path: root/CHANGES

* new probe programming interface -- niko
 - more strict config file checking giving helpful error messages when necessary
 - generate probe documentation automatically from the code
 - eliminate PROBE_CONF sections
 - several minor incompatible probe changes; see the smokeping_upgrade document for details 
* allow target-specific vars get defaults from Probes section -- niko
* timeout fixes in basefork.pm -- niko
* config file examples and smokeping_examples document -- niko
* documentation updates and reorganizing -- niko
* move all smokeping-specific perl modules into the Smokeping namespace -- niko
* new commandline options '--config=X' and '--check' -- niko
* FPing: support "-t", "-p" and "-i" fping params -- Chris Wilson <chris *aidworld.org>
* FPing6: test against ::1 instead of localhost -- Sebastian Wiesinger <smokeping *tracker.fire-world.de>
* fix for basefork.pm IO::Select property has_exception is very platform dependent
  by ignoring it altogether things actually work better. Especially on Solaris which
  does have propper support for has_exception as oposed to linux. --  Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
  
2005/1/30 -- 1.38

* fixed error messages for environments with mixed ipv6 and ipv4 setups  -- Peter W. Osel <pwo *Infineon.COM>
* fixed smoke coloring for 5 pings problem -- Tobi
* fixed User-Agent example in Curl probe -- Sebastian Wiesinger <smokeping *tracker.fire-world.de>

2005/1/12 -- 1.37

* base class did assume that concurrent probes were off by default
  -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>

2005/1/7 -- 1.36 (1.35 was an internal release)

* concurrent probes are default now, together with
  a 'random' offset to make sure not all smokepings hit the net
  at the same time -- Tobi
* fixes for loggin -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
 - warn if no logging method is active while daemonizing.
 - turn debugging on before loading the config file.
 - make do_debuglog a no-op if $use_debuglog isn't set
 - add debug info to FPing* probes
 - print the RRD create and update strings when debugging
* Allow probe- and target-specific number of pings  -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
* RemoteFPing probe revisited and fixed. Note this probe allowed
  PROBE_CONF config where this was technically not possible. Now these settings
  are done in the ***Probes*** section ... you have to fix your 
  config files -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
* fixed many typos and some seemingly numeric comparisons -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
* new feature 'concurrentprobes' allow to run multiple probes in paralell and at different step
  width. -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
* allow to define multiple instances of a sigle probe -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
* fix --filter again ... pathprefix was still in there -- tobi

2004/11/29 -- 1.34 (1.32 + 1.33 were internal only releases)

* added SNPP support as suggested by jdelisle -- tobi
* added ipv6 support to EchoPing probe -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
* fix for Radius probe -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
* added new alert plugins called matchers -- tobi
* created matcher::avgratio sponsored by virtela.net -- tobi
* make --filter option actually work -- tobi
* removed maxmedian magic regexp ... -- tobi
* added new alert type matcher -- tobi
* fixed pod errors -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>
* allow to mix programs and email addresses in alerts --tobi
* allow to define recipient per alert --tobi

2004/08/04 -- 1.31

* added anotherdns and anotherssh probes -- Christoph.Heine *HaDiKo.DE
* modify FPing probes to skip ICPM errors in the output -- Tobi
* modify RemoteFPing probe to work with normal fping that outputs
  via stderr. -- Tobi
* allow timeout to be specified in base::forks based probes -- Tobi
* Added ssh probe -- Christian Recktenwald <smokeping-contact *citecs.de>

2004/05/12 -- 1.30

* fix nodata_color syntax --tobi

* when inserting unknown values into sorted rtt list, do this on the outside
  ... U:U:1:2:3:U:U and not in the middle. This will make the graphs more
  smokei when there is data loss. --tobi

* config files with different probes should work ... fixed problem introduced in 1.29 --tobi

2004/05/08 -- 1.29
* while running, make all die and warn things go to the log file if there is one --tobi
* added rawlog option for logging actual gatherd data --tobi (for virtela)  
* added alertee option to send a copy of any alert generated to additional 'per branche' people --tobi
* cgi should not complain about non existing hosts ... the daemon does that already --tobi
* actually allow empty alerts -- tobi

* added nodata_color property to specify background color for graph when
  when no data is available --  David Hull <hull *dslextreme.com>

2004/03/14 -- 1.28
* do not repeat last rounds rtts in basefork if probe gets killed on timeout -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *iki.fi>

2004/03/09 -- 1.27
* allow . in labels -- Tobi
* fix mkdir with missing permissions -- Xander Jansen <Xander.Jansen *surfnet.nl>
* make echoping probes complain when they do not get a 0 return value -- Tobi
* make manu and title = host if not set -- tobi
* forbid . in section names .. bad things will happen when used. -- tobi
* patches for the Radius and LDAP probes --  Niko Tyni <ntyni *cc.helsinki.fi>
* prevent requests to non existing pages -- tobi

2004/02/16 -- 1.26
* contributed radius and ldap probes --  Niko Tyni <ntyni *cc.helsinki.fi>
* added new 'offset' parameter to config file which allows to shift startup
  time of smokeping polling -- Tobi (for Virtela)
* new option --static-pages to generate a static website (mrtg like) -- Santeri Paavolainen <santtu *iki.fi>
* added support for multiple alert recipients --  Dmitry Melekhov <dm *belkam.com>
* fix for telnetIOSping.pm to consider packet size -- Paul Wulff <paul.wulff *ap.marconi.com>
* added --logfile option and generally enhanced logging ... 
  smokeping will not die and log instead. -- Tobi

2004/01/04 -- 1.25
* enhaced Alert patterns: S for matching at startup
  *X* pattern for timeshift matches. See docs. -- Tobi
* Added timeout option the EchoPingHttp -- Tobi
* fixed RemoteFPing probe -- Keith Patton

2003/10/05 -- 1.24
* The new --filter option allows you to run the smokeping deamon on a big config file,
  but have the config file filtered and only measure the entries that pass
  the filter. This allows to use rsync to consolidate measurements from
  different hosts at a central location for presentation. -- Tobi
* new lookup option for DNS probe -- "Poetzel, Christopher J." <cpoetzel *anl.gov>
* store iaxhight info in img cache -- Curtis Doty <Curtis *GreenKey.net>
* new probes: ICMP echo response times - CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP.pm,
  DNS query response times - CiscoRTTMonDNS.pm,
  TCP connect times - CiscoRTTMonTcpConnect.pm  -- joerg.kummer at roche.com

2003/07/15 -- 1.23
* added missing ; in DNS.pm

2003/07/11 -- 1.22

* fix stderr redirection:  David Hull <hull *dslextreme.com>
* new DNS.pm based on basefork by Igor Petrovski <pigor *myrealbox.com> and  Carl Elkins <carl *celkins.org.uk>

2003/06/17 -- 1.21

* keep order of targets in config file when presenting on the web -- Tobi
* fix mailsending with a b <x *y> type addresses -- Aaron Schrab <aaron *schrab.com>
* made alert feature more robust -- Tobi
* telnetiosping probe John A. Jackson <johnj *infoave.net>
* add iosint configurable to IOSPing.pm --  Mars Wei <MarsWei *ncic.com.tw>
* added RemoteFPing Probe -- Luis F Balbinot <hades *inf.ufrgs.br>

2003/04/12 -- 1.20

* replaced host foo with 127.0.0.1 in Echo*.pm probes -- John Sellens <jsellens *generalconcepts.com>
* curl probe -- Gerald Combs <gerald [AT] ethereal.com>
* DNS.pm should not use external binaries besided dig -- Tobi

2003/02/19 -- 1.19

* dns probe -- Andre Stolze <stolze *uni-muenster.de>
* fixed label formatting error -- Tobi

2002/12/05 -- 1.18

* allow sub millisecond patterns -- Tobi

* report a full link in smokeping alerts
  suggested by "Nipper, Arnold" <arnold *nipper.de>

2002/10/19 -- 1.17
* Change the absolute max possible rtt to 180 seconds when creating new rrd files

2002/10/13 -- 1.16

* add Hostname as a 5th argument for external alert scripts --Tobi

* when runnning fping -i must be > 10 ... (whatever 10 is) -- Tobi

* fix graphing in logarithmic presentation. Handle fast pings better -- Paul J Murphy <Paul *murph.org>

* added IOSPing.pm probe -- Paul J Murphy <Paul *murph.org>

2002/09/27 -- 1.15

* uptime color configuration was not working -- Alan Chen <alan *digikata.com>

* allow to call an external script upon matching an alert pattern -- Tobi

* unifie mail sending tools -- Tobi

* made loss for 0.x sized values work -- rodrigo.cunha *corp.vodafone.pt

* send syslog events through unix domain socket on bsd and linux systems -- Ed Ravin <eravin *panix.com>


2002/09/10 -- 1.14

* fixed docs ... remove alert_email property from docs --tobi

* fixed Data output for email alerts -- tobi


2002/09/08 -- 1.13

* Added all new Alerts function. Smokeping can now match
  alert patterns against the loss and rtt values gatherd
  and send email when a pattern matches. -- Tobi

* Display AVG loss in % -- Tobi

* Add help functions back in -- Tobi

* make graphs with large ping times graph properly. 
    -- Jack Cummings <jack *mudshark.org>
 
* make FPing.pm handle dead hosts more gracefully
  '-B1','-i'. int($self->{pingfactor}/1000),'-r1' --Tobi

2002/05/29 -- 1.12
* make probes announce themselves at startup
   -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *cc.helsinki.fi>

* really ... log full loss if no pings get through ... -- Tobi
* allow FPing probe to take packetsize option -- Tobi

2002/05/08 -- 1.11
* If no pings get trough, log a full loss and not unknown loss -- tobi
* have a timeout to prevent hanging echoping processes 
  -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *cc.helsinki.fi>
* allow logging via syslog 
  -- Niko Tyni <ntyni *cc.helsinki.fi>

2002/05/06 -- 1.10

* added avg loss to graphs -- tobi

2002/04/29 -- 1.9

* added Fping6 by Elmar Hoffmann <elho *elho.net>
* added description about installing EchoPing, Fping and sock6 to
  install notes
* do not test for FPing binary when running as a cgi

2002/04/24 -- 1.8

* make sure smokeping.cgi manages to show its errors on the web.

2002/04/12 -- 1.7

* complain if fping is not seuid root -- tobi

* kill one div zero bug -- Jan Ludewig <chaot *isch.de>

2002/03/27 -- 1.6

* fixed bug in monitoring function where targets that
  had subtargets on the same level were ignored ... -- tobi

* in basefork.pm test if IO::Select knows has_error() but not
  has_exception() -- Jan Ludewig <chaot *isch.de>

* improve handling of PID file, cases where it could not be read or written
  wer not handlie gracefully -- Jan Ludewig <chaot *isch.de>

* remove --help and --man option they never worked ...

2002/03/10 -- 1.5

* missed one module in the distribution ...

2002/03/09 -- 1.4

* make sure FPing does not hand if no targets are defined.

* new mandatory config option piddir to specify where the pid file
  should be -- Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <jsogo *debian.org>
  **** INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE ****

* EchoPing probes contributed by Niko Tyni <ntyni *cc.helsinki.fi>
  there is a webpage on http://www.helsinki.fi/~ntyni/smokeping/

2002/03/01 -- 1.3

* fixed messed up links in distribution archive ...

2002/03/01 -- 1.2

* improve error messages in probe setup

* be smarter about detecting fping reporting unit. -- Kai <spdev *vega.fur.com>

2002/02/12 -- 1.1

* make detailed view colors work even if number of pings is not even

+INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE+ modified the definition of smokelogo and rrdlogo in the
    webtemplate file. he tags now provide the image tage and the anchor
    around. Please modify your template accordingly

* Toby Weingartner provided some patches to clean up error messages

* removed default sites from config file to protect the innocent.

* detect probe loading failiours

2002/02/09 -- 1.0

* made basepage links stand out ...

2002/01/31 -- 0.99.18
* Fixed loss color config handling and documentation

2002/01/28 -- 0.99.17
* Get description of Ping from Probe
* Fixed quote parsing in config parser

2002/01/27 -- 0.99.16
* fixed unison scaling ... I was picking the wrong value as median.
* do not refuse to start if a host is missing from DNS ... just complain

2002/01/27 -- 0.99.15
* now the color works you have to use rrggbb not #rrggbb
* added scrftime configurable to format time in lower
  righthand corner of the graph


2002/01/27 -- 0.99.14
* guess [0-f] does not work it should be [0-9a-f]

2002/01/26 -- 0.99.13
* switched back to normal scaling for overview graphs
* added average and latest median rtt numbers to graph
* added more color settings to graph
* allow configuration of loss and uptime colors (not tested)

2002/01/23 -- 0.99.12
* Use -alt-y-scaling for better grid in overview graphs
* Added max_rtt to overview graphs

2002/01/22 -- 0.99.11

* files which must be modified are now named *.dist (thanks paul)
* added maxrtt configurable
* introduced new colors for link uptime using INF
* added thin black line 'connecting the 'measurements'

2002/01/20 -- 0.99.10

* Added cache file for graph.max values ... this will improve unison scaling
  in lazy mode
* changed drawing of madian to AREA and STACK to take into account that this
  is not anything contious we are looking at but samples ...


2002/01/17 -- 0.99.9

* allow --nodaemon as well 
* added new configurables lograrithic and unison_tolerance
  this should help smokeping deal better with spikes

2002/01/03 -- 0.99.8
* Change colors for LOSS display ... make small losses simpler to see
* Sort Graphs in Overview
* --nodemon option
* Allow cgi urls with https://

2001/11/17 -- 0.99.7

* Make DYNAMIC work with hosts who do not support snmp
* do not print anything from FPing.pm if used from CGI

2001/11/03 -- 0.99.6

* updated the default basepage.html to include automatic reload and cache expiery ... -- Me
* smokeping.cgi adds header information to the webpage with expiery and charset -- Me
* split the pod docs off the smokeping and smokeping.cgi scripts -- Me
* created a special version of fping where configure works ... added it to the
  download area of smokeping. -- Me
* spell fixes for Smokepin.pm (smokeping_config.pod) -- S. William Schulz <ss *ssLinux.com>

2001/11/01 -- 0.99.5

* Deal with nan as well as NaN -- Me
* Deal with DYNAMIC hosts who do not allow for SNMP -- Me
* mkdir needs a mode (0755) -- S. William Schulz <ss *ssLinux.com>
* Determine is fping reports in miliseconds or in 0.1 miliseconds -- Me
* Wait for 3 seconds when restarting ...