fist add one of the hosts. Choose the one with the name you want to see, add it and commit. Then add the second and commit. The second host's services will be merged into the first. 

LDAP

Cannot delete user created by LDAP sync. If you sync LDAP to GroundWork, the users who log in are imported. There's not much point in deleting them unless you disconnect the LDAP server, but even if you do so, the delete function isn't working.

There is a work-around, but then again there's no harm in leaving these user accounts alone. They will fail login once the LDAP server is inactive. If you really must delete them, please contact support. 

Business Service Monitoring

Default bsm-service-01 configured but empty. The service bsm-service-01 on host bsm-host is included as an example of Business Service Monitoring. It is in the unknown state as the member list is empty. 

You can remove this (or add members) by going to the Configuration > BSM and SLAs > BSM > Manage Groups, and clicking the delete icon next to the group. 

Nagios Container

It's possible to overload the Nagios instance in GroundWork. Nagios uses workers that communicate with the services it runs. In some cases the default provisioning isn't enough to keep up with a really active alert stream.

You can override the default provisioning of workers in Nagios with the check_workers directive. See How to configure check_workers.

Custom Reports

Optional Jasper Server slow to start. If one starts the optional Jasper Server, it may take several minutes to become available.

Wait several minutes after starting the system with the Jasper Server loaded before accessing the Custom Reports menu item. 

TCG-SNMP restart generates unknown status

When restarting the (new) TCG-SNMP connector, the initial poll may generate UNKNOWN status for the network interfaces. 

We recommend adjusting the notification rules for this to avoid alarm fatigue. 

Cron-Controlled GroundWork containers generate SUSPENDED alerts

Jobs scheduled VIA the cron container generate SUSPENDED alerts. This is correct behavior, but may cause unwanted alarms.

We recommend adjusting the notification rules for this to avoid alarm fatigue. A separate rule for the DOCK-H:cadvisor group with a 1-minute delay can suppress these alarms.

Unattended mode install is not enabled

The installer won't support the --unattended  mode option to install standalone with default settings in this version. 

This convenience feature will be enabled again in future versions.