Linux Agent Release Notes

Agent v2.0.3 General Availability (8th October 2020)

Includes all updates since the previous General Availability Linux Agent (v2.0.1) (v2.0.2 was not released):

Agent v2.0.3 Release Candidate (28th August 2020)

• BUGFIX: Resolves an issue when Package Management Check may work incorrectly
• BUGFIX: Resolves an issue when SNMP Check may work incorrectly​
• BUGFIX: Resolves an issue when Performance Monitoring Memory Check fails when the amount of available memory is more than threshold​
• BUGFIX: Resolves an issue when Performance Monitoring Network Usage Check shows 0.00% load when it’s actually higher​
• BUGFIX: Resolves an issue when Ping Check may not work properly

Agent v2.0.1 General Availability (15th June 2020)

Includes all updates since the previous General Availability Linux Agent (v1.0.4)

Agent v2.0.1 (10th June 2020)

• FEATURE: Support for Server Monitoring Templates
• UPDATE: Agent can now be upgraded from Agent 1.0.4
• UPDATE: OpenSSL updated to the version 1.1.1g

Agent v2.0 Release Candidate (21st May 2020)

• FEATURE: Support for latest major Linux distributions
• FEATURE: Automated Tasks for Linux
• FEATURE: 'Remote Worker' site installation support
• BUGFIX: Resolved issue with agent installation if user registering device has 2FA enabled
• BUGFIX: Resolved issue causing the agent to show as overdue for long periods
• BUGFIX: Resolved issue with Linux agent checking into the RMM console
• BUGFIX: Improvement to Failed Login Check on Linux to address error parsing log files
• BUGFIX: Resolved issue affecting the MySQL Check reporting "MySQL not installed"
• BUGFIX: Resolved a compatibility issue with telephone software 3cxpbx
• KNOWN ISSUE: The Physical Memory Health Check may not work properly

Supported distributions:

Agent 2.0 supports the following Linux distributions:

• Ubuntu LTS versions 16.04 and later
• Ubuntu non-LTS versions 19.04 and later
• Debian 8 and later
• Fedora 30 and later
• CentOS 7 and later
• openSUSE Leap 15.1 and later
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 and 15-SP1

Note

Agent 2.0 is not compatible with Linux Agent 1.0.4 and earlier versions

Agent v1.0.4 General Availability (17th October 2017)

• UPDATE: Changes to Agent to accommodate updated RMM Server infrastructure
• UPDATE: Added support for Centos 7
• UPDATE: Added support for Debian 8
• UPDATE: Added support for Fedora 24 & 25
• UPDATE: Added support for RHEL 8
• UPDATE: Added support for SLE 12 SP1, 2 & 3
• UPDATE: Added support for xUbuntu 14.04 - 17.04

Agent v1.0.2 General Availability (30th May 2013)

• BUGFIX: Correct an issue that prevented the network performance check from determining the interface speed
• BUGFIX: Add dependency for "unzip" package on Debian based distributions to prevent issue where checks would not synchronise
• BUGFIX: Correct logic applied to comparison value in SNMP check to match Windows agent
• BUGFIX: Ensure process check can detect multiple Oracle processes

Supported GNU/Linux distributions

Current versions of the Linux Monitoring Agent have passed full QA and are available for these distribution versions.

• CentOS 5
• CentOS 6
• Fedora 17
• Fedora 18
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 6
• openSUSE 12.2
• openSUSE 12.3
• SLE 10
• SLE 11
• Debian 6.0
• Debian 7.0
• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 13.04

Previously supported GNU/Linux distributions

Packages for these previously supported versions are provided on an as-is basis.

• Fedora 15
• Fedora 16
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4
• openSUSE 11.4
• openSUSE 12.1
• Debian 5.0
• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 11.10

Agent v1.0.1 General Availability (18 February 2013)

• BUGFIX: ensure boot time is reported correctly
• BUGFIX: include BIOS name in hardware asset tracking

 

Includes all updates from previous Agent versions.

Agent v1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 (29th December 2012)

• FEATURE: Package Manager Check
• BUGFIX: TCP Service Checks configured to "Alert if port is not accepting connections" will now correctly fail when invalid address is entered
• BUGFIX: Correctly upload timezone bias from devices that are not using GMT

Known issues

Slight differences in functionality may exist between the Windows and the Linux Agent, including:

• Hardware Asset Tracking does not include the manufacturer of the floppy disk drives
• Hardware Asset Tracking does not include monitor and video card information
• Hardware Asset Tracking does not include the physical chassis type

Agent v0.9.0 Beta3 (23rd November 2012)

• FEATURE: Hacker Check
• FEATURE: Backup Check (Amanda Backup Server v3.3)
• FEATURE: Antivirus Update Check (ClamAV and Kaspersky Antivirus for Linux File Server v8)
• FEATURE: MTA Check (sendmail, qmail, exim and postfix)
• FEATURE: MySQL Server Check (v5.0 and above)
• FEATURE: Script Check (shell and interpreted languages)
• UPDATE: Include CPU cache memory in Asset Tracking
• BUGFIX: List motherboard details in Asset Tracking on RHEL 5
• BUGFIX: Resolve floating point error if unable to obtain refresh rate of video card
• BUGFIX: Correctly show restart failed in Dashboard if daemon check fails to restart service
• BUGFIX: Correctly show free space available when File System Space change check passes
• BUGFIX: Correctly report errors in File System Space change check
• BUGFIX: Exclude optical disks from selection for physical disk checks
• BUGFIX: Exclude directories from selection for log file checks
• BUGFIX: Ensure configured proxy server is used for downloads
• BUGFIX: Remove dependency on smartmontools package on RHEL 4 and CentOS 4
• BUGFIX: Reduce CPU usage waiting for event notifications

Agent v0.8.0 Beta2 (10th October 2012)

• FEATURE: File System Space change check
• FEATURE: Performance Monitoring checks
• FEATURE: Physical Memory check
• FEATURE: SNMP check
• FEATURE: Bandwidth Monitoring Check
• FEATURE: Hardware Asset Tracking
• BUGFIX: Correct segmentation fault in CentOS 32 bit

Agent v0.7.0 Beta1 (23 July 2012)

• FEATURE: File System Space check
• FEATURE: Physical Disk Health check
• FEATURE: Daemon check
• FEATURE: Process check
• FEATURE: Log File check
• FEATURE: Ping check
• FEATURE: TCP Service check
• FEATURE: Web Site check
• FEATURE: Asset Tracking Software Inventory