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@Bastian-Kuhn Bastian-Kuhn released this 25 Sep 12:01

The most Prominent Features of this Release:

Important: After Update, please commit the changes; otherwise there will be an exception on Checkmk Export
Also note the part "Interaction Needed"

General

  • GUI: Simplified Interface, clearer Descriptions in Menu
  • Export of Hosts and Tags to Checkmk, use now all available Processing Power to calculate Rules before importing.
  • Bulk Operations for Checkmk are now Enable as Default
  • Speed speed speed for Checkmk Operations

Supported Versions

  • Checkmk: API Calls are Adapted to Checkmk 2.3 and some functions may not work on 2.2
    - Checkmk Rules: On 2.2 the rules will delete and created again all the time due an API change in Checkmk.
  • SET local_config: 'CMK_SUPPORT': '2.2' to make version better compatible to old 2.2

Interaction Needed

  • CSV: On Import, Hostnames are only set to lowercase if set in local_config.py. No longer as Default. See Local Config
  • MySQL: On Import, Hostnames are only set to lowercase if set in local_config.py. No longer as Default. See Local Config
  • Mssql: On Import, Hostnames are only set to lowercase if set in local_config.py. No longer as Default. See Local Config
  • Checkmk: Export Rule Value of Folder is deprecated. Replaced by Jinja Support of normal Move Folder Rule.
  • General: Jina Placeholder for Hostsname is now always Uppercase HOSTNAME.
  • Checkmk: The Checkmk API once allowed, accidentally, that a host could be converted to a cluster. Since that is no longer possible, the Syncer now deletes hosts which should become a cluster to recre
    ate them as such.
  • General: Config introduced "CRYPTOGRAPHY_KEY". Please overwrite it, since it is used to encrypt stored passwords in the database
  • CRON: The Maintenance Cronjob had a Typo. After Update, you need to reelect this command in the config of the cron group.

New Features

  • Checkmk:Folder names can now set that they will not be lowercase to keep their case. See Checkmk Config
  • Checkmk: Folders can now get Attributes and Different Names, managed by Syncer.
  • Checkmk: Move to Folder Rule now Supports full Jinja and Replaces Value of Folder rule
  • Checkmk: It's possible to create folders but not move the host in
  • Checkmk: The Debug Page shows now the Rule Debug was before only was possible in cli
  • Checkmk: Export --dry-run and --save-requests to test or just save needed actions to run them later or archive them
  • Checkmk: Support to Manage DCD (Dynamic Configuration) Rules
  • Checkmk: Support to manage Password Store
  • Checkmk: Detailed logging (if enabled) for changes made
  • Global: Changes on Import hosts for Labels are now logged inside the Host Objects log
  • LDAP: Added Support for Inventorize