Nagios Control PaneL (NCPL) / News: Recent posts

Compatibility: This release is compatible with Nagios 1.x up to release 1.4.1
Compatibility: This release is compatible with Nagios 2.x up to release 2.11

Configfiles Change: Yes
DbSchema Change: Yes

• NCPL
  Some bugfixes in the dbschema

• CGI.pm
  Changed DisplayExportForm() - category is only displayed when a filetype is selected

• Database.pm
  Changed doConnectDBI() - added autoreconnect feature

• Export.pm
  Added support for addressx in doExport_Contact()
  Bugfix for "Use of uninitialized value in split at ../../../lib/NCPL/Export.pm line 414"
  Renamed some fields (bugfix dbschema)

• Remote.pm
  Added extra feedback via html_statusmsg()

• Tools.pm
  Bugfix in syncContactgroupsWithHostContactgroups()

• Import.pm
  Added support for addressx in doImport_Contact()
  Renamed some fields (bugfix dbschema)

• export-without-session.pl
  Changed 'use lib' path... read more

• NCPL
  General code optimalisation and cleanup
  Replaced #!/usr/bin/perl by #!/usr/bin/env perl

• CGI.pm
  Added support for multiple NCPL instances
  New implementation of html_listbox_multi()

• Export.pm
  Added doExport_Cgi()
  Added doExport_Main()

• Fix.pm
  Added fixNagiosConfig_Cgi()
  Added fixNagiosConfig_Main()
  Added fixNagiosConfig_Remoteconfigs()
  Fix now only runs when previous action was successful ... read more

• NCPL
  Optimized the 'use' of external libraries for better response times
  Removed 'use Switch' because it slows down NCPL (replaced by SWITCH statement)

• Makefile.PL
  NCPL now requires DBI v1.41 or higher

• CGI.pm
  A nagios server can now be marked as 'activated'
  Added filterExactMatch implementation
  Changed implementation of DisplayRenameForm()

• Database.pm
  A nagios server can now be marked as 'activated'... read more

Changes:

• NCPL
  Added mysql upgrade scripts for all existing NCPL versions
  fixNagiosConfig is now automatically called from every module
  Status messages are now printed by html_feedbackmsg()

• CGI.conf
  Added $COLOR_UNKNOWN

• NAGIOSBYDB.conf
  Added $NAGIOSBYDB_DRIVER

• CGI.pm
  Added html_feedbackmsg()
  Added html_statusmsg()
  Added html_textdecode()
  Added html_urldecode()
  Added $COLOR_UNKNOWN
  Bugfix: DisplayLogonForm()
  Bugfix: Fixed a typo (nagiosProcesForm -> nagiosProcessForm)
  Bugfix: Lost data after submit with session timeout
  Code optimalisation: DisplayActionButtons (Added $prgactionbuttons)
  Code optimalisation: html_javascripts()
  Code optimalisation: html_stylesheets()
  Code optimalisation: html_menu()
  Code optimalisation: ListAllRecords (Added $prgactionbuttons)
  Code optimalisation: Version is now printed via getVersion()... read more

Changes:

• NCPL
  (RFE) Added robots.txt to the distribution
  (RFE) Added $VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision$ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%03d" x $#r, @r };
  (RFE) Added MANIFEST.SKIP
  (RFE) Changed Makefile.PL for better Module::AutoInstall support
  (RFE) The ssh command now uses the 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no' option to disable known_hosts key warnings
  (RFE) Total rewrite of execCMD() + better error handling
  (RFE) Replaced system() calls by execCMD()
  (RFE) Rename record option (currently only implemented for hosts.pl)... read more

Changelog:

• index.pl
  (RFE) Added menu options for serviceextinfo

• serviceextinfo.pl : new module

• tools.pl
  (RFE) Added support for serviceextinfo

• hosts.pl
  (RFE) Added a summary screen with link to the dependencies (services, hostextinfo, remote configs, ...)

• Import.pm
  (RFE) Added support for serviceextinfo

• Export.pm
  (RFE) Added support for serviceextinfo
  (RFE) Added an extra option for passive template override (timeperiod)
  (bugfix) Fixed a bug in export of servicegroups... read more

Changelog:

• CGI.pm
  (bugfix) DisplayImportForm(): Possibility to select multiple servers
  (bugfix) UserAccessControl(): Extra security checks + session timeout, expiration optimalisations
  (bugfix) html_goBack()

• Export.pm
  (bugfix) doExport_Service()
  (bugfix) isActiveChecksEnabled()
  (bugfix) isPassiveChecksEnabled()
  (bugfix) doExport_Hostextinfo()
  (bugfix) doExport_Servicegroups()... read more

New features in NCPL v1.000.044:

• RFE: 1437515
• RFE: 1327611
• RFE: 1327591
• RFE: 1241743
• RFE: 1241740
• RFE: 1239848
• RFE: 1234636
  ...

Today I'd like all of you to download our newest release of NCPL. It features some bug fixes and a lot of new features. So download, install and try it!