2.4.0 Release

2024-07-09T21:15:44.235000Z

perf2rrd 2.4.0 is released. This version can now make use of the Icinga API to subscribe to an Event Stream to receive CheckResult data, instead of needing a PerfdataWriter feature configured to share this data via files. If installed with the icinga host (-i) flag, this will be the default method of operation, and is the recommended configuration for using the service with Icinga2. When used with '-i', the installer will no longer setup config for the performance data writer feature or create the spool directories for the file-based perfdata.

Icinga2 Example:

./install.sh -f -r 127.0.0.1 -i 127.0.0.1 -p $(pwgen -n 12 -s 1)

Would install perf2rrd to use the recommended settings. Folder-per-host (in the repository directory). rrdcached (-r) on the localhost. The Icinga daemon (-i) on the localhost, and a random password (-p).

This new feature allows more flexibility in deciding where to install perf2rrd, as it can now be separate from the systems running Icinga2 and rrdcached so long as it can communicate with those services over the network.

2.3.2 Release

2024-04-01T19:30:37.661000Z

perf2rrd v2.3.2 is released.

Adds better handling for creating relative paths under a base directory when using rrdcached via network socket. When using a TCP socket, perf2rrd will not set a base directory if -d is not specified. The file will be created under rrdcached's base directory (-b ..) If using the recommended folder-per-host setting, rrdcached should run with the -R and -B flags also to allow subdirectory creation.

2.3.1 Release

2024-03-26T18:58:15.853000Z

perf2rrd v2.3.1 is released.

This version adds support for using the Icinga2 API to obtain configuration information for hosts and services. This is now the preferred method instead of Livestatus, which is deprecated and not always available with Icinga 2. To install with this option us the -i {icinga host address} and -p {icinga api password} options with the install.sh script. A config file will be added to Icinga2 (or provided if icinga2 happens to be on a separate system) that sets up the perf2rrd API user.

2.2.4 Release

2024-03-22T22:09:47.493000Z

Version 2.2.4 of perf2rrd has been released.

This update provides better support when using a remote rrdcached service. Updates when using a network socket for rrdcached are now done in Batch mode for better performance.

perf2rrd 2.2.3 release

2020-01-29T18:20:34.956000Z

Version 2.2.3 of perf2rrd has been released. Updated file IO libraries for much improved performance reading in perfdata ... now suitable for large (>1000 services per second) environments.

Also added the -f "folder per host" option. Reduces size of directory listings under the main RRD repository, which can in turn speed up retrieval and indexing.

perf2rrd 2.2 release

2015-07-06T16:43:12.573000Z

A small update was made in the install script to make use of systemd-tmpfiles, when systemd is used for managing the services. This helps make sure the correct directories are available,especially when using a ramdisk for perfdata spool dir in Icinga2.

perf2rrd 2.0 released

2014-10-17T23:23:54.039000Z

perf2rrd version 2.0 has been released.

Adds support for Icinga 2 and perfdata "spool directory". Will also support host perfdata collection from Icinga 2.

Adds support for Livestatus for parsing check interval data.

Adds support for deploying systemd service scripts.

install.sh script updated to adapt for nagios/icinga/icinga2 environments, and also choose systemd or daemontools based service management. Install script can also take the socket path for rrdcached and configure that on deployment. In an Icinga2/systemd environment, the install script should get the performance data collection system up and running without much hastle for the user.

JAVA SE 7 now required for use with this version of perf2rrd.

perf2rrd-1.6 released

2012-06-26T21:03:35Z

perf2rrd-1.6 has been released.

This updated swaps out the rrdjtool JNI library for the java-rrd library. This library is more portable (no JNI compilation required) and also seems to perform a bit better using the pipe interface to the rrdtool binary.

perf2rrd 1.3 released

2007-10-22T22:02:29Z

perf2rrd 1.3 has been released. This version has several improvements, the main one being that it is now compatible with Nagios 3.

Also added an install script and a script to recompile the rrdtool JNI, if needed. Hopefully these will make it a bit easier to roll out on various systems.

perf2rrd 1.2 released

2007-01-30T20:15:24Z

Finally had a chance to deploy this on a 64-bit distro. I have updated the packages to include a precompiled 64-bit version of the rrdjtool JNI. The startup scripts will attempt to determine system architecture and choose the appropriate version of this library.

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