This is the discussion thread for Cacti 0.8.7c Beta 1 support issues.

Great!, is it possible to post the Changelog? so we could see what has been fixed/added...

Ah found it:

0.8.7c
-bug#0000486: RRA template edit allows invalid XFF values
-bug#0000626: Setting "Default Graph Tree" does not work with dual pane
-bug#0000828: Truncated IOS description in |query_ifAlias|
-bug#0000943: scripts/ping.pl has incorrect response when "icmp hop redirect" occurs
-bug#0001022: strip_quotes incorrectly parsing script output
-bug#0001090: LDAP authenication fails when using quote character in password
-bug#0001100: spine hangs on unreachable hosts
-bug#0001135: Graph export feature not exporting as per user level selected
-bug#0001138: Lack of error checking causes graphs to not update when rrdtool crashes
-bug#0001141: Script server appears broken for "index" and "query" requests (Documentation Fix)
-bug#0001145: Save Failed error when changing Graph Details
-bug#0001147: Cactid doesn't trim white space from data template OIDs
-bug#0001153: Undefined variable: local_graph_id in graphs.php on line 201
-bug#0001166: Installer does not properly handle disabled guest_user conversion
-bug#0001174: Unidentified index warning
-bug#0001176: Problem validating IPv6 addresses
-bug#0001191: Faulty IP address validation by ping.php script
-bug#0001180: Graph Export to CSV failed by using IE 6 SP2
-bug#0001194: RRDtool URL is incorrect on the about page
-bug#0001204: since upgrade to 0.87b the hosts with ip address with 255 are down and have no datas
-bug#0001206: wrong "include" statements replaced by "include_once" (was: Graphs are not Zoom-able)
-bug#0001211: Allow use of "REMOTE_USER" if "PHP_AUTH_USER" is not set for authenication
-bug#0001213: Template Copy does not hash copied template_items
-bug#0001215: Impossible to define a none availability with the client cli/add_device.php
-bug#0001216: CSV Export for zoomed graph, results in Validation error
-bug#0001217: Default Graph Tree is not reflected in Left Pane of the graph page
-bug#0001223: Missing Hard return on last GPRINT causes bad formatting
-bug#0001228: LDAP server port not honored
-bug#0001230: poller stops updating rrd files
-bug#0001236: set 'stats_recache' to zero when no re-index is present
-bug#0001238: Guest user has access to change password
-bug#0001240: SNMP string cleanup removes too many '=' signs
-bug#0001244: missing closing </form> on host.php
-bug#0001247: snmp ping won't work for snmp v3
-bug#0001256: Spine-poller.c : Bug in size string sysUptime
-bug#0001258: "Remove Verification" is an ambiguous definition, leads to data loss
-bug#0001259: LDAP Authentication using Solaris 10 standard ldap client fails
-bug#0001262: Do not allow deletion of Graph Export User
-bug#0001268: resource/snmp_queries/net-snmp_disk.xml has incorrect name for "Percent Available"
-bug#0001271: hex string to decimal conversion
-bug#0001273: Escape windows paths to accomodate spaces
-bug#0001281: ICMP Ping fails if an octet == 255
-bug#0001286: poller_item cache is not updated when "Data Input Method" is changed
-bug#0001288: A host with ICMP ping selected as method does not properly perform ping
-bug#0001291: Reapply Suggested Names fails on Script Queries
-bug#0001293: When Creating Data Query Graphs, Performing Search will Cause List to Disappear
-bug#0001294: Stack overflow if database is not correctly initialized
-bug#0001295: Division by zero when rrd_step < poller_interval
-bug#0001296: add_graphs.php does not add the graph template to the host
-bug#0001299: When creating graphs the entire poller cache is recreated for a host
-bug: Remove include/html files to mitigate XSS issues
-bug: IE generates errors on both the host and graph settings pages
-bug: Host save failed in FireFox 3 for non-SNMP V3 hosts, complaining about "password mismatch"
-bug: Initialization of snmp_auth when using SNMP=NONE
-bug: Speed up add_graphs.php in most cases (still slow only if --input-fields is used)
-bug: If the poller_output table is not empty, don't flood the log
-bug: Remove warnings appear in the httpd log relative to reset attempts on settings array
-bug: Add API Automation tool quietMode to additional functions
-bug: When Cacti is launched from within an iframe, cookies are dropped from IE6
-bug: Database upgrade and cacti.sql differ
-bug: drop color setting background on FF does not work
-bug: cli/add_tree.php requires as least a host-id for --list-graphs
-bug: add_tree.php did not allow nodes with propagating sort options
-bug: When adding a tree node via the api numeric and natural were reversed
-bug: When saving a data query based data templates, their data sources would become corrupt
-bug: If your system contains INNODB tables, the Technical Support page would hang
-bug: The default user tree link icon would not be properly highlighted when opening graphs
-bug: Severe performance problems when adding data query based graphs.
-bug: Default refresh on Cacti Log was too quick
-bug: Some users don't like the idea of automatic page refreshes
-bug: Allow more rows to be visible in Cacti pages
-bug: Ping and SNMP should test both conditions
-bug: When step is less than poller interval, item will stop polling for long period of time
-feature#0000284: Custom <path_rra> for each device
-feature#0001289: Add "Graph Properties" wrench to tree+preview mode
-feature#0001249: New pseudo CDEF variables for "Count All|Similar Data Sources (NO)?DUPS"
-feature#0001250: Dispatching job in poller can lead to unbalanced threads
-feature#0001235: CLI script needed to activate a query: add_data_query.php
-feature#0001233: Move $export_types variable definition from templates_export.php to include/global_form.php
-feature#0001220: Disable snmpbulkwalk if $max_oids is less than 2 (was: CACTI run problem when trying to walk using SNMP Bulk Request)
-feature#0001205: add filtering and pagination to cdef management; add "Duplicate CDEF"
-feature#0001201: Reapply Suggested Names for Data Sources and cli/poller_data_sources_reapply_names.php
-feature#0001195: add graph title to graphs page
-feature#0001189: Introducing |data_source_title| variable
-feature#0001177: CLI Reindexing - poller_reindex_hosts.php: allow filter on "host description"
-feature#0001162: WEB UI now accepts max_oids on SNMP bulkwalks
-feature#0001140: CLI-Script to associate a graph template to a host
-feature#0001082: Mirror Graph Rename based on template function to work with Data Sources
-feature: Pagainate Treeview Dual Pane
-feature: Allow user to specify maximum graphs per page from Treeview Dual Pane
-feature: Allow Treeview Dual Pane to be filtered for graph titles
-feature: Allow the user to add or remove graph text from page for searching with the browser
-feature: add links to Graph Management and Data Sources to Device Edit Screen
-feature: add links to Graph Template and Host Edit to Graph Edit Screen
-feature: add links to Data Template and Host Edit to Data Source Edit Screen
-feature: support using the cacti database api with more than one connection
-feature: Add some more debug lines to Data Query debugging (Verbose Query)
-feature: Fix compatibility issues for RRDTool 1.3
-feature: Make the tabs section work a little better with existing plugins
-feature: Add additional options to speed data query graph automation process
-feature: Add additional indexes to speed data query graph creation
-feature: Allow the cli reindexing of hosts to be limited to a single query
-feature: New cli command host_update_template to allow re-templating of hosts using an updated template
-feature: When reindexing hosts, allow a queryid to be specified
-feature: Add command line Database upgrade script
-feature: Add api call to associate graphs with their data sources
-feature: Move the notes field to bottom of page
-feature: New availability option "Ping or SNMP"

Tony, should we compile a Release Letter to explain one or the other changelog entry? Of course, not each of them.
Reinhard

cacti-0.8.7c-PIA-2.2-beta1.zip doesn't include pa.sql even though it includes the PIA (and the plugin_* tables aren't in cacti.sql either)

Opps, we will blame the over burdened Jimmy and myself for not double checking. This is why we do betas...

To be honest, I usually leave this till the release. I have been so busy as of late that I didn't even think of it for the beta.

Sure. If you want me to, I will compile some few sentences that I want to see there; e.g. those that require user interaction

Reinhard

Whats the difference between the Windows and the Unix archive?
File sizes differ, but the content in most of the files seems the same(exept invisible characters).

Yes, the files are converted from unix format to dos format.

That and the "INSTALL" text file is different.

It seems that a little mistake in upgrade script. I've got an error while upgrading:
[Fail] ALTER TABLE `data_input_data` ADD INDEX `input_output`(`input_output`)
I think, this alter table have to be on data_input_fileds table.


Second, there is no chance to register account in Mantis tracker.
First, I've got an error:

Second, after press submit button (when complete verification done):

The Database Upgrade issue has been addressed in SVN. The other issue related to your session, I can't answer.

TheWitness

That's a pretty impressive changelog. A lot of work for a lot of volunteers.

TheWitness