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Merlin v2021.8.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2021-07-30 // over 2 years ago

  • ➕ Added

    • --write option to mon merlinkey generate which will write the path to the newly generated private encryption key to merlin.conf
    • 🆕 New mon commands: slimpoller. These are inteded for slim pollers to register or deregister with a master node.
    • Implemented ipc_blocked_hostgroups setting. This setting will allow to block the specific node from executing checks from the specified hostgroups

    🔄 Changed

    • Exceptions added to the auto_delete functionality to avoid master takeover of checks. Don't auto delete in pollergroups with only one node, and when no nodes have been heard from recently.
    • Only enable auto_delete for pollers.
    • 👉 Make mon merlinkey generate idempotent.

    🛠 Fixed

    • 🛠 Fix an issue that caused auto_delete nodes to be removed prematurely.
    • 🌲 Show the correct time to node auto deletion in the debug log.
    • 🏗 Correctly set the required Naemon version in the build tools.