Icinga for Windows v1.2.0

1.2.0 (2020-08-28)

Issue and PRs

Upgrading Notes

Breaking change with non-equal versions

Check Command configuration generated by Icinga for Windows 1.2.0 require Icinga for Windows 1.2.0 or later deployed on all systems, otherwise you will run into issues with an unknown command Exit-IcingaPluginNotInstalled error.

• To properly catch errors on check execution you will have to import check commands as Director basket again by using Get-IcingaCheckCommandConfig. Further details can be found in the upgrading docs

Notes

• Improved documentation for plenty of Cmdlets and functionality
• We have updated the handling for plugin outputs which will now only print non Ok values by using verbosity 0 on check plugin configuration and include Ok checks for packages with non Ok checks on verbosity 1. Additional details can be found on issue #99
• #80 Adds wrapper function Get-IcingaWindowsInformation for WMI and CIM calls to properly handle config/permission errors
• #93 Adds PSScriptAnalyzer for improved and identical code quality

Enhancements

• Adds configuration for Windows Terminal integration
• Adds new Cmdlet Show-IcingaPerformanceCounterInstances to display all available instances for Performance Counters
• #76 Adds support to test for required .NET Framework Version 4.6.0 or above before trying to install the Icinga Agent
• #87 Adds wrapper command to test new code or functionality of Framework and/or plugins
• #88 Adds Start/Stop timer functionality for performance analysis
• #94 Adds Namespace argument for Get-IcingaWindowsInformation for additional filtering
• #95 Improves error handling for issues by using Use-Icinga initialising or by calling plugins which are not installed
• #98 Adds support for SecureString as password argument on config generation
• #99 Improves plugin output with different verbosity settings
• #100, #107 Adds help for each Performance Counter Cmdlet, separates Cmdlets into single files, adds Filter option for Show-IcingaPerformanceCounterCategories and adds Test-IcingaPerformanceCounterCategory to test if a category exists on a system
• #108 Adds function Show-IcingaPerformanceCounterHelp to fetch the help of a specific Performance Counter
• #111 Improves error message on permission problems while accessing CIM/WMI objects including details on how to resolve them

Bugfixes

• #78 Fix Icinga Agent package fetching for x86 architecture
• #79 Fix ConvertTo-Seconds to output valid numeric data with multiple digits
• #81, #82 Fix error on EventLog initialising in case Icinga for Windows application is not registered on new machines and throws proper error message on plugin execution on how to resolve it
• #83 Fix error on Icinga Config basket renderer for illegal ValidateSet while $null values were allowed values
• #84 Fix conversion of ConvertTo-Seconds and ConvertTo-SecondsFromIcingaThresholds while the input value is $null
• #85 Fix incorrect handling to empty service user password which was configured as empty String instead of $null SecureString object
• #89 Fix file type question during Get-IcingaCheckCommandConfig generation in Windows 2012 R2 and older
• #90 Fix file type question during Icinga Agent installation on Windows 2012 R2 while using a custom installation target
• #91 Fix wrong default values being set for installer arguments by using the Icinga Director Self-Service API
• #92 Fix Set-IcingaAcl which fails on older Windows systems with a security id error and not at all/not properly setting required permissions for directories
• #96 Re-Implements caching for Performance Counters and fixes an issue with counters sometimes returning value 0 instead of the correct value
• #97, #101, #104 Fix value digit count for Performance Counters

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.1.2

1.1.2 (2020-07-01)

Issue and PRs

Bugfixes

• #74 Disabling Agent features for last list item is not possible
• #75 'notification' feature is not disabled during installation

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.1.1

1.1.1 (2020-06-18)

Issue and PRs

Bugfixes

• #70 Fixes zones configuration for multiple parent endpoints
• #72 Fixes installation target directory not used properly while directory exist already

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.1.0

Issue and PRs

Notes

• #62 Deprecates --key argument for certificate generation for Icinga 2.12.0 and later

Deprecations

• The value latest for the installation wizard argument AgentVersion is deprecated and has been replaced by release

Breaking changes

• The -AcceptConnections argument for the install wizard had the opposite effect in the previous versions. Please review your configuration on a test setup before proceeding with a mass-rollout to ensure the Agent behaves as expected
• The wizard now ships with a new argument -ConvertEndpointIPConfig which will convert hostnames or FQDN entries for connection information to IP addresses. If you are having a CLI string available and neither want to be asked this question or change current behaviour, set the argument to 0: -ConvertEndpointIPConfig 0

Enhancements

• #48 Adds support to check if a check package contains any checks or check packages
• #64 Icinga Agent RC versions are no longer used by using latest as version
• #67 Adds support to flush entire Icinga 2 ProgamData directory on uninstallation
• #68 Improves the setup wizard by providing better understandable prompts including examples and various smaller bugfixes
• Console prints are now containing a severity message to better keep an eye on possible warnings/errors
• #69 Improves stability of installation/uninstallation of the Agent by using different PowerShell instances for service and installation/uninstallation handling

Bugfixes

• #61 Fixes duplicate command line entries after wizard completion and escaping of values
• #63 Adds missing port argument for certificate generation requests
• #65 Fixes icinga2.conf file while upgrading from the old PowerShell module to the new framework
• #66 Fixes boolean performance metrics from check plugins by converting them to integer

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.0.2

Bugfix release for our Icinga for Windows PowerShell Framework

Fixed Issues and Improvements

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Summary:

• Fixes crash on fetching the latest Icinga 2 Agent MSI installer package by ignoring RC versions

Update Notes

• No special steps required while updating from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.0.1

Bugfix release for our Icinga for Windows PowerShell Framework

Fixed Issues and Improvements

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Summary:

• Fixes crash during update of components while no update is available on stable branch
• Fixes handling of LocalSystem service user to prevent the framework from crashing
• Fixes an issue while trying to modify the service user with password on older Windows versions
• Fixes persistent Director Self-Service Key prompt while using unattended installation on a new system
• Fixes service user fetching by using NETBIOS name for non-domain hosts instead of full hostname

Update Notes

• No special steps required while updating from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.0.0

The first stable release of our Icinga for Windows PowerShell Framework

Fixed Issues and Improvements

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Summary:

• General bugfixes to increase reliability, stability and performance
• New Cmdlets for managing the Agent have been added
• Improved the install wizard to handle errors more intelligent
• Some fixes for configuration rendering for Icinga Director Baskets

Update Notes

• If you installed the previous RC versions of the Framework, you will have to generate the Icinga Director Basket configuration again and re-import the newly generated JSON file. Please be aware that because of possible changes your old custom variables containing arguments and thresholds might not apply due to new custom variable naming and handling. Please ensure to have a backup of your Icinga Director before applying any changes

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.0.0-rc3

Fixed Issues and Improvements

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Summary:

• Fixed wrong URL for stable plugin repository (refered to Framework instead of Plugins)

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.0.0-rc2

Fixed Issues and Improvements

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Summary:

• Added Cmdlets for managing Self-Service keys
• Added fetching for interface for host address in Icinga Director
• Improved wizard to re-ask on errors
• Fixed memory leak for background daemon
• Fixed crash on Plugin Repo / Framework update
• Fixed missing NodeName configuration in Icinga Agent config

Icinga PowerShell Framework v1.0.0-rc1

Changelog

• Removed legacy framework code
• New release for final framework version