Release 1.2.6 (2009-11-26)

• FIXED 'permission denied' bug when a 'normal' user tries to clear a form
• FIXED 'unknown' user bug in history entry when generating updated Nagios config
• FIXED max_length limit of 'address' field when cloning a host
• FIXED a bug within the input form for service parameters (proper handling of the '!' character)
• FIXED a problem with 'multi_modify' not enforcing ONCALL_GROUPS setting
• FIXED quotes bug ” (double) and ' (single) in the Attributes → Show / Add form for attributes of type 'select' and in all other text fields (attribute & friendly name, description, possible values, pre-defined value)

• ADDED CSV importer and example scripts to import any type of items from a CSV file into NConf
• ADDED an ID-wrapper script (id_wrapper.php) that allows users to embed a link to the NConf 'details' page, knowing only the name of an item (item name and item class are passed as GET-parameters)
• ADDED configuration option OVERVIEW_QUANTITY_STANDARD
• ADDED configuration option SELECT_VALUE_SEPARATOR
• ADDED 'host-template' class and attributes, added several predefined host-template items
• ADDED 'service-template' class and attributes, added several predefined service-template items
• ADDED 'use' attribute to 'hosts' & 'services' classes
• ADDED a new 'host_template' and 'service_template' attribute to timeperiods, nagios-collectors and nagios-monitors. This allows users to specify templates to be auto-assigned to each service which is linked with these items.
• ADDED 'default_service_name' attribute to checkcommand class. This value will be used when adding new services instead of the checkcommand name.
• ADDED 'notes' and 'notes_url' attributes to hostgroup and servicegroup classes.
• ADDED 'stale_service_command' attribute to 'nagios-monitor' class. If set, this writes a 'dummy' check_command to all services on a 'nagios-monitor. The 'dummy' check_command is therefore no longer triggered by the 'active_checks_enabled' flag.
• ADDED new datatype 'assign_cust_order' to ConfigAttrs table and GUIs.
  • This allows users to specify the order of how linked items should be written to the config (necessary for 'use' attributes to define order of templates).
• MERGED generate_config.pl with NConf perl-API, moved certain functions to perl modules

• RENAMED old NConf host-templates to 'host presets'
• RENAMED 'normal_check_interval' and 'retry_check_interval' attributes to 'check_interval' and 'retry_interval'

• REMOVED 'dependent_service_description' attribute from 'service' class

• CHANGED 'overview': user can now choose the amount of entries he wants to see, and also jump to first / last page
• CHANGED 'add service': services can be re-used for same host without having to rename existing ones first (service auto-renamed to '_2')
• CHANGED layout of 'assign_many' select-boxes. New is also a live-search functionality for faster filtering of many entries.
• CHANGED 'advanced' tab to remain open while switching views (requires cookies to be enabled in browser)
• CHANGED value separator for attributes of type 'select' from ',' to '::'
• CHANGED Nagios config importer: import files are now processed in sequential order. Items are not read randomly anymore.
• CHANGED and extended several functions of the NConf perl-API (refer to API documentation for details)
• CHANGED 'generate config': added possibility to use %…% style NConf macros in any text attribute (e.g. %NAGIOS_SERVER_NAME% etc.)
• CHANGED 'generate config': added 'check_result_path' = nconf/temp/ to temp/test/nagios.cfg for syntax checking. This eliminates the common error 'Unable to write to check_result_path'.
• CHANGED ConfigAttrs.link_as_child attribute in the database to ENUM('yes','no') NOT NULL default 'no'
• CHANGED several host, service, timeperiod, nagios-collector and nagios-monitor attributes from 'mandatory' to 'not mandatory'
• CHANGED the way several attributes are inherited from timeperiods based on check_period & notification_period attributes (see release notes!)
• CHANGED searchfilters: '%' wildcards are now changed to '*', and '*' will not change back to '%' anymore
• CHANGED searchfilter in 'Show Services': it now filters for hostname AND servicename combined

Release 1.2.5 (2009-06-12)

• FIXED quoting problems (backslashes * ADDED) when editing values with php.ini-option
  “magic_quotes_gpc = On” –> DEPRECATED PHP FUNCTION
• FIXED empty contact_groups field in host did not change contact_groups in the linked services
• FIXED 'modify attribute': disabling some fields did not work correctly
• FIXED 'delete attribute': after deleting an attribute, the correct class will be displayed now
• ADDED static file editor and deployment of static (Nagios) files
• ADDED ADD-ONS folder with several useful scripts (scripts for config deployment, history cleanup,
  as well as stale_service.sh script)
• ADDED NConf config check: checks your vars (constants and arrays) must be set properly,
  otherwise a critical error is thrown
• ADDED constant “VERSION_NUMBER”
• ADDED update functionality and corresponding folder structure
• ADDED perl-API for database access (beta-version, changes possible in the future)
• ADDED basic bulk-import functionality (to be extended in upcoming releases)
• ADDED 'dependency view' looks up parents and child items of a selected item (host),
  it contains also a direct Nagios access mode
• ADDED 'advanced' box now has a 'multi delete' and 'select all' option
• ADDED 'clone service' functionality to clone a service to one or more hosts
• ADDED 'overview': table title will now sort the content for each row ASC/DESC
• ADDED 'overview': entries are now limited to given amount (standard 24, configurable in include/gui.php),
  switchable pages ← →
• ADDED 'add/modify class'
• ADDED two new attributes, which allow to export any class into a custom file
  1. 'out_file' (generated filename)
  2. 'nagios_object' (Nagios object definition)
• ADDED AJAX features:
  1. 'add item': info tab with info about timeperiods and contact groups
  2. 'generate config': 'loading' icon runs until config is generated
• ADDED action url attribute in host and service class.
• REMOVED constant “URLROOTPATH”, NConf now handles this on its own
• REMOVED 'add attribute' functionality is now implemented under 'modify attribute'
• CHANGED default values, description, maxlength, ordering and mandatory-flag of several attrs
• CHANGED installer updated with php-mysql check and notification about not using :: in a password when auth = file
• CHANGED all ”<?” tags to ”<?php” tags, php.ini option “short_open_tag” can now be ON or OFF
• CHANGED navigation menu entry “Attributes - Add”, it now calls 'modify_attr' to add new attributes
• CHANGED when trying to access a page (unauthenticatedly), login prompt will now apear and after successful login it will redirect you to the page that was called
• CHANGED 'overview': search will now send data via GET method, this will prevent the
  “resend data” message when going back
• CHANGED 'delete': now also has multi-delete functionality, and displays items to be deleted in tree view
• CHANGED 'multi-modify': now also allows changing service names of multiple services at the same time
• CHANGED 'add attribute': now warns if attr name already exists in same class (not allowed)
• CHANGED 'add attribute': now remembers/caches your entered data, if there was a error and you need to go back
• CHANGED 'add attribute': now makes sure naming_attrs are always mandatory
• CHANGED 'generate config': script now writes 'trap' services to collector config, if no monitor server is present
• CHANGED 'generate config': filenames to be generated are now read from the DB ('out_file' attr),
  users can easily implement their own classes now
• CHANGED 'generate config': static files are now also included in tar, if they are managed through NConf
• CHANGED 'generate config': error handling, many more things are checked now before gererating the config
• CHANGED 'generate config': service check_command on monitor servers is now dependent on
  “active_checks_enabled” flag (service_is_stale not forced anymore)
• CHANGED 'auth by ldap': now enforcing LDAP v3
• CHANGED 'auth by file': the delimiter in the password file is now :: (2 colons)
• CHANGED 'auth by file': password file is now a php file (file is not displayed by apache anymore!)
• CHANGED 'auth by file': password attribute encryption type is now case-insensitive ({crypt} is the same as {CRYPT})

Release 1.2.4 (2009-03-05)

• CREATED The first official release of NConf