Changelog

Overview

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Please open an issue for any deviations that you spot; I'm still learning!.

Types of changes

The following types of changes will be recorded in this file:

Added for new features.
Changed for changes in existing functionality.
Deprecated for soon-to-be removed features.
Removed for now removed features.
Fixed for any bug fixes.
Security in case of vulnerabilities.

Unreleased

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v0.36.9 - 2024-05-11

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-1130) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.1 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.2 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1135) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.2 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.3 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1137) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.3 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.4 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1124) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.36.3 to 0.37.0
(GH-1125) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.37.0 to 0.37.1
(GH-1139) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.37.1 to 0.37.2
(GH-1128) Go Dependency: Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.19.0 to 0.20.0
(GH-1132) Go Runtime: Bump golang from 1.21.9 to 1.21.10 in /dependabot/docker/go

v0.36.8 - 2024-04-08

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-1100) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.15.4 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.16.0 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1102) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.16.0 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.16.1 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1105) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.16.1 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.19.0 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1109) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.19.0 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.0 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1119) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.0 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.20.1 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1095) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.35.0 to 0.36.0
(GH-1098) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.36.0 to 0.36.1
(GH-1106) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.36.1 to 0.36.2
(GH-1111) Go Dependency: Bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.36.2 to 0.36.3
(GH-1117) Go Dependency: Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.18.0 to 0.19.0
(GH-1114) Go Runtime: Bump golang from 1.21.8 to 1.21.9 in /dependabot/docker/go

v0.36.7 - 2024-03-07

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-1092) Add todo/release label to "Go Runtime" PRs
(GH-1083) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.15.2 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.15.3 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1089) Build Image: Bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.15.3 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.15.4 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1078) canary: bump golang from 1.21.6 to 1.21.7 in /dependabot/docker/go
(GH-1075) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.15.0 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.15.2 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1086) Go Dependency: Bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.17.0 to 0.18.0
(GH-1087) Go Runtime: Bump golang from 1.21.7 to 1.21.8 in /dependabot/docker/go
(GH-1080) Update Dependabot PR prefixes (redux)
(GH-1079) Update Dependabot PR prefixes
(GH-1077) Update project to Go 1.21 series

v0.36.6 - 2024-02-15

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-1056) canary: bump golang from 1.20.13 to 1.20.14 in /dependabot/docker/go
(GH-1037) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.3 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.4 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1045) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.4 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.5 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1048) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.5 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.6 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1053) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.6 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.8 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1059) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.8 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.9 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1062) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.9 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.15.0 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1043) go.mod: bump github.com/atc0005/go-nagios from 0.16.0 to 0.16.1
(GH-1049) go.mod: bump github.com/rs/zerolog from 1.31.0 to 1.32.0
(GH-1065) go.mod: bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.34.2 to 0.35.0
(GH-1057) go.mod: bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.16.0 to 0.17.0

Fixed

(GH-1067) Replace property.Filter with property.Match
(GH-1071) Fix unused-parameter revive linting errors

v0.36.5 - 2024-01-19

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-1032) canary: bump golang from 1.20.12 to 1.20.13 in /dependabot/docker/go
(GH-1034) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.2 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.3 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1023) ghaw: bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 3
(GH-1021) go.mod: bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.33.1 to 0.34.0
(GH-1025) go.mod: bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.34.0 to 0.34.1
(GH-1029) go.mod: bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.34.1 to 0.34.2
(GH-1027) go.mod: bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.15.0 to 0.16.0

v0.36.4 - 2023-12-08

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-1012) canary: bump golang from 1.20.11 to 1.20.12 in /dependabot/docker/go
(GH-1015) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.1 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.2 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1011) go.mod: bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.14.0 to 0.15.0

v0.36.3 - 2023-11-15

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-1002) canary: bump golang from 1.20.10 to 1.20.11 in /dependabot/docker/go
(GH-1004) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.0 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.1 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-1000) go.mod: bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.13.0 to 0.14.0

v0.36.2 - 2023-11-02

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-980) canary: bump golang from 1.20.8 to 1.20.10 in /dependabot/docker/go
(GH-977) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.10 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.11 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-981) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.11 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.12 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-989) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.12 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.14.0 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-976) go.mod: bump github.com/google/go-cmp from 0.5.9 to 0.6.0
(GH-985) go.mod: bump github.com/mattn/go-isatty from 0.0.19 to 0.0.20
(GH-965) go.mod: bump github.com/rs/zerolog from 1.30.0 to 1.31.0
(GH-967) go.mod: bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.30.7 to 0.32.0
(GH-987) go.mod: bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0
(GH-993) go.mod: bump github.com/vmware/govmomi from 0.33.0 to 0.33.1
(GH-969) go.mod: bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.12.0 to 0.13.0

Fixed

(GH-996) Fix goconst linting errors

v0.36.1 - 2023-10-06

Changed

Dependency Updates

(GH-947) canary: bump golang from 1.20.7 to 1.20.8 in /dependabot/docker/go
(GH-949) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.7 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.8 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-956) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.8 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.9 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-959) docker: bump atc0005/go-ci from go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.9 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.10 in /dependabot/docker/builds
(GH-945) ghaw: bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4
(GH-943) go.mod: bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.11.0 to 0.12.0

v0.36.0 - 2023-08-31

Added

(GH-927) Update datastore plugins to indicate which VMs within datastore are templates

Changed

(GH-926) Refactor objects tally logic used to provide plugin "trailer" summary details
(GH-932) Update vsphere.VMwareAdminAssistanceNeeded annotation to point sysadmins to plugin doc
(GH-939) Update datastore performance plugin doc

v0.35.1 - 2023-08-25

Changed

Dependencies
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.4 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.7

Fixed

(GH-916) gosec G601: Implicit memory aliasing in for loop linting errors

v0.35.0 - 2023-08-17

Added

(GH-809) Add support for excluding/ignoring VMs by Folder Managed Object ID (MOID)

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.19.12 to 1.20.7
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.2 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.4
(GH-862) Replace hard-coded flag names with constants
(GH-901) Update project to Go 1.20 series

Fixed

(GH-658) Potential nil pointer dereference in vsphere.ResourcePoolsMemoryReport()
(GH-852) Evaluate consistency of terminology regarding VM collections
(GH-897) README: Fix short flag for virtual hardware plugin

v0.34.1 - 2023-08-10

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.19.11 to 1.19.12
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.30.6 to v0.30.7
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.1 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.2
- rs/zerolog v1.29.1 to v1.30.0
- golang.org/x/sys
  - v0.10.0 to v0.11.0
(GH-868) Update help text for include/exclude RP flags to emphasize filtering by name
(GH-869) Add VM power state tally helper funcs
(GH-890) Replace fixed MO type strings with constants

Fixed

(GH-887) Add missing resource pools flags validation
(GH-888) Fix func names in deferred debug log messages
(GH-889) Use correct mo type in error message

v0.34.0 - 2023-07-28

Added

(GH-839) Add initial automated release notes config
(GH-841) Add initial automated release build workflow
(GH-851) Create plugin to list Virtual Machines in order to test include/exclude options

Changed

Dependencies
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.30.5 to v0.30.6
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.11.3 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.13.1
(GH-844) Update Dependabot config to monitor both branches
(GH-853) Update .gitignore patterns

Fixed

(GH-842) Update CodeQL GHAW timeout

v0.33.3 - 2023-07-13

Overview

RPM package improvements
Change exit state for several scenarios
Bug fixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.19.11
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.19.10 to 1.19.11
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.30.4 to v0.30.5
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.15.0 to v0.16.0
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.11.0 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.11.3
- golang.org/x/sys
  - v0.9.0 to v0.10.0
(GH-829) Update RPM postinstall scripts to use restorecon
(GH-825) Update error annotation implementation

Fixed

(GH-828) Use UNKNOWN state for invalid command-line args
(GH-832) Use UNKNOWN state for perfdata add failure

v0.33.2 - 2023-06-21

Overview

Bug fixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.19.10
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.10.6 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.11.0
- golang.org/x/sys
  - v0.8.0 to v0.9.0

Fixed

(GH-818) Restore local CodeQL workflow
(GH-820) Fix helper function closure collection evaluation

v0.33.1 - 2023-06-09

Overview

Bug fixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.19.10
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.19.9 to 1.19.10
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.14.0 to v0.15.0
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.10.5 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.10.6
- mattn/go-isatty
  - v0.0.18 to v0.0.19
(GH-814) Update vuln analysis GHAW to remove on.push hook

Fixed

(GH-811) Disable depguard linter

v0.33.0 - 2023-05-12

Overview

Bug fixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.19.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.19.7 to 1.19.9
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.10.3 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.10.5
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.29.0 to v1.29.1
- golang.org/x/sys
  - v0.6.0 to v0.8.0
(GH-796) Add .dockerignore file for use during image builds

Fixed

(GH-805) Fix revive linter errors

v0.32.0 - 2023-03-31

Overview

Build improvements
Bug fixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.19.7
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

(GH-793) Add rootless container builds via Docker/Podman

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.19.6 to 1.19.7
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.30.2 to v0.30.4
- mattn/go-isatty
  - v0.0.17 to v0.0.18
- atc0005/go-ci
  - go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.9.0 to go-ci-oldstable-build-v0.10.3
(GH-781) Update .gitignore to exclude Windows syso files
(GH-787) Update vuln analysis GHAW to use on.push hook

Fixed

(GH-780) Fix '*-all-links.txt' generation
(GH-782) RPM installation output is "saw-toothed" and "noisy"

v0.31.0 - 2023-03-05

Overview

Add support for generating packages
Generated binary changes
- filename patterns
- compression
- executable metadata
Build improvements
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.19.6
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

(GH-771) Generate RPM/DEB packages using nFPM

Changed

Dependencies
- golang.org/x/sys
  - v0.5.0 to v0.6.0
Build process
- (GH-770) Switch to semantic versioning (semver) compatible versioning pattern
- (GH-772) Add version metadata to Windows executables
- (GH-773) Makefile: Compress binaries and use fixed filenames
- (GH-774) Makefile: Refresh recipes to add "standard" set, new package-related options
- (GH-775) Build dev/stable releases using go-ci Docker image

v0.30.8 - 2023-03-02

Overview

Bug fixes
Dependency updates
GitHub Actions Workflows updates
built using Go 1.19.6
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.19.4 to 1.19.6
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.10.2 to v0.14.0
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.28.0 to v1.29.0
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.29.0 to v0.30.2
- mattn/go-isatty
  - v0.0.16 to v0.0.17
- golang.org/x/sys
  - v0.3.0 to v0.5.0
(GH-750) Drop plugin runtime tracking, update library usage
- time metric is provided "automatically" via library
(GH-755) Add Go Module Validation, Dependency Updates jobs
(GH-763) Drop Push Validation workflow
(GH-764) Rework workflow scheduling
(GH-766) Remove Push Validation workflow status badge

Fixed

(GH-749) library logging is not enabled at Trace level

v0.30.7 - 2022-12-07

Overview

Bug fixes
Dependency updates
GitHub Actions Workflows updates
built using Go 1.19.4
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.19.1 to 1.19.4
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.9.2 to v0.10.2
- github.com/mattn/go-colorable
  - v0.1.12 to v0.1.13
- github.com/mattn/go-isatty
  - v0.0.14 to v0.0.16
- golang.org/x/sys
  - v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6 to v0.3.0
(GH-734) Refactor GitHub Actions workflows to import logic

Fixed

(GH-739) Move perfdata debug message to correct location
(GH-740) Fix Makefile Go module base path detection

v0.30.6 - 2022-09-15

Overview

Bug fixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.19.1
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.9.1 to v0.9.2

Fixed

(GH-724) Timeout occurred for Build codebase using Makefile all recipe GHAW job
(GH-725) check_vmware_datastore_space plugin Service Ouput contains invalid MISSING text

v0.30.5 - 2022-09-14

Overview

Bug fixes
Dependency updates
GitHub Actions Workflows updates
built using Go 1.19.1
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

(GH-720) Add Vulnerability Analysis GitHub Actions Workflow

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.17.13 to 1.19.1
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.27.0 to v1.28.0
- google/go-cmp
  - v0.5.8 to v0.5.9
- github/codeql-action
  - v2.1.18 to v2.1.22
(GH-710) Update project to Go 1.19
(GH-712) Update Makefile and GitHub Actions Workflows
(GH-719) Update check_vmware_hs2ds2vms plugin to list all hosts and datastores missing Custom Attributes

Fixed

(GH-711) Adjust doc comments formatting for doc.go
(GH-714) vsphere.GetObjectCustomAttribute func (incorrectly) uses fixed object type in log/error messages

v0.30.4 - 2022-08-16

Overview

Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.13
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.17.12 to 1.17.13
- github/codeql-action
  - v2.1.15 to v2.1.18
(GH-702) Emit markdownlint CLI version after installation

Fixed

(GH-700) Markdown linting failures: invalid link fragments, unused link/image references
(GH-703) Apply linting fixes for Go 1.19 release

v0.30.3 - 2022-07-13

Overview

Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.12
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.17.10 to 1.17.12
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.28.0 to v0.29.0
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.26.1 to v1.27.0
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.8.2 to v0.9.1
- github/codeql-action
  - v2.1.10 to v2.1.15

Fixed

(GH-677) Tweak doc comments for check_vmware_alarms plugin
(GH-679) Ampersands replaced by Nagios in plugin output
(GH-689) Fix misc typo in doc comment

v0.30.2 - 2022-05-11

Overview

Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.10
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.17.9 to 1.17.10
- github/codeql-action
  - v2.1.9 to v2.1.10

v0.30.1 - 2022-04-29

Overview

Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.27.4 to v0.28.0
- github/codeql-action
  - v2.1.8 to v2.1.9

Fixed

(GH-668) Total memory calculation error in the check_vmware_rps_memory plugin

v0.30.0 - 2022-04-27

Overview

Expand support for Nagios Performance Data
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

(GH-652) Extend check_vmware_rps_memory plugin to emit swapped memory perfdata
(GH-644) Extend check_vmware_rps_memory plugin to emit ballooned memory perfdata

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.17.8 to 1.17.9
- google/go-cmp
  - v0.5.7 to v0.5.8
- github/codeql-action
  - v1.1.5 to v2.1.8
(GH-648) Update send2teams command definition to reflect changes from send2teams v0.9.0 release
(GH-650) Update send2teams command definition to use condensed overview format

Fixed

(GH-653) Fix duplication in variable name
(GH-659) Update doc for check_vmware_rps_memory plugin
(GH-660) Expand logging, attempt state reload for Resource Pool stats
(GH-663) Document that RPS plugin requires vCenter instance

v0.29.2 - 2022-03-16

Overview

Report output tweaks
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.8
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.17.7 to 1.17.8
- github/codeql-action
  - v1.0.32 to v1.1.5
- actions/checkout
  - v2.4.0 to v3
- actions/setup-node
  - v2.5.1 to v3
(GH-635) Expose custom attribute used as key for mismatched host/datastore/vm pairings in report output for check_vmware_hs2ds2vms plugin
(GH-640) Add FilterDatastoresByIDs() func

Fixed

(GH-636) Incorrect vSphere object type mentioned in error message

v0.29.1 - 2022-02-11

Overview

Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.7
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.17.6 to 1.17.7
- github/codeql-action
  - v1.0.28 to v1.0.32
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.27.2 to v0.27.4
(GH-611) Enable additional govet linter analyzers
(GH-613) Various linting issues detected by nilness, shadow govet analyzers
(GH-617) Expand linting GitHub Actions Workflow to include oldstable, unstable container images
(GH-618) Switch Docker image source from Docker Hub to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)

Fixed

CHANGELOG
- v0.29.0 release incorrectly noted latest codeql-action release

v0.29.0 - 2022-01-23

Overview

New plugin
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.6
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

(GH-506) New plugin: check_vmware_vm_backup_via_ca

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.17.5 to 1.17.6
- github/codeql-action
  - v1.0.26 to v1.0.28
- google/go-cmp
  - v0.5.6 to v0.5.7
(GH-580) Add project name to generated download links file

Fixed

(GH-581) Review & update timeout-minutes setting (if needed) for all GitHub Actions Workflows
(GH-600) Bug in resource pool exclusion logic
(GH-603) Incorrect power state evaluation noted in logger field for check_vmware_vm_power_uptime plugin

v0.28.1 - 2022-01-01

Overview

Dependency updates
built using Go 1.17.5
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.8.1 to v0.8.2
- actions/setup-node
  - v2.5.0 to v2.5.1

Fixed

(GH-575) CHANGELOG | Correct builds list for release entries

v0.28.0 - 2021-12-30

Overview

Dependency updates
Breaking changes
- the check_vmware_datastore plugin has been renamed
- performance data metrics have been renamed
built using Go 1.17.5
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - (GH-563) Update go.mod file, canary Dockerfile to reflect current dependencies
  - 1.16.12 to 1.17.5
Breaking
- (GH-510) check_vmware_datastore plugin
  - renamed from check_vmware_datastore to check_vmware_datastore_space
- (GH-480) *_used and *_remaining metrics
  - renamed metrics
    - datastore_usage to datastore_space_usage
    - datastore_storage_used to datastore_space_used
    - datastore_storage_remaining to datastore_space_remaining
  - updated plugins
    - check_vmware_datastore_space
    - check_vmware_host_cpu
    - check_vmware_host_memory
    - check_vmware_rps_memory
    - check_vmware_vcpus
(GH-533) Update datastore usage/space plugin to evaluate whether datastore is accessible
(GH-539) Split README into separate files

Fixed

(GH-549) Affirm purpose of user domain flag
(GH-558) The vphere.GetTriggeredAlarms() method fails to consider a VirtualApp entity as a ResourcePool

v0.27.1 - 2021-12-28

Overview

Bugfixes
Dependency updates
Deprecated check_vmware_datastore plugin name
- will be renamed in the v0.28.0 release
built using Go 1.16.12
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.10 to 1.16.12
- github/codeql-action
  - v1.0.24 to v1.0.26
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.26.0 to v1.26.1
(GH-555) Help output generated by -h, --help flag is sent to stderr, probably should go to stdout instead

Deprecated

(GH-510, GH-530) check_vmware_datastore plugin
- this plugin will be renamed in the v0.28.0 release to check_vmware_datastore_space
- documentation, Makefile and other changes will be applied in the v0.28.0 release to accommodate the rename of this plugin

Fixed

CHANGELOG
- github/codeql-action version in v0.27.0 release
(GH-548) Add missing shorthand indicators to short flags
(GH-551) config.MultiValueDSPerfLatencyMetricFlag type incorrectly named

v0.27.0 - 2021-12-01

Overview

New plugin
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
Deprecated check_vmware_datastore plugin name
- will be renamed in the v0.28.0 release
built using Go 1.16.10
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

(GH-505) New plugin: check_vmware_datastore_performance

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - drop Go version in go.mod from 1.15 to 1.14
    - attempt to reflect actual base Go version required by dependencies
- github/codeql-action
  - v1.0.22 to v1.0.24
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.27.1 to v0.27.2
- actions/setup-node
  - v2.4.1 to v2.5.0
(GH-511) Add go-mod/go-version shield to README
(GH-517) Replace fully-qualified path to plugins/binaries in command definitions with $USER1$ macro reference

Deprecated

(GH-510, GH-530) check_vmware_datastore plugin
- this plugin will be renamed in the v0.28.0 release to check_vmware_datastore_space
- documentation, Makefile and other changes will be applied in the v0.28.0 release to accommodate the rename of this plugin

Fixed

(GH-514) Add missing deferred timing log messages from internal/vsphere package functions
(GH-515) Log message for check_vmware_datastore incorrect for WARNING state
(GH-516) Boolean state checks for DatastoreUsageSummary trigger on threshold matches in addition to exceeding thresholds
(GH-521) Boolean state checks for HostSystemCPUSummary trigger on threshold matches in addition to exceeding thresholds
(GH-522) Boolean state checks for HostSystemMemorySummary trigger on threshold matches in addition to exceeding thresholds
(GH-526) golangci-lint | WARN [runner] The linter 'golint' is deprecated; replaced by revive
(GH-527) internal/config/config.go:23:13: var-declaration: should omit type string from declaration of var version; it will be inferred from the right-hand side (revive)

v0.26.0 - 2021-11-10

Overview

Expand support for Nagios Performance Data
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.10
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

Add additional Nagios Performance Data metrics
- (GH-357) check_vmware_vm_power_uptime plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_with_critical_power_uptime
  - vms_with_warning_power_uptime
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
- (GH-355) check_vmware_vcpus plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_excluded_by_name
  - vms_excluded_by_power_state
  - vcpus_usage
  - vcpus_used
  - vcpus_remaining
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
- (GH-356) check_vmware_vhw plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_excluded_by_name
  - vms_excluded_by_power_state
  - hardware_versions_unique
  - hardware_versions_newest
  - hardware_versions_default
  - hardware_versions_oldest
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
- (GH-348) check_vmware_hs2ds2vms plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_excluded_by_name
  - vms_excluded_by_power_state
  - pairing_issues
  - datastores
  - hosts
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
- (GH-344) check_vmware_alarms plugin
  - time
  - datacenters
  - triggered_alarms
  - triggered_alarms_excluded
  - triggered_alarms_included
  - triggered_alarms_critical
  - triggered_alarms_warning
  - triggered_alarms_unknown
  - triggered_alarms_ok
- (GH-350) check_vmware_rps_memory plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - memory_usage
  - memory_used
  - memory_remaining
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.9 to 1.16.10
- github/codeql-action
  - v1.0.21 to v1.0.22
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.25.0 to v1.26.0
- actions/checkout
  - v2.3.5 to v2.4.0

Fixed

(GH-484) vsphere.DefaultHardwareVersion(), vsphere.NewHardwareVersion() fail to set count of Virtual Machines at this version
(GH-483) check_vmware_vhw | Clarify that only one monitoring mode (at a time) is supported
(GH-489) check_vmware_hs2ds2vms plugin does not explicitly close session
(GH-491) Makefile | go get executable installation deprecated
(GH-494) Early exit logic for vsphere.GetEligibleRPs() is incomplete
(GH-496) Incorrect calculation of memory remaining in evaluated resource pools for check_vmware_rps_memory plugin
(GH-500) Use bytes as baseline value for RPs memory plugin
(GH-333) Update documentation to reflect support for Performance Data output

v0.25.1 - 2021-11-02

Overview

Bugfixes
built using Go 1.16.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Changed

Dependencies
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.8.0 to v0.8.1

Fixed

(GH-473) Runtime error after deploying v0.25.0

v0.25.0 - 2021-11-01

Overview

Expand support for Nagios Performance Data
Refactored check_vmware_snapshots_* plugins
Append additional context to errors related to plugin runtime timeouts
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

Add additional Nagios Performance Data metrics
- (GH-446, GH-459) check_vmware_snapshots_age plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_with_critical_snapshots
  - vms_with_warning_snapshots
  - snapshots
  - critical_snapshots
  - warning_snapshots
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
- (GH-353) check_vmware_snapshots_size plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_with_critical_snapshots
  - vms_with_warning_snapshots
  - snapshots
  - critical_snapshots
  - warning_snapshots
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
- (GH-352) check_vmware_snapshots_count plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_with_critical_snapshots
  - vms_with_warning_snapshots
  - snapshots
  - critical_snapshots
  - warning_snapshots
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated

Changed

Dependencies
- github/codeql-action
  - v1.0.19 to v1.0.21
(GH-463) Annotate context deadline exceeded errors with additional human readable details

Fixed

(GH-448) Tweak logging for datastore plugin
(GH-451) Update check_vmware_snapshots_* plugins to track crossing of thresholds, use methods to determine exactly one of CRITICAL or WARNING state
(GH-455) Snapshots list headers for the check_vmware_snapshots_count plugin do not have the right context
(GH-461) Provide time (runtime) performance data metric for all exit points from plugins
(GH-462) Error occurred while destroying view message emitted to stdout
(GH-468) Threshold values for memory_usage metric for check_vmware_host_memory plugin are always zero

v0.24.0 - 2021-10-25

Overview

Expand support for Nagios Performance Data
Tweaks to check_vmware_question plugin
Bugfixes
built using Go 1.16.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

Add additional Nagios Performance Data metrics
- (GH-435) check_vmware_host_cpu plugin
  - cpu_used
- (GH-435) check_vmware_host_memory plugin
  - memory_used
- (GH-435) check_vmware_datastore plugin
  - datastore_storage_used

Changed

(GH-422) Extend check_vmware_question plugin to list pending question(s) in LongServiceOutput

Fixed

(GH-436) Incorrect UoM used by memory_total metric for check_vmware_host_memory plugin
(GH-439) Potential nil pointer dereference in vsphere.VMInteractiveQuestionReport() func
(GH-442) Incorrect error value returned by check_vmware_question plugin when interactive response needed

v0.23.0 - 2021-10-22

Overview

Expand support for Nagios Performance Data
Refactoring/cleanup
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

Add additional Nagios Performance Data metrics
- (GH-346) check_vmware_host_cpu plugin
  - time
  - cpu_usage
  - cpu_total
  - cpu_remaining
  - vms
  - vms_powered_off
  - vms_powered_on
- (GH-347) check_vmware_host_memory plugin
  - time
  - memory_usage
  - memory_total
  - memory_remaining
  - vms
  - vms_powered_off
  - vms_powered_on
- (GH-349) check_vmware_question plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_excluded_by_name
  - vms_requiring_input
  - vms_not_requiring_input
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
- (GH-345) check_vmware_disk_consolidation plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_excluded_by_name
  - vms_with_consolidation_need
  - vms_without_consolidation_need
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
check_vmware_disk_consolidation plugin
- (GH-419) Add --trigger-reload flag to (optionally) force state reload for Virtual Machines before checking their disk consolidation status
  - NOTE: Omitting the flag retains previous plugin behavior of only checking the current state as recorded by vSphere (faster, but with potentially stale data)

Changed

Dependencies
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.27.0 to v0.27.1

Fixed

(GH-278) Issue with check_vmware_disk_consolidation plugin
(GH-293) Review check_vmware_disk_consolidation results
(GH-424) Incorrect CPU speed UoM provided by (vsphere.CPUSpeed).String()
(GH-425) Potential nil pointer dereference in vsphere.NewHostSystemCPUUsageSummary()
(GH-430) Potential nil pointer dereference in vsphere.NewHostSystemMemoryUsageSummary()

v0.22.0 - 2021-10-19

Overview

Refactoring/cleanup
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

(GH-408) Add quick Makefile recipe

Changed

Dependencies
- actions/checkout
  - v2.3.4 to v2.3.5
(GH-394) Refactor check_vmware_hs2ds2vms plugin

Fixed

(GH-410) Dependabot did not create a PR for actions/checkout 2.3.5
(GH-413) Update GHAW doc comment headers to list correct repo
(GH-414) Timeout handling is unclear: connection timeout or plugin runtime/execution timeout?

v0.21.1 - 2021-10-16

Overview

Refactoring/cleanup
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.9
- Statically linked
- Linux x64

Added

(GH-389) Add CodeQL analysis GitHub Actions workflow

Changed

(GH-406) Cover Performance Data metrics work in README
(GH-403) Note type of container for retrieved VMs via debug log message
Dependencies
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.26.1 to v0.27.0

Fixed

(GH-391) README CLI example for check_vmware_hs2ds2vms lists check_vmware_vhw plugin instead
(GH-393) check_vmware_hs2ds2vms plugin emits empty string in place of ESXi host for mismatched VM
(GH-397) Unable to retrieve VirtualMachine objects from VirtualApp "containers"
(GH-400) When called from vsphere.GetVMsFromContainer(), the vsphere.getObjects() function reports incorrect number of objects retrieved
(GH-399) vsphere.GetEligibleRPs() should exit early if the hidden/parent Resources ResourcePool is evaluated
- light testing indicates that this can reduce plugin runtime for applicable plugins as much as 2x and is particularly notable when evaluating 200+ VMs

v0.21.0 - 2021-10-13

Overview

Expand support for Nagios Performance Data
Refactoring/cleanup
Bugfixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.9
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

Add additional Nagios Performance Data metrics
- check_vmware_datastore plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_powered_on
  - vms_powered_off
- check_vmware_tools plugin
  - time
  - vms
  - vms_excluded_by_name
  - vms_excluded_by_power_state
  - vms_with_tools_issues
  - vms_without_tools_issues
  - resource_pools_excluded
  - resource_pools_included
  - resource_pools_evaluated
Add project security policy

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.8 to 1.16.9
check_vmware_datastore plugin
- (GH-361) List number of VMs on datastore along with their power state
- (GH-362) Refactor datastore usage summary generation
check_vmware_tools plugin
- refactor: Update Tools summary func to provide ServiceState
- (GH-366, GH-370) Consider additional VMware Tools status fields when determining overall plugin state (toolsStatus is deprecated, see README updates for details)
- (GH-372) Extend structured logging fields to include Performance Data metrics
check_vmware_host_cpu plugin
- (GH-377) Log VMs found running on host
check_vmware_host_memory plugin
- (GH-378) Log VMs found running on host
internal/vsphere package
- (GH-375) Evaluate suspended VMs as powered off VMs
- (GH-373) Update FilterXByY() and ExcludeXByY() functions to return the number of excluded items
- (GH-380) Update filter func names that return a single value to still use plural source naming

Removed

Linux x86 assets no longer provided for new releases
- still available via local builds (e.g., make linux or make linux-x86)

Fixed

(GH-342) Download links generated incorrectly
(GH-340) Missing footnote reference for v0.20.0 release
(GH-358) Potential nil pointer dereference in vsphere.FilterVMByID()
(GH-359) Potential nil pointer dereference in vsphere.dedupeVMs()
(GH-365) Powered off VMs without running Tools are listed as problem VMs when --powered-off flag is specified
(GH-374) The vphere.FilterVMsByPowerState() function should evaluate suspended VMs

v0.20.0 - 2021-10-01

Overview

Add (limited) initial support for Nagios Performance Data output
Add list of download links
Build tweaks
DEPRECATE Linux x86 assets
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.8
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

Add (limited) initial support for Nagios Performance Data output
- initial support provided for the check_vmware_datastore plugin
- updates to other plugins are planned for future releases
List of download links is now provided with releases

Changed

Dependencies
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.7.0 to v0.8.0
- actions/setup-node
  - v2.4.0 to v2.4.1
Makefile
- text file containing download links is generated by build recipes
- new release-build recipe intended to act as a wrapper for all tasks required to generate assets for public release
- existing windows and linux recipes split into platform-arch specific recipes
  - windows and linux recipes retained as wrappers for generating x86 and x64 assets for each platform
- clean recipe
  - dependency removed from windows and linux recipes and platform-arch specific recipes
  - now used only by all and release-build recipes
  - empty plugin-specific subdirectories are now removed

Deprecated

Linux 32-bit (x86) binaries have been discontinued for now
- if there is interest, they can be provided in future releases
- see GH-192 for details (and to leave feedback)

v0.19.1 - 2021-09-20

Overview

Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.8
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.7 to 1.16.8
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.23.0 to v1.25.0
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.26.0 to v0.26.1
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.6.0 to v0.7.0
Documentation
- Update README coverage for stderr output

v0.19.0 - 2021-08-11

Overview

Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.7
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

List associated datastore for each snapshot (in place of MOID value previously used)

Fixed

Add handling of potential nil pointer for VM's snapshot property (of type VirtualMachineSnapshotInfo)
README
- Fix alarm plugin thresholds

v0.18.1 - 2021-08-06

Overview

Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.7
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.6 to 1.16.7
- actions/setup-node
  - updated from v2.3.0 to v2.4.0

v0.18.0 - 2021-07-25

Overview

Plugin improvements
Dependency update
built using Go 1.16.6
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

check_vmware_vpus plugin
- list 10 most vCPU consuming VMs in extended output
- list 10 most recently booted VMs in extended output
Dependencies
- actions/setup-node
  - updated from v2.2.0 to v2.3.0

v0.17.5 - 2021-07-15

Overview

Dependency update
built using Go 1.16.6
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

Dependencies
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.6.0 to v0.6.1
- Go
  - canary file updated from 1.16.5 to 1.16.6

Fixed

CHANGELOG
- Add missing Go dependency update

v0.17.4 - 2021-07-13

Overview

Output tweak
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.6
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

Add "canary" Dockerfile to track stable Go releases, serve as a reminder to generate fresh binaries

Changed

check_vmware_disk_consolidation plugin
- list the power state for VMs in need of disk consolidation
Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.5 to 1.16.6
- actions/setup-node
  - updated from v2.1.5 to v2.2.0
  - update node-version value to always use latest LTS version instead of hard-coded version

v0.17.3 - 2021-06-27

Overview

Output tweaks
Minor cleanup & bug fixes
built using Go 1.16.5
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

contrib files
- Update send2teams command definition to use new target-url flag from send2teams v0.6.0 release
plugin output
- Set & report custom User Agent as shared value for all plugins

Changed

Triggered Alarms | Extend missing resource pool error message

Fixed

contrib files
- check_vmware_alarms | vc1 host service checks contrib file has several misconfigured checks
- check_vmware_alarms | command definitions contrib file has several duplicated doc comments

v0.17.2 - 2021-06-17

Overview

Plugin output tweak
built using Go 1.16.5
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

Expand triggered alarms listing in report to help indicate why an alarm was excluded

v0.17.1 - 2021-06-16

Overview

Bug fixes
built using Go 1.16.5
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Fixed

Missing date for prior version header
logger includes fields not used by this plugin
plugin_type structured logger field empty

v0.17.0 - 2021-06-16

Overview

Improved check_vmware_alarms plugin
Bug fixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.5
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

Add contrib files coverage for alarms plugin
- initial coverage of v0.16.0 check_vmware_alarms plugin functionality
- expanded coverage of new filtering modes
Add support for specifying multiple datacenters
Add support for ignoring (or explicitly including) triggered alarms by alarm description or name substrings
Add support for filtering triggered alarms by alarm description substrings
Add support for filtering triggered alarms by alarm name substrings
Add support for filtering triggered alarms by specific status keywords
Add support for filtering triggered alarms by associated entity name
Add support for filtering triggered alarms by associated entity resource pool
Add test coverage for filtering behavior

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.4 to 1.16.5
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.22.0 to v1.23.0
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.25.0 to v0.26.0
Linting
- Re-enable (deprecated) maligned linter
- Disable fieldalignment settings
  - until the Go team offers more control over the types of checks provided by the fieldalignment linter or golangci-lint does so.
Datacenters handling
- reverse the decision to fallback to the default datacenter if the specified list is not found and instead consider any missing requested datacenter names as a CRITICAL error

Fixed

Invalid logic when filtering by acknowledged state
README and command definition incorrectly uses a flag in the "show everything" example
Virtual Hardware check documentation outdated

v0.16.0 - 2021-05-27

Overview

New plugin
Bug fix
built using Go 1.16.4
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_alarms

Fixed

check_vmware_question plugin incorrectly labels VMs as requiring an interactive response as needing disk consolidation

v0.15.3 - 2021-05-21

Overview

Bug fixes
Dependency updates
built using Go 1.16.4
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.3 to 1.16.4
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.21.0 to v1.22.0
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.24.1 to v0.25.0

Fixed

Login error message does not interpolate server value as intended
Missing section header in CHANGELOG
Stray newline breaks intended README Table of Contents ordering
Doc comments missing from getObjects func

v0.15.2 - 2021-04-02

Overview

Bug fixes
built using Go 1.16.3
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.16.2 to 1.16.3

Fixed

linting
- fieldalignment: struct with X pointer bytes could be Y (govet)
- golangci/golangci-lint
  - replace deprecated maligned linter with govet: fieldalignment
  - replace deprecated scopelint linter with exportloopref

v0.15.1 - 2021-03-30

Overview

Bug fixes
built using Go 1.16.2
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Fixed

CHANGELOG
- Fix Deprecated section header level for v0.15.0 release entry of this CHANGELOG
check_vmware_question plugin
- invalid threshold text/label

v0.15.0 - 2021-03-30

Overview

New plugin
Bug fixes
built using Go 1.16.2
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_question

Deprecated

32-bit binaries are likely going to be dropped from future releases
- if there is interest, they will continue to be provided
- see GH-192 for details (and to leave feedback)

Fixed

CHANGELOG
- Fix Deprecated section header level for v0.12.0 release entry of this CHANGELOG
contrib
- multiple mistakes in vc1.example.com.cfg host config file
  - missing service group
  - referenced wrong service group
  - service description in consistent with existing entries
- vmware-disk-consolidation command definition doc comments regarding powered on/off VM state evaluation incorrect
internal constants do not reflect check_vmware_disk_consolidation plugin rename
README
- vmware-disk-consolidation command definition doc comments regarding powered on/off VM state evaluation incorrect

v0.14.0 - 2021-03-29

Overview

New plugin
Misc tweaks
Bug fixes
built using Go 1.16.2
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_disk_consolidation

Changed

README
- remove Status column from plugin table
- replace GH issue links with GH discussion links
  - GH-160 to GH-178
  - GH-79 to GH-176
check_vmware_vhw plugin
- thresholds output text adjusted
Refactoring
- very minor tweaks, much, much more to do
Dependencies
- rs/zerolog
  - v1.20.0 to v1.21.0
- vmware/govmomi
  - v0.24.0 to v0.24.1

Fixed

Doc comments
- typo
- copy/paste/forget
contrib
- multiple mistakes in vc1.example.com.cfg host config file
check_vmware_datastore plugin
- remove included_resource_pools and excluded_resource_pools fields from log messages as they do not apply to this plugin
README
- invalid host-name flag used in check_vmware_vm_power_update examples

v0.13.1 - 2021-03-17

Overview

Bug fixes
built using Go 1.16.2
- Statically linked
- Linux (x86, x64)

Changed

Dependencies
- Go
  - 1.15.8 to 1.16.2
- actions/setup-node
  - v2.1.4 to v2.1.5

Fixed

check_vmware_vm_power_uptime plugin
- incorrect exit code returned for WARNING state

v0.13.0 - 2021-02-18

Overview

Plugin improvements
Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.8
shelve building Windows binaries until feedback is provided

Breaking

Precompiled Windows binaries have been discontinued. If this affects you, please provide feedback to GH-160.

See the build instructions in the project README file for other options.

Added

New monitoring mode for check_vmware_vhw plugin
- Default is minimum required version
- Asserts that all evaluated Virtual Machines meet or exceed the default version specified by either a specified host or a specified cluster

Changed

Makefile
- add clean recipe for single OS builds (linux, windows) to match what is already done for the all recipe
README
- Update coverage of installation steps
- Note shelving of Windows builds until feedback is received indicating that others find them useful
- Add "other OSes" section inviting requests for precompiled binaries for other supported OSes

Fixed

Missing plugin "type" in log messages due to missing constant/check in logging setup
Invalid preallocaction of vhw slices used by Oldest and Newest HardwareVersionsIndex methods
Add Deprecated section to v0.12.0 release entry of this CHANGELOG
- this matches the current Release entry for this project's GH repo (which was previously labeled as Breaking)

v0.12.0 - 2021-02-16

Overview

Plugin improvements
built using Go 1.15.8

Deprecated

Windows binaries are likely not going to be included in the next release
- if there is interest, they will continue to be provided
- see GH-160 for details (and to leave feedback)

Changed

check_vmware_vm_power_uptime plugin
- list 10 most recently booted VMs in extended output
check_vmware_rps_memory plugin
- list 10 most recently booted VMs in extended output
- list 10 most memory consuming VMs in extended output

Fixed

Typo in plugin name in prior CHANGELOG version entry

v0.11.0 - 2021-02-12

Overview

Bug fixes
Misc tweaks
built using Go 1.15.8

Changed

check_vmware_vhw plugin
- two new additional monitoring modes added
  - minimum required version check
  - outdated-by or threshold range check
CI build timeout adjusted from 20 to 40 minutes
check_vmware_vm_power_uptime plugin
- Extend check_vmware_vm_power_uptime to list 5-10 highest uptime VMs when state is OK

Fixed

CI-driven Makefile builds timing out after v0.10.0 release
"shorthand" suffix missing for plugin-specific help output for short flag options
Validation checks for CRITICAL/WARNING threshold checks does not (negative) assert CRITICAL <= WARNING

v0.10.0 - 2021-02-09

Overview

New plugin
Misc tweaks
built using Go 1.15.8

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_vm_power_uptime

Changed

minor refactor of summary and report functions

v0.9.0 - 2021-02-07

Overview

New plugin
built using Go 1.15.8

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_host_cpu

Changed

Dependencies
- built using Go 1.15.8
  - Statically linked
  - Windows (x86, x64)
  - Linux (x86, x64)

v0.8.0 - 2021-02-04

Overview

New plugin
Bug fixes
Minor tweaks
built using Go 1.15.7

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_host_memory

Changed

Remove doc comments regarding hidden resource pool from vc1.example.com.cfg Nagios host configuration file
- this topic is already covered by the main README file
- some details have changed slightly since the remarks were written

v0.7.0 - 2021-02-04

Overview

New plugin
Bug fixes
Misc adjustments to output
built using Go 1.15.7

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_snapshots_count

Changed

check_vmware_rp_memory plugin
- one-line summary tweaks
  - list usage percentage of total capacity as aggregate value for all specified resource pools
  - attempt to make message more concise
  - drop explicit "overage" detail, rely on implied overage in total memory usage percentage
- extended output
  - list usage percentage of total capacity per-Resource Pool
Review and update threshold listings in extended output

Fixed

Fix invalid ExceedsAge logic
check_vmware_snapshots_age: Misreported VMs, snapshots count

v0.6.1 - 2021-02-02

Overview

Bug fix
built using Go 1.15.7

Fixed

Snapshots age evaluation counts misreported (swapped VMs, snapshots)

v0.6.0 - 2021-02-01

Overview

New plugin
Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.7

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_rps_memory

Changed

check_vmware_vcpus
- Adjust errors listing to use fixed error for crossing vCPUs allocation thresholds vs dynamically generated details (GH-104, GH-108)
  - the dynamic version mostly duplicated what the one-line summary was already conveying

Fixed

Fix variable name with stutter
check_vmware_datastore command definition template uses wrong plugin name

v0.5.1 - 2021-01-29

Overview

Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.7

Changed

internal/vsphere package logging output disabled by default, exposed via debug logging level (user configurable)

Fixed

snapshots size plugin properly detects WARNING cumulative size state, but unhelpfully notes 0 (individual) snapshots exceeding size

v0.5.0 - 2021-01-27

Overview

New plugin
Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.7

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_snapshots_size

Changed

Makefile: indent output per plugin build step

Fixed

check_vmware_tools plugin does not clearly define what thresholds are used for service check logic
GoDoc coverage missing for project plugins

v0.4.3 - 2021-01-26

Overview

Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.7

Changed

The default Resources Resource Pool is now evaluated unless a Resource Pool is explicitly included via the --include-rp flag
- previously VirtualMachine objects outside of a Resource Pool were unintentionally ignored
- affected multiple plugins (see Fixed section)
- credit: bug report from @HisArchness via Twitter

Fixed

check_vmware_tools: Long Service Output listing omits affected VMs when only one affected
VMs outside of Resource Pools excluded from evaluation
- multiple plugins affected
  - check_vmware_tools
  - check_vmware_hs2ds2vms
  - check_vmware_snapshots_age
  - check_vmware_vhw
  - check_vmware_vcpus

v0.4.2 - 2021-01-25

Overview

Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.7

Changed

Swap out GoDoc badge for pkg.go.dev badge
Dependencies
- built using Go 1.15.7
  - Statically linked
  - Windows (x86, x64)
  - Linux (x86, x64)

Fixed

check_vmware_snapshots_age plugin: duplicated structured logging field
"Snapshots not yet exceeding age thresholds" list not populated
Replace "please submit issue" request text with link to recently created issue for feedback collection
Misc typos, copy/paste/modify mistakes

v0.4.1 - 2021-01-19

Overview

Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.6
- Statically linked
- Windows (x86, x64)
- Linux (x86, x64)

Fixed

check_vmware_snapshots_age plugin: incomplete logic for young snapshots switch case
check_vmware_snapshots_age plugin: wrong state label for OK check results

v0.4.0 - 2021-01-19

Overview

New plugin
Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.6
- Statically linked
- Windows (x86, x64)
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_snapshots_age

Fixed

check_vmware_datastore | Datastore-specific storage usage for VMs appears to be incorrect
check_vmware_datastore | Datastore-specific storage usage for VMs is rounded without sufficient precision
check_vmware_datastore | Angle brackets for pre tags (in VM listing) shown in CLI, missing from Nagios generated notifications

v0.3.0 - 2021-01-14

Overview

New plugin
CI build timeout tweak
Bug fixes
built using Go 1.15.6
- Statically linked
- Windows (x86, x64)
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_datastore
- used to monitor space usage on datastores (one per service check)

Changed

GitHub Actions Workflow: Build codebase using Makefile
- build timeout adjusted from 10 minutes to 20 minutes

Fixed

vsphere.getObjectByName
- RetrieveOne PropertyCollector method called with an empty interface causing unexpected type panic
sphere.getObjects
- accepts unsupported types.ManagedObjectReference for use with CreateContainerView

v0.2.1 - 2021-01-14

Overview

documentation updates
dependency update
built using Go 1.15.6
- Statically linked
- Windows (x86, x64)
- Linux (x86, x64)

Added

Add "contrib" files
- demonstrate plugin usage

Changed

dependencies
- atc0005/go-nagios
  - v0.5.3 to v0.6.0

Fixed

Update documentation for v0.2.x release
- examples
- contrib overview
- minor fixes
Fix typo in project breadcrumb URL

v0.2.0 - 2021-01-12

Added

New plugin: check_vmware_hs2ds2vms
- used to assert that VMs are running and housed on intended hosts and datastores

Changed

Allow specifying lists of values via CLI flag with or without quotes

Fixed

Expose via Long Service Output whether powered off VMs are evaluated
Wire-up user domain support

v0.1.1 - 2021-01-11

Fixed

Incorrect project name in version output
Plugins require write permission on home directory in order to cache login sessions

v0.1.0 - 2021-01-06

Initial release!

This release provides early versions of several Nagios plugins used to monitor VMware vSphere environments (with more hopefully on the way soon).

Added

Nagios plugin for monitoring VMware Tools for select (or all) Resource Pools.
Nagios plugin for monitoring virtual CPU allocations for select (or all) Resource Pools.
Nagios plugin for monitoring virtual hardware versions for select (or all) Resource Pools.

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v0.36.9 - 2024-05-11

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v0.36.8 - 2024-04-08

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v0.36.7 - 2024-03-07

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v0.36.6 - 2024-02-15

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v0.36.5 - 2024-01-19

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v0.36.4 - 2023-12-08

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v0.36.3 - 2023-11-15

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v0.36.2 - 2023-11-02

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v0.36.1 - 2023-10-06

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v0.36.0 - 2023-08-31

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v0.35.1 - 2023-08-25

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Fixed

v0.35.0 - 2023-08-17

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v0.34.1 - 2023-08-10

Changed

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v0.34.0 - 2023-07-28

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v0.33.3 - 2023-07-13

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v0.33.2 - 2023-06-21

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v0.33.1 - 2023-06-09

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v0.33.0 - 2023-05-12

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v0.32.0 - 2023-03-31

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v0.31.0 - 2023-03-05

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