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I’m pleased to announce the availability of the 1.1.1 release of the WebReboot Nagios Plugin. This release makes installation significantly easier. The installer now checks for the presence of all prerequisites and the plugins can be invoked from the command-line far easier.

We also fixed some problems for WebReboot 3.0 users. If you’re a WebReboot Enterprise user and have already installed the plugin, there is no reason to upgrade.

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.

As always, many thanks to those that provided bug reports and suggested new features. These largely drive the development of the plugin suite. All of the issues fixed in the 1.1.1 release were reported by customers using the 1.1 release of the plugins.

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.

I'm extremely pleased to announce the availability of the 1.0 release of the WebReboot Nagios Plugin. After months of testing we feel confident in giving this the 1.0 stamp. This new version now supports multiple WebReboots, allowing you to use a single installation for your entire network. The changes made to support this also cascade down to a single WebReboot installation by way of simpler configuration and better caching, reducing network traffic and increasing command throughput.

For more general and download information, please check out the changelog.

We have now made the plugin part of our official offering and is featured directly on our main site, making it available to a wider audience.

Finally, as part of the announcement we are running a bit of a promotion (some of you may have seen it on the Nagios Web site already). These discounts are made available as coupon codes that you can enter when checking out from our online store:

• 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

Once again, thank you to everyone that's been involved in helping get this 1.0 release out the door.