Long wait is now over, the new MAP is available!
As of now it is compatible only with the 22.10 version but will be with the 22.04 in the coming days.
You will find all necessary information for installation and migration of your existing views in our official documentation.
We also renamed the beta program “The Watch” group as “MAP (Web) Early adopters”. You’ll find some interesting documentation and can freely exchange with the community, raise feedback or just share thoughts on this new extension.
In a nutshell, new MAP implementation is:
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A new online editor
Graphical views can now be created and edited directly from the Centreon web user interface, by any user with the proper user rights.
The user interface is still an easy-to-use drag and drop drawing tool that retains all the capabilities from the legacy desktop client, albeit with a slightly different look and feel.
Based on the widely distributed Draw.io open source library, map edition becomes as easy as pie.
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A new server to increase performances
The MAP server stores all graphical views and serves them to the Centreon web interface. On very large monitoring platforms, with thousands of views showing thousands of objects in real-time, the legacy version of the server could struggle to keep up.
A brand new server has been developed, implementing a new data model, to increase the performance in all circumstances.
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A migration process
As it was key for us that you can still use your existing views, we have implemented a fully automated migration process. During this, all the views you created with the desktop client will be converted to the new format and stored in the new database.
From here, you will be able to edit your maps and create new ones directly from your Centreon web interface.
At any time, you can roll back to the previous version and find your views exactly as you let them before the migration. It is important to note that any modification you do on your views and any newly created maps with the web interface will not be backported to the legacy MAP environment after roll back.
MAP is now ready to evolve and new features will be available on each and every (even minor) versions. The MAP team is eager to hear your feedback and ideas.