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diff --git a/HISTORICAL_CHANGELOG.md b/HISTORICAL_CHANGELOG.md deleted file mode 100644 index 60f18a15..00000000 --- a/HISTORICAL_CHANGELOG.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,650 +0,0 @@ -netdata (1.10.0) - 2018-03-27 - - Please check full changelog at github. - <https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases> - -netdata (1.9.0) - 2017-12-17 - - Please check full changelog at github. - <https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases> - -netdata (1.8.0) - 2017-09-17 - - This is mainly a bugfix release. - Please check full changelog at github. - -netdata (1.7.0) - 2017-07-16 - -- netdata is still spreading fast - - we are at 320.000 users and 132.000 servers - - Almost 100k new users, 52k new installations and 800k docker pulls - since the previous release, 4 and a half months ago. - - netdata user base grows at about 1000 new users and 600 new servers - per day. Thank you. You are awesome. - -- The next release (v1.8) will be focused on providing a global health - monitoring service, for all netdata users, for free. - -- netdata is now a (very fast) fully featured statsd server and the - only one with automatic visualization: push a statsd metric and hit - F5 on the netdata dashboard: your metric visualized. It also supports - synthetic charts, defined by you, so that you can correlate and - visualize your application the way you like it. - -- netdata got new installation options - It is now easier than ever to install netdata - we also distribute a - statically linked netdata x86_64 binary, including key dependencies - (like bash, curl, etc) that can run everywhere a Linux kernel runs - (CoreOS, CirrOS, etc). - -- metrics streaming and replication has been improved significantly. - All known issues have been solved and key enhancements have been added. - Headless collectors and proxies can now send metrics to backends when - data source = as collected. - -- backends have got quite a few enhancements, including host tags and - metrics filtering at the netdata side; - prometheus support has been re-written to utilize more prometheus - features and provide more flexibility and integration options. - -- netdata now monitors ZFS (on Linux and FreeBSD), ElasticSearch, - RabbitMQ, Go applications (via expvar), ipfw (on FreeBSD 11), samba, - squid logs (with web_log plugin). - -- netdata dashboard loading times have been improved significantly - (hit F5 a few times on a netdata dashboard - it is now amazingly fast), - to support dashboards with thousands of charts. - -- netdata alarms now support custom hooks, so you can run whatever you - like in parallel with netdata alarms. - -- As usual, this release brings dozens of more improvements, enhancements - and compatibility fixes. - -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/netdata/netdata/tree/master/streaming#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/netdata/netdata/tree/master/collectors/cgroups.plugin#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/netdata/netdata/blob/master/collectors/python.d.plugin/web_log#web_log> - -- 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/netdata/netdata/tree/master/collectors/freeipmi.plugin> - -- 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! - -- netdata runs on FreeBSD, FreeNAS and MacOS ! - - Vladimir Kobal (@vlvkobal) has done a magnificent work - porting netdata to FreeBSD and MacOS. - - Everyhing works: cpu, memory, disks performance, disks space, - network interfaces, interrupts, IPv4 metrics, IPv6 metrics - processes, context switches, softnet, IPC queues, - IPC semaphores, IPC shared memory, uptime, etc. Wow! - -- netdata supports data archiving to backend databases: - - - Graphite - - OpenTSDB - - Prometheus - - and of course all the compatible ones - (KairosDB, InfluxDB, Blueflood, etc) - -- new plugins: - - Ilya Mashchenko (@l2isbad) has created most of the python - data collection plugins in this release ! - - - systemd Services (using cgroups!) - - FPing (yes, network latency in netdata!) - - postgres databases @facetoe, @moumoul - - Vanish disk cache (v3 and v4) @l2isbad - - ElasticSearch @l2isbad - - HAproxy @l2isbad - - FreeRadius @l2isbad, @lgz - - mdstat (RAID) @l2isbad - - ISC bind (via rndc) @l2isbad - - ISC dhcpd @l2isbad, @lgz - - Fail2Ban @l2isbad - - OpenVPN status log @l2isbad, @lgz - - NUMA memory @tycho - - CPU Idle @tycho - - gunicorn log @deltaskelta - - ECC memory hardware errors - - IPC semaphores - - uptime plugin (with a nice badge too) - -- improved plugins: - - - netfilter conntrack - - mysql (replication) @l2isbad - - ipfs @pjz - - cpufreq @tycho - - hddtemp @l2isbad - - sensors @l2isbad - - nginx @leolovenet - - nginx_log @paulfantom - - phpfpm @leolovenet - - redis @leolovenet - - dovecot @justohall - - cgroups - - disk space - - apps.plugin - - /proc/interrupts @rlefevre - - /proc/softirqs @rlefevre - - /proc/vmstat (system memory charts) - - /proc/net/snmp6 (IPv6 charts) - - /proc/self/meminfo (system memory charts) - - /proc/net/dev (network interfaces) - - tc (linux QoS) - -- new/improved alarms: - - - MySQL / MariaDB alarms (incl. replication) - - IPFS alarms - - HAproxy alarms - - UDP buffer alarms - - TCP AttemptFails - - ECC memory alarms - - netfilter connections alarms - - SNMP - -- new alarm notifications: - - - messagebird.com @tech-no-logical - - pagerduty.com @jimcooley - - pushbullet.com @tperalta82 - - twilio.com @shadycuz - - HipChat - - kafka - -- shell integration - - - shell scripts can now query netdata easily! - -- dashboard improvements: - - dashboard is now faster on firefox, safari, opera, edge - (edge is still the slowest) - - dashboard now has a little bigger fonts - - SHIFT + mouse wheel to zoom charts, works on all browsers - - perfect-scrollbar on the dashboard - - dashboard 4K resolution fixes - - dashboard compatibility fixes for embedding charts in - third party web sites - - charts on custom dashboards can have common min/max - even if they come from different netdata servers - - alarm log is now saved and loaded back so that - the alarm history is available at the dashboard - -- other improvements: - - python.d.plugin has received way to many improvements - from many contributors! - - charts.d.plugin can now be forked to support - multiple independent instances - - registry has been re-factored to lower its memory - requirements (required for the public registry) - - simple patterns in cgroups, disks and alarms - - netdata-installer.sh can now correctly install - netdata in containers - - supplied logrotate script compatibility fixes - - spec cleanup @breed808 - - clocks and timers reworked @rlefevre - - netdata has received a lot more improvements from many more - contributors! - - Thank you all guys! - -netdata (1.4.0) - 2016-10-04 - - At a glance: - -- the fastest netdata ever (with a better look too)! - -- improved IoT and containers support! - -- alarms improved in almost every way! - -- new plugins: - softnet netdev, - extended TCP metrics, - UDPLite - NFS v2, v3 client (server was there already), - NFS v4 server & client, - APCUPSd, - RetroShare - -- improved plugins: - mysql, - cgroups, - hddtemp, - sensors, - phpfm, - tc (QoS) - - In detail: - -- improved alarms - - Many new alarms have been added to detect common kernel - configuration errors and old alarms have been re-worked - to avoid notification floods. - - Alarms now support notification hysteresis (both static - and dynamic), notification self-cancellation, dynamic - thresholds based on current alarm status - -- improved alarm notifications - - netdata now supports: - - - email notifications - - slack.com notifications on slack channels - - pushover.net notifications (mobile push notifications) - - telegram.org notifications - - For all the above methods, netdata supports role-based - notifications, with multiple recipients for each role - and severity filtering per recipient! - - Also, netdata support HTML5 notifications, while the - dashboard is open in a browser window (no need to be - the active one). - - All notifications are now clickable to get to the chart - that raised the alarm. - -- improved IoT support! - - netdata builds and runs with musl libc and runs on systems - based on busybox. - -- improved containers support! - - netdata runs on alpine linux (a low profile linux distribution - used in containers). - -- Dozens of other improvements and bugfixes - -netdata (1.3.0) - 2016-08-28 - - At a glance: - -- netdata has health monitoring / alarms! -- netdata has badges that can be embeded anywhere! -- netdata plugins are now written in Python! -- new plugins: redis, memcached, nginx_log, ipfs, apache_cache - - IMPORTANT: - Since netdata now uses Python plugins, new packages are - required to be installed on a system to allow it work. - For more information, please check the installation page: - - <https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/installer#installation> - - In detail: - -- netdata has alarms! - - Based on the POLL we made on github - (<https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/436>), - health monitoring was the winner. So here it is! - - netdata now has a poweful health monitoring system embedded. - Please check the wiki page: - - <https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/health> - -- netdata has badges! - - netdata can generate badges with live information from the - collected metrics. - Please check the wiki page: - - <https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/web/api/badges> - -- netdata plugins are now written in Python! - - Thanks to the great work of Paweł Krupa (@paulfantom), most BASH - plugins have been ported to Python. - - The new python.d.plugin supports both python2 and python3 and - data collection from multiple sources for all modules. - - The following pre-existing modules have been ported to Python: - - - apache - - cpufreq - - example - - exim - - hddtemp - - mysql - - nginx - - phpfm - - postfix - - sensors - - squid - - tomcat - - The following new modules have been added: - - - apache_cache - - dovecot - - ipfs - - memcached - - nginx_log - - redis - -- other data collectors: - - - Thanks to @simonnagl netdata now reports disk space usage. - -- dashboards now transfer a certain settings from server to server - when changing servers via the my-netdata menu. - - The settings transferred are the dashboard theme, the online - help status and current pan and zoom timeframe of the dashboard. - -- API improvements: - - - reduction functions now support 'min', 'sum' and 'incremental-sum'. - - - netdata now offers a multi-threaded and a single threaded - web server (single threaded is better for IoT). - -- apps.plugin improvements: - - - can now run with command line argument 'without-files' - to prevent it from enumating all the open files/sockets/pipes - of all running processes. - - - apps.plugin now scales the collected values to match the - the total system usage. - - - apps.plugin can now report guest CPU usage per process. - - - repeating errors are now logged once per process. - -- netdata now runs with IDLE process priority (lower than nice 19) - -- netdata now instructs the kernel to kill it first when it starves - for memory. - -- netdata listens for signals: - - - SIGHUP to netdata instructs it to re-open its log files - (new logrotate files added too). - - - SIGUSR1 to netdata saves the database - - - SIGUSR2 to netdata reloads health / alarms configuration - -- netdata can now bind to multiple IPs and ports. - -- netdata now has new systemd service file (it starts as user - netdata and does not fork). - -- Dozens of other improvements and bugfixes - -netdata (1.2.0) - 2016-05-16 - - At a glance: - -- netdata is now 30% faster -- netdata now has a registry (my-netdata dashboard menu) -- netdata now monitors Linux Containers (docker, lxc, etc) - - IMPORTANT: - This version requires libuuid. The package you need is: - -- uuid-dev (debian/ubuntu), or -- libuuid-devel (centos/fedora/redhat) - - In detail: - -- netdata is now 30% faster ! - - - Patches submitted by @fredericopissarra improved overall - netdata performance by 10%. - - - A new improved search function in the internal indexes - made all searches faster by 50%, resulting in about - 20% better performance for the core of netdata. - - - More efficient threads locking in key components - contributed to the overal efficiency. - -- netdata now has a CENTRAL REGISTRY ! - - The central registry tracks all your netdata servers - and bookmarks them for you at the 'my-netdata' menu - on all dashboards. - - Every netdata can act as a registry, but there is also - a global registry provided for free for all netdata users! - -- netdata now monitors CONTAINERS ! - - docker, lxc, or anything else. For each container it monitors - CPU, RAM, DISK I/O (network interfaces were already monitored) - -- apps.plugin: now uses linux capabilities by default - without setuid to root - -- netdata has now an improved signal handler - thanks to @simonnagl - -- API: new improved CORS support - -- SNMP: counter64 support fixed - -- MYSQL: more charts, about QCache, MyISAM key cache, - InnoDB buffer pools, open files - -- DISK charts now show mount point when available - -- Dashboard: improved support for older web browsers - and mobile web browsers (thanks to @simonnagl) - -- Multi-server dashboards now allow de-coupled refreshes for - each chart, so that if one netdata has a network latency - the other charts are not affected - -- Several other minor improvements and bugfixes - -netdata (1.1.0) - 2016-04-20 - - Dozens of commits that improve netdata in several ways: - -- Data collection: added IPv6 monitoring -- Data collection: added SYNPROXY DDoS protection monitoring -- Data collection: apps.plugin: added charts for users and user groups -- Data collection: apps.plugin: grouping of processes now support patterns -- Data collection: apps.plugin: now it is faster, after the new features added -- Data collection: better auto-detection of partitions for disk monitoring -- Data collection: better fireqos intergation for QoS monitoring -- Data collection: squid monitoring now uses squidclient -- Data collection: SNMP monitoring now supports 64bit counters -- API: fixed issues in CSV output generation -- API: netdata can now be restricted to listen on a specific IP -- Core and apps.plugin: error log flood protection -- Dashboard: better error handling when the netdata server is unreachable -- Dashboard: each chart now has a toolbox -- Dashboard: on-line help support -- Dashboard: check for netdata updates button -- Dashboard: added example /tv.html dashboard -- Packaging: now compiles with musl libc (alpine linux) -- Packaging: added debian packaging -- Packaging: support non-root installations -- Packaging: the installer generates uninstall script - -netdata (1.0.0) - 2016-03-22 - -- first public release - -netdata (1.0.0-rc.1) - 2015-11-28 - -- initial packaging |