3
Apr
2020
NXLog Manager version 5.5 Release Announcement
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