NetDirector

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: NetDirector 3.2.1

Notes:
Release: 3.2.1
Date: 01/07/08

NetDirector 3.2.1 marks the transition to a GPL license.
Unlike previous releases, it has been packaged as a .deb file for use on Debian/Ubuntu platforms. 
Other platforms will be supported in subsequent releases.

The tar.gz contains Java class and source files, as well as the source to create the deb package.


To install the deb in Ubuntu:

Install dependencies:
apt-get install tomcat5.5 postgresql libpg-java debconf

download the deb from sourceforge.net

Install the deb:
sudo dpkg -i netdirector_3.2_all.deb

start tomcat
/etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 start

Give tomcat a minute to load, then point your browser to http://hostname:8180/netdirector

Login to netdirector with default username/password: admin/admin

Remember that you will also need to install NDAgent on servers/workstations you wish to communicate with.

Changes:
July 2008: Epoch Release (NetDirector 3.2.1)

Aidan Furlan, Epoch Labs <aidan@epochlabs.com.au>

# Some files still referenced the NetDirector Public Licence. These have been replaced with GPLv2.


June 2008: Epoch Release (NetDirector 3.2)

Aidan Furlan, Epoch Labs <aidan@epochlabs.com.au>

The following is a very brief summary of the changes that were made since 3.1.2:

# Fixed [C-1] Major bug in ServerManager when adding Apache2 on Ubuntu machine.

# Fixed [C-2] Error occuring after NDServerManager restart. Postgres failed to shut down cleanly and left forks open.

# Fixed [C-3] ServerManager admin did not allow a server to be added if the server name contains punctuation, even when the name is valid e.g (abc-xyz).

# Fixed [C-4] Unable to add Postfix service to a Ubuntu server. UI reports “Server configuraton download for Postfix service not detected, this most likely means that the service is not running on the remote server.

# Fixed [C-5] Manage Roles, reporting duplicate key error while trying to add services to a role using select all.

# Fixed [C-6] PluginPath fatal exception appearing in catalina.out on SM restart.

# Fixed [C-9] admin UI not permitting to modify the server's IP. 

# Fixed [C-12] localhost not being able to be monitored, not being able to add localhost as managed server.

# Fixed [C-14] failure updating config files. Error clicking on “Apply Changes Now”.

^ Changed [F-1] unelaborate and incomplete connection error messages when the server can't communicate with the agent.

^ Changed [F-2] message when the server is offline. 

+ Added [F-3] error message on server being unreachable. No message was given before this change and the connection would just timeout.

^ Changed [F-4] Inappropriate message on starting a service.

^ Changed [F-5] various spelling mistakes and inappropriate messages. 


& Upgrade [E-18] current licence to GPL version 2.

& Upgrade [E-19] runtime environment i.e java, tomcat and postgres. Now compatible with java5 (1.5.0) JDK, Tomcat 5.5 and Postgres 8.3.

& Upgrade [E-20] Repackage NetDirector as a Debian (.deb) package, so that dependencies (java, Tomcat, postgres) can be handled independently by synaptic package management rather than coming as bundled installs.