See also the CHANGES.PLAINTEXT file for a list of explanations what the impact of changes is 2000/01/08 12:58:05 uxmon/Monitor/ping.pm: use PATH in fping check 2000/01/08 12:47:56 uxmon/Config/software: enabled generic software check 2000/01/08 10:47:42 uxmon/Monitor/cmd.pm, uxmon/Config/ntp: extend the path while check()-ing so that we might find the standard commands 2000/01/08 10:43:54 uxmon/Monitor/cmd.pm: check(): try pattern match with text output of command (e.g. used in ntp monitor) 2000/01/08 10:43:03 uxmon/Config/ntp: allow frequencies >1/10 Min., catch timeout event 2000/01/02 15:27:47 bb_evgen.pm: limit comment in SNMP traps to 150 chars 1999/12/27 18:25:30 uxmon/Monitor/logfile.pm: use /s (single line) option with pattern checking - therefore support multiline matches 1999/12/27 18:24:50 bstrapd.pl: do not dupe time stamps 1999/12/27 18:24:29 Makefile, etc/snmp_trap: renamed snmptrap to snmp_trap 1999/12/27 18:23:17 uxmon/Config/logfile: fixed some mistakes in new snmp_trap code 1999/12/27 18:22:53 uxmon/Monitor/snmp_trap.pm: default name of check is '.trap' 1999/12/27 17:49:44 bb_start, bstrapd.pl, Makefile, uxmon/Config/logfile, uxmon/Monitor/snmp_trap.pm: added trap monitor 1999/12/27 17:24:55 skins/frames/frameset_contents.proto: include icon in hyperlink 1999/12/27 17:02:12 skins/alt_contentsicons/yellow_funny.gif, skins/alt_contentsicons/red_funny.gif, skins/alt_contentsicons/purple_funny.gif, skins/alt_contentsicons/green_funny.gif, skins/alt_contentsicons/frameset_contents.proto: added alt_contentsicons skinset 1999/12/16 19:53:06 uxmon/Config/_evaluator: fixed _evaluator: send host name and alias name as distinguished arguments 1999/12/16 19:49:20 uxmon/Monitor/etherport.pm, uxmon/Monitor/atmport.pm, uxmon/Config/software, uxmon/Config/atmport, uxmon/Config/etherport: added etherport and atmport checks (Joseph G) 1999/12/16 19:44:33 uxmon/Config/software: added SNMP software version check (Joseph G) 1999/12/16 19:37:42 uxmon/Config/_evaluator: fixed bad 'memory' usage (Joseph G) 1999/12/16 19:37:03 bbdisp.pm: fixed sorting of tables by host/group name (Joseph G) 1999/12/11 21:55:03 skins/frames/frameset_contents.proto: added lamps to contents frame 1999/12/11 21:51:29 uxmon/Monitor/mrtg.pm: adopted the new short message/html message concept, brought in the latest changes from Joseph G 1999/12/11 21:48:26 skins/frames/frame1.proto, bbdisp.pm: added colored lamps to Contents part of framed status pages 1999/12/11 21:47:37 uxmon/Monitor/procs.pm: fixed procs.pm reporting for the wrong host (Joseph G) 1999/12/11 15:10:24 uxmon/Monitor/cmd.pm: log the output of commands 1999/12/11 14:29:52 uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: beware of defective modules ... limit status values to 3 1999/12/11 14:07:14 skins/default/table.proto: moved the 'system' column from bbdisp.pm into table.proto 1999/12/11 13:55:15 bbdisp.pm: (Joseph G.) create_table(): sort hosts/groups by name write_html_status(): recognize the special keywords &red/&green/&purple/ &yellow and &html in status messages 1999/12/11 13:24:33 uxmon/Config/ntp: added ntp check 1999/12/11 13:22:33 uxmon/Monitor/mrtg.pm, uxmon/Config/mrtg: added mrtg check (Joseph G) 1999/12/11 13:19:16 uxmon/Monitor/ping.pm: added fping support (Joseph G.) 1999/12/11 13:05:09 common.pm: invoke load_resources() after setting main::root (Joseph G) 1999/12/05 16:20:23 RotatingLog.pm: beware of getting to noisy if we cannot open the log file 1999/12/05 15:53:44 RotatingLog.pm: fixed call of main::log 1999/12/05 15:43:08 Makefile, bbd.pl, RotatingLog.pm: moved "statuslog" funcionality out into a class RotatingLog 1999/12/05 15:11:45 snmp.pm, SNMP_AGENT, bb_evgen.pm, bb_event_generator.cfg: added SNMP trap generation to bb_event_generator 1999/12/05 11:33:47 bb_event_generator.pl: wait() for children
1999/11/14 13:15:38 uxmon/uxmon-rules-generic.pl: reload(): fixed fix of testing if the config file has been altered 1999/11/14 13:14:01 bbdisp.pm, bbd.pl: added www/history/status.log mechanism, new options NewLog, BBLog 1999/11/09 20:18:21 uxmon/uxmon-rules-generic.pl: honor the -c flag in uxmon (changes brought in by R. Roberts) 1999/11/03 19:47:24 uxmon/Config/ping: fixed wrong usage of $proto/$args, added pingcmd 1999/11/03 19:46:39 uxmon/Monitor/ping.pm: fixed wrong usage of $proto/$args, added 'pingcmd' argument (contributed by Roland Roberts) 1999/10/24 12:55:05 tools/bsadmin.pl, bb_start: introduced some differences to the installed version to see if install.sh will install the correct version (out of the scratch dir) 1999/10/24 12:38:37 bswebalarm.pl, bb_evgen.pm: place alarms for checks listed in the ignore list in the 'new_alarms' list and keep them there until either the alarm condition or the ignore mode has gone. bswebalarm: show them as acknowledged 1999/10/24 12:36:06 uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: When re-reading the config file do remove all the variables and status buffers 1999/10/16 17:31:50 uxmon/Config/memory, uxmon/Config/load, uxmon/Config/diskload, uxmon/Config/diskfree: fixed perflib memory
1999/10/16 16:23:37 uxmon/Monitor/bb.pm: added run() method 1999/10/16 15:53:03 skins/default/_lamp.sub, bswebadmin.pl, Makefile: added Webadmin interface 1999/10/16 15:48:18 bb_start: support systems without -w grep option (XPG4) 1999/10/16 15:13:34 bbd.pl, permissions, access.pm, Makefile: implemented new access security model (allow_connect() in bbd, access.pm) 1999/10/14 19:13:18 bbdisp.pm: group_write(): schedule next group_write in 5 minutes instead of 15 minutes (webadmin...) 1999/10/14 18:40:11 uxmon/Config/procs: accept ( and ) in process names if not looking like a range definition (number-number) or if escaped with a leading \ 1999/10/11 17:24:50 uxmon/Monitor/procs.pm: BSD ps option: cax instead of -cax 1999/10/11 17:23:33 uxmon/uxmon.pl: run through scheduler with 'time=0' after each reconfiguration - so that all the scheduled jobs are at least executed once directly after reconfig 1999/10/10 17:26:17 uxmon/Config/metastat, uxmon/Monitor/metastat.pm: use new schedule mechanism instead of builtin one, default to 30 minutes periods 1999/10/10 17:19:52 uxmon/Monitor/Monitor.pm: unreport() and unset_variable() using the correct list 1999/10/10 17:05:25 uxmon/uxmon.pl: if time of next run is >10 minutes in the past catch up without doing any work 1999/10/10 17:03:27 uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: init internally tracked agent state in init() rather than each time in run_once() 1999/10/10 16:21:00 uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: added Schedule class, Monitor is now subclass of Schedule, Monitors use the method report() and set_variable() (both Monitor class) instead of directly calling the respective uxmon procedures. Monitors are now called through the schedule mechanism at arbitrary frequencies. 1999/10/10 16:20:59 uxmon/Monitor/tcp.pm, uxmon/Monitor/statusfile.pm, uxmon/Monitor/snmp.pm, uxmon/Monitor/sar.pm, uxmon/Monitor/rpc_ping.pm, uxmon/Monitor/procs.pm, uxmon/Monitor/ping.pm, uxmon/Monitor/metastat.pm, uxmon/Monitor/logfile.pm, uxmon/Monitor/fs.pm, uxmon/Monitor/dumpdates.pm, uxmon/Monitor/cpuload.pm, uxmon/Monitor/cmd.pm, uxmon/Monitor/Schedule.pm, uxmon/Monitor/PerfLib.pm, uxmon/Monitor/Monitor.pm, uxmon/Monitor/Evaluator.pm: added Schedule class, Monitor is now subclass of Schedule, Monitors use the method report() and set_variable() (both Monitor class) instead of directly calling the respective uxmon procedures. Monitors are now called through the schedule mechanism at arbitrary frequencies. 1999/10/10 16:17:19 uxmon/Config/statusfile, uxmon/Config/procs, uxmon/Config/ping, uxmon/Config/metastat, uxmon/Config/logfile, uxmon/Config/load, uxmon/Config/http, uxmon/Config/dumpdates, uxmon/Config/dns, uxmon/Config/diskload, uxmon/Config/diskfree, uxmon/Config/cpuload, uxmon/Config/bsdisplay, uxmon/Config/bbscript, uxmon/Config/_tcp, uxmon/Config/_storage, uxmon/Config/_snmp, uxmon/Config/_rpc: implement 'frequency=' settings 1999/10/10 16:16:59 uxmon/Config/_perflib, uxmon/Config/_evaluator: implement 'frequency=' settings 1999/10/10 16:16:31 uxmon/uxmon.pl: use Monitor::Schedule, loop once per minute 1999/10/10 09:13:00 bbd.pl: set_config() before going into listen mode 1999/10/09 15:54:57 bbdisp.pm: join_group(): add a group title for newly created parent groups also 1999/10/07 18:55:33 bscgi.pm: added support for POST method
1999/09/25 12:46:51 tools/install32.pl: search for Big Sister in the working directory too - therefore find the Big Sister root directory also when not the default one 1999/09/25 11:16:01 uxmon/uxmon.pl: fixed signal handling: die on "TERM", ignore "INT" and "TSTP" if not in debug mode 1999/07/25 13:46:59 tools/install32.pl: when registering service: set AppDirectory to bin-Dir so that Big Sister programs will find their libraries. 1999/07/25 13:39:14 bbd.pl: parse_line() do not crash if some client is sending a 'leave *' command with an invalid host argument
1999/07/17 20:27:35 contrib/makebinary: compile install32 1999/07/17 20:26:26 common.pm: proginit(): when computing progdir recognize '\' as well as '/' 1999/07/17 20:25:44 platforms/BS_win32.pm: perlpath(): support extensions other than .exe 1999/07/17 20:24:55 uxmon/Config/logfile: ignore eventlog check on non-Win32-systems 1999/07/17 20:17:35 Makefile, tools/install32.pl: added Win32 install procedure 1999/07/16 21:19:24 uxmon/uxmon-rules-generic.pl: limit interpretation of ':' in uxmon-net to http check 1999/07/16 21:17:12 uxmon/Monitor/PerfLib.pm, uxmon/Config/memory, uxmon/Config/load, uxmon/Config/diskload, uxmon/Config/diskfree, uxmon/Config/_perflib, uxmon/Config/_evaluator: added NT performance monitor 1999/07/16 21:14:23 platforms/BS_win32.pm, platforms/BS_unix.pm, common.pm: allow setting root via platform specific config method (registry on Win32)
1999/06/26 11:06:17 bscgi.pm: timeout only if running in FCGI mode 1999/06/26 09:56:15 contrib/makebinary: addet bb_stop32 1999/06/26 09:52:58 bb_start: 'start': only warn, never kill running Big Sister daemons 1999/06/26 09:47:24 uxmon/Monitor/bb.pm: _end_report() increased grace time 1999/06/26 09:40:53 bscgi.pm: fixed wrong behaviour when FCGI module not present 1999/06/24 20:16:29 uxmon/Monitor/logfile.pm: use "msgs" as default instead of "log" 1999/06/24 19:55:55 bbdisp.pm: write_html: changed order of search-and-replaces 1999/06/24 19:44:52 bbdisp.pm: when renaming files in replace_vars_file() respect perl2exe bug 1999/06/24 19:12:52 contrib/makebinary: on Win32 systems find and copy perlcrt.dll 1999/06/24 19:08:42 bbd.pl: moved error message when rename fails in log writing 1999/06/24 18:55:25 bb_stop32.pl, Makefile: added bb_stop32 for stopping Big Sister on NT 1999/06/24 18:54:57 bb_start32.pl: do not print perlpath ... 1999/06/24 18:22:50 bbdisp.pm: bug fix: call write_html_status() in _set(), limit the number of passes instead of the number of groups recomputed in recompute() 1999/06/24 18:19:54 common.pm: write a .pid file when backgrounding 1999/06/24 18:17:08 common.pm: call Syslog functions with mentioning the package name 1999/06/21 18:17:04 bb_start: start / killproc: warn if trying to start Big Sister when Big Sister daemons are already running 1999/06/21 18:17:04 bb_start: start / killproc: warn if trying to start Big Sister when Big Sister daemons are already running 1999/06/20 17:24:51 Makefile, tools/bbecho.pl, uxmon/Monitor/bbscript.pm, uxmon/Config/bbscript: added bbscript monitor 1999/06/20 17:22:09 uxmon/uxmon-rules-generic.pl: execute(): fixed variable defs regular expression: variable name ends at the first '=' 1999/06/20 17:13:19 uxmon/Monitor/statusfile.pm: add_check(): absolutize paths not starting with "/" 1999/06/20 15:56:37 uxmon/Monitor/statusfile.pm, uxmon/Config/statusfile: added statusfile monitor 1999/06/20 15:09:39 bbdisp.pm: read_file(): added "%Option" statement, _set(): ImmediateHTML option, read_file(): KeepGroups option 1999/06/20 14:56:46 bbd.pl: inject(): on Win32 systems try unlink/rename if remame failed 1999/06/19 17:30:50 bbdisp.pm: write_html_log(): translate "<" and ">" character 1999/06/19 15:38:56 uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: load_rules(): do only load rulefile on startup - never again 1999/06/19 15:37:47 uxmon/Config/load, uxmon/Config/cpuload, uxmon/Monitor/cpuload.pm: make 'check' configurable and default to 'cpu', use host alias passed by uxmon for reporting 1999/06/19 11:49:55 uxmon/Monitor/cpuload.pm, uxmon/Config/cpuload: added cpuload (uptime) check - contributed by Torben Sorensen 1999/06/17 20:15:41 bb_evgen.pm: on win32 systems use Platform::background_process for running the notifier 1999/06/17 20:14:33 bb_start32.pl: run uxmon from bin/uxmon if existant 1999/06/17 20:13:34 platforms/BS_win32.pm: perlpath(): available for other programs than perl. Print what we are running, 1999/06/17 20:05:54 uxmon/uxmon-rules-generic.pl: execute() try a last 'do' if Config file not found 1999/06/17 20:01:50 uxmon/uxmon.pl: made compliant with new uxmon.pm 1999/06/17 20:00:43 uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: load rulefile and Monitor classes using require rather than self-made search-and-execute, do initialization in a subroutine rather than on module load. 1999/06/14 19:44:05 bscgi.pm: do not execute code on module load - use init() procedure instead 1999/06/14 19:41:26 platforms/BS_win32.pm, platforms/BS_unix.pm: use Sys::Hostname for hostname guessing in preference to any other method
1999/06/12 15:16:47 platforms/BS_win32.pm, log_mail.pl, bbdisp.pm, bbd.pl, bb_start32.pl, bb_evgen.pm: tested on WinNT and fixed flaky implementations 1999/06/12 11:58:40 bbd.pl: sendlogs(): time out when not being able to send for some time, do close unused sockets when forking, minimal support for crippled systems like Win32 not implementing fork() 1999/06/11 21:26:50 uxmon/Monitor/bb.pm, tools/bsadmin.pl: added archivelogs command 1999/06/11 20:46:13 bbd.pl: savelogs(): allow client to pass tag identifying old log files. sendlogs(): allow client to retrieve old log files using the above tag 1999/06/11 18:11:33 bbdisp.pm, bbd.pl: write a checkpoint entry to display.history each 5 minutes. If necessary re-read config file just AFTER a display update instead of just BEFORE. 1999/06/11 17:58:34 bb_evgen.pm: page(), raise(), ack(): include time in alarms sent 1999/06/09 19:58:57 Makefile, etc/eventlog: added default etc/eventlog 1999/06/09 19:52:29 contrib/release_bigsister: create a big sister release from CVS 1999/06/09 19:50:17 bbd.pl: fixed bad usage of set_config() method 1999/06/09 19:43:33 contrib/Makedoc.pl: be a little more quiet 1999/06/09 19:24:09 bb_start: use bs_instdir in preference to all other possible Big Sister roots 1999/06/09 18:50:42 platforms/BS_unix.pm: require POSIX in bswait_nohang() 1999/06/09 18:37:13 common.pm: do not warn if syslog module does not load 1999/06/09 18:35:21 platforms/BS_unix.pm: do only include POSIX module on demand 1999/06/09 18:34:24 bb_evgen.pm: do not use Socket module 1999/06/08 19:07:39 display_map.pm: added 'name' and 'line' statement 1999/06/08 18:03:46 bbd.pl: added %agents hash, fill it with the information of which agent sent us which status, log agent changes 1999/06/07 20:02:57 uxmon/Monitor/eventlog.pm: show EventID in log text 1999/06/07 19:21:15 bb_event_generator.cfg, Makefile: now install a minimal bb_event_generator.cfg by default 1999/06/07 19:19:56 etc/OV: added a few comments 1999/06/07 19:16:53 CONFIG: updated some infos 1999/06/07 18:47:03 bb_evgen.pm: use log() to log event_generator events. assume checks are up when undefined (e.g. when used in "check=...") 1999/06/07 18:13:49 bbdisp.pm: fixed variable replacing code (_replace_vars()). Correctly treat quotes (@@). Quote @ in incoming messages (write_html_status()) 1999/06/06 10:48:37 uxmon/Monitor/eventlog.pm: fixed invalid log priority "error" (should be "err") 1999/06/06 09:16:11 uxmon/Monitor/eventlog.pm: try to re-establish lost connections to EventLogs 1999/06/05 22:27:11 uxmon/Monitor/procs.pm, uxmon/Config/procs: added support for Win32 Services 1999/06/05 21:34:44 uxmon/Monitor/eventlog.pm: added support for Win32 EventLog (eventlog logfile module) 1999/06/05 21:32:52 uxmon/Monitor/logfile.pm: implemented file manipulating routines as methods instead of calling them directly. So they can be overriden (e.g. used for Win32 eventlog) 1999/06/05 21:19:36 uxmon/uxmon.pl, uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm, platforms/BS_win32.pm, platforms/BS_unix.pm, common.pm: moved hostname guessing to Platform modules 1999/05/22 09:44:02 log_mail.pl: replaced require common by the new use ... proginit() construct 1999/05/15 17:41:27 platforms/Platforms.pm: decide at compile time which platform we are running on 1999/05/15 13:54:56 contrib/cvslog2changes: convert CVS logs to CHANGES format 1999/05/15 13:03:08 Q+A, PROTOCOL, HOWTO: documented savelogs command 1999/05/15 12:51:31 tools/bsadmin.pl: added 'displayname' command 1999/05/15 12:45:15 bbd.pl: added 'savelogs' client command rotating log files (display.history) 1999/05/15 12:24:53 Makefile: added parse.pm and bsadmin command to install-common target 1999/05/15 12:20:53 tools/parse.pm, tools/bsadmin.pl: added parse.pm and bsadmin.pl 1999/05/15 12:12:38 uxmon/Monitor/bb.pm: fixed wrong usage of "Platform:bsconnected" vs. "connected" added sysreport() method 1999/05/14 09:16:42 README: updated some things for release 0.32 1999/05/14 09:12:57 Q+A: added section about ping monitor 1999/05/14 08:57:23 uxmon/Monitor/ping.pm: Fixed hard-wired ping adress in karl_ping() 1999/05/14 08:53:37 uxmon/Monitor/ping.pm: added "karl_ping" as contributed by Torben Sorensen - uses Solaris ping command 1999/05/13 13:40:31 install.sh, Makefile: ignore CVS/RCS admin directories 1999/05/13 13:17:04 uxmon/uxmon.pl: do not "require" common.pm any more - "use" it and call proginit() 1999/05/13 13:16:50 compile_skin.pl, common.pm, bswebalarm.pl, bstrapd.pl, bshistory.pl, bbd.pl, bb_event_generator.pl: do not "require" common.pm any more - "use" it and call proginit() 1999/05/13 13:09:37 bb_start: check adm directory for uxmon-net files and run a copy of uxmon for everyone found 1999/05/13 12:42:18 bbdisp.pm, bbd.pl, bb_event_generator.pl: prefer "require" to "do whatever"/"eval whatever" stuff. Do not "require" modules already present. 1999/05/12 22:30:54 Makefile: have .../bin and .../uxmon be module directories (-I in first line of scripts) 1999/05/09 20:20:26 uxmon/uxmon.pl, uxmon/uxmon-rules-generic.pl: added option -c to uxmon which allows to pass the name of the "uxmon-net" file (as suggested by R. Roberts) 1999/05/09 20:13:44 uxmon/Config/procs: added support for pscomm= as suggested by Roland Roberts 1999/05/09 17:14:43 bb_evgen.pm: send "ack" alarm when receiving an acknowledgement 1999/05/09 15:12:36 bswebalarm.pl, bb_evgen.pm: completed support for alarm acknowledges 1999/05/09 15:10:51 skins/default/alarm.proto: added chapter "Ignored checks" 09.05.99: introduced CVS 08.05.99: install.sh: check if file exists in scratch dir and install from there if yes 08.05.99: Makefile: target bin: copy files to be modified to scratch directory and modify them there 06.05.99: bb_evgen.pm: alarm(), raise(): moved set up of "norepeat" time from alarm() to raise() 05.05.99: bb_evgen.pm: check_alarms(), common_check(), alarm(): know acks 03.05.99: bb_evgen.pm: interpret "ack" log entry (check_logs()) 01.05.99: bbd.pl: added "ack" client command 01.05.99: bbdisp.pm: added method log() 01.05.99: bbd.pl: ignore "set" command when used by clients 01.05.99: bbdisp.pm: added method set_config(), write config to grouping file (group_write()) 01.05.99: bbd.pl: set display config ($display->set_config) 25.04.99: bscgi.pm: set skin _BASE to WEBROOT.inc so that URLs are automatically referenced correctly 24.04.99: bbdisp.pm, bswebalarm.pl, bshistory.pl: moved main display routines from bbdisp to the respective .pl 24.04.99: bb_evgen.pm: raise(), load_state(): give alarms ids 24.04.99: *.pl: require common rather than doing the same things in every executable 24.04.99: common.pm: added, contains common initialization routines (such as parsing options, loading some modules, etc.) 24.04.99: compile_skin.pl, Makefile: when installing skins pre-compile them using the cache_skin() method of bbdisp.pm 24.04.99: bbdisp.pm: find_skin(), read_skin(), cache_skin(), bypass_skincache(): bbdisp.pm is now able to create and use cached skin data 24.04.99: bbd.pl: do_listen(): fixed logged text when reporting "purple" to include the time in Unix format in "(...)" 24.04.99: bshistory.pl, bswebalarm: use bscgi library instead of copying subroutines between them 24.04.99: added bscgi.pm library: working with CGI and FastCGI 24.04.99: bshistory.pl: fixed wrong usage of bs_instdir ("use strict" patch from R. Roberts) 22.04.99: skins/default/history_entry.proto: fixed 17.04.99: uxmon/Config/logfile, syslog, OV: same source, same syntax ... 17.04.99: uxmon/Monitor/logfile.pm, syslog.pm, OV.pm: created generic class Monitor::logfile which is the common base class for syslog.pm and OV.pm (and future file based monitor classes) 17.04.99: uxmon/Config/_snmp: added load_module("snmp")
07.04.99: log_mail.pl: SMTP code: do not report "mailprogram ..." error, use "require" rather than "eval 'use..." 07.04.99: bb_evgen.pm: clear_alarm(): call pager() with the right number of arguments (bug introduced 13.3.99) 07.04.99: bb_event_generator.pl: background(): open STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR on /dev/null 07.04.99: log_mail.pl: made it "use strict" and "perl -T" proof 07.04.99: bbd.pl: inject(): make log file writing an atomic operation: write to a tmp directory and then move the file 07.04.99: bb_evgen.pm: read_state() do not accept bad log files (next unless(defined ...) 30.03.99: *.pl: use "bs_instdir" set by Makefile for finding the Big Sister root directory 28.03.99: uxmon/Monitor/snmp.pm: added debug mode where variables are read from a file rather than from network (get(), walk()) 28.03.99: uxmon/Monitor/procs.pm: support the new variable model, support other data sources than 'ps' (e.g. snmp) 28.03.99: uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: run_once: first run check() for any checker, then late_check() 28.03.99: uxmon/Monitor/Monitor.pm, every monitor module: base class for Monitors is Monitor::Monitor 28.03.99: uxmon/Config/_snmp: re-designed storage check to use the enhanced Evaluator/snmp monitoring 28.03.99: added uxmon/Monitor/Evaluator.pm 28.03.99: uxmon/Monitor/snmp.pm: invoke uxmon::set_variable() for each snmp variable 28.03.99: uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: added %uxmon::monitor_variables and uxmon::set_variable() 22.03.99: bbdisp.pm: _set(): generate HTML version of status (logs) file in 'html' directory 20.03.99: bbd.pl: added -f option 20.03.99: bbdisp.pm: added %include statement 20.03.99: bbdisp.pm: re-designed skin parsing code replace_vars() 19.03.99: added bswebalarm.pl 16.03.99: uxmon-rules-generic.pl: parse(): allow quotes in uxmon-net 14.03.99: Makefile: install notify and notify.cfg 13.03.99: bb_evgen.pm: accept alternatives to 'log_mail' through "pager" variable 13.03.99: bbdisp.pm: do not create_table() for undefined groups 13.03.99: bbdisp.pm: %Frameset: build contents in the order pages appear in .cfg file ("ordered_pages") 13.03.99: display_map.pm: stop treating black as transparent for template gifs 12.03.99: log_mail.pl: use Net::SNMP replaced by use Net::SMTP ... 12.03.99: added history.pl: cgi script for displaying history 11.03.99: Makefile: insert -I${BS_ROOTDIR}/bin in every perl script 08.03.99: bbdisp.pm, Makefile: removed cgi.pl and www.pl (no longer used thanks to the skin mechanism) 08.03.99: bbdisp.pm: added %Frameset statement 08.03.99: bbdisp.pm: replaced the 'template' mechanism by the 'skin' mechanism 07.03.99: uxmon/Config/ping: print a warning if using icmp ping without being root 07.03.99: bb_start: killproc() Big Sister components by name rather than by uid, optionally run uxmon as root 07.03.99: install.sh: exclude 'CVS' and 'RCS' directories 07.03.99: uxmon/Monitor/procs.pm: filtered out some more space characters 07.03.99: uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm, bb.pm: moved FQDN support into bb.pm 07.03.99: uxmon/Config/bsdisplay: added "fqdn" variable 06.03.99: uxmon/Config/bsdisplay: added port and timeout arguments 15.02.99: uxmon/Monitor/ping.pm: stop crashing when recv does not return a packet (on some systems recv returns when receiving ICMP Destination unreachable????) 19.01.99: uxmon/uxmon.pl, uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm, uxmon/Monitor/bb.pm, uxmon/Monitor/OV.pm: added "log mode" 10.01.99: bbdisp.pm: read_file(), "Groups": translate '.' in FQDNs to '_' after setting the group title
03.01.99: bb_evgen.pm: load_rules(): replace '.' in hostnames by '_' 03.01.99: bbdisp.pm: replace '.' by '_' in hostnames in bb-display.cfg (FQDN) 03.01.99: bbdisp.pm: replace '_' by '.' when using a hostname as a display name (FQDN) 02.01.99: uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: report(), run_once(): sort messages by status (report 'red' first, 'green' last) 02.01.99: bbd.pl: increased max. length of received messages 02.01.99: uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: report(): split long comments onto multiple lines 02.01.99: uxmon/Monitor/bb.pm: report_one() support for multiline comments 02.01.99: bb_evgen.pm: allow for multiline status messages 02.01.99: bbd.pl: inject(), read_state(), parse_line(): allow for multiline status messages 02.01.99: bbdisp.pm: %Page statement: when prototype file given without an absolute path add the path of the 'www' directory 02.01.99: bbd.pl: parse_line(): allow ',' character in host names and translate to '_' 25.12.98: uxmon/Config/ping: removed "print STDERR ..." 25.12.98: bbd.pl: remove the "last updated" information when a host "leave"s a group 25.12.98: uxmon/uxmon-rules-generic.pl: implemented reload() 25.12.98: uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: added uxmon::reconfigure() 25.12.98: uxmon/uxmon.pl: if rule::reload exists call it each pass and run uxmon::reconfigure if it returns true 25.12.98: uxmon/Monitor/*.pm: check the return value of inet_aton and behave reasonable if not defined (usually ignore the check) 21.12.98: bbdisp.pm: print a warning if an unknown host is used in a Rsync statement 21.12.98: uxmon/uxmon-rules-generic.pl: print a warning if an unknown host appears in uxmon-net 21.12.98: uxmon/uxmon.pl: go into background after the config file was read so that we get a change to see warnings
19.12.98: Makefile: moved OV into etc subdirectory 19.12.98: uxmon/Config/diskfree: auto detect the 'df' command we should preferably use, store fs monitor object in memory{"fs.$type"} 19.12.98: bb_start: do not 'su' if we are already running as the $bsuser 19.12.98: install.sh: install directories user writable 19.12.98: uxmon/Config/snmp: added hrStorage check for nt systems, display allocation units for storage devices 18.12.98: uxmon/Monitor/metastat.pm: do not use '-f' option with metastat command. 16.12.98: bbd.pl: run display update in the background on Win32 platform (create a "detached" process) 16.12.98: platform/BS_win32.pm: added perlpath() sub 16.12.98: bbd.pl, bbdisp.pm, uxmon/uxmon.pm, platform/BS_win32.pm, platform/BS_unix.pm: moved wait, wait...NOHANG, strftime into Platform modules. 16.12.98: added bb_start32.pl: startup script for Win32 platform 15.12.98: uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm, uxmon/Config/*FQDN: either strip domain suffixes from host names or replace '.' by '_' 15.12.98: bb_start: added '-b' to uxmon start up command
12.12.98: uxmon/uxmon.pl: do waitpid() for child processes (just in case ...) 12.12.98: bbd.pl, uxmon/uxmon.pl, bb_event_generator.pl: ignore SIGINT 06.12.98: Makefile: install etc/OV correctly 06.12.98: uxmon/uxmon.pl, uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: stop uxmon from dynamically load modules/uxmon-rules after modifications 19.11.98: bb_event_generator.pl/bb_evgen.pm: added load_state/ flush_state 15.11.98: log_mail.pl: added SMTP support (Net::SMTP module!) 14.11.98: added platform/*, changed uxmon/bbd so that the platform modules are used and the platform dependend alarm/connect subs are called
11.11.98: bbdisp.pm: changed time format used in "EXPIRES" on the generated web pages (thanks to Dennis Moore) 10.11.98: added uxmon/Monitor/OV.pm, uxmon/Config/OV (openview trap monitor) 10.11.98: uxmon/Config/dumpdates: fixed bug making dumpdates complain about backup too early (actually 24*3600 times to early) 08.11.98: bb_evgen.pm, bb_event_generator.pl: rewritten from scratch 07.11.98: uxmon/Monitor/cmd.pm: stopped cmd check to kill uxmon after 5 minutes ... 07.11.98: bb_event_generator.pl, uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm, bbd.pl: ignore SIGHUP 07.11.98: bb_start: run uxmon with absolute paths 07.11.98: Makefile: corrected 'bin' rule not altering bsuser in bb_start
01.11.98: started replacing some gifs 01.11.98: bbdisp.pm/bbd.pl: added "Autoconnect" feature 01.11.98: bbdisp.pm: removed 2 stray prints to STDOUT (debugging) 01.11.98: bbd.pl: added '-c' option 01.11.98: display_map.pm: delete old graphics files correctly (use 'seq' file to keep track of the image sequence number) 27.10.98: install.sh/Makefile: use install.sh rather than system install program 27.10.98: Makefile: return true when using ed in a for loop some versions of make behave different ...
26.10.98: bb_start: use install destination directory as Big Sister home too. Run uxmon with full path rather than cd. 26.10.98: bbd.pl: fixed wrong interpretation of single IP addresses in adm/hosts.allow 26.10.98: Makefile: replaced find ... -exec by find + for loop since -exec ... {} is not treated identically by different versions of find 26.10.98: perlpath: added missing 'shift'
25.10.98: uxmon.pl, bbd.pl: ignore SIGPIPE 25.10.98: Monitor::bb.pm, Monitor::tcp.pm: use send/recv rather than syswrite/sysread 24.10.98: bbdisp.pm/display_map.pm: added support for graphical status displays 24.10.98: bbdisp.pm: read_file()/create_table(): %table statement: allow for groups to be prefixed with "+". 24.10.98: bbd.pl: during startup do a $display->compute before the first $display->update 24.10.98: bbdisp.pm: added new internal structure "group_status" holding consolidated status for any group. Added method "group_status()" meant to get values out of the group_status structure. 22.10.98: bbdisp.pm: added "Autojoin" feature
18.10.98: improved documentation again 18.10.98: added Monitor::cmd.pm, added uxmon/Config/dns "cheap" dns check using Monitor::cmd and nslookup 18.10.98: bbdisp.pm, bbd.pl: added "%Pager" statement to bb-display.cfg. Interpret "page" command from clients and behave like Big Brother
17.10.98: improved documentation 17.10.98: initial revison of uxmon-rules-generic.pl which will be used as the "standard" in future 17.10.98: A few changes to Makefile 16.10.98: Monitor::rpc_ping.pm: removed endless "portmap()-Loop" when a registered rpc service changed port. Fixed wrong useage of "$ip" variable. 15.10.98: Monitor::bb.pm: added "Big Brother compatibility mode" 11.10.98: Monitor::dumpdates.pm: when reporting remove the partitions path (usually /dev/dsk) from the partition name reported in the text 11.10.98: added Monitor::syslog monitoring log files
10.10.98: Monitor::snmp.pm: added method "poll_fail" which allows status "snmp get successfull" reporting ("snmp ping") 07.10.98: bb_start: run bin/bb_event_generator, not adm/bb_event_generator 07.10.98: Makefile: replace '#!....perl' by the path supplied (PERL=...) or the path returned by 'which perl'. Don't try to install (make) the destination directory if it already exists. 07.10.98: bb_event_generator.pl, log_mail.pl: fixed a few things ... 06.10.98: Monitor::rpc_ping.pm: do a portmap call when ping failed (just in case an RPC process was restarted and changed port number) 06.10.98: bb_event_generator.pl: default pager path set to $root/bin/log_mail, go into background (daemon mode) when not running in debug mode. bb_start: start bb_event_generator without "&" (does automatically go into background now) 06.10.98: snmp.pm: when SNMP-getting many values get them in multiple passes 28.9.98: added a few known prog numbers to uxmon/Monitor/rpc_ping.pm 28.9.98: uxmon/Monitor/*.pm: send clearer text when reporting text when reporting status ("udp-ping OK" rather than just the status for instance) 28.9.98: bbdisp.pm: text written to display.history altered: "host.check: old_status->new_status text".
26.9.98: uxmon/Monitor/bb.pm: detect if server closes connection during transfer and abort transmission too instead of crashing. 26.9.98: uxmon/Monitor/*.pm: uxmon::report() altered so that it uses the same status codes as bbd 26.9.98: bbdisp.pm: stopped loading Monitor::bb each time when doing an rsync. Fixed set() not updateing the internal status text table when only the text changed but not the status level itself. 26.9.98: bbdisp.pm: fixed join_group()'s ignoring some joins, fixed behaviour of "%title auto" statement when using dynamic grouping 25.9.98: added Monitor::dumpdates.pm: read /etc/dumpdates and check for last backup 24.9.98: bbdisp.pm: write grouping/display info to www/grouping regularly 24.9.98: bbdisp.pm: rsync: group info/display names for parent groups need also syncing. 24.9.98: bbdisp.pm: need_update(): return always true. update(): do rsync independently of the isdirty flag, do recompute and create pages only if isdirty set. Synctime check fixed.
23.9.98: bb_start: use home directory of user bs as the Big Sister root dir if it looks appropriate. Start bbd with '-b' option. Check for adm/bb-display.cfg rather than for www/logs to see if bb_start should run bbd. 23.9.98: *.pl: /usr/bin/perl changed to /usr/local/bin/perl 22.9.98: uxmon/Monitor/uxmon.pm: added procedures quit_gracefully (quit with sending "leave" group information to bbd if necessary), join_group (set group information for hosts), displayname (set display names for hosts), leave_on_exit (tell uxmon.pm to send "leave" information when exitting in a normal way) 22.9.98: uxmon/Monitor/bb.pm: added 3rd argument "join" to report(). bb.pm is now able to report dynamic grouping information 21.9.98: bbd.pl: added -i option (set interval between display updates) - mainly for debugging purposes 21.9.98: bbdisp.pm: added methods join_group, leave_group, displayname. bbd.pl: added client commands join, leave, displayname (allow for clients to join/leave Big Sister dynamically) 21.9.98: bbd.pl: fixed bug in hosts.allow checks which made it impossible for a client to connect multiple times 21.9.98: added "contrib/mibs" directory and compiled a few MIBs. 21.9.98: Monitor::snmp.pm: add_check: if the "differential" argument equals "PERSEC" the difference of the polled values is divided thru the number of seconds between the polls.
20.9.98: automatically replace the user we will be running as in bb_start 20.9.98: Makefile: do check if the user we are installing as does exist 20.9.98: Makefile: do not install bs when running make without an argument 20.9.98: Makefile: stop overwriting already installed config files (adm/*, uxmon/uxmon-rules.pl, adm/uxmon-net) 20.9.98: added rudimentary utils/def2mib.pl script converting "mosy" (CMU SNMP ...) .defs files into the format expected by Monitor::snmp MIB loader 20.9.98: added MIB loader to Monitor::snmp. Compiled MIB-II into uxmon/mibs.txt 20.9.98: bbd.pl: deny access to unauthorized agents. Use config file adm/hosts.allow 19.9.98: added Monitor::snmp monitor (snmp polling) 19.9.98: Monitor::sar.pm: upper limits were not checked correctly (if both a "yellow" and a "red" upper limit existed, only the "yellow" one was checked)