We fixed a bug that regards the validation of the hostname of a NetEye node. Now is possible to use names starting with upper case characters without any problem. Updated packages For NetEye 4.30 we updated the following packages:
Read MoreWe fixed a bug that regards the neteye alyvix-node setup command, which was not specifying the version of the Alyvix API to consume, thus leading to an error. Updated packages For NetEye 4.30 we updated the following packages:
Read MoreWe fixed a bug that regards the neteye upgrade/update process: since there was the risk of failures when the first node of a cluster was already in a standby status, now we implemented an additional check about this possible case. Updated packages For NetEye 4.30 we updated the following packages:
Read MoreIn GLPI Remote Inventory – Part 1 I described how to perform a remote inventory of Linux machines. Here in Part 2 I’ll describe instead how to perform a remote inventory on Windows machines using the WinRM (Windows Remote Management) protocol through an HTTPS listener. In order to create and use an HTTPS Listener on…
Read MoreCustom Variables are widely used in the NetEye 4 (Icinga) monitoring system in order to tag/add information to a host/service. In order to speed up setting these variables, users use the inheritance mechanism to inherit them from parent objects (i.e. hosts). This feature is very useful, but sometimes it can create some doubt about what…
Read MoreWe fixed an issue where the check of the upgrade prerequisites was failing in case no prerequisites were found. Updated packages For NetEye 4.30 we updated the following packages:
Read MoreSince NetEye version 4.29, the GLPI module has been upgraded to version 10. With this update GLPI introduced a new feature, making it possible to perform agentless inventories. Given the wide interest regarding this new feature from many of our customers, I decided to describe the steps necessary to be able to configure, link, and…
Read MoreIn one of my previous posts I mentioned the importance of downtime scheduling and shared an interesting example of a PowerShell script for managing downtime in Windows environments. Recently a customer asked me how to manage downtime with a similar solution, but for several hundred Linux servers monitored under NetEye. The reason is very simple:…
Read MoreWe fixed several deprecations in the NetEye SIEM module, which allow NetEye installations to be compliant with the directives of Elastic Stack and to be prepared for future upgrade of the Elastic Stack. Updated packages For NetEye 4.30 we updated the following packages:
Read MoreWe fixed several bugs regarding the NetEye first installation on a cluster. It is now possible to successfully run the neteye_secure_install without worrying about possible problems and interruptions. In addition, we fixed the permissions of some configuration files. Updated packages For NetEye 4.30 we updated the following packages:
Read MoreWhen it comes to upgrading and updating NetEye, many users face a common challenge: the time required for downloading the new package versions. This process can be influenced by connection speed, the number of nodes to update, and sometimes even the number of NetEye systems to manage simultaneously. Fortunately, NetEye 4.30 introduces an effective solution:…
Read MoreAs you all know NetEye uses MariaDB as its database. With the nep-monitoring-core module of the NetEye Extension Packs (NEP), the following aspects of MariaDB are monitored: These checks are performed with a default time interval (check_interval) of 180s. To have real time control of many aspects of the MariaDB database operation, I suggest installing…
Read MoreWe fixed a bug that caused a failed authentication of Alyvix sessions having some special characters in the password, due to an inconsistent encoding. Moreover, we fixed an issue related to the installation procedure of the feature modules packages on satellites, which under some circumstances was not marking the corresponding DNF group as installed. Furthermore,…
Read MoreAfter performing several migrations to NetEye 4, I realized that not all checks present on the old NetEye 3 could be migrated immediately. Sometimes for obsolete host systems on which the new Icinga 2 Agent could not be installed, or for dedicated check types for specific services, it was necessary to continue using our good…
Read MoreWe all know that NetEye can grant access to its Web Interface through local users, or through the use of LDAP queries that can filter and grant GUI access to users or groups of a given Active Directory domain. What I would like to explore today is the possibility of granting SSH access and elevating…
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