--- /dev/null
+This is the changes for the the enhacements that I have been adding into
+Spong. You can pick up this file at http://monsters.org/pub/spong/CHANGES.
+You can pick up the latest spong version from:
+ http://monsters.org/pub/spong/spong.tar.gz
+
+Stephen L Johnson <sjohnson@monsters.org>
+
+
+Version 2.6 Changes
+
+12/06/99
+CHANGED - Moved spong-cleanup's configuration parameters to spong.conf file.
+
+CHANGED - Update documentation with new changes.
+
+12/05/99
+FIXED - Fixed bug in spong-message which cause contact with a delay and
+repeat attributes to be continually notified.
+
+FEATURE - Added host_groups and exclude_host_groups matching to spong-message.
+The hostname will be checked to see if it in any of the host groups defined
+in host_groups and exclude_host_groups.
+
+CHANGE - Moved the &load_msg_func() function from begging of program to
+after the rules scanning. They messaging functions will now only be loaded
+it there are notifications to be sent.
+
+CHANGE - Create module Status.pm to encapsulate the &status() function.
+Changed spong-network and spong-client to use the new package.
+ files - lib/Spong/Status.pm
+ spong-client
+ spong-network
+
+12/01/99
+FIXED - Added error checking code to query process display routined. Querying
+for invalid information caused the query process to crash.
+
+11/27/99
+CHANGES - Various documenation updated and additions.
+
+11/24/99
+FIXED - spong-network and spong-client had a wrong variable name in the
+&status() function if the inet_aton() function failed. (Thanks to Tom Brown)
+ files - spong-client
+ spong-network
+
+FIXED - Changed file permissions setting of CGI programs installation in the
+'build' program. The CGI programs were installed with write permission for the
+$WEB users in the build program. (Thanks to Tom Brown)
+
+CHANGE - The uiowa.edu "Machine Info" link on the Web Displays has been
+replaced with a $WWW_ACTIONBAR_CUSTOM variable in the spong.conf configuration
+file. If the $WWW_ACTIONBAR_CUSTOM variable is defined, the contents of
+the variable will be included in the Display frame's Action Bar. Only
+HTML code should be used in this variable.
+
+11/22/99
+FIXED - Some machines were core dumping in the spong-message program in the
+&load_msg_funcs() procedure on a glob() function. This function loads the
+messaging plugins from the library. The &load_msg_funcs was rewritten to
+use opendir() and readdir() instead of glob().
+
+FIXED - spong-server had a bug in the --restart logic. It was not handling
+the terminated of it's child processes correctly. The HUP handler function
+(hup_handler) was rewritten to waitpid() explicit on the child process pids,
+instead of using the standard &chld_handler() function.
+
+FIXED - spong-server had another latent bug in the &chld_handler function.
+It was not reinitializing the $SIG{CHLD} signal handler. This has to be done
+on systems using System V based libraries.
+
+FIXED - spong.conf.solaris had a bug if spong-client was not run as root.
+The &gets_swap() function called "swap -s" without an explicit path. The
+fix was to call "swap -s" with the full path name to the swap command.
+
+CHANGED - Changed the check_ntp network check to be a bit less draconian
+with a critical error. It will not only be a critical is the service is
+not running. A yellow conditions will be reported if the time is more then
+one second off or it the ntp server is not synchonized yet.
+ files - lib/Spong/Network/plugins/check_ntp
+
+11/15/99
+ADDED - Added code to spong-server to have it automatically daemonize itself
+and disconnect from the foreground. It is using a new Daemon.pm library
+module.
+ files - spong-server
+ lib/Spong/Daemon.pm
+
+CHANGED - The child process handle logic has been changed to better handle
+termination signals. The child processes now exit gracefull.
+ files - spong-server
+
+CHANGED - spong-client and spong-network daemonize code has been replace with
+the Daemon.pm module.
+
+11/02/99
+CHANGED - Changed daemonize code to use the POSIX setsid() function to become
+session leader. Programs where not disconnecting from tty in FreeBSD.
+ files - spong-network
+ spong-client
+
+ADDED - Added new OS configure. FreeBSD. The uptime program has weird
+behaviour when called with full path name.
+
+ADDED - Added new client check 'check_mailq'. It checks sendmail mail queue
+levels against $MAILQWARN and $MAILQCRIT. It uses $MAILQ as the command to
+execute to display the mailq. Added $MAILQ to all spong.conf files.
+
+FIXED - spong-client program has a bug in the load_plugins subroutine. It was
+trying to use $HOSTS from spong.hosts, but the program doesn't use spong.hosts.
+Change the logic to look for $CHECKS in the spong.conf file instead.
+
+11/01/99
+FIXED - Fixed missing @@PERL@@ substitution variable for #! line of spong-clientand spong-network.
+
+10/30/99
+CHANGED - Added new client check plugin mechanism similar to spong-network. Client checks are now plugs that can be configured at runtime. Client plugs
+resident in the lib/Spong/Client/plugins directory. The current plugsin are
+the 'disk','cpu','processes','logs'.
+
+Spong-client now looks for a 'checks' field in the $HOSTS hash to see what
+plugins to run. The syntax the the same as the 'services' field. If no
+'checks' field is present, spong-client defaults to 'disk_space cpu_load
+processes log_files' and &check_local if present.
+
+ 10/29/99
+FIX - Fixed forking and signal login of spong-server to fork off properly
+and terminate properly when signalled.
+
+10/28/99
+CHANGED - spong-network now, by default, forks, disconnects from the console
+and runs in the background. spong-network will run in the foreground if the
+--debug parameter is used.
+
+CHANGED - spong-message has been enchanced with a new messaging function
+plugin mechanism (like spong-network's). New messaging functions can be
+added by adding the msg_* file into the lib/Spong/Message/plugins directory.
+The old messaging functions converted use the new plugin mechanism, and a
+couple of others have been added to show the full functionality of the
+new code.
+
+CHANGED - spong-message contact syntax has been enhanced to allow finer
+control over the to whom messages are sent. Your can specify which message
+function/carrier to notify rather than all of a $HUMANS defined notifications.
+I.E.: 'sjohnson:email' or 'unix-oncall:teletouch' or 'thebosses:sprintphone'.
+ Files - bin/spong-message
+ etc/spong.message
+
+ADDED - You now specify an initial delay before notifications are send out
+(e.g. Don't page until a service has RED for at least 15 minutes). And you may
+also specify a repeat interval for notifications after the initial notification
+(e.g. Keep paging every 10 minutes until problem is acknowledged). The new
+synatx is detailed in the comments of spong.message configuration file.
+ Files - bin/spong-server
+ bin/spong-message
+ etc/spong.message
+
+10/12/99
+ADDED - NTP (Network Time Protocol) spong-network plugin. This plugin checks
+the NTP offset of the server using the "ntpdate -q" command. If the ntpdate
+checks returns "Server not suitable for sync...", the status is red. Otherwise
+if the offset is not than one second the status is yellow. A $NTPDATE variable
+with the path to the ntpdate command must be added to the spong.conf
+configuration file.
+
+10/11/99
+ADDED - Secure Shell (ssh) spong-network plugin. It checks whether the Secure
+Shell service is running or not.
+
+10/07/99
+ADDED - A timestamp has been added to the services status file to track
+event duration. The start time of an event is defined as a when a change of
+status for a service. A new field 'stime' (Start Time) has been added to
+the Service.pm object. The display of the event duration has been added to
+the Service::display_* routines for a full format displays.
+ Files - bin/spong-server
+ lib/Spong/Service.pm
+
+10/06/99
+ADDED - Added code to spong-client to allow it to fork and daemionize.
+spong-client will not daemonize is run with --debug.
+
+
+version 2.5 Changes
+
+CHANGED - Updated basic help html files.
+
+spong-server
+
+ADDED - Code to handle purple colored service status files in the database.
+The start of code to allow spong-server to handle old status as a real
+status state.ADDED - Big Brother server emulation. The server can now
+handle Big Brother Clients. The emulation is not 100% percent yet. The
+client must be configured to use FQDN names. And the server can't handle
+PAGE commands.
+ADDED - Added new a type of SEND_MESSAGE rule: RED-CHANGE. The spong-server
+will attempt to send out messages on any status transition to or from RED.
+FIXED - Fixed problem with in save_acks with 2 acks bein created with-in
+the same second. The second ack would overlay the first ack with the same
+file name.
+
+spong-client
+CHANGED - The old log scanning code is gone. There is a new Object Oriented
+log scanning routine logmon. logmon monitors the log file by monitoring
+the end of a file like "tail -f". Events are not reported over and over
+again until he file is rotated or edited. They will be reported for a
+specified period of time and then are discard. This does not work if
+spong-client is run with --nosleep from a crontab.
+ADDED - Added new OS specified get_swap routines to check swap space levels
+in the disk checks.
+
+spong-network
+CHANGED - Change the check routines to a new plug-in mechanism. New checks
+can be added by writing a plug-in module and placing it in the plugin
+directory. The new service can be used by referencing in the spong.host
+file. spong-network will load the routine and it will be registered with
+the plugin registry.
+ADDED - Added a new escalation mechanism to guard against transiant network
+problems. A RED status is not reported until a service for host has failed
+a certain number of times. Otherwise it is reported as a YELLOW status.
+CHANGED - Added a loop to &check_tcp to check a service 3 time before
+reporting that it is down. This is guard against temporary network gliches.
+
+spong-message
+ADDED - Added new rules based messaging. The new code is configured in the
+new spong.message configuration file. The rules allow for host and service
+based include and/or exclusion, along with version flexible time and day
+selection. Multiple contacts can also be specified.
+
+spong-ack
+FIXED - Replace unreliable getlog() call with getuserbyname($<) to get user
+login name.
+FIXED - Made sure to exit with a non-zero exit code on any errors. This is
+to make it more script friendly.
+CHANGED - Change options processing to use GetOpts modules for to simplifiy
+checks.
+ADDED - Added --batch parameter which forces program to print the ack. id
+instead of the more verbose output. This is to make it more script friendly.
+
projects / spong.git / commitdiff