Release announcement

After a period of quiet contemplation we are proud to announce version 5.5 of NXLog Manager.

The team added a few minor features, but the highlight of the release is the improved stability and scalability in distributed operation .

In addition

• we made the move to systemd
• enabled HTTPS access to the UI by default
• and implemented a certificate management REST API

See the changelog below.

Changelog

New

• #3178 Certificate management REST API
• #3103 Implemented systemd unit files
• #3227 Warning against direct modification is written into managed configuration file
• #3207 Support for naming agents using their hostname
• #3292 Expose log files by default from docker container
• #3288 NXLog Manager generates certificate and key during install
• #3130 Write log entry when main key is decrypted

Changed

• #3221 Certificate management API uses agent names instead of IDs
• #3256 simplified JVM configuration (nxlog-manager.conf)
• #3281 SSL enabled by default

Fixed

• #3317 Jetty is not able to use obfuscated key password
• #3386 Jetty fails to start after upgrade with certificate missing error
• #3326 Tags disappear after saving
• #3350 issue certificate API returns "400 Error: Bad Request"
• #3385 deleted modules remain in agent information
• #3351 Testing on swagger UI logs out user from the web UI
• #3372 Update and reload fails in distributed load balanced environment
• #3371 Agent module information missing from UI and API
• #3368 Agent cannot reconnect on reload when connecting from behind a load balancer
• #3365 Agent connectivity issue in distributed environments
• #3354 Local authentication fails after LDAP exception
• #3355 "java.util.ConcurrentModificationException" while issuing certificate
• #3356 "JMSBrokerInstance nust not be null" error in distributed mode
• #3348 Lazy initialization error displayed when closing agent log viewer
• #3332 path to Jetty certificate is broken under docker
• #3192 NXLog Manager is generating broken im_linuxaudit configuration
• #3311 Agent filter check boxes are not properly aligned
• #3304 Agentinfo API does not accept agent name
• #3273 valid email address refused by backup configuration form
• #3294 Race condition in distributed load balanced setups
• #3283 broken reference to certificate and key file locations
• #3203 Unwanted interaction between seach box and Chrome's auto-complete feature
• #3245 Responsivity issues with high agent counts
• #3217 Connectivity issues with high agent counts
• #3214 High number of inactive connections over slow links
• #3205 UI hang when backup stalls
• #3274 SNA/Agent name overrides are lost on restart
• #2871 NXLog Manager is not stopped on package removal on Debian/Ubuntu