Today with the release of Cacti v0.8.7b, I have released the latest Plugin Architecture. This version adds a few extra hooks and includes the newest architecture design with some crucial changes.
First, this version requires you to import a SQL file into your Cacti databse (pa.sql). This adds required tables and entries for the Plugin Architecture. This version is backwards compatible with the old PA and plugin, but opens the plugins to be able to move to the new architecture and API functions. Documents on how to migrate your plugins to the new plugin architecture will be available soon, but all your plugins should still work until then.
I have released the plugin architecture for Cacti v0.8.7a. The only fix in this version is a correction on how the poller_top and poller_bottom hooks work when your cron interval is set differently than your poller interval.
Today with the release of Cacti v0.8.7, I now have ready a complete version of CactiEZ running Cacti 0.8.7 and all the latest versions of the plugins. CactiEZ is the simplest way to setup a new Cacti server. Current users are advised to follow the normal directions on how to upgrade your Cacti and Plugin Architecture to the latest versions (there is no upgrade script) A 64 bit version of CactiEZ will be along shortly.
Also, today marks the release of the latest version of the Plugin Architecture for Cacti v0.8.7. Older versions of Cacti are no longer supported with this patch, as there were some fundamental changes in the core Cacti files.
Update: Most plugins (at least the ones on this site) have been updated to work with Cacti 0.8.7
Please note that the latest version of Thold is not backwards compatible with older versions of Cacti as it required several new hooks.
If you are seeing this, then you are looking at the brand new server hosting the site. We are now running on a Dual QuadCore 1.6 Ghz with 8 gigs of RAM hosted on a dedicated server which I recently purchased. This should greatly increase page loads and help to alleviate some of the sporadic downtime my web host was having.
The new server has a dedicated 3 MB connection to the internet, so downloads from it should be much faster. I am currently running all downloads in a Round Robin with the old web host to increase redundancy. Files are periodically rsynced to the old server to ensure that new plugins are quickly available to everyone no matter which mirror you are pointing to.
Everything should now be working correctly on the site, if you find a bug, just post a quick topic in the forums. A new site is currently being developed, so look keep your eye out for updates.
Yep, I have been very busy with the Thold plugin lately. These latest changes add several enhancements to the email capabilities, and to the templating system. I also fix a few minor issues that came up.
Changes
- Allow text only threshold alerts (aka no graph!)
- Add some text to the alerts, including the hostname
- Change the email to be sent as "Cacti" instead of PHPMailer
- Fix issue with host alerts still being sent as multipart messages
- Add the ability to completely customize the threshold alert (allow descriptors)
- Re-arrange the Settings page to group like options
- Fix an issue when applying thresholds to a device with no datasources / data queries
- Add the ability for template changes to propagate back to the thresholds (with the ability to disable per threshold)