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A new update for Centreon dsm 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-dsm-22.10.1

A new update for Centreon open tickets 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-open-tickets-22.10.1

A new update for Centreon gorgone 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-gorgone-22.10.1

A new update for Centreon web 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-web-22.10.8

A new update for Centreon map 21.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-map-21.10.9

A new update for Centreon autodiscovery 21.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-autodiscovery-21.10.4

A new update for Centreon mbi 21.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-mbi-21.10.3

A new update for Centreon bam 21.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-bam-21.10.3

A new update for Centreon web 23.04 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-web-23.04.1

Every month, Centreon extends its monitoring connector catalog and implements new ones, allowing you to connect your IT monitoring with more ITOps tools. The result: increased visibility and business observability capabilities. We also offer enhancements and fixes on existing connectors.Here is the latest news on your best allies: our monitoring connectors!To learn more, you can also read the related documentation, contact our sales team or post a message on The Watch. Reminder: since the 23.04 new release, there is a new name for our Plugin Packs. We will now refer to them as Monitoring Connectors. Four new monitoring connectors added to the catalog this month Outscale API monitoring connectorOutscale is a French cloud operator that offers virtual machines, storage, VPNs, load balancers, and allows instant, need-based deployment of infrastructure, applications and services, including Linux and Windows applications in Europe, North America and Asia.Using this new connector, all services attached to an account can be discovered (through service discovery), facilitating their monitoring.(More about the Outscale monitoring connector)Amazon Direct Connect monitoring connectorThis is yet another cloud-related connector. Amazon Direct Connect provides an entry point to AWS and then, with access to any AWS region, through links within AWS. (More about the Amazon Direct Connect monitoring connector)Using this connector’s auto-discovery features, you will be able to monitor AWS Direct Connect connections and virtual interfaces.Keysight NVOS Monitoring ConnectorKeysight NVOS is an OS for open-switch network devices providing a variety of information, including hardware status, system time offset and uptime. This connector integrates discovery rules and services to monitor dynamic filter counters as well as typical network interface metrics. (More about the Keysight NVOS monitoring connector)HMS Netbiter Argos™ RestAPI Monitoring ConnectorNetbiter Argos™ is a cloud platform for managing IoT devices. This Centreon connector lets you discover all the available sensors as well as escalate alarms that have been set up. (More about the HMs Netbiter Argos RestAPI monitoring connector) EnhancementsGreat enhancements this month!Protocol TCP, Protocol UDP et Generic SNMP Monitoring connectorsIn an effort to offer more than ICMP checks for host monitoring, we’ve added new host monitoring commands and host templates to these three monitoring connectors.MySQL/MariaDB connectorA Collection service model was added to this connector,  to make Collection mode easier to use. Collection mode was created a little while ago. To learn more about collections, we recommend reading this post and also this one which relates specifically to the MySQL/MariaDB collection. Bug fixes The latest anomalies reported on Azure Policies States have now been corrected. The Centreon Poller connector Broker-Stats service model has been corrected. The xFusion iBMC SNMP connector hardware monitoring command has been fixed. More details on this month’s monitoring connectors can be found in the release note.

Hey there! 😊Your favorite monitoring platform just got a spring upgrade. The new 23.04 version comes with a fancy Centreon AIOps Extension that uses artificial intelligence/machine learning to make the platform even better.This new AIOps Extension comes with two cool features: Anomaly Detection and Predictive Capacity. Anomaly Detection was previously only for beta users, but now it's available for everyone. It uses machine learning to predict the expected value of a metric and will give you a heads up when the monitored value goes beyond the acceptable deviation envelope. Predictive Capacity is still in early preview, but it uses machine learning to create a precise forecasting model for capacity planning.And that's not all, folks! The new version also has native SAML 2.0 support for web-based, cross-domain single sign-on and user synchronization. This feature is designed to beef up security and reduce the admin workload of handing out multiple authentication tokens.Last but not least, your valuable ideas have been heard! The Centreon team has implemented some of the ideas submitted on The Watch, such as packaged stream connectors, meta-service graphs in custom views, and a custom login page. Keep it up, folks! The Centreon product team is always open to new ideas and feedback 💪So, do you want to know more about all the exciting new features in this new version of Centreon?Check out the blog posts below in english and french! 😉 Read more about - EN                                                                              Read more about - FR  To simplify the installation process of Centreon on any operating system, we will merge the RPM and APT repositories into a single repository. Click here if you want to know more   And if you need the Centreon documentation to update, click here 

In order to make the installation of Centreon easier, regardless of the operating system used, we have decided to unify the RPM and APT repositories into a single repository.Thus, from May 2023, the yum.centreon.com and apt.centreon.com repositories become packages.centreon.com. First of all, don't worry: redirections have been put in place so that the supported Centreon platforms can continue to have updates, without it being necessary to change the configuration of the repositories. But beware, these redirects will only remain active for six months: this is the period you have to reconfigure your platforms so that they use packages.centreon.com. We show you how to do it below. Why this change?A single repository regardless of the Linux distribution. Differentiate between supported and outdated versions, a new repository will be created to archive unsupported versions. Group the Centreon Plugins and Monitoring Connectors, which are independent of the version of Centreon, in repositories dedicated to them. Facilitate our package deliveries (.rpm and .deb) Facilitate the support of future operating systems. Which platforms are affected? Centreon platforms whose software version is greater than or equal to 21.10 must be reconfigured within the next six months in order to continue to benefit from updates. Centreon platforms whose version is older than 21.10 are not concerned because they no longer receive updates. When updating a platform from a version prior to 21.10 to a later version, it is necessary to modify the configuration of the repositories. This concerns both open-source software editions and commercial editions. How to update the repositories on my Centreon platforms? The update procedure differs depending on the operating system of the platform. Update your RPM repositories (RHEL / Oracle Linux / Alma Linux 7 & 8) Open-source software edition: update of Standard & Centreon Plugins repositories rm /etc/yum.repos.d/centreon.repodnf config-manager --add-repo https://packages.centreon.com/rpm-standard/22.10/el8/centreon-22.10.repodnf clean all --enablerepo=*Replace 22.10 with your major version of Centreon (twice in the link).Replace el8 with your version of the operating system (el8 for version 8, otherwise el7). If you want to update Centreon packages:dnf update centreon\* Commercial software editions Contact our support team for updates to Monitoring Connectors repositories (formerly Plugin Packs) and commercial extensions. Update your APT repositories (Debian 11) Open-source software edition: update of Standard & Centreon Plugins repositories echo "deb https://packages.centreon.com/apt-standard-22.10-stable/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/centreon.listecho "deb https://packages.centreon.com/apt-plugins-stable/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/centreon-plugins.listapt updateReplace 22.10 with your major version of Centreon. If you want to update Centreon packages:apt upgrade centreon Commercial software editions Contact our support team for updates to Monitoring Connectors repositories (formerly Plugin Packs) and commercial extensions.

Every month, Centreon extends its monitoring connector catalog and implements new ones, allowing you to connect your IT monitoring with more ITOps tools. The result: increased visibility and business observability capabilities. We also offer enhancements and fixes on existing connectors. Here is the latest news on your best allies: our monitoring connectors! To learn more, you can also read the related documentation, contact our sales team or post a message here on The Watch. TAKE NOTE: New name for Plugin Packs -in the 23.04 new release coming in the next few days, we will now refer to them as Monitoring Connectors Ever wondered about the difference between Plugins and Plugin Packs or tended to confuse them? Well, you were not alone. Our customer support team as well as partners who resell and integrate Centreon have been suggesting that we change our terminology and so we did. The takeaway here is that a diversity of connectors are necessary to monitor all the different equipment types. And so, that’s how we’ll be referring to Plugin Packs from now on:  monitoring connectors. Centreon comes with an online library of about 700 monitoring connectors that you can download and install to monitor 100% of your IT infrastructure, both in the cloud or on-premises. Each connector comes with a complete set of configuration templates (host and service) and auto-discovery rules, along with some guidance for a smooth execution. In Centreon 23.04, the user interface page that manages the monitoring connectors can still be found in the configuration menu, in the same place, but its name has been changed to Monitoring Connectors Manager, and the new terminology is also reflected in the online documentation.  ANOTHER NOTE!In the Monitoring Connectors Manager page, you will notice that all connectors have been updated. However, you should note that if they are not mentioned in the following update notes, it means no major changes have been made. Only make sure you are using the latest version of your monitoring connectors. Welcoming 2 new monitoring connectors in the catalog There are two new monitoring connectors to discover this month. Aruba CPPM Monitoring Connector.The ClearPass Policy Manager™ access management system (HPE/Aruba’s BYOD network security solution) sets and controls network access covering Zero Trust based access security requirements from a single platform. It provides complete mobile devices and users views as well as full control over what they can access.In addition to the classic metrics (CPU, disks, interfaces, memory) you can now use this connector to monitor:Radius statistics Requests to authentication repositories statistics TACACS (Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus) statistics OpenGear monitoring packageThe OpenGear network solution (Digi) lets you monitor network equipment. On top of tracking classic indicators (CPU, interfaces, load, memory), this pack can monitor more specifically serial port traffic. Enhancements A few great enhancements this month!VMware VM: Good news: `ip_vmanagement` and `ip_vmotion` are now supported in Host Discovery. Control-M Rest API: job name filtering was added to service discovery. Fortinet Fortigate: default alerting on the state of the interface to the Traffic-Global service model is now available for this connector. Bug fixes Calculation for the CPU indicator was corrected for Windows WSMan. Latest Changes  Following feedback from our users, especially regarding auto-discovery, the Kadiska Rest API monitoring connector now integrates several improvements. You can find the complete release notes here. Also, discover what’s coming in 23.04 release. Want to help us or suggest improvements? Join us here on The Watch or GitHub and add a star Also, feel free to discuss plugins and connectors (monitoring packs, Plugin Packs) on The Watch. See you next month for more new features!

It's been over 5 months now since we released Centreon 22.10.Thousands of platforms around the world have been upgraded and there have been some minor updates to address early adopter findings.We will be releasing 23.04 shortly, but if you prefer staying on the n-1 version, now is the right time to consider an upgrade to 22.10.  If you are using a commercial edition of Centreon, please check the maintenance table below to ensure you remain fully supported:  Version End of support State Centreon 22.10 10/2024 Supported Centreon 22.04 05/2024 Supported Centreon 21.10 11/2023 Supported Centreon 21.04 10/2022 No longer supported Centreon 20.10 04/2022 No longer supported Centreon 20.04 10/2021 No longer supported Centreon 19.10 04/2021 No longer supported Centreon 19.04 10/2020 No longer supported Centreon 18.10 04/2020 No longer supported  22.10 brings many improvements, as well as important security and functional fixes. Key fixes in Service Pack 1 include security vulnerabilities, fixes and enhancements to Centreon MAP. If you have already deployed 22.10, please check the table below for versions of individual components included in Service Pack 1.  Component Minimum version in SP1 Centreon Web 22.10.7 Centreon Collect 22.10.1 Centreon Gorgone 22.10.0 Centreon MAP 22.10.5 Centreon BAM 22.10.2 Centreon MBI 22.10.2 Centreon Autodiscovery 22.10.2 Centreon Plugin Pack Manager 22.10.0 Centreon License Manager 22.10.0 Centreon Anomaly Detection 22.10.2 Centreon High availability 22.10.0 Centreon DSM 22.10.0 Centreon Open Tickets 22.10.0  Complete release notes as well as upgrade procedure are available in the Centreon Documentation. 

A new update for Centreon bam 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-bam-22.10.2

A new update for Centreon autodiscovery 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-autodiscovery-22.10.2

A new update for Centreon anomaly detection 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-anomaly-detection-22.10.2

A new update for Centreon map 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-map-22.10.5

A new update for Centreon map 22.04 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-map-22.04.6

A new update for Centreon map 22.04 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-map-22.04.5

A new update for Centreon bam 22.04 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-bam-22.04.3

A new update for Centreon anomaly detection 22.04 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-anomaly-detection-22.04.1

A new update for Centreon collect 22.04 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-collect-22.04.3

Every month, Centreon extends its connector catalog (a.k.a. monitoring packs or Plugin Packs) and implements new ones, allowing you to connect your IT monitoring with more ITOps tools. The result: increased visibility and business observability capabilities. We also offer enhancements and fixes on existing connectors. Here is the latest news on your best allies: our monitoring connectors!To learn more, you can also read the related documentation, contact our sales team or post a message here on The Watch. 5 New monitoring connectors There are five new monitoring packs to discover this month.Azure Policies States: Use this connector to monitor the compliance status of Azure policies. Control-M Rest API: Use this new pack to monitor jobs in the Control-M job scheduler using the REST API. Riello UPS SNMP: Use this pack to monitor the status of the battery, alarms, power source metrics and output lines for this UPS. Oracle Universal Connection Pool: This Java-based tool allows reusing connections by caching connection objects to the database. This Plugin Pack monitors the usage of each connection pool and helps you deploy monitoring through an Auto-Discovery rule. As the name of the pack indicates, the objects are monitored using a JMX agent. Western Digital NAS: Use this connector to discover volumes and monitor their use and the status of the equipment.Enhancements  The following connectors were enhanced this month:Azure Discover: This connector has been enriched to discover all Azure instance types supported by Centreon and more Azure instance types can now be managed. CheckPoint firewall: This connector monitors CheckPoint gateways. A new disk service template has been added. Cisco WLC: This connector discovers network interfaces and monitors bandwidth usage. A new access points discovery rule has been added. UPS Standard: Thresholds for alarm services on UPS monitoring were added. VMware ESX: New attributes were added to the host discovery provider (ip_management and ip_vmotion) and some attribute types were corrected. Alcatel Omniswitch: This connector discovers network interfaces and monitors switch status and usage. The interface control service model was refreshed. Azure SQL Database: The Centreon Azure SQL Database Plugin Pack includes a host discovery provider called Microsoft Azure SQL Databases. It discovers all instances attached to a given Microsoft Azure subscription. Extra options were added to the template to customize the status check associated with the database. The template defines the health of the database. Dell PowerStore Rest API: This connector controls your Dell PowerStore equipment. Memory control was added.Bug fixes and major changes   Centreon SQL Metrics: Partitioning mode was corrected. Kubernetes API: Node discovery was fixed. Jenkins API: Name of the service was changed, and options were rehauled.You can find the complete release notes here.Want to help us or suggest improvements? You have the Ideas section where you can submit your product improvement ideas to our product team. But you can also vote here for ideas submitted by other watchers. 

A new update for Centreon collect 22.10 is available. Click the version button in Product Updates to access detailed release notes:centreon-collect-22.10.1