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authorRincewindsHat <12514511+RincewindsHat@users.noreply.github.com>2023-09-18 22:59:46 +0200
committerRincewindsHat <12514511+RincewindsHat@users.noreply.github.com>2023-09-18 22:59:46 +0200
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1This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases. 1This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
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32.4 [...] 32.3.3 2nd Feb 2023
4 ENHANCEMENTS
5 using PRId64 and PRIu64 instead of %ld directly
6 check_http: Make faster with larger files
7 check_snmp: add 'multiplier' to modify current value
8 check_http: Implement chunked encoding decoding
9 check_http/check_curl: add chunked encoding test
10 check_log: Added --exclude to exclude patterns
11 check_log: Add tests
12 check_disk: Clarify usage possibilities
13
14 FIXES
15 fixed two PRId64 to PRIu64 in perfdata_uint64
16 check_pgsql: Removing is_pg_dbname altogether,using postgres API.
17 check_http: Remove superfluous CRLF in HTTP-Requests
18 check_curl: detect ipv6
19 check_icmp: fix parsing help/version long options
20 check_http: fix test plan
21 check_disk: Find accessible mount path if multiple are available
22 check_apt: Fix unknown escape sequence error output
23 check_curl: fix checking large bodys
24 check_snmp: Improve tests for check_snmp & multiply option
25 check_snmp: always apply format when applying multiplier
26 check_http: Use real booleans instead of ints
27 check_http: Document process_arguments a little bit better
28 check_http: Remove dead code
29 check_http: Fix several bug in the implementation of unchunking
30 check_http: Reformat a part to increase readability
31 check_apt: Put upgrade options in the root sections
32 check_apt: Fix comment
33 check_apt: Use real booleans
34 check_mailq: Fixing nullmailer regex
35 check_snmp: Fix regex matches
36 check_log: Fixed a bug when using --all
37 check_log: Cleaned up duplicated code in the args
38 check_http: Fix memory reallocation error in chunk decoding logic
39 check_http: Add space for ending NULL byte in array for chunked encoding
40
412.3.2 20th Oct 2022
42 GENERAL
43 Use netcat-openbsd for debian explicitly (by @RincewindsHat #1704)
44 Replace egrep with grep -E (by @RincewindsHat #1791)
45 Use silent automake by default (by @RincewindsHat #1747)
46
47 SINGLE PLUGINS
48 check_by_ssh: added option to exit with an warning, if there is output on STDERR (by @nafets #1301)
49 check_by_ssh: Add "-U" flag (#1123). (by @archiecobbs #1774)
50 check_by_ssh: Let ssh decide if a host is valid, enables usage of ssh .config file (by @RincewindsHat #1691)
51 check_curl: Add an option to check_curl to verify the peer certificate & host using the system CA's (by @bazzisoft #1669)
52 check_curl: fixed -ffollow for HTTP/2.0 (Fixes #1685): added major_version parsing to PicoHTTPParser (by @andreasbaumann #1742)
53 check_curl: fixes check_curl: "CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificate subject." (by @andreasbaumann #1689)
54 check_curl: fix if http header contains leading spaces (by @sni #1666)
55 check_curl: Update check_curl.c to display a specific human-readable error message where possible (by @bazzisoft #1668)
56 check_curl: verify certificates option should not force SSL to be used (by @bazzisoft #1688)
57 check_disk: Description for -M was the wrong way around (by @RincewindsHat #1746)
58 check_disk: Fixing the stuff that is broken on btrfs (by @waja #1388)
59 check_disk: Fix perfdata for big values for check disk (by @RincewindsHat #1714)
60 check_disk_smb: Add configfile feature (by @Napsty #1402)
61 check_disk_smb: Add timeout (by @cdruee #1770)
62 check_dns: Add --expect-nxdomain (by @Jonny007-MKD #1623)
63 check_dns: split multiple IP addresses passed in one -a argument (by @DerDakon #1649)
64 check_file_age: Make size parameter a little bit more intelligible (by @RincewindsHat #1730)
65 check_fping: Implements 'host-alive' mode (Closes. #1027) (by @waja #1740)
66 check_game: Update Url to qstat (by @RincewindsHat #1725)
67 check_http: changed 'STATE_CRITICAL' to 'STATE_WARNING' for infinite loop (by @xFuture603 #1690)
68 check_http: Increase regexp limit (by @hydrapolic #1566)
69 check_http: Support http redirect (by @waja #1449)
70 check_icmp: buffer offerflow (by @RincewindsHat #1733)
71 check_icmp: delay set_source_ip() until address_family is detected (by @ghciv6 #1735)
72 check_icmp: Fix "Invalid Argument" from sendmsg() under FreeBSD 13.1 and "setsockopt failed" for TTL setting (by @eriksejr #1771)
73 check_icmp: Fix pkt perfdata in check_host mode (by @sjoegren #1721)
74 check_ldap: Allows check_ldap to read password from environment variable (by @mullumaus #1724)
75 check_load: add LOAD prefix to load plugin (by @haraldj #1694)
76 check_load: Display total and scaled load values if check_load scales the values (by number of CPUs by @RincewindsHat #1778)
77 check_log: Missing oldlog now aborts check_log (by @RincewindsHat #1732)
78 check_mailq: Add mailq -C option for config dir or config file (by @leeclemens #1490)
79 check_mailq: Check mailq domain specific warnings (by @RincewindsHat #1731)
80 check_mailq: Fix regexp for nullmailer "mailq" output (by @darksoul42 #1493)
81 check_mysql: fix segfaults with mysql-connector-c #1562 (by @ghciv6 #1644)
82 check_pgsql: add --queryname parameter to check_pgsql (by @datamuc #1741)
83 check_ping: Do not show RTA if no connection was possible (by @RincewindsHat #1697)
84 check_ping: understang ping6 output from iputils package (by @glensc #1412)
85 check_proc: Fix check proc ps detection (by @sni #1712)
86 check_procs: exchange needle and haystack in strstr() for proper st… (by @wolfgangkarall #1654)
87 check_smtp: add -L flag to support LMTP (LHLO instead of HELO/EHLO). (by @ghen2 #1715)
88 check_snmp: Added option for null zero length string exit codes (by @FracKenA #1496)
89 check_snmp: fix performance thresholds when using multiple oids (by @sni #1722)
90 check_snmp fix segfaults (by @adrb #1589)
91 check_snmp: put the "c" (to mark a counter) after the perfdata value (by @lausser #1465)
92 check_swap: fix parsing swap values (by @sni #1780)
93 check_swap: Fix perfdata for check swap (by @RincewindsHat #1707)
94 check_swap: Fix unit for total in perfdata (by @RincewindsHat #1779)
95 check_swap: Handle cached swap (by @mdavranche #1642)
96 check_swap: Small fix to threshold validation and style (indentation) fixes (by @RincewindsHat #1723)
97 check_ups: Fix possible overflow in check_ups (by @phibos #1727)
98 check_uptime: Add option to report uptime in days instead of seconds (by @amotl #1750)
99 check_uptime: Fix/improve output message "Uptime is ..." (by @amotl #1751)
100
101 MULTIPLE PLUGINS
102 check_http, check_curl: added --max-redirs=N option (feature #1684) (by @andreasbaumann #1744)
103 check_http, check_curl: Enhancement --continue-after-certificate (backport from nagios-plugins) (by @andreasbaumann #1762)
104 check_http, check_curl: Remove check_http and check_curl test which are somehow always failing (by @RincewindsHat #1777)
105 check_log, check_oracle, check_sensors: Several fixes shellcheck complaining about (by @waja #1459)
106 sslutils: use chain from client certificates (by @tobiaswiese #1664)
107
108 NON FUNCTIONAL CHANGES
109 Trivial source code whitespace formatting fixes to standard. (by @ziesemer #1424)
110 docs: fix simple typo, conspicuosly -> conspicuously (by @timgates42 #1652)
111 Migrate to GitHub actions (by @jacobbaungard #1686)
112 Point to Icinga Exchange instead of dead Monitoring Exchange (by @RincewindsHat #1737)
113 github actions: fix check_users test case (by @sni #1713)
114 Add CodeQL checks (by @phibos #1682)
115 Fix some QL problems (by @RincewindsHat #1729)
116 Update CodeQL and update runner before installing (by @RincewindsHat #1775)
117 check_disk: Check disk compiler warnings (by @RincewindsHat #1758)
118 check_disk: Trivial printf fix and a little bit of code style (by @RincewindsHat #1695)
119 check_http: Docs: make -C obvious (by @stblassitude #1554)
120 check_ifoperstatus: Re-attach a comment to where it actually belongs (by @peternewman #1699)
121 check_ircd: Restrict the nickname length of the test user for check_ircd (by @RincewindsHat #1710)
122 check_load: Check load compiler warnings (by @RincewindsHat #1759)
123 check_log: Modernize check log (by @RincewindsHat #1692)
124 check_mailq: remove duplicate W=i/C=i args in check_mailq.pl (by @ichdasich #1755)
125 check_ntp: Check ntp remove unused variables (by @RincewindsHat #1781)
126 check_pgsql: Using snprintf which honors the buffers size and guarantees null termination. (Closes: #1601) (by @waja #1663)
127 check_procs: Fix double percentage sign in usage (by @RincewindsHat #1743)
128 check_sensors.sh: Make shellcheck happier (by @RincewindsHat #1679)
129 check_snmp: Fixed option description authpassword -> authpasswd + whitespaces (by @RincewindsHat #1676)
130 check_swap: Check swap compiler warnings (by @RincewindsHat #1756)
131
1322.3.1 10 April 2021
4 ENHANCEMENTS 133 ENHANCEMENTS
134 check_curl: Add an option to verify the peer certificate & host using the system CA's
5 135
6 FIXES 136 FIXES
137 check_icmp: fix simple typo, conspicuosly -> conspicuously
138 check_curl: fixed help, usage and errors for TLS 1.3
139 check_curl: fixed a potential buffer overflow in url buffer
140 check_dns: split multiple IP addresses passed in one -a argument
141 check_curl: added string_statuscode function for printing HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 correctly
142 check_curl: fix crash if http header contains leading spaces
143 check_curl: display a specific human-readable error message where possible
144 check_pgsql: Using snprintf which honors the buffers size and guarantees null termination.
145 check_snmp: put the "c" (to mark a counter) after the perfdata value
146 check_http: Increase regexp limit
147 check_http: make -C obvious
148 check_curl: Increase regexp limit (to 1024 as in check_http)
149 check_curl: make -C obvious (from check_http)
150 check_curl: backported --show-body/-B to print body (from check_http)
7 151
82.3 10th December 2020 1522.3 10th December 2020
9 ENHANCEMENTS 153 ENHANCEMENTS
@@ -21,7 +165,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
21 check_apt: adding packages-warning option 165 check_apt: adding packages-warning option
22 check_load: Adding top consuming processes option 166 check_load: Adding top consuming processes option
23 check_http: Adding Proxy-Authorization and extra headers 167 check_http: Adding Proxy-Authorization and extra headers
24 check_snmp: make calcualtion of timeout value in help output more clear 168 check_snmp: make calculation of timeout value in help output more clear
25 check_uptime: new plugin for checking uptime to see how long the system is running 169 check_uptime: new plugin for checking uptime to see how long the system is running
26 check_curl: check_http replacement based on libcurl 170 check_curl: check_http replacement based on libcurl
27 check_http: Allow user to specify HTTP method after proxy CONNECT 171 check_http: Allow user to specify HTTP method after proxy CONNECT
@@ -51,7 +195,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
51 check_procs: improve command examples for 'at least' processes 195 check_procs: improve command examples for 'at least' processes
52 check_swap: repaired "-n" behaviour 196 check_swap: repaired "-n" behaviour
53 check_disk: include -P switch in help 197 check_disk: include -P switch in help
54 check_mailq: restore accidentially removed options 198 check_mailq: restore accidentally removed options
55 199
562.2 29th November 2016 2002.2 29th November 2016
57 ENHANCEMENTS 201 ENHANCEMENTS
@@ -92,7 +236,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
92 check_ssh now returns CRITICAL for protocol/version errors 236 check_ssh now returns CRITICAL for protocol/version errors
93 If a plugin is invoked with -h/--help or -V/--version, the exit status 237 If a plugin is invoked with -h/--help or -V/--version, the exit status
94 is now UNKNOWN 238 is now UNKNOWN
95 The superseeded check_ntp.pl was removed, please use check_ntp_peer or 239 The superseded check_ntp.pl was removed, please use check_ntp_peer or
96 check_ntp_time instead 240 check_ntp_time instead
97 241
982.1.2 16th October 2015 2422.1.2 16th October 2015
@@ -119,7 +263,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
119 New check_mysql -n option to ignore authentication failures 263 New check_mysql -n option to ignore authentication failures
120 Added IP and port or socket name to error messages 264 Added IP and port or socket name to error messages
121 New check_ntp_time -o option to add expected offset 265 New check_ntp_time -o option to add expected offset
122 check_disk shows now troubled partions in verbose mode 266 check_disk shows now troubled partitions in verbose mode
123 check_dig has now support for drill and dig 267 check_dig has now support for drill and dig
124 check_dig has now support for -6 option 268 check_dig has now support for -6 option
125 Add performance data to check_file_age 269 Add performance data to check_file_age
@@ -213,10 +357,10 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
213 New check_procs -k option to ignore kernel threads (on Linux) 357 New check_procs -k option to ignore kernel threads (on Linux)
214 Let check_procs use /proc/<PID>/exe (if available) instead of getpid(2), unless -T is specified 358 Let check_procs use /proc/<PID>/exe (if available) instead of getpid(2), unless -T is specified
215 Let check_mysql support SSL 359 Let check_mysql support SSL
216 Let check_mysql add perfromance metrics for all checks 360 Let check_mysql add performance metrics for all checks
217 New check_mysql -f option to specify a client options file 361 New check_mysql -f option to specify a client options file
218 New check_mysql -g option to specify a client options group 362 New check_mysql -g option to specify a client options group
219 New check_snmp --offset option to allow for adding/substracting an offset value to sensor data 363 New check_snmp --offset option to allow for adding/subtracting an offset value to sensor data
220 Let check_snmp support an arbitrary number of OIDs 364 Let check_snmp support an arbitrary number of OIDs
221 Let check_ide_smart support NetBSD 365 Let check_ide_smart support NetBSD
222 366
@@ -231,7 +375,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
231 Fix deprecated imports of check_nmap.py 375 Fix deprecated imports of check_nmap.py
232 376
233 WARNINGS 377 WARNINGS
234 check_http behaviour of -k/--header changed since it does not seperate multiple headers by semicolons anymore. Use multiple -k switches instead. 378 check_http behaviour of -k/--header changed since it does not separate multiple headers by semicolons anymore. Use multiple -k switches instead.
235 check_http's --proxy_authorization option is now called --proxy-authorization (it was always documented this way) 379 check_http's --proxy_authorization option is now called --proxy-authorization (it was always documented this way)
236 The contrib directory has been removed from this distribution 380 The contrib directory has been removed from this distribution
237 381
@@ -382,7 +526,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
382 check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help 526 check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help
383 check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers) 527 check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers)
384 check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query 528 check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query
385 check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitely (-s, --socket) 529 check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitly (-s, --socket)
386 negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute) 530 negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute)
387 Added performance data to check_ping 531 Added performance data to check_ping
388 Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help) 532 Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help)
@@ -422,7 +566,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
422 New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too. 566 New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too.
423 Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison. 567 Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison.
424 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8 568 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
425 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore pathes/partitions based on regular expressions 569 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore paths/partitions based on regular expressions
426 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly 570 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly
427 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments 571 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments
428 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now 572 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now
@@ -471,7 +615,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
471 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/ 615 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
472 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql 616 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
473 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp 617 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
474 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m) 618 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for success (-m)
475 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time 619 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
476 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable 620 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
477 Root plugins installed with world executable 621 Root plugins installed with world executable
@@ -529,4 +673,3 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
529 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used 673 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
530 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB 674 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
531 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name 675 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name
532