Centreon Infra Monitoring

Hello everyone, As part of our project to update our dedicated VMware connectors, we are deploying the foundation of the VMware 8 ESX monitoring connector via REST API this month. This connector is a lightweight version, as it only includes CPU, memory, power and host discovery modes. We have already planned to enhance this connector in the coming months with new modes. It is marked as experimental because, at this stage, we still need to verify its functionality with numerous metrics (as may be the case in certain production environments). Feel free to share your feedback on this and more generally on this connector here. We will keep you informed of progress on this subject. 

Dear users, In order to simplify and improve the user experience of our software, we plan to remove two features in an upcoming major update:Creating services linked to multiple hosts. Creating services by host group.We understand that these features may still be used by some of you, but we believe they can be replaced by the use of templates. We are making this decision to optimize the software and make it more intuitive. Proposal of solutions when updating the Centreon platform Services linked to multiple hostsCreating a service linked to multiple hosts allows you to have an identical configuration of this service for multiple hosts.This service can be transformed into a service template. A single service will be created for each linked host and will inherit the template you previously created.This update will be performed automatically during the Centreon platform update process (target: Centreon 25.10). Services by Host GroupCreating a service by host group allows for the same serv

 The new Centreon Monitoring Agent is now available in BetaGreat news for all Centreon users! We are thrilled to announce that the new Centreon Monitoring Agent (CMA) is now available in its Beta version. This agent can be installed on both Windows and Linux hosts, providing enhanced flexibility and scalability to your monitoring setups.Install the Agent on your host & set up monitoring checks You just have to follow the guide ! The Monitoring Connectors October release will provide all you need to quickly and easily monitor hosts using the Centreon Monitoring Agent. Enjoy the Centreon Monitoring Agent experience   We Value Your Feedback!As always, your feedback is invaluable to us. We eagerly anticipate hearing your experiences and thoughts on the new Centreon Monitoring Agent. Your insights help us refine and enhance our solutions. Don't hesitate to share your feedback and ensure the best possible experience for all Centreon users.Stay tuned for more updates, and happy monitoring

Dear Watchers,It had been asked for a while, we released it last December: a SNMP version 3 template is provided for Linux in our Monitoring Connectors. The documentation can be found there.I invite you to tell us here as a reply to this post, if you have feedback to give us about it.Does it fit your needs? Is it easy enough to use? Is the documentation clear?Any feedback will be great!Once we judge that the template is satisfying enough given your feedback, we’ll merge it into the Linux SNMP monitoring connector and apply the same method with other connectors. 

 We wish to inform all users that BBDO2 will be officially deprecated with the 25.10 release of Centreon. This change is part of our ongoing effort to enhance the platform’s performance, security, and compatibility with modern infrastructure requirements. What is BBDO? BBDO, for Binary Broker for Data Operations, is a core protocol for exchanging monitoring data between a Centreon central server and pollers/remote servers.  Why is BBDO2 Being Deprecated? With Broker 22.04.0, we have introduced a new version of BBDO based on Google Protobuf 3.The new protocol remains compatible with the previous one, but introduces new events.There are several key reasons for the depreciation of BBDO2:Performance improvements Flexibility: easier maintenance and enhancements To enable Broker-managed configuration & differential configuration export, which are using Protobuf messages (reduced network footprint for configuration updates).What This Means for You For most of our customers, BBDO3 is aread

 Reminder: Centreon Version 23.04 End of Life (EOL) Approaching SoonAs per the Centreon product lifecycle, we would like to remind all Centreon users that Centreon version 23.04 will soon reach its end of life (EOL). It is crucial to ensure that your infrastructure remains secure and up-to-date by upgrading to a supported version.If your platform is currently on version 23.04, it is highly recommended to upgrade to a newer version to continue receiving security updates and support. The upgrade process is thoroughly documented and can be accessed here.Thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter and for your continued support in keeping your systems secure. Stay ahead of potential threats by subscribing to the Security Bulletin section. You’ll receive instant notifications whenever a new bulletin is published, ensuring your infrastructure remains secure and up to date. 

📢 End of Support for Debian 11 in Version 24.10 🚨We want to inform our user community that with the upcoming release of Centreon 24.10, support for Debian 11 will officially come to an end.Debian 11 is already in Long Term Support, and Centreon has been supporting Debian 12 since 24.04.We will support in-place OS upgrades from Debian 11 to Debian 12 which you can perform with 24.04 before upgrading to Centreon 24.10.We appreciate your understanding as we continue to focus on providing the best possible monitoring solutions.For any questions or support, please don’t hesitate to reach out via our community forums or customer support. We’re here to help!  Don't forget to subscribe to the Latest News, Product Updates and Security Bulletins sections to stay informed in real-time about the latest information, latest security bulletins, minor and major updates, and monthly releases of monitoring connectors. Stay in the loop! 

[Update 09/30/24] This update confirms that MAP Legacy will be retired with 24.10 This is an announcement that Centreon will retire Centreon MAP Legacy starting next version 24.10. The diagramming and mapping functionality referred to as Centreon MAP is currently shipped in two flavors:MAP Legacy which relies on a client application running on a desktop to create/edit maps MAP Web, a web client fully embedded into the Centreon user interfaceThe following only relates to Centreon on-premise installations as Centreon Cloud already runs MAP Web. Given the change in technology and the migration necessary to move from MAP Legacy to MAP Web, Centreon has been continuing full support of MAP Legacy until now.With hundreds of production platforms now running MAP Web, we believe it is time to consider deprecating MAP Legacy. Centreon will end support of MAP Legacy with the next major version of Centreon: 24.10.MAP Legacy will continue being shipped and supported on 23.04, 23.10 and 24.04 accordi

Hello,I tried SNclient+ and I will share what I found with this short review.My thirst thought is that SNClient+ is mainly for Windows host.s Why ? Because I failed to installed it from Debian 5 to Debian 11 included. The Debian packages are broken on all theses releases, you can’t install it, it will throw an error.The answer from the team was if it’s not working you can try to recompile it from sources.It more sunny on the RedHat side because the RPM is valid (and tested) on RedHat 7 and 9 (I didn't test it on RH8).Also, only a unit for Systemd is included, no Init script.On the Windows side, it’s unclear on which version we could run it.I successfully run it on Windows 2019 but the SNClient+ team don’t give a list of supported OS :https://github.com/ConSol-Monitoring/snclient/issues/48 I tried some check with «check_nrpe» as I’m used to with NSClient++.Some are identical, like theses :$ /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H 10.128.10.7 -c check_drivesize -a Drive=C: ShowAll MinWar

Hello everyone,Some of you have already seen the information and have already passed it on to us (thanks again for your vigilance and your feedback). Microsoft made this announcement at the beginning of July:Starting August 15th, 2024 we will be removing the Office 365 connectors feature from Microsoft Teams. We recommend Power Automate workflows as the solution to relay information into and out of Teams in a scalable, flexible, and secure way.We will gradually roll out this change in waves:Wave 1 – effective August 15th, 2024: All new Connector creation will be blocked within all clouds Wave 2 – effective October 1st, 2024: All connectors within all clouds will stop working How will it work on the Centreon side?We have started to address this change and hope to quickly have an updated notification script in beta for users who would be interested in helping us validate it. The Centreon release of the Teams connector update is currently scheduled for the August 2024 release which will t

Hello Dashboards users! We are pleased to announce the release of Centreon Cloud, June 2024!New features and enhancements are now available for Cloud users, let's take a look at what's new...General AvailabilityNo more Beta mention. Centreon Dashboards are now generally available for Cloud users.Two new widgetsStatus ChartThis widget displays the distribution of current statuses on selected resources, as a chart.Business Activity DiagramThis widget displays graphically a business activity hierarchy of KPIs and lets you navigate through it.Duplicate featureYou can now duplicate a dashboard. From the More actions button, click Duplicate to make a copy of the dashboard. EnhancementsMany optimization actions consisted in improving the look and feel of existing widgets, in particular graph legends and tooltips. Here are some other enhancements implemented in this version:Status Grid: condensed viewIn addition to the standard view, you can also select the condensed view. It provides a synthe

Hello everyone,We started working on MQTT and more specifically Mosquitto with the aim of making a new monitoring connector for it. We already have some ideas but we would like to know if any of you are already using Mosquitto and if so for what purpose do you use it? But also your wishes regarding the monitoring of it.

Dear Watchers,As I said here, we experimented a new SNMP version 3 template for Linux.We are planning to add similar SNMP version 3 templates to other monitoring connectors to make it easier to use SNMP v3 (I agree it's not ideal to use the $_SERVICEEXTRAOPTION$ macro for that) in more contexts.What I'm proposing you here is to answer to my post by giving:The name of the monitoring connector or the host template you'd like to see support SNMP v3 macros. The desired security levels (noAuthNoPriv, authNoPriv, authPriv).Then we'll prioritize the posts that will receive the highest number of "thumbs up" to deliver new templates in the monitoring connectors.Can’t wait for your suggestions!PS: If what you want is a template that do not exist yet as a monitoring connector, then please use the ideas section!PPS: Please post only one suggestion per post 🙏🏻