Servprise Dev Weblog

I’m pleased to announce the availability of the 1.1 release of the WebReboot Nagios Plugin. This release focuses primarily on usability, although there were several bug fixes and documentation enhancements.

Improvements were made throughout the installation process: progress messages are printed on the console, old settings files are preserved upon upgrading, and a bug with the command definition files not being upgraded was fixed.

The plugins are also now more resistant against WebReboot failures. If a WebReboot goes offline, an error message is logged, but the plugins proceed to work with all other WebReboots in the network. This contrasts with the old behavior, where the plugins would simply error out.

Based on customer feedback, we’ve also added the ability to log to a syslog server, rather than local file. Now you can send your logging information to the same destination that you send WebReboot Enterprise and Nagios messages.

For more general and download information, please check out the changelog. For a brief overview of what the plugins can do or to see them in action, please watch our new overview screencast.

In the same spirit of the 1.0 release of the plugins, we’ve decided to re-run our last promotion. These discounts are made available as coupon codes that you can enter when checking out from our online store. They expire on Feb. 29, 2008:

• NAGIOS_FREE_PCM—Free WebReboot Power Cycle Module with the purchase of a WebReboot Enterprise ($125.00 USD value)
• NAGIOS_WR3_5PCT—5% off your purchase of a WebReboot 3.0 (approximately $25.00 USD value)

As always, many thanks to those that provided bug reports and suggested new features. These largely drive the development of the plugin suite.