Cacti 0.8.7 Beta 1 - Availiable for testing

[rony]

Available now, Cacti 0.8.7 Beta 1 for TESTING!

Do not use this in your production environment!

If you find any issues, please submit a bug at http://www.cacti.net/bugs.php

Change log:

0.8.7
-bug#0000480: error when making a change to graphs displayed per page
-bug#0000833: favicon.ico support
-bug#0000850: Select All for list view
-bug#0000854: Move "Downed Host Detection" to each device
-bug#0000873: Poller hangs in certain situations
-bug#0000876: Ability to search for host with a not UP status
-bug#0000898: Selecting a CUSTOM timespan and then CLEARing yields "LAST HALF HOUR" preset
-bug#0000899: Settings checks paths for existance
-bug#0000902: cmd.php doesn't work with PHP 4.4.1 under windows
-bug#0000903: snmpgetnext function does not exist in PHP less than 5.0
-bug#0000904: Data Source creation fails without php-snmp
-bug#0000906: Every tenth host does not show on tree during console edit
-bug#0000907: Sorting of data sources when interface numbers are used without leading zeros are incorrectly sorted
-bug#0000908: Graphs created by SNMP data queries are losing their specific names if the template is modified
-bug#0000910: Cacti complains when trying to set the data source "maximum value" to any number with a decimal point
-bug#0000912: Nth Percentile thumbnail graphs fail with RRDtool 1.2.15, 1.2.18
-bug#0000913: Allow direct linking to specific graph pages
-bug#0000919: Problem with ping_tcp function in 8.6j and possible fix.
-bug#0000920: Improved handling of rrdtool --font parameter
-bug#0000921: Improvement to ping.pl script
-bug#0000925: Support for host_* variables in the legend
-bug#0000927: Classic export does not recognize thumbnail columns properly
-bug#0000931: New rrdtool fails on empty comment
-bug#0000934: Column 'status_last_error' in table 'host' too short.
-bug#0000937: System output in hosts.php poor for Alcatel
-bug#0000946: Timetick of zero returns down for device
-bug#0000947: Trailing blanK on oid in form causes problems
-bug#0000953: SNMP Passphrase displayed in cleartext
-bug#0000955: Fixed possible denial of service attack by modifying graph image url
-bug#0000956: Patch for tree management
-bug#0000957: Script server output's beginning/trailing data during "Include" causing a synchronization issue
-bug#0000958: Slope Mode is now selectable
-bug#0000959: Alarming added when poller output table is not empty
-bug#0000963: TCP/UDP capitalization
-bug#0000965: When setting filters under utilities, pressing enter takes you back to the main page
-bug#0000966: Log file viewing utility has no ability to filter
-bug#0000969: In some versions of PHP, the graph tree will not view properly
-bug#0000970: Incorrect debug messages in lib/ping.php for failed UDP ping
-bug#0000974: No graphs on Fedora core6 using sunone/iplanet 6.1 SP5
-bug#0000975: Add Nth Percentile aggregate_current - Summing Multiple Data Sources with like names for Nth Percentile
-bug#0000982: Remove invalid references to the "output_string" column in the "data_input" table
-bug#0000983: Bad SQL: snmp_query_graph_rrd.snmp_query_graph_id=
-bug#0000984: Poller does not correctly flush poller_output table after a memory error
-bug#0000989: hyphen - host description used with Data Source Path
-bug: ss_sql.php causes the script server to crash
-bug: Timeshifter added to base code.
-bug: Allow query_ and host_ substitution in COMMENT and CDEF's.
-bug: Command line interface scripts to add devices, graphs, tree's and permissions.
-bug: Correct index error when creating graphs when you have no hosts on your system.
-bug: More recent versions of net-snmp broke SNMP walk functions.
-bug: Adjust for problematic responses from some SNMP agents (IBM AIX).
-bug: Improve logging in cmd.php and poller.php when parameters are not specified correctly.
-bug: Reduce the total number of SQL queries called
-bug: Replace inefficient strip function in process_poller_output
-bug: Some php_snmp implementations return strings as "Hex-STRING:". In these cases properly resolve the string
-bug: Correctly assign right and left click actions for Opera
-bug: Fix SQL error when viewing an invalid Data Source via the Log Viewer
-bug: Fix command line user copy utility
-feature: Paginate the Graph Creation Page
-feature: Add SNMPv3 Support to Cacti
-feature: Add a Notes field to the Device that can contain arbitrary information
-feature: Add Availability Methods to Cacti including per Host Ping Methods and Timeouts
-feature: Add Max OID's to te Host Level
-feature: Allow CSV Export from the various Graphs page
-feature: Add rra_path as a global.php config variable
-feature: Add drop down actions to data queries
-feature: Add drop down actions to data input methods
-feature: Add drop down actions to user administration
-feature: Add filtering and pagination to data queries
-feature: Add filtering and pagination to data input methods
-feature: Add filtering and pagination to host templates
-feature: Add filtering and pagination to user administration
-feature: Add extended LDAP authentication support
-feature: Add Web Basic authentication
-feature: Add authenication realm to modifiable user parameters
-feature: Add multiple polling intervals
-feature: Moved command line scripts to cli sub directory
-feature: include/config.php now only includes database configuration
-feature: include/config_* have been renamed to include/global_*. Note: Script servers need to be updated.
-feature: Allow VRULE's in Cacti to specify an absolute timestamp in addition to [+/-]HH:MM
-feature: Add 1 minute RRA
-feature: Add item select highlighting to main pages
-feature: Let poller.php be more intelligent about poller intervals less than 60 seconds
-feature: Add consistency to Filters by adding nowrap to td items
-feature: Add Graph and Data Source counts to Device page
-feature: Add Poller Interval to Data Sources page
-feature: Keep filters aligned with main page content on window resize
-feature: Add Enable/Disable user
-feature: Add copy and batch copy of users
-feature: Reduce ADODB memory consumption during polling
-feature: Add new RRDtool Function to facilitate CSV export
-feature: Add the ability to ignore custom RRA settings when importing templates and use this behavior by default
-feature: Add technical support output to System Utilities
-compat: Add additional checking due to php-snmp changes in Windows

[fmangeant]

Hi Tony

on a clean install, I had the following error :

• edit the "ucd/net - CPU Usage" graph template to uncheck "Auto Scale"
• save
• go back to the graph template : the graph title is empty, and "Auto Scale" is still checked

System is running Gentoo Linux, w/ PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0.44

Bug #997 submitted.

[galco]

Hi,
I'm interested in this new version because I can add graphs automatically with it. I made a clean installation and I've seen that tar.gz doesn't include log folder.
I know that it is a triviality but it is easy to add in new releases, no?

EDITED:
I also found this error:
$ php copy_user.php

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' in /usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/cli/copy_user.php on line 32

EDITED2:
I added a device that uses the "Cisco - 6500" template. When I try to graph "Cisco - CPU Usage", it asks me for the legend color and then this screen appears (screen.png).

EDITED3:
I tried to graph an interface vlan from a cisco router but i get this error before I can finish with the process:

Notice: Undefined index: sgg_1 in /usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/graphs_new.php on line 71

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/graphs_new.php:71) in /usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/graphs_new.php on line 323

EDITED4:
I click into Devices / MyCiscoDevice. Then I click to the query "SNMP - Interface Statistics" (Verbose query) from Associated Data Queries and I get:

+ Running data query [1].
+ Unknown type = ''
+ Found data query XML file at '/usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ Found data query XML file at '/usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ Found data query XML file at '/usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'

EDITED5:
poller.php needs a line that has been removed. It's the first line:
#!/usr/bin/php -q

---------------------------------
Cacti Version - 0.8.7-beta1
Poller Type - cmd.php
Server Info - Debian etch
Web Server - apache-2.2.3-4
PHP - 5.2.0
MySQL - 5.0.32-7etch1
RRDTool - 1.2.15-0.3
SNMP - 5.2.3-7

[cd]

any time frame on the plugin arch?

[gandalf]

Please see http://www.cacti.net/roadmap.php
Reinhard

[rony]

I made a clean installation and I've seen that tar.gz doesn't include log folder.

Fixed in SVN

I also found this error:
$ php copy_user.php

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' in /usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/cli/copy_user.php on line 32

Fixed in SVN, my bad....

EDITED2:
I added a device that uses the "Cisco - 6500" template. When I try to graph "Cisco - CPU Usage", it asks me for the legend color and then this screen appears (screen.png).

Looking into this one with the default SQL file.

EDITED3:
I tried to graph an interface vlan from a cisco router but i get this error before I can finish with the process:

Notice: Undefined index: sgg_1 in /usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/graphs_new.php on line 71

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/graphs_new.php:71) in /usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/graphs_new.php on line 323

Which graph template where you using?

EDITED4:
I click into Devices / MyCiscoDevice. Then I click to the query "SNMP - Interface Statistics" (Verbose query) from Associated Data Queries and I get:

+ Running data query [1].
+ Unknown type = ''
+ Found data query XML file at '/usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ Found data query XML file at '/usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'
+ Found data query XML file at '/usr/share/cacti-0.8.7-beta1/resource/snmp_queries/interface.xml'

I was able to create a device and had no problems with the data query. Check your file permissions on your installation of Cacti?

EDITED5:
poller.php needs a line that has been removed. It's the first line:
#!/usr/bin/php -q

Not needed and removed intentionally.

[TheWitness]

Hi Tony

on a clean install, I had the following error :

• edit the "ucd/net - CPU Usage" graph template to uncheck "Auto Scale"
• save
• go back to the graph template : the graph title is empty, and "Auto Scale" is still checked

System is running Gentoo Linux, w/ PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0.44

Bug #997 submitted.

FMangeant,

Fixed in SVN. You need to download both the lib/database.php and lib/html_form.php to fully resolve the issue. Download from SVN.

Larry

[fmangeant]

Hi Larry

already updated

It works fine, thanks.

[mvam]

Updated lib/database.php and lib/html_form.php but still have issues editing graph templates. for example:

when i try to change the width of a template either 1) the save function does nothing or 2) the save function does nothing and removes the title, when title is reapplied all the graph items are removed and a duplicate template is created.

[rony]

I will be releasing Beta 2 tonight. Wait for that one.

[chrisgapske]

Will there be an update from version 0.8.6k avalable. ? I tryed for 0.8.7. beta 1 and was not allowed to update. Had to wipe and rebuild database. ?

[rony]

One, 0.8.6k was never released. 0.8.7 is the next release after 0.8.6j.

[rony]

Updated lib/database.php and lib/html_form.php but still have issues editing graph templates. for example:

when i try to change the width of a template either 1) the save function does nothing or 2) the save function does nothing and removes the title, when title is reapplied all the graph items are removed and a duplicate template is created.

I tested this and it worked correctly.

I would assume you do not have the correct version of lib/database.php, because what you describe is exactly what I was seeing before correcting the issue in that file.

[chrisgapske]

Will there be an update from version 0.8.6k available. ? I tryed for 0.8.7. beta 1 and was not allowed to update. Had to wipe and rebuild database. ?

OK so you got me there it is and was not released. It was a beta and I assumed that it might be close to what was released. I spent allot of time tinkering with it and like it.

So I am rather new to cacti but I want to learn and work for the long term.

Plus when I get it done I plan on offering that our company has chosen to use cacti as its monitoring system.

So getting back to the grit of the story is there a way to upgrade from 0.8.6k to 0.8.7 ?

I am not a programmer or super database gruru. But I try.

I know it was not intended for production but I was starting fresh and wanted to try. dumb on my account maybe but I liked the result.

We are only human.

[rony]

Kind of.... You will get upgrade errors, but this should work.

But I'm not responsible for any issues you encounter.

Run the following query on the cacti database:

Code: Select all

UPDATE version SET cacti = '0.8.6j';

Then access Cacti and it will perform the upgrade.