Changelog

Please make sure to always read our Upgrading documentation before switching to a new version.

v1.11.3

UI

• FIX: Property sort tables does not cause CSRF token validation anymore (#2937)
• FIX: No error when clicking modify action link for services belonging to service set in Icinga DB (#2938)
• FIX: No crashing of Host template form when invalid check command is entered (#2941)

Internals

• FIX: Filter can be now removed in import source modifiers (#2939)

v1.11.2

UI

• FIX: No more errors when changing import source modifier priorities (#2270)
• FIX: Choosing HTTP proxy in import source type REST API no longer causes deprecation notice (#2889)
• FIX: Deleting data lists when using PostgreSQL as backend no longer yields errors (#2913)
• FIX: Previewing sync rules with boolean properties now functions without errors (#2905)
• FIX: Basket snapshots correctly display content if present (#2901)
• FIX: Time periods now include Add to basket functionality (#2542)

API

• FIX: API updates for notifications return 304 instead of 200 when unchanged (#2882)

Internals

• FIX: The apply_changes setting from sync jobs restored from a basket is applied properly (#2904)
• FIX: The Get host by name (DNS lookup) modifier handles failed lookups without errors (#2877)

Director Branches

• FIX: Cloning a host retains its services and service sets (#2897)
• FIX: Service sets are now clonable (#2890)

Integrations

• Show Director labels in monitoring module and Icinga DB custom vars section (#2239)

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

v1.11.1

UI

• FIX: Data fields are now suggested for service templates without a check command (#2815, #2826)
• FIX: Unsetting a parent host or service of a dependency is now correctly stored (no issue)
• FIX: The activity log now avoids a bug in PHP introduced with version 8.1.25 (#2828)

Internals

• FIX: UserGroup creation failed since v1.10.0 (#2784)
• FIX: Hostgroup names consisting only of digits are now correctly handled (#2821)
• FIX: Improved compatibility with PHP 8.1 and 8.2 (#2819, #2827)
• FIX: The parent host or service of a dependency can now be reliably referenced by custom variable (#2289)
• FIX: Services in service sets are now fully restored once a removed set is restored (#1065)

Integrations

• FIX: Icinga DB integration now works even if the monitoring module is not available (#2635)
• FIX: Conformity with the content security policy introduced with Icinga Web v2.12 (#2845)

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

v1.11.0

Icinga Director v1.11 ships a nice new feature, which has been requested by many users: it is now possible to let Notification rules pick User and/or User Groups from Host and Service custom variables.

Behind the scenes, some Icinga DSL assures that Icinga behaves as expected:

The IcingaDB module is now supported. This release also ships a fallback template for Icinga for Windows 1.11 (and Icinga 2.14). To improve security for those relying on default settings, all Host templates are per default rendered to all non-global zones in a redundant way, instead of being rendered to the main global zone.

For those who want to store Secrets in their Host template definitions, this now hinders them from reaching your Agent Endpoints. In addition to this, with this release you now have more control over target Zones for services belonging to Service Sets. Also, some issues related to permissions and restrictions have been addressed.

Various little Import and Sync issues have been addressed, automated Service Template import has been fixed. In addition to some minor Property modifier improvements, they can now be applied in a conditional way. Such filter rules also support CIDR notation. Most prominent use-case: as vSphereDB now ships ALL guest IP addresses, you can pick specific addresses for specific use-cases / host properties based on their network range:

This release now officially supports PHP 8.2, addresses issues when integrating with the IcingaDB web module, and some dark-mode glitches. Search functionality has been improved, Preview Diff shows more details, editing multiple single Services with the very same name has been fixed, and the interactive Startup log renderer now wraps log lines in a nice way:

Performance has greatly been improved for those, who trigger a lot of single API requests, instead of relying on Import/Sync mechanism. Our template usage overview now also summarizes and links objects used in Services belonging to Service Sets:

Commands can now be cloned with their field definitions, and custom variables from set_if flags make now part of the “suggested fields” list.

In addition to major refactoring and technical improvements related to our configuration baskets, it’s now also possible to upload additional snapshots for existing baskets:

Speaking of baskets, they have been reworked in a way giving especially Icinga Partners and Plugin authors more control over related objects. As UUIDs are now supported in Baskets too, it is for example possible to rename an object with a new Basket Snapshot.

Breaking Changes

• Module and system dependencies have been raised, Upgrading and Installation documentations contain related details

UI

• FEATURE: allow to clone commands with fields (#2264)
• FEATURE: Data Fields are now sorted in a case-insensitive way (#2358)
• FEATURE: Data Field search is now case-insensitive (#2359)
• FEATURE: Deployment Log now breaks lines (#2677)
• FEATURE: Sort Template trees by name (#2691)
• FEATURE: Branch and Sync diff/preview now shows related host for services (#2736)
• FEATURE: Show more details for assign filter parsing errors (#2667)
• FEATURE: Fields from set_if are now being proposed (#514)
• FEATURE: Template usage table now shows Set members (#2378)
• FIX: do not fail for (some) Service Dependencies (#2669, #1142)
• FIX: Service Sets can now be searched by Service name in branches too (#2738)
• FIX: Template usage table had no header (#2780)
• FIX: Strikethrough for deactivated services in applied Service Set (#2746, #2766)
• FIX: editing multi-selected services with the same name has been fixed (#2798, 2801, #2599)
• FIX: Service Sets table with PostgreSQL (#2799)
• FIX: Dark mode for some clone forms (#2670)

Icinga Configuration

• FEATURE: render fallback template for IfW 1.11 for Icinga < 2.14 (#2776)
• FEATURE: render host templates to all non-global zones per default (#2410)
• FEATURE: notifications can pick user(groups) from host/service vars (#462)
• FIX: render Set Services to individual zones where required (#1589, #2356)
• FIX: special characters like & and | caused trouble in filters (#2667)

Import and Sync

• FEATURE: regular expression based modifier allows explicit NULL on no match (#2705)
• FEATURE: property modifiers can now be applied based on filters (#2756)
• FEATURE: CIDR notation (network ranges) is supported in such filters (#2757)
• FEATURE: trigger group membership resolution on group sync conditionally (#2812)
• FIX: synchronizing Service (and -Set) Templates has been fixed (#2745, #2217)
• FIX: null properties with Sync policy “ignore” are now being ignored (#2657)
• FIX: Import Source shows available columns for Core API Import (#2763)
• FIX: JSON-decode now explicitly fails for non-string inputs (#2810)

Integrations

• FIX: don’t throw an error, when editing a Service via IcingaDB link (#2533, #2563)

Configuration Baskets

• FEATURE: it’s now possible to upload snapshots for existing baskets (#1952)
• FIX: basket now shows where to expect changes for lists from snapshots (#2791)
• FIX: Icinga DSL parts for Commands are now restored from Baskets (#2811)

REST API

• FIX: Commands give 204 w/o ghost changes for same properties (#2660)

Permissions and Restrictions

• FIX: monitoring-related permission checks have been refactored (#2712)
• FIX: Hostgroup-Filters have not been applied to Overview tables (#2775)
• FIX: error editing Hosts with hostgroup restriction in place (#2164, #2809)

Configuration Branches

• FEATURE: with this release, directorbranches v1.3 supports a “default branch” (#2688)
• FEATURE: users with default branches get warnings in the main branch (#2689)
• FIX: create a branched set, add services, modify them (#2710)

Health Check

• FIX: complaint about overdue jobs was not correct (#2680, #2681)

Internals

• FEATURE: support PHP 8.2 (#2777, #2792)
• FEATURE: Unit Tests are now being triggered as GitHub workflows (no issue)
• FIX: group membership is no longer resolved when not needed (#2048)
• FIX: require Auth object for all object tables (#2808)
• FIX: group membership is no longer resolved when not needed (#2048)

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

v1.10.2

This is a minor bugfix release, addressing some Sync-related issues: purge for objects with uppercase characters now works as expected, automated Sync jobs run again, and manually triggered Sync has been fixed on PostgreSQL.

Some UI glitches have been addressed, and a few problems appearing only in certain conditions - related to Configuration Baskets, our Self Service REST API and the Activity Log.

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

UI

• FEATURE: improve Service Set table layout (#2648)
• FIX: modifying single time-period ranges had no effect (#2525)
• FIX: activity log pagination is now on a single line (#2649)

Import and Sync

• FIX: triggering Sync manually produced an error on PostgreSQL (#2636)
• FIX: purge stopped working for objects with uppercase characters (#2627)
• FIX: Notification Apply rule is now possible (wasn’t since v1.8) (#2142, #2634)
• FIX: nested property access with intermediate NULL values now gives NULL (#2474, #2584)
• FIX: automated Sync jobs stopped working (#2633)

Configuration Baskets

• FEATURE: more details shown in error messages related to invalid characters (#2646)
• FIX: snapshots for Baskets containing Baskets failed since v1.10 (#2644)

REST API

• FIX: Self Service API returned invalid JSON on PHP 8.1 (#2614)

Internals

• FIX: issue with empty activity log, deprecate outdated method (#2630)

v1.10.1

This is a minor bugfix release, addressing issues with modifying services via the monitoring module, Sync problems and a copy and paste error in the DB schema, which caused problems for fresh installations since v1.10.

Please note that a long-standing issue for our Sync Rules has been fixed: with “merge” policy, NULL properties have been ignored for quite some time. This has now been fixed. If in doubt, please preview your Sync Rules to make sure, that they behave as expected.

This release brings a small schema migration, cleaning up invalid Sync history entries. If in doubt, please create a database backup first.

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Import and Sync

• FIX: sync lower-cased all object names since v1.10 (#2608)
• FIX: sync for Datalist entries has been fixed (#2618)
• FIX: Sync now applied NULL values with merge policy (#2623)
• FIX: Sync created Sync History entries for every preview (#2632)
• FIX: “Purge” stopped working for Sync (#2627)

UI

• FIX: “Modify” Services via the monitoring module (#2615, #2619)

Configuration Baskets

• FIX: restore Import/Sync/Job when exported with v1.10 (#2620)
• FIX: restoring Job with ImportSource or SyncRule (#2528)

Database Schema

• FIX: new DB schema failed due to duplicate line in SQL statement (#2609)

v1.10.0

An advanced Sync Preview is one of the features I’d love to highlight in v1.10.0. We have been able to leverage our Configuration Branch support as an underlying technology for this:

In case you have lots of changes, you can browse all of them - formerly this hasn’t been possible. Also, this now allows you to inspect every single upcoming change before applying the Sync:

This has been possible based on the code we implemented to support the Director Branches module. In case you never heard about it, here you can find the related announcement.

This release also contains a lot of related fixes and new Features. It is now possible to deal with Service Sets in Configuration Branches, the commit remark can be proposed with a merge request, and the Activity Log shows not only who has merged the change, but also the original author.

Powerful new features have been implemented for those who love to orchestrate the Director from the outside. Please check our CLI and REST API documentation for related details, especially look for –with-services (withServices) and –allow-overrides (allowOverrides).

CLI now supports JSON on STDIN, REST API can request detailed stack traces in case an error occurs.

Breaking Changes

• Module and system dependencies have been raised, Upgrading and Installation documentations contain related details

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: links from Service Previews (Icinga DSL) to templates (#2554)
• FIX: daemon health visualization on systems w/o /proc filesystem (#2544)

Import and Sync

• FIX: Sync now compares keys in a case-insensitive way (#2598, #2419, #1140)
• FIX: Sync now preserves Self Service API keys in override mode (#2590)
• FEATURE: clone a row for nested Dictionary/Hash entries (#2555)
• FEATURE: Sync in “override” mode now preserves Self Service API keys (#2590)
• FEATURE: split a row in multiple ones, based on a Dictionary (#2555)
• FEATURE: it’s now possible to sync to a configuration branch (#2552)
• FEATURE: Sync preview now allows to navigate single changes (#2607)

Configuration Baskets

• BREAKING: configuration baskets no longer contain originalId (#2549)
• FEATURE: exporting/snapshot-logic has been centralized (#2549)

Configuration Branches

• FIX: PostgreSQL now allows for the same object in multiple branches (#2605)
• FEATURE: merge comments can now be proposed (#2604)
• FEATURE: activity log now shows author and committer (#2606)

Integrations

• FIX: Monitoring Hooks are no longer provided with disable Director UI (#2597)
• FIX: cleanup for IcingaDbCube (#2484)

Kickstart

• FIX: breaking change in ipl/html, affected setups with ro INI files (#2595)
• FEATURE: better explanation for missing DSL bodies fetched from core (#2557)

REST API

• FIX: addressing service templates by name has been fixed (#2487)
• FIX: allow for object_name in body only (#2576)
• FIX: notice on PHP 8.1 (#2575)
• FEATURE: Stack traces can now be requested (#2570)
• FEATURE: Hosts can now be exported with their services (#2568)
• FEATURE: “magic” variable overrides are now supported (#2569)

CLI

• FIX: config deploy doesn’t try to wait in case of no deployment (#2522)
• FIX: renderer now shows full service sets (#2550)
• FEATURE: improved wording for deployment error messages (#2523)
• FEATURE: JSON can now be shipped via STDIN (#1570)
• FEATURE: improved readability for some error messages (#2567)
• FEATURE: allows showing hosts with their services (#2565)
• FEATURE: allow showing resolved Host services (#2571)
• FEATURE: “magic” variable overrides are now supported (#2560)
• FEATURE: error messages are now friendlier (#2567)
• FEATURE: STDIN support for –json is now available (#1570)

Activity Log

• FIX: deleted objects might have been missing related properties (#2559)

Deployment Log

• FEATURE: visualization performance has been improved (#2551)

Internals

• FEATURE: there is now a centralized Exporter implementation (#2549)

1.9.1

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: DataList-backed fields failed to validate (#2475)
• FIX: No Host list limit when adding a single service globally (#2481)
• FIX: Cleared activity log caused exception (#2505, #2506)
• FEATURE: Icinga Web 2.10 dark mode support (#2433)

Configuration Baskets

• FIX: failed to export Baskets with Service Sets (#2488)
• FIX: Sync Rule restore from snapshot on name change (#2467)
• FIX: Do not export UUIDs with Service Sets (#2488)

CLI

• FEATURE: Allow to define deployment grace period on CLI (#2499)

Integrations

• FIX: Cleanup IcingaDbCubeLinks (#2484)

DB Schema

• FIX: applying DB Schema migrations failed on PostgreSQL (#2482)

1.9.0

Breaking Changes

• Module dependencies have been raised, Upgrading and Installation documentations contain related details

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Import and Sync

• FIX: string property modifiers now preserve NULL values (#2371)
• FIX: “to int” property modifiers now fails for non-string values (#2372)
• FEATURE: introduce ‘disable’ as your purge action on Sync (#2285)
• FEATURE: there is now a simple “group by” Property Modifier (#2317)

Configuration Baskets

• FIX: Notification Apply Rules have not been exported (#2335)
• FIX: Restore now supports the set_if_format switch (#2291)
• FEATURE: it’s now possible to purge objects of specific types (#2201)
• FEATURE: exporting Users, User-Templates and -Groups is now possible (#2328)
• FEATURE: Data Field Categories are now supported (#2256)

Permissions and Restrictions

• FEATURE: allow using monitoring module permissions (#2304)
• FEATURE: it’s now possible to grant (global) access to scheduled downtimes (#2086)

Configuration / Templating

• FEATURE: offering choices based on a specific imports is now possible (#1178)

User Interface

• FIX: allow switching DB config while connection is failing (#2300)
• FIX: Links to duplicate services in Sets didn’t check for deactivation (#2323)
• FIX: SQL error for Data Fields table on PostgreSQL (#2310)
• FIX: SQL error when searching for Data Field Categories (#2367)
• FIX: Icon used for Notifications has been changed (#2455)
• FEATURE: show “deprecated” flag on object attribute inspection (#2312)
• FEATURE: Service Template for single Host services provides auto-completion (#1974)

CLI

• FEATURE: config deployment now allows to –wait for an Icinga restart (#2314)

Activity log

• FEATURE: Activity log now allows for remarks (addon module required, #2471)

Documentation

• FIX: configure the daemon with main setup instructions (#2296, #2320)

Internals

• FEATURE: PHP 8.1 is now supported, works once available in Icinga Web (#2435)
• FEATURE: Config Branches have been implemented, leveraged via Hook/Addon (#2376)
• FEATURE: UUIDs have been implemented for most Icinga objects, more to come
• FEATURE: new Deployment Hook, triggers onCollect(ing) Icinga startup info (#2315)

1.8.1

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: show Override button when all Fields belong to Field Categories (#2303)
• FIX: don’t fail when showing a Host overriding multiple inherited groups (#2253)
• FIX: deal with inherited values which are invalid for a select box (#2288)
• FIX: Service Set preview inline Service Template links (#2334)
• FIX: show Services applied with Rules involving applied Hostgroups (#2313)
• FIX: show “deactivated” services as such also for read-only users (#2344)
• FIX: Overrides for Services belonging to Sets on root Host Templates (#2333)
• FIX: show no header tabs for search result in web 2.8+ (#2141)
• FIX: show and link dependencies for web 2.9+ (#2354)

Icinga Configuration

• FIX: rare race condition, where generated config might miss some files (#2351)

Icinga API

• FIX: use Icinga 2’s generate-ticket API, required for v2.13.0 (#2348)

Import and Sync

• FIX: Purge didn’t remove more than 1000 services at once (#2339)

Automation, User Interface

• FIX: error message wording on failing related (or parent) object ref (#2224)

REST API

• FIX: creating scheduled downtime via api failed (#1879)

1.8.0

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: It’s now possible to set Endpoint ports > 32767 on PostgreSQL (#928)
• FIX: Group list is no longer prefixed with a comma (#2133)
• FIX: Change wording, avoid black/whitelist (#2134, #2135)
• FIX: Inherited values in sets (arrays) are now shown (#1310)
• FIX: Column layout broke with Web 2.8, has been fixed (#2065)
• FIX: filter suggestion gave wrong values for DataList fields (#1918)
• FIX: clone-related scheduled downtime links have been fixes (#1894)
• FEATURE: Data Fields can now be grouped into categories (#1969)
• FEATURE: Inspect is now available for Packages, Stages and Files (#1995)
• FEATURE: Allow to disable the Director frontend / UI (#2007)
• FEATURE: Endpoints table now shows the object type (e.g. external) (#2050)
• FEATURE: make sure that form label and fields stay close together (#2136)
• FEATURE: show more content, reduce padding (expect on mobile) (#2140)
• FEATURE: location details for non-Director services on “Modify” (#1531)
• FEATURE: Service Set table can now also be searched for Services (#1873)
• FEATURE: Apply-Rule-based Service Sets now show related Hosts (#2081)
• FEATURE: Notification Apply Rules as a DirectorObject DataField (#2199)
• FEATURE: Hint and Error styling has been unified and improved
• FEATURE: Form field rendering for sets now deals with invalid values
• FEATURE: Better descriptions for time-based and other fields (#1897, #1264)
• FEATURE: Daemon tab now gets red instead of yellow when not running (#2238)

Translations

• FEATURE: Italian translation is now available (#2080)
• FEATURE: German translation has been refreshed (#2240)

CLI

• FEATURE: Deployment Status and related utilities (#2189)

Import and Sync

• FEATURE: allow defining update-only Sync Rules (#2059)
• FEATURE: New Property Modifier: ListToObject (#2062)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier: convert binary UUID to HEX presentation (#2138)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier: get Host by Address (#2210)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier: skip duplicates (#2215)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier: trim strings (#1660)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier: negate boolean (#2227)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier Reject/Select: improve usability (#2228)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier: clone rows for every entry of an Array (#2192)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier: unique array values (#2229)
• FEATURE: Property Modifier: allow to rename columns (#2242)
• FEATURE: Import Sources now allows downloading previewed data as JSON (#2096)
• FEATURE: REST API Import now allows custom headers (#2132)
• FEATURE: REST API Import can now extract nested properties (#2132)
• FEATURE: REST API Form remembers passwords without exposing them (#2070)
• FEATURE: UTF8 validation for failed imports gives better error message (#2143)
• FEATURE: ArrayByElementPosition now allows filtering by key name (#1721)
• FEATURE: Use your Director Objects as an Import Source (#2198)
• FEATURE: Property modifiers are now granted access the current Property Name (#2241)
• FIX: Import Source preview now catches all errors
• FIX: Import Source download sends eventual errors as a valid JSON result
• FIX: LDAP Import is now able to paginate limited results (#2019)

Configuration Baskets

• FIX: Restoring Import Sources creating Modifiers now works (#2053)
• FEATURE: Support Baskets from Icinca for Windows (#2223)
• FEATURE: It’s now possible to use Notification Templates in Baskets
• FEATURE: Snapshot status/diff layout has been improved (#2225)

Authentication and Permissions

• FIX: Users restricted to Hostgroups can now use related Templates (#2020, #2101)
• FEATURE: Optionally, restricted users can be allowed to set Groups (#2252)

Kickstart

• FEATURE: Friendlier message if object to be removed is still in use (#2206)
• FEATURE: Kickstart now removes obsolete External Commands (#985)

Icinga Configuration

• FIX: Correctly render Service Dependencies with Array-style parent hosts (#2088)
• FIX: times.begin and times.end are now rendered separately (#2193)
• REMOVED: magic-apply-for (a hidden deprecated feature) has been removed (#1851)

Icinga Agent handling

• FIX: Linux Agent installer now fails when unable to retrieve a certificate
• FEATURE: Linux Agent installer now supports Alpine Linux (#2216)
• FEATURE: Icinga for Windows support (#2147)

REST API

• FEATURE: Self Service API ignores empty/missing properties (e.g. no address)
• FEATURE: Search is now also available for the REST API (#1889)
• FEATURE: Deployment Status is now available (#2187)
• FEATURE: UTF-8 characters and slashes are no longer escaped (#2243)

Self Service API

• FIX: error handling has been fixed (#1728)

Database Support

• FIX: Added UTF8 to valid PostgreSQL encodings (used to be UTF-8)

Background Daemon

• FIX: Daemon Logger used to not override the given log level (#2139)
• FEATURE: Daemon: prepare for future reactphp promise versions (#2137)
• FEATURE: Daemon now logs that it is going to reload itself
• FEATURE: Now collects the Deployment status from Icinga (#2045, #1988)

Documentation

• FEATURE: We now also mention optional/indirect requirements (#2054, #2220)

Internals

• FEATURE: Property Modifiers are now able to clone rows (#2060)
• FEATURE: URL encoding for the Core API has been unified
• FEATURE: PHP 8.0 has been released and is officially supported (#2233)
• REMOVED: dipl has been dropped, we’re using ipl/incubator since v1.7 (#2209)
• FIX: typo in DeploymentHook::onSuccessfulDump() has been fixed (#2069)
• FIX: forms now support dbResourceName (#2064)

1.7.2

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

DB Schema

• FIX: Rolling out new installations on MySQL v5.6 fails (#1993)

Icinga Configuration

• FIX: Render service_name for Notifications (#2006)

User Interface

• FIX: Cloning Import Sources failed since v1.7.0 (#1997)
• FIX: Switching Director DBs was broken since Web 2.6.3 (#2063)

CLI

• FIX: Importing Import Sources failed since v1.7.0 (#2005)

Automation

• FIX: Fixing linux install script version check (#2008)
• FIX: Windows Kickstart Script - $GlobalZones was empty (#2002)

Documentation

• FIX: Missing single quote in mysql example bug (#2003)

1.7.1

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: Cloning Sync rules failed since v1.7.0 (#1982)
• FIX: It wasn’t possible to multi-select Hosts belonging to a Group (#1973)
• FIX: Removed an un-formatted error in case Icinga is unreachable (#1966)
• FIX: Check for broken configs has been extended to Icinga v2.11.* (#1985)
• FEATURE: Show a warning when detecting a downgraded installation (#1992)

Import and Sync

• FIX: Upper- and Lowercase property modifiers are now multibyte/UTF8-safe (#710)

Health Check

• FIX: do not complain about no-due newly created jobs (#1994)

Background Daemon

• FIX: Daemon didn’t report DB state to systemd (#1983)

1.7.0

Breaking Changes

• At least PHP 5.6.3 is now required, Director 1.7.x will refuse to work with older versions
• New dependencies have been introduced, Upgrading and Installation documentations contain related details

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: Service-related links in Activity Log have been corrected (#1377, #1816)
• FIX: Activity Log now works for Service Sets (#1287, #1786, #1816)
• FIX: Assign Filters are no longer mandatory when modifying Service Groups (#930)
• FIX: Object type for CheckCommands has been corrected in config preview (#1799)
• FIX: Import preview in combination with Black/Whitelisting (#1825)
• FIX: Routing/redirection when working with Data Fields (#1847)
• FIX: Auto-suggestion field was positioned wrongly once scrolled down
• FIX: Timezone inconsistencie have been fixed (#1700)
• FIX: Link-like buttons where shortened on Icinga Web 2.7 (#1928)
• FIX: Search in range-filtered Activity Log no longer fails (#1381)
• FEATURE: It’s now possible to clone a Service to a different Host (#1796)
• FEATURE: Scheduled Downtimes for “Hosts AND their services” (#1831)
• FEATURE: Auto-suggestion and more for Fields based on Data Lists (#1846)
• FEATURE: Show missing dependencies (#1938)

Translations

• FEATURE: German translation has been refreshed (#1951)
• FEATURE: Japanese is now available (#1869)

Import and Sync

• FIX: Avoid caching between multiple runs of sync (#1836)
• FIX: Imported Rows Table (history) eventually failed on Icinga Web 2 (#1925)
• FIX: Improved error handling on preview (#1941)
• FEATURE: When fetching invalid data, Import refers erroneous rows (#1741)
• FEATURE: Sync now offers a preview, showing what would happen (#1754)
• FEATURE: ParseURL property modifier has been added (#1746)
• FEATURE: There is a new generic REST API Import Source (#1818)
• FEATURE: Sync now supports Notifications and Dependencies (#1212, #925, #1209)
• FEATURE: Limits (memory, execution time) raised for Import runs via UI (#1954)

Configuration Baskets

• FIX: snapshots do no longer fail for deleted elements on snapshot (#1940)
• FEATURE: baskets now support External Commands (#1854)

REST API

• FIX: Command Arguments can now be managed via API (#1416)

CLI

• FIX: importsource fetch did not apply configured property modifiers (#1819)
• FEATURE: Service Groups are now available on CLI (#1745)
• FEATURE: A new background daemon has been introduced (#1905)

Icinga Configuration

• FIX: Allow to render single configuration files larger than 16MB (#1787)
• FIX: Icinga v2.11 version detection for Agent Installation script (#1957)
• DEPRECATED: magic-apply-for (a hidden feature) is now deprecated (#1850)
• FEATURE: It’s now possible to define Scheduled Downtimes (#347, #1828)
• FEATURE: Allow to render command definitions as (v1.x-like) strings (#1809)
• FEATURE: host address now allows 255 characters (#1890)
• FEATURE: Director now assists with Services applied to parent Zones (#1634)
• FEATURE: Warn affected setups when affected by a specific core issue (#1958)

Documentation

• FIX: Installation instructions have been adjusted to fit MySQL 8

Internals

• FIX: support different timezones with MySQL (#1332, #1840)
• FIX: support importing DSL-based Command Arguments (#1812)
• FEATURE: a new Hook allows to run custom code at deployment time (#1342, #1843)
• FEATURE: there is a new low-level IcingaObjectFormHook (#1841)

1.6.2

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Icinga Configuration

• FIX: rendering for Service Sets on single Hosts has been fixed (#1788, #1789)

1.6.1

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: restoring a basket fails when there is only one configured DB (#1716)
• FIX: creating a new Basket with a “Custom Selection” failed with an error (#1733)
• FIX: some new reserved keywords are now escaped correctly (#1765)
• FIX: correctly render NOT used in apply rules (fixes #1777)
• FIX: Activity Log used to ignore Host filters (#1613)
• FIX: Basket failed to restore depending on PHP version (#1782)
• FIX: Loop detection works again (#1631)
• FIX: Snapshots for Baskets with Dependencies are now possible (#1739)
• FIX: Commands snapshots now carry fields in your Basket (#1747)
• FIX: Cloning services from one Set to another one no longer fails (#1758)
• FIX: Blacklisting a Service from a Set on a Host Template is now possible (#1707)
• FIX: Services from a Set assigned to a single Host can be blacklisted (#1616)
• FEATURE: Add TimePeriod support to Configuration Baskets (#1735)
• FEATURE: RO users could want to see where a configured service originated (#1785)
• FEATURE: introduce director/serviceapplyrules REST API endpoint (#1755)

REST API

• FIX: Self Service API now ships optional Service User parameter (#1297)

DB Schema

• FIX: it wasn’t possible to use the same custom var in multiple notification definitions on PostgreSQL (#1762)

Icinga Configuration

• FIX: escape newly introduced Icinga 2 keywords (#1765)

1.6.0

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: link startup log warning even for non-standard package names (#1633)
• FIX: searching for fields assigned to a template was broken (#1670)
• FIX: changing an argument type from String to DSL didn’t work (#1640)
• FIX: incorrect links from template-tree to non-template commands (#1544)
• FIX: drop useless object-type field for Time Periods (#788)
• FIX: clean up naming for some tabs (#1312)
• FIX: “remove” now removes the correct Service Set on a Host (#1619)
• FIX: do not fail when “inspecting” a pending service (#1641)
• FIX: a problem when selecting multiple host has been fixed (#1647)
• FIX: allow to remove renamed Service Sets (#1664)
• FIX: resolved a side-effect triggered by hooked Custom Fields (#1667)
• FIX: config diff URL behavior has been corrected (#1704)
• FEATURE: allow to filter templates by usage (#1339)
• FEATURE: allow to show SQL used for template tables
• FEATURE: allow to defined Service Groups for Set members and for Services assigned to Host Templates (#619)
• FEATURE: it’s now possible to choose another target Service Set when cloning a member service (#886)
• FEATURE: Configuration Baskets with snapshot/import/export capabilities (#1630)
• FEATURE: Allow to clone a Service from one Set to another one (#886)
• FEATURE: form descriptions are now shown directly below the field, reverting a change from v1.4.0 (#1510)
• FEATURE: show sub-sets in Config Preview (#1623)
• FEATURE: show live Health-Check in the frontend (#1669)

Import and Sync

• FIX: Core Api imports flapping only for 2.8+ (#1652)
• FEATURE: new Property Modifier allows to extract specific Array values (#473)

CLI

• FIX: Director Health Check no longer warns about no Imports/Syncs/Jobs (#1607)
• FEATURE: It’s now possible to dump data as fetched by an Import Source (#1626)
• FEATURE: CLI implementation for Configuration Basket features (#1630)
• FEATURE: allow to append to or remove from array properties (#1666)

Icinga Configuration

• FIX: rendering of disabled objects containing */ has been fixed (#1263)
• FEATURE: support for Timeperiod include/exclude (#1639)
• FEATURE: improve legacy v1.x configuration rendering (#1624)

Icinga API

• FIX: ship workarounds for issues with specific Icinga 2 versions
• FIX: clean up deployed incomplete stages lost by Icinga (#1696)
• FEATURE: allow to behave differently based on Icinga 2 version (#1695)

Icinga Agent handling

• FEATURE: ship latest PowerShell module (#1632)
• FIX: PowerShell module runs in FIPS enforced mode (#1274)

DB Schema

• FIX: enforce strict object_name uniqueness on commands (#1496)

Documentation

• FEATURE: improve installation docs, fix URLs (#1656, #1655)

1.5.2

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Configuration rendering

• FIX: Fix compatibility with Icinga v2.6, got broken with v1.5.0 (#1614)

REST API

• FIX: No more invalid JSON in some special circumstances (#1314)

User Interface

• FIX: Hostgroup assignment cache has been fixed (#1574, #1618)

DB Schema

• FIX: missing user/timeperiod constraint. We usually do not touch the schema in minor versions, this has been cherry-picked by accident. However, don’t worry - the migration has been tested intensively.

1.5.1

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Icinga Configuration

• FIX: Switched Variable-Override related constant names broke the feature (#1601)

User Interface

• FIX: Custom Fields attached to a Service Template have not been shown for Apply Rules whose name matched the Template Name (#1602)

Import and Sync

• FIX: There was an issue with specific binary checksums on MySQL (#1556)

1.5.0

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Security Fixes

• FIX: users with director/audit permission had the possibility to inject SQL. Thanks to Boyd Ansems for reporting this.

Permissions and Restrictions

• FEATURE: Showing the executed SQL query now requires the showsql permission
• FEATURE: Grant access to Service Set in a controlled way
• FIX: do not allow a user to create hosts he wouldn’t be allowed to see #1451
• FIX: Hostgroup-based restrictions worked fine when applied, bug was buggy in combination with directly assigned or inherited groups (#1464)

Icinga Configuration

• FEATURE: Add ‘is false (or not set)’ condition for apply rules (#1436)
• FEATURE: support flapping settings for Icinga >= 2.8.0 (#330)
• FEATURE: include all itl packages in Linux Agent sample config (#1450)
• FEATURE: it’s now possible to blacklist inherited or applied Services on single hosts (#907)
• FEATURE: timestamped startup log rendering for upcoming Icinga v2.9.0 (#1478)
• FEATURE: allow to switch between multiple Director databases (#1498)
• FEATURE: it’s now possible to specify Zones for UserGroups (#1163)
• FEATURE: dependencies are no longer considered experimental

User Interface

• FEATURE: Admins have now access to JSON download links in many places
• FEATURE: Users equipped with related permissions can toggle “Show SQL” in the GUI
• FEATURE: A Service Set can now be assigned to multiple hosts at once #1281
• FEATURE: Commands can now be filtered by usage (#1480)
• FEATURE: Show usage of Commands over templates and objects (#335)
• FEATURE: Allow horizontal size increase of Import Source DB Query field (#299)
• FEATURE: Small UI improvements like #1308
• FEATURE: Data Lists can be chosen by name in Sync rules (#1048)
• FEATURE: Inspect feature got refactored, also for Services (#264, #689, #1396, #1397)
• FEATURE: The “Modify” hook is now available for Services (#689), regardless of whether they have been directly assigned, inherited or applied
• FEATURE: Config preview links imports, hosts and commands to related objects (#1521)
• FEATURE: German translation has been refreshed (#1599)
• FEATURE: Apply Rule editor shows suggestions for Data-List vars (#1588)
• FIX: Don’t suggest Command templates where Commands are required (#1414)
• FIX: Do not allow to delete Commands being used by other objects (#1443)
• FIX: Show ‘Inspect’ tab only for Endpoints with an ApiUser (#1293)
• FIX: It’s now possible to specify TimePeriods for single Users #944
• FIX: Redirect after not modifying a Command Argument failed on some RHEL 7 setups (#1512)
• FIX: click on Service Set titles no longer removes them from their host (#1560)
• FIX: Restoring objects based on compound keys has been fixed (#1597)
• FIX: Linux Agent kickstart script improved and tweaked for Icinga 2.9 (#1596)

CLI

• FEATURE: Director Health Check Plugin (#1278)
• FEATURE: Show and trigger Import Sources (#1474)
• FEATURE: Show and trigger Sync Rules ( #1476)

Import and Sync

• FIX: Sync is very powerful and allows for actions not available in the GUI. It however allowed to store invalid single Service Objects with no Host. This is now illegal, as it never makes any sense
• FIX: Performance boost for “purge” on older MySQL/MariaDB systems (#1475)
• FEATURE: new Property Modifier for IPs formatted as number in Excel files (#1296)
• FEATURE: new Property Modifier to url-encode values
• FEATURE: new Property Modifier: uppercase the first character of each word
• FEATURE: Kickstart Helper now also imports Event Commands (#1389)
• FEATURE: Preserve _override_servicevars on sync, even when replacing vars (#1307)

Internals

• FIX: problems related to users working from different time zones have been fixed (#1270, #1332)
• FEATURE: Html/Attribute now allows boolean properties
• FEATURE: Html/Attribute allows colons in attribute names (required for SVGs)
• FEATURE: Html/Attributes can be prefixed (helps with data-*)
• FEATURE: Html/Img data:-urls are now supported
• FEATURE: ipl has been aligned with the upcoming ipl-html library
• FEATURE: Director now supports multiple Databases, allows to switch between them and to deploy different Config Packages. Other features based on this combined with related documentation will follow.

1.4.3

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

User Interface

• FIX: Pagination used to be broken for some tables (#1273)

Automation

• FIX: API calls changing only object relations and no “real” property resulted in no change at all (#1315)

1.4.2

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Configuration rendering

• FIX: Caching had an influence on context-specific Custom Variable rendering when those variables contained macros (#1257)

Sync

• FIX: The fix for #1223 caused a regression and broke Sync for objects without a ‘disabled’ property (Sets, List members) (#1279)

1.4.1

Fixed issues

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Automation

• FIX: A Sync Rule with merge policy used to re-enable manually disabled objects, even when no Sync Property disabled has been defined (#1223)
• FIX: Fix SQL error on PostgreSQL when inspecting Template-Choice (#1242)

Large environments

• FIX: Director tries to raise it’s memory limit for certain memory-intensive tasks. When granted more (but not infinite) memory however this had the effect that he self-restricted himself to a lower limit (#1222)

User Interface

• FIX: Assignment filters suggested only Host properties, you have been required to manually type Service property names (#1207)
• FIX: Hostgroups Dashlet has been shown to users with restricted permissions, clicking it used to throw an error (#1237)

1.4.0

New requirements

• Icinga Director now requires PHP 5.4, support for 5.3 has been dropped
• For best performance we strongly suggest PHP 7
• When using MySQL, please consider slowly moving to at least version 5.5. One of our next versions will introduce official Emoji support 😱😱😱! That’s not possible with older MySQL versions. However, 1.4.x still supports 5.1.x

Fixed issues and related features

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Dashboard and Dashlets

• Multiple new Dashboards have been introduced, their layout has been optimized
• Dashboards are made aware of newly introduced permissions and try to provide useful hints

GUI, UX and Responsiveness

• Many little improvements related to mobile devices have been applied to Dashboards, Forms and Tables
• Search has been both improved and simplified. On most tables search spawns multiple columns, visible and invisible ones. Multiple search terms are combined in an intuitive way.
• Pagination (and search) has been added to those tables where it was still missing
• Some form fields referencing related objects are no longer static drop-down selection elements but offer suggestions as you type. This makes forms faster, especially in larger environments
• Navigation has been simplified, redirects after form submissions have been improved, more possibilities to jump to related objects have been added
• Form field description has been moved to the bottom of the screen. Might be easier to overlook this way, but while the former implementation was great for people navigating forms with their Keyboard, it was annoying for Mouse lovers
• Double-Click a Tab to enlarge it to full width
• Action Link bar has been unified, all links should now respect permissions
• All tables showing historic data are now grouped by day
• Property Modifiers, Sync Rules, Import Sources and more objects now offer description fields. This allows you to explain your colleagues all the magic going on behind the scenes

Object Types

• Service Sets got quite some tweaking and bug fixing
• Groups of all kinds are now able to list their members, even when being applied based on filters
• Command Argument handling has been improved
• It is now possible to configure Dependencies through the Icinga Director
• Cloning Hosts now allows to also optionally clone their Services and Service Sets

Templates

• The template resolver has been rewritten, is now easier to test, strict and faster
• Template Tree has been re-written and now also immediately shows whether a template is in use
• When navigating to a Template you’ll notice a new usage summary page showing you where and how that specific template is being used. Therefor, many tables are now internally able to filter by inheritance

Template Choices

• While Host- and Service-Templates are powerful building blocks, having to choose from a single long list might become unintuitive as this list starts growing. That’s where Template Choices jump in. They allow you to bundle related Templates together and offer your users to choose amongst them in a meaningful way.

Apply rules

• Various related issues have been addressed
• A new virtual “is true / is set” operator is now available

Permissions and Restrictions

• It is now possible to limit access to Hosts belonging to a a list of Hostgroups. This works also for Hostgroups assigned through Apply Rules.
• Data List entries can be made available based on Roles

Data Types

• SQL Query and Data List based Data Fields can now both be offered as Array fields, so that you can choose among specific options when filling such
• New overview tables give admins a deep look into used Custom Variables, their distinct values and usage
• Various issues related to Boolean values have been fixed

Import and Synchronization

• Many issues have been addressed. Merge behavior, handling of special fields and data types
• Problems with Import Source deletion on PostgreSQL have been addressed
• New Property Modifiers are available. When importing single Services you might love the “Combine” modifier
• It is now possible to re-arrange execution order of Property Modifiers and Sync Properties
• Preview rendering got some improvements
• “Replace” policy on Custom Vars is now always respected
• Using VMware/vSphere/ESX? There is now a new powerful module providing a dedicated Import Source

REST API

• A new Self Service API now allows to completely automate your Icinga Agent roll-out, especially (but not only) for Microsoft Windows
• List views are now officially available. They are very fast and stream the result in a memory-efficient way
• Documentation better explains how to deal with various objects, especially with different types of Services (!!!!!)

Internal architecture

• Many base components have been completely replaced and re-written, based on and early prototype of our upcoming Icinga PHP Library (ipl)

1.3.2

Fixed issues and related features

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Apply Rules

• Slashes in Apply Rules have not been correctly escaped
• Services applied based on Arrays (contains) did not show up in the Hosts Services list, and therefor it was not possible to override their vars
• Some magic has been introduced to detect numbers in apply rules - not perfect yet

Host Groups

• It has not been possible to modify Host Groups without defining an apply rule
• Hostgroups have not been sorted
• It is now legal to have external HostGroup objects

Rendered Config

• Custom Endpoint objects are now rendered to their parent zone
• (Rendering) issues with the in operator have been fixed
• You are now allowed to put Notifications into specific Zones

Usability and UI

• Selecting multiple hosts at once and deleting them had no effect
• Documentation got some little improvements
• German translation has been refreshed
• Header alignment has been improved
• Escaping issues with the Inspect feature have been addressed

Kickstart

• Kickstart is more robust and now able to deal with renamed Icinga Masters and more

CLI

• It is not possible to list and show Service Sets on the CLI

Import and Sync

• Synchronizing Data List entries caused problems
• A new Import Modifier has been added to deal with LConf specialities
• Issues with special characters like spaces used in column names shipped by Import Sources have been addressed
• A new Property Modifier allows to filter Arrays based on wildcards or regular expressions
• A new Property Modifier allowing to “Combine multiple properties” has been introduced. It’s main purpose is to provide reliable unique keys when importing single service objects.
• A new warning hint informs you in case you created a Sync Rule without related properties
• Synchronization filters failed when built with columns not used in any property mapping

Auditing

• The audit log now also carries IP address and username

Generic bug fixes

• Fixed erraneous loop detection under certain (rare) conditions
• Various issues with PHP 5.3 have been fixed
• Combination of multiple table filters might have failed (in very rare conditions)

1.3.1

Fixed issues and related features

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Service Sets

• Various little issues have been fixed. You can now remove Sets from hosts, even when being empty. Services from Sets assigned to parents or via apply rule are now shown for every single host, and their custom vars can be overridden at a single host level
• Sets assigned to single hosts have been shown, variable overrides have been offered - but rendering did not include the Director-generated template necessary to really put them into place. This has been fixed

Usability

• A nasty bug hindered fields inherited from Commands from being shown ad a Service level - works fine right now
• There is now a pagination for Zones
• Multiedit no longer showed custom fields, now it works again as it should

Rendering

• Disabling a host now also disables rendering of related objects (Endpoint, Zone) for hosts using the Icinga Agent

REST API

• Ticket creation through the REST API has been broken, is now fixed

Performance, Internals

• A data encoding inconsistency slowed down apply rule editing where a lot of host custom vars exists
• Some internal changes have been made to make parts of the code easier to be used by other modules

1.3.0

Fixed issues and related features

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Service Sets

• You are now allowed to create sets of services and assign all of them at once with an apply rule
• Sets can be assigned to host templates or directly to single hosts

Service Variable Overrides

• When switching to a host view’s services tab, you’ll now not only see its very own services, but also ones that result from an apply rule
• You can override those services custom field values for every single host
• Same goes for services belonging to Service Sets

Apply rules

• A new “contains” operator gives more possibilities when working with arrays
• Service vars are now also offered in the apply rule form wizard

Custom Variables and Fields

• Issues with special characters in custom variables have been fixed
• In case mandatory fields should not have been enforced, this should work fine right now
• Fields can now be shown based on filter rules. Example use case: show a Community String field in case SNMPv2 has been selected, but show five other fields for SNMPv3. This allows one to build powerful little wizard-like forms like shown here

Agents and Satellites

• It is now possible to set Agent and Zone settings on every single host. This means that you no longer need to provide dedicated Templates for Satellite nodes
• The proposed Agent Deployment script has been improved for Windows and Linux
• Infrastructure management got a dedicated dashboard
• Kickstart Wizard helps when working with Satellites. This has formerly been a hidden, now it can be accessed through the Infrastructure dashboard

Commands

• Command arguments are now always appended when inheriting a template. This slightly changes the former behavior, but should mostly be what one would expect anyways.

Testing

• Testing instructions have been improved
• Running the test suite has been simplified
• While we keep running our own tests on software platforms, tests are now also visible on Travis-CI and triggered for all pull requests

Compatibility

• We worked around a bug in very old PHP 5.3 versions on CentOS 6

Activity log

• You can now search and filter in the Activity log
• In case you have hundreds of thousands of changes you’ll notice that pagination performance improve a lot
• A quick-filter allows you to see just your very own changes with a single click

Deployment

• More performance tweaking took place. 1.2.0 was already very fast, 1.3.0 should beat it
• Deployment log got better at detecting files and linking them directly from the log output, in case any error occured

Work related to Icinga 1.x

• Deploying to Icinga 1.x is completely unsupported. However, it works and a lot of effort has been put into this feature, so it should be mentioned here
• Please note that the Icinga Director has not been designed to deploy legacy 1.x configuration. This is a sponsored feature for a larger migration project and has therefore been built in a very opinionated way. You shouldn’t even try to use it. And if so, you’re on your own. Nobody will help you when running into trouble

Translation

• German translation is now again at 100%

REST API

• Issues related to fetching object lists have been fixed

Integrations

• We now hook into the Cube module, this gives one more possibility to benefit from our multi-edit feature
• Icinga Web 2.4 caused some minor issues for 1.2.0. It works, but an upgrade to Director 1.3.0 is strongly suggested

1.2.0

Fixed a lot of issues and related features

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Permissions and restrictions

• Permissions are now enforced. Please check your role definitions, permission names have changed and are now enforced everywhere
• Configuration preview, Inspect action, Deployment and others can be granted independently

Auditing

• Director provides a nice activity log. Now it is also possible to additionally log to Syslog or File in case you want to archive all actions elsewhere. Access to the audit log in the Director can be controlled with a new permission

Configuration kickstart

• Now imports also existing notification commands
• Kickstart can be re-triggered on demand at any time

Performance

• Config rendering got a huge performance boost. In large environments we managed it to deploy a real-world configuration 5 times as fast as before

Import / Sync

• Various improvements have been applied, mostly hidden small features that should make work easier. Better form field descriptions, more possibilities when it goes to syncing special fields like “imports”
• Property modifiers can now generate new modified columns at import time
• New property modifiers are available. There is a pretty flexible DNS lookup, you can cast to Integer or Boolean, JSON decoding and more is offered
• Datalist entries can now be imported and synchronized, this was broken in 1.1

Configuration possibilities

• You can now define assign rules nested as deep as you want, based on all host and/or service properties
• It is now possible to define “assign for” constructs, looping over hashes or dictionaries
• Improved Icinga 2 DSL support in commands, implicit support for skip_key
• More and more developers are contributing code. We therefore simplified the way to launch our unit tests and provided related documentation
• Other objects can be referred as a dropdown or similar in custom variables

GUI and usability

• Form error handling got a lot of tweaking, eventual exceptions are caught in various places and presented in a readable way
• The deployment button is now easier to find
• Configuration preview has been improved and allows a full config diff even before deploying the configuration
• Inheritance loops are now shown in a nice way and can be resolved in the GUI
• A new hidden gem is the multiedit functionality. Press SHIFT/CTRL while selecting multiple hosts and modify imports, custom vars and other properties for all of them at once
• Errors or warnings in all historic startup logs now link directly to the related config file at the time being, pointing to the referred line

Agent setup

• The Windows kickstart script got some small improvements and now enables all related ITL commands per default

CLI

• You can find a few new commands, with the ability to list or fetch all hosts at once in various ways being the most prominent one

Related modules

• There are now more additional modules implementing Director Hooks. AWS import for EC2 instances, ELBs and Autoscaling Groups. File import for CSV, JSON, YAML and XML. We heard from various successful Import source implementations in custom projects and would love to see more of those being publicly available!

1.1.0

Fixed a lot of issues and related features

• You can find issues and feature requests related to this release on our roadmap

Icinga Agent handling

• A lot of effort has been put into making config deployment easier for environments with lots of Icinga Agents
• Related bugs have been fixed, the generated configuration should now work fine in distributed environments
• A customized Powershell Script for automatic Windows Agent setup is provided

Apply Rules

• It’s now possible to work with apply rules in various places

Notifications

• All components required to deploy notifications are now available. ENV for commands is still missing, however it’s pretty easy to work around this

Automation

• Job Scheduler and Job Runner have been introduced. Import, Sync, Deploy and run Housekeeping in the background with full control and feedback in the GUI
• There is a new intelligent purge option allowing one to purge only those objects that vanished at involved Import Sources between multiple Import and Sync Runs.

Data Types

• Booleans, Integers and Arrays are now first-class citizens when dealing with custom variables