[hobbit] Hobbit 4.2 alfa release available

[Dominique Frise]

Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> It's been close to 6 months since I last released a version of Hobbit
> with new features and improvements, so I am making an alfa version
> available for more widespread testing.
> 
> It's been uploaded to Sourceforge now, and will be available shortly at
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=140220&release_id=407174
> 
> The main features of this release are:
> * Client logfile monitoring has been implemented (at last!)

When will this feature be ready to use?

> * A completely new "Critical Systems" view with a separate
>   configuration file and web-based GUI for editing it.
> * All configuration files now support the "include" directive.
>   In addition, you can include entire directories with a
>   single "directory" statement in the config file.
> * Acknowledgments now stay around for a while after the status
>   goes OK, so if a service crashes after a few minutes, the
>   acknowledgment is automatically revived.
> * DOWNTIME can be applied to individual statuses.
> * Performance improvements throughout all of the Hobbit core tools.
> 
> There has been a lot of internal code improvements, and it is almost
> guaranteed that I have broken something along the way. So the primary
> purpose of this alfa release is to sniff out those regressions and
> make sure that they get fixed before the final release.
> 
> Documentation on the new features is still being worked on, but there
> are some preliminary docs included that should get you started. Use
> the mailing lists if you need help.
> 
> And last, but certainly not least, I am thrilled to see that some of
> you have taken up the challenge of improving Hobbit by providing
> add-on modules:
> * Devmon (SNMP testing): http://devmon.sf.net
> * BBWin, an Open-Source Windows client: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin
> 
> So lots of things for you to test.
> 

We reported problems with the client logfile monitoring but didn't receive any 
feedback.


Dominique