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@@ -1,4 +1,168 @@ -netdata (1.5.0) - 2016-01-22 +netdata (1.6.0) - 2017-03-20 + + * birthday release: 1 year netdata + + netdata was first published on March 30th, 2016. + It has been a crazy year since then: + + 225.000 unique netdata users + currently, at 1.000 new unique users per day + + 80.000 unique netdata installations + currently, at 500 new installation per day + + 610.000 docker pulls on docker hub + + 4.000.000 netdata sessions served + currently, at 15.000 sessions served per day + + 20.000 github stars + + Thank you! + You are awesome! + + * central netdata is here + + This is the first release that supports real-time streaming of + metrics between netdata servers. + + netdata can now be: + + - autonomous host monitoring + (like it always has been) + + - headless data collector + (collect and stream metrics in real-time to another netdata) + + - headless proxy + (collect metrics from multiple netdata and stream them to another netdata) + + - store and forward proxy + (like headless proxy, but with a local database) + + - central database + (metrics from multiple hosts are aggregated) + + metrics databases can be configured on all nodes and each node maintaining + a database may have a different retention policy and possibly run + (even different) alarms on them. + + * monitoring ephemeral nodes + + netdata now supports monitoring autoscaled ephemeral nodes, + that are started and stopped on demand (their IP is not known). + + When the ephemeral nodes start streaming metrics to the central + netdata, the central netdata will show register them at "my-netdata" + menu on the dashboard. + + For more information check: + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/monitoring-ephemeral-nodes + + * monitoring ephemeral containers and VM guests + + netdata now cleans up container, guest VM, network interfaces and mounted + disk metrics, disabling automatically their alarms too. + + For more information check: + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/monitoring-ephemeral-containers + + * apps.plugin ported for FreeBSD + + @vlvkobal has ported "apps.plugin" to FreeBSD. netdata can now provide + "Applications", "Users" and "User Groups" on FreeBSD. + + * web_log plugin + + @l2isbad has done a wonderful job creating a unified web log parsing plugin + for all kinds of web server logs. With it, netdata provides real-time + performance information and health monitoring alarms for web applications + and web sites! + + For more information check: + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/The-spectacles-of-a-web-server-log-file + + * backends + + netdata can now archive metrics to `JSON` backends + (both push, by @lfdominguez, and pull modes). + + * IPMI monitoring + + netdata now has an IPMI plugin (based on freeipmi) + for monitoring server hardware. + + The plugin creates (up to) 8 charts: + + 1. number of sensors by state + 2. number of events in SEL + 3. Temperatures CELCIUS + 4. Temperatures FAHRENHEIT + 5. Voltages + 6. Currents + 7. Power + 8. Fans + + It also supports alarms (including the number of sensors in critical state). + + For more information, check: + https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/monitoring-IPMI + + * new plugins + + @l2isbad builds python data collection plugins for netdata at an wonderfull + rate! He rocks! + + - **web_log** for monitoring in real-time all kinds of web server log files @l2isbad + - **freeipmi** for monitoring IPMI (server hardware) + - **nsd** (the [name server daemon](https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/nsd/)) @383c57 + - **mongodb** @l2isbad + - **smartd_log** (monitoring disk S.M.A.R.T. values) @l2isbad + + * improved plugins + + - **nfacct** reworked and now collects connection tracker information using netlink. + - **ElasticSearch** re-worked @l2isbad + - **mysql** re-worked to allow faster development of custom mysql based plugins (MySQLService) @l2isbad + - **SNMP** + - **tomcat** @NMcCloud + - **ap** (monitoring hostapd access points) + - **php_fpm** @l2isbad + - **postgres** @l2isbad + - **isc_dhcpd** @l2isbad + - **bind_rndc** @l2isbad + - **numa** + - **apps.plugin** improvements and freebsd support @vlvkobal + - **fail2ban** @l2isbad + - **freeradius** @l2isbad + - **nut** (monitoring UPSes) + - **tc** (Linux QoS) now works on qdiscs instead of classes for the same result (a lot faster) @t-h-e + - **varnish** @l2isbad + + * new and improved alarms + - **web_log**, many alarms to detect common web site/API issues + - **fping**, alarms to detect packet loss, disconnects and unusually high latency + - **cpu**, cpu utilization alarm now ignores `nice` + + * new and improved alarm notification methods + - **HipChat** to allow hosted HipChat @frei-style + - **discordapp** @lowfive + + * dashboard improvements + - dashboard now works on HiDPi screens + - dashboard now shows version of netdata + - dashboard now resets charts properly + - dashboard updated to use latest gauge.js release + + * other improvements + - thanks to @rlefevre netdata now uses a lot of different high resolution system clocks. + + netdata has received a lot more improvements from many more contributors! + + Thank you all! + + +netdata (1.5.0) - 2017-01-22 * yet another release that makes netdata the fastest netdata ever! @@ -27,7 +191,7 @@ netdata (1.5.0) - 2016-01-22 Ilya Mashchenko (@l2isbad) has created most of the python data collection plugins in this release ! - - Systemd Services (using cgroups!) + - systemd Services (using cgroups!) - FPing (yes, network latency in netdata!) - postgres databases @facetoe, @moumoul - Vanish disk cache (v3 and v4) @l2isbad |