0.4.4.md

What's New in NSClient++ 0.4.4

The main goals of the 0.4.4 was to get the new installer out.

• New installer

!!! danger "PLEASE NOTE" NRPE has been changed in 0.4.3, for details please see the 0.4.3 changelog.

Improved installer

A reworked installer with support for monitoring tools have been added. Currently only op5 is supported but the plan is to support other tools as well. The installer also has a much improved command line interface as well as a lot of bug fixes. We also sign the installer to make it easier to install.

Bug-fixes/enhancements

MSI installer:

• Fixed installer upgrade issue when upgrading from build revisions #164
• Set missing conf_can_change property
• removed unused property
• Added CA for managing MONITORING_TOOL to allow setting all properties from command line using a MONITORING_TOOL=op5 options
• Added signing of exe/msi
• cleaned up the installer and fixed lots of bugs and issues with silent install as well as options and such
• Fixed migrating over the same store wont update it
• Fixed issue with save updating "child keys" when reading included files.
• Fixed comments with \n in ini files
• Added op5 installer

check_pdh:

• Fixed #250 #248 possible fix for crash in check_pdh on w32 computers.
• Fixed #206 Added support for checking multiple times with check_pdh and rrd buffers

check_process:

• Fixed issue with hung detection

check_service:

• Fixed #229 Improved error handling for service errors

check_uptime:

• Fixed check_uptime parsing dates wrong

check_eventlog:

• Fixed #199 yet memory leak this time in check_eventlog

check_drivesize:

• Fixed drive letters with single character

WebUI:

• Fixed certificate creation in webserver (and removed dependency on applink)

check_service:

• Fixed services showing twice in service list

core:

• Added showing location using nscp settings --show
• Added noop as channel target to discard message
• Fixed memory and resource leaks #199
• Fixed crash reporting