Centreon Engine 1.3

What’s new

Qt library removal

We decided to stop using the Qt library. For the XML part, we now use the xerces-c library and for the other part, we use the Centreon-Clib library. This replacement allows us to have a better integration with all UNIX systems and better performance.

Performance improvement

  • Some algorithms were replaced (map instead of unordered map when possible)

  • The execution system now uses less resource (possibility to disable use_setpgid)

Variables deprecation

Some variables have been deprecated:

  • temp_file, temp_path, check_result_path and max_check_result_file_age are used in nagios to get check result information from the file system, but in Centreon Engine the execution system writes directly in memory

  • enable_embedded_perl, use_embedded_perl_implicitly, p1_file and auth_file are used in nagios by the embedded perl interpretor. In Centreon Engine, this mechanism is provided into the Perl connector. Engine.

  • lock_file, nagios_user and nagios_group are removed because these mechanisms are not used by the Centreon Engine startup script

  • bare_update_check and check_for_updates are removed. If you need to update Centreon Engine, use your package manager

  • free_child_process_memory and child_processes_fork_twice are removed. Centreon Engine forks just once and child memory is always released by the system

  • daemon_dumps_core is removed, you can create core dumps all the time if you are allowed to

  • log_archive_path and log_rotation_method are removed. Centreon Engine relies on standard logrotate daemons

New logrotate script

The logrotate mechanism has changed. Now we use the classical UNIX mechanism to manage log rotation (ie. based on logrotate daemons).

Improved Centreon compatibility

Default permissions on the status file have been changed to allow Centreon reading it.