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What´s new in Pandora FMS 3.0
22/Dic/2009
New features in Pandora FMS 3.0 Opensource
Pandora FMS opensource has the following new features:
Higher escalation
PandoraFMS 3.0 is thought to monitor up to 100.000 modules with each server. This is possible thank to the new modules without historic data and due to the fact that the engine has been totally re-written.
Windows Agent Features
The 3.0 agent has lot of new features:
- It can run automatic actions when it detects a service or a process has crashed (watchdog mode).
- It listen in a specific port therefore it can receive remote commands from PandoraFMS web console.
- Native WMI queries locally in the agent.
- Performance Counter queries locally in agent.
- It is able to send data to another PandoraFMS server if it detects the main server is not available.
- New log parser admitting regular expressions.
- The Event Log parser has been rewritten, it works faster now.
- The data gathering project has been improved to handle much better the basic modules (hard disk, cpu and memory), now it can show percent data as soon as absolute HD and memory values.
- Packages buffer. If the main server where the agent has to send the data to is unavailable, it will "save" the packages and as soon as it becomes available send them back.
- TCP (local or remote) ports check
- Optional "on start" pause, to give some time to all the process and services to boot in case of a system reboot or crash.
Alerts
Alerts and correlation interface has been re-designed, now it is based in a templated-engine which gives the possibility to create and re-use the alerts in all the agents. The correlation engine has been re-written as well and it is now more flexible and easier to create correlation rules.
Event management improvement
Event management has been improved with new filters and some other new features.
Visual Console improvement
Now it is possible to define virtual objects, full agents and map auto creation from groups. Now is possible to show the data been gathered for the agent.
3 status for all the modules
Pandora FMS 3.0 modules have now status (NORMAL, WARNING and CRITICAL) for all its modules, having threshold value for each status (customizable for all the modules)
Plugin server is now Nagios Compatible
PandoraFMS 3.0 is able, now, to use, native, almost all Nagios Remote Plugins.
Interactive Graphs (flash)
All the report's graphs are more detailed and much more customisable, it is possible to change the colors of the shown values. It give a much professional aspect to the reports and they allow the user to "play" with their values in certain moments or certain parts of the graph.
New SNMP traps console
Pandora FMS 3.0 SNMP traps console will have the following features:
CD Appliance
Pandora FMS 3.0 is available in a CD (including the OS, SUSE), so its deployment will be easy and quick, all in a wizard.
What´s new in Pandora FMS 3.0 Enterprise
Besides opensource new features, Pandora FMS opensource has teh following new features:
Policies
This feature is basically for corporation with lot of agents. These new policies included in the 3.0 version allows the user to distribute modules and alerts to group of agents. In addition it allows the user to view the information filtered by agents.
WEB Monitoring
By the network server + Goliath integration, PandoraFMS Enterprise is able to monitor web based applications, doing, for instance, availability, total navigation time, and doing complex webchecks such as authentication, filling forms, content changes etc. All done, as always, in a centralized interface, PandoraFMS' web one.
Dashboard
Pandora FMS 3.0 has a main page, being this, a Dashboard. Our dashboard is modules based and totally customizable with different screen and frames. Each page will contain different widgets such as reports, graphs, maps, metrics etc.
Inventory
A new systems and services inventory which will act as a system inventory, showing software and hardware in the monitored systems. It is possible to choose whether agent-less or agent-based configuration to get that data.
SNMP traps console improvement
Pandora FMS 3.0 Enterprise SNMP traps console has the following features:
OnLine Backup
PandoraFMS Enterprise have a backup tool integrated in the Webconsole, which will allow the administrator to create backups, restore backups or even download them. It is possible to schedule automatic backups.
Modules Library (For the software agent)
Besides from the remote module library, PandoraFMS will have a new library (update via Open Update Manager) with modules for all its software agents.
Secondary Database
Used to store historical long term data (several years), this is useful in large environments installations in case they need to keep lot of historical data.
New Logo for Pandora FMS v3.0
04/Dic/2009
We are close to release RC3, and in the while, a new logo for Pandora FMS v3.0 has been designed.
You can see the evolution of the Pandora FMS logo at the
community section.
Pandora FMS 3.0 RC2 released !
10/Nov/2009
Pandora FMS v3.0 RC2 has been released. This is a major upgrade from 2.0
version and includes a lot of new features and a surprising performance
boost. This version is a Release-Candidate, this is similar to a beta
version, but with months of testing done. Since RC1, one month ago we have fixed about 50 bugs.
This includes a new installation CD (Software appliance based on
OpenSUSE11), an vmware/VirtualBox image, RPM packages, DEB packages and of course, source tarballs. Some files has not changed since RC1, like the Windows Installer (for our Windows agent), and the 360 page user manual in PDF.
To get downloads go directly to:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pandora/files/Pandora%20FMS%203.0/RC2
Several bugs identified in Pandora FMS v3.0 RC1
26/Oct/2009
We've discovered a few important bugs in RC1, so a RC2 will be released at the end of this week, and some procedures and scripts / rpm to upgrade from 3.0RC1 to 3.0RC2 as well as a new CD/Vmware image.
Pandora FMS Sourceforge Blog entry
25/Oct/2009
Title is fantastic :-) !
http://sourceforge.net/community/pandora-never-sleeps/
Pandora FMS v3.0 RC1 Released!
20/Oct/2009
Pandora FMS v3.0 RC1 has been released. This is a major upgrade from 2.0 version and includes a lot of new features and a surprising performance boost. This version is a Release-Candidate, this is similar to a beta version, but with months of testing done.
This includes a new installation CD (Software appliance based on OpenSUSE11), an vmware/VirtualBox image, RPM packages, Windows Installer, Source Tarballs and a 360-page user manual in PDF.
To get downloads go directly to Sourceforge
Security vulnerability reported... and fixed!
8/Oct/2009
Global Evolution, a security experts reported us some days ago several security vulnerabilities related with Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and other problems in the Web Console in development version (3.x). This has been fixed and code for 2.x it's reviewed to check if the same problem happen.
New file repository for RPM/DEB Packages in Pandora FMS 3.0 (development!)
8/Sept/2009
We have setup a FTP with most recent RPM packages for current development version (3.0).
These packages has been built for OpenSUSE11, but with some work could be used to run on Fedora systems. All dependendencies not included in OpenSuse are also packaged. RPM specs are in the SVN source tree.
This directory also includes a "tarball" with "snapshots" of current 3.0 development.
We also publish a directory with current work for making a Debian .DEB packages, these are for 2.x version, and we need to adapt to new 3.0 specifications. Help will be appreciated.
All these files are at:
http://pandorafms.org/files
New forums for PandoraFMS project
6/Sept/2009
We have migrated to SMF forums, please update your URL!. New forums are on http://openideas.info/smf
New 3.0 development screenshots
3/Sept/2009
We have published some screenshots of latest 3.0 development in our developers blog. In this article you can see with detail most of the new features in Pandora FMS 3.0:
http://blog.pandorafms.org/?p=202
New resource library site for Pandora FMS
13/Aug/2009
Our team has developed a new website for exchange all kind of information about Pandora FMS: articles, network modules, agent modules, server and agent plugins, WMI queryes, and other stuff, like image backgrounds for the visual console, etc.
Visit the new site at http://pandorafms.org/index.php?sec=community&sec2=repository&lng=en
Pandora FMS in the 10th Free Software International Forum
24/Jul/2009
The next 24th to 27th June will be held the 10th Free Software
International Forum, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. This is the major evento
on Free Software on America Latina, and for this edition 10.000
participants are expected.
Pandora FMS will be present through a talk by Enrique Verdes, from
Uruguay, on Wednesday 24th at 2:00PM (GMT -3).
The event will be broadcasted by TVSoftwareLivre
(http://wiki.softwarelivre.org/TV/WebHomeEn)
IANA officialy assign port 41121 to Tentacle
02/Jun/2009
We've got the official confirmation that Tentacle is now an IANA official registered application with port 41121/TCP assigned to tentacle. Just remember that Tentacle is the default mechanism of agent connection with Pandora FMS and tentacle is also another OpenSource project by the people who made Pandora FMS :-)
Sourceforge awards 2009
20/May/2009
Sourceforge has released his annual award program. Please vote for Pandora FMS under the "Best SysAdmin" category!
Pandora FMS 2.1 Released!
03/Mar/2009
This is the first maintenance release for the stable Pandora FMS 2.x series. It's stable code from Pandora FMS 2.0 with the small fixes since November.
This is the changelog for Pandora FMS 2.1:
Agents
Linux and Windows agents:
- Supported async types on agents.
- Added support for multiple servers, so data could be sent to other if
main server is not alive, or send a copy of information to another
server.
- Included FTP transfer mode in the main agent.
- Tentacle client is now included and installed in the Linux package.
Windows agent
- Detect process or service shutdown in async mode (notify immediately).
- Agent could be managed from the console.
- New watchdog mode able to execute something when a process/service is
down.
- Able to exec WMI queries from the agent with it's own specific module.
Servers
- Fixed several performance bugs in network server.
- Fixed a problem in Recon server who "hangs" a recon tasks and put CPU
100%.
- Fixes in the remote internal queue, so low latency modules run faster.
- SNMP queries are now done using system snmpget() call.
- Fixed behavior of KeepAlive module.
- Tentacle server is now included and installed in the installer.
Console
- Some fixes in reports (Monitor report).
- A lot of usability fixes and new in line help.
- Fixed problems deleting huge amounts of data.
- Better DB Management tool, upgraded in speed.
- Other internal minor fixes.
CEBIT 2009
20/Feb/2009
Artica ST Pandora FMS developers, including myself will be attending an ArticaST stand in CEBIT 2009 (Hannover, Germany) in hall 11, stand C20, where we will be showing our new features for the next version of Pandora FMS: v3.0.
We're also thinking about having a technical semminar in the CeBIT to introduce our new version to our own users, which is a good time to get a few people together who will be at the CeBIT to discuss the new advanced topics in Pandora FMS 3.0.
Anyone interested, contact us by email
Pandora FMS 2.0 final version Released
19 Dic 2008
A problem with the Tentacle server has recently been discovered, which in certain situations of CPU and memory saturation plus a high number of connections, it closed the file transfering connection to Pandora FMS server without being finished. The problem can appear especially if Pandora FMS is installed under VMWare ESX, where the virtual image configuration has configured with not enogh memory and CPU reserved. We have updated Tentacle server both at the SVN and the tarball packages. We recommend to update the Tentacle file transfer server in case you have Pandora FMS installed at a virtual machine with many agents and/or modules.
03 Nov 2008
Pandora FMS development team has released 2.0 finalversion. Is possible view all features here.
Pandora FMS 2.0 Beta Released
02 Sep 2008
Pandora FMS development team has released Beta 2.0 version. Is possible view all features here.
Pandora FMS 1.3.1 Released
30 Apr 2008
Pandora FMS development team has released final 1.3.1 version on Sourceforge. This version comes with several new features in network server, better performance and stability and a new featured administration guide, with more than 140 pages in Spanish and English (PDF and online format). More information in Project WEB Site (http://pandora.sourceforge.net)
Pandora Development team on FOSDEM (Brussels 22-24 Feb 08)
22 Feb 2008
Pandora FMS development team will be at Brussels this weekend, at the occasion of the Fosdem 2008 celebration. We will attend to the events of Friday 22 and Sunday 24. We will be easily recognized so we will be the only ones with a t-shirt with Pandora's logo, and also because we speak Spanish. We will be very pleased to talk with any who is interested in our project.
WEB Site new languages
16 Feb 2008
With the help of some friends and Google translator :-) we have translated the main pages of our website to Russian, Chinese and French. Help needed to make a "correct" translations of that languages and to make new ones (German, Portuguese, Dutch...).
Pandora FMS 1.3.1
11 Jan 2008
We're working on the next generation of Pandora, 1.3.1 branch (stable) is a continuation of work in 1.3.x series. It is near to beta testing, and it's very stable. It implements some minor new features and solves a lot of bugs detected on previous versions. Get more information about features of next versions of Pandora FMS, including the 1.4 branch (development) take a look to our Roadmap
Pandora FMS get's international
3 Jan 2008
We're working on translations of our project main web site to french and portuguese. We also want translate to another languages like german, italian, greek, russian, japanese and chinese. If you want to help us, just email us!.
Nagios 2.x to Pandora FMS 1.3 migration guide
19 Dec 2007
There is a Nagios 2.x to Pandora FMS 1.3 migration guide that includes a helper script to help you automate the process. Try it out and help us improve it!
Artica ST is at SIMO 2007
5 Oct 2007
ArticaST, company that leads Pandora FMS development, is present at SIMO 2007, the biggest computer show in Spain. We are on stand 1B237 in hall 1.
Pandora FMS 1.3 Final version Released
16 Oct 2007
This is almost identical to last beta, and only includes two minor fixes from
beta3. After four months of betatesting we think that Pandora FMS 1.3 is
solid as a rock Smile. It has been tested in several enviroments and runs
without problems on several Linux distributions.
Some of the new features since last version are:
- New visual console. Allows to create custom hierarchical views with graphical components.
- Whole console graphical redesign. This includes tab navigation and other important changes for usability and better layout.
- New report builder. It manage reports with different componentes (SLA, Graph, Event report, max, min, avg. values, etc).
- Big performance improvement in all graphic generation because a rewrite of core graphical functions
- New Pandora FMS recon server, able to manage network sweep with unlimited sensors. New hosts are detected and monitored inmediatly.
- Added FTP support to windows agent and unix agents.
- Alerts now support text alerting using regular expressions.
Download it here
More information in our wiki.
New features and changes coming with Pandora FMS 1.3
Pandora FMS 1.3 Beta3 Released
8 Oct 2007
Console and Server tarball packages has been uploaded to sourceforge. Beta3 for Windows Agent has been released three weeks ago, and there is no beta3 for Unix agents because there's no change from Beta2.
You can download it at:
Sourceforge
There is a small list of changes at:
Openideas Forum
New website !
21 Sep 2007
We've upgrade our website, resulting a new site with a more professional feeling. Contents are the same, but the new aspect is a lot better ! :-)
Pandora FMS 1.3 Windows Agent Beta 3
17/Sep/2007
We have released the Beta 3 of the Windows Agent, which solves some problems with the previus release. Anyways, if you find any problem, you can report it at Openideas.
Download Pandora FMS 1.3 Beta 3 at Sourceforge.
Pandora FMS 1.3 Beta 2
30/Aug/2007
Pandora FMS 1.3 Beta 2 released!
This version solves some issues found in the last version and includes the
new Web Console upgrade script.
More information about Pandora FMS 1.3 Changes can be found at Openideas Wiki.
If you find any problem, you can report it at Openideas.
Download Pandora FMS 1.3 Beta 2 at Sourceforge.
Pandora FMS 1.3 Beta 1
25/Jun/2007
New Beta 1 of Pandora FMS 1.3 is released! It includes the new Pandora FMS Recon Server. If you find any problem, you can report it at Openideas.
Download Pandora FMS 1.3 Beta 1 at Sourceforge.
Pandora FMS Windows Agent 1.3 Beta
14/Jun/2007
The new 1.3 Beta Version of the Pandora FMS Windows Agent is now available.
This version is basically a 1.2.1 version with some bugs fixed, we have tested it for two months and
works fine for us ("Pirata" in our public demo).
This version is fully compatible with Pandora FMS Server 1.2 and the forthcoming 1.3 version, so it should work fine for 90%
of people.
It solves some problems in the 1.2 version, so we encourage
everybody to install it and replace the 1.2 version. If you find any problem, you can report it at Openideas.
Download Pandora FMS Windows Agent 1.3 Beta 1 at Sourceforge.
New 1.3 Demo version online
25/May/2007
Some days ago we informed all of you about the new screenshots of the 1.3 new version of the console.
Now, we're proud to announce that the online demo has been updated as well, take a look at
http://artica.homelinux.com/pandora
As always,
user:demo
password:demo
Enjoy Pandora FMS
New screenshots from development (v1.3)
20/May/2007
We have made a few screenshots with the new "Visual console" feature of Pandora FMS and the new console design.
http://pandora.sourceforge.net/en/index.php?sec=screenshots
New german WEB site for Pandora FMS
06/Apr/2007
Thanks to Igor Zubiaurre we have our entire web site tranlated to german. He is working also translating documentation for next version, so for next version, English, German and Spanish documentation will be available!
New Pandora FMS 1.3 screenshots
20/Mar/2007
We are involved in the development of the new Pandora FMS 1.3. We are working hard and we have made some screenshots in order to let you all know how is going to be the new Pandora FMS Console. We hope you all like it. As always, any feedback is more than welcome.
All screenshots can be seen at the Pandora FMS 1.3 screenshots section. Updated 2/Apr/2007.
Survey to know Pandora FMS usage
8/Mar/2007
Are you using PandoraFMS? Please, let us know
We have setup a small form to get user feedback about usage of Pandora FMS throughout the world. Please, it's really small, and don't waste your time, help us to know how many people are using Pandora FMS.
Pandora FMS in FOSDEM 2007
23/Feb/2007
Part of Pandora FMS team was in FOSDEM 2007. In a few days we will publish some photos of the event, included, of course, the introducing beer event :-). This is the video of the lighting talk:
http://www.openideas.info/files/fosdem2007/pandora.html
PDF presentation is also available on our WEBSite in documentation section.
New language for Pandora FMS Web Console
10/Jan/2007
Reiner Dassing has translated Pandora FMS Console to German (de). You can download this new file from the translations section or the SVN repository.
RPM packages for Pandora FMS
08/Jan/2007
Manuel Arostegui has published RPM packages for Mandriva 2006, Fedora Core 4, Fedora Core 5, Suse 9.3, Suse 10.0, Suse 10.1, SLE 10.0 and SLES 9.0. You can download the files from his personal repository.