App::Netdisco::Manual::ReleaseNotes - Release Notes
This document will list only the most significant changes with each release of Netdisco. You are STRONGLY recommended to read this document each time you install and upgrade. Also see the Changes file, for more information.
This distribution (App::Netdisco) is a complete rewrite of the Netdisco application. Users often ask whether they can run both versions at the same time, and whether the database must be copied. Here are the guidelines for migrating from Netdisco 1.x:
You can run both Netdisco 1.x and App::Netdisco web frontends at the same time, using the same database.
Only enable the backend daemon and discovery jobs from either Netdisco 1.x or App::Netdisco.
You can share a single database between Netdisco 1.x and App::Netdisco. The deploy script for App::Netdisco will make some schema changes to the database, but they are backwards compatible.
This release fixes a number of issues with the poller, and is a recommended upgrade.
During Arpnip, Node IPs are resolved to DNS names in parallel. See the dns configuration option for details. Note that the nodenames configuration items from release 2.018000 are no longer available.
dns
nodenames
2.018000
This release includes new support for SNMPv3 via the snmp_auth configuration option. Please provide feedback to the developers on your experience.
snmp_auth
The previous mentioned bug in Macsuck is now fixed.
There is a bug in Macsuck whereby in rare circumstances some invalid SQL is generated. The root cause is known but we want to take more time to get the fix right. It should only be a few more days.
The no_port_control configuration setting is now called check_userlog and its logic is inverted. Don't worry if this is not familiar to you - the option is only used by Netdisco Developers.
no_port_control
check_userlog
The dangerous action log messages are now saved to the database. In a future version there will be a way to display them in the web interface.
Some of the "dangerous action" confirmation dialogs offer to take a log message (e.g. Port Control, Device Delete). Currently the log messages are not saved. This feature will be added in the next release.
The backend poller daemon is now considered stable. You can uncomment the housekeeping section of the example configuration and thereby enable regular device (re-)discovery, arpnip and macsuck.
housekeeping
You can now configure LDAP authentication for users.
The read-write SNMP community is now stored in the database, when used for the first time on a device. If you don't want the web frontend to be able to access this, you need to:
Have separate deployment.yml files for web frontend and daemon, such that only the daemon config contains any community strings.
deployment.yml
Use separate PostgreSQL users for web frontend and daemon, such that the web frontend user cannot SELECT from the community DB table.
community
Users can be managed through the web interface (by admins only).
You can now simplify database configuration to just the following, instead of the more verbose plugins/DBIC setting which was there before:
plugins/DBIC
database: name: 'netdisco' host: 'localhost' user: 'someuser' pass: 'somepass'
Also, the REMOTE_USER environment variable and X-REMOTE_USER HTTP Header are now supported for delegating authentication to another web server. See the Deployment and Configuration documentation for further details.
REMOTE_USER
X-REMOTE_USER
This release contains the first version of our new poller, which handles device and node discovery. Please make sure to backup any existing Netdisco database before trying it out.
You can remove any settings from ~/environments/deployment.yml which you didn't edit or add to the file yourself. All defaults are now properly embedded within the application. See the new deployment.yml sample which ships with this distribution for an example.
~/environments/deployment.yml
The default environment configuration file develpment.yml has been renamed to deployment.yml. This better reflects that users are not developers, and also fits with the default for PSGI compatible cloud deployment services.
develpment.yml
Please rename or copy your environment file:
mv ~/environments/development.yml ~/environments/deployment.yml
The installation is now relocateable outside of a user's home directory by setting the NETDISCO_HOME environment variable. This defaults to your own home directory.
NETDISCO_HOME
To install App::Netdisco, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm App::Netdisco
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install App::Netdisco
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.