v6.1.3 (2021-05-21)

Software maintenance

• Expanded test module with more unit tests
• Tested with Grafana 7.5.1 version

Features / Enhancements

• Added support for the 'includeDiskData' command line argument. Using the 'includeDiskData' option allows to query and fetch data from the archived (on disk data) for better precision. However, since disk access is slower, this is left as an option.

v7.0.0 (2021-04-26)

Software maintenance

• Expanded test module with more unit tests

Features / Enhancements

• Added support for the IBM Spectrum Scale version 5.1.1
  • IBM Spectrum Scale Performance monitoring API key authentication
  • new command line arguments('apiKeyName' and 'apiKeyValue') allowing to submit the API key authentication data at the bridge start
  • default serverPort change (9980)
  • WiKi article "Configuring a performance monitoring API key for the IBM Spectrum Scale Performance Monitoring Bridge"

v6.1.2 (2021-03-20)

Software maintenance

• Expanded test module with more unit tests
• Removed the "switching to the multi-threaded zimon port automatically" feature
• Added logic closing the socket connection in case the query to the pmcollector ends up in an Exception

Features / Enhancements

• Added the "MOREINFO" level to the bridge logger
• Added the log entry tracing a cherrypy server process PID

v6.1.1 (2021-03-05)

Software maintenance

• Expanded test module with more unit tests
• Added Wiki link to the README
• Improved the documentation about the bridge setup in a cloud native environment(CNSA)
• Updated documentation about the bridge configuration using http(ssl) connection
• Expanded list of the editable command line arguments
  - added argument:'tlsKeyFile'; Name of TLS key file, f.e.: privkey.pem
  - added argument:'tlsCertFile'; Name of TLS certificate file, f.e.: cert.pem
  - splitted the 'logFile' argument in the 'logPath', allowing to modify the location of the log files, and the 'logFile', editable log file name
• Moved the default log location outside the bridge source code
  - default location path of the log file set to: "/var/log/ibm_bridge_for_grafana"

Features / Enhancements

• Added version tracking inside the bridge module
• Added "config.ini" file with the default configuration settings, which can be updated, saved away and restored by the user

v6.1.0 (2020-12-10)

Software maintenance

• Make cherryPy server settings editable for a user
• Added test module for a basic parameter verification with the pytest framework
• Enabled source code changes verification using circleCi CI/CD pipeline

Features / Enhancements

• Added support for IBM Spectrum Scale Container Native Storage Access 5.1.0.1
  • example yaml files which can be used to run the bridge in a cloud native environment.
  • example yaml files which can be used to connect the bridge to a Grafana instance running in a cloud native environment.
  • instructions describing how to deploy the bridge in a container running in a k8s/Openshift environment
  • instructions describing how to deploy a Grafana instance via grafana-operator powered by RedHad community in a k8s/Openshift environment

v6.0.0 (2020-10-20)

Software maintenance

• Removed python2 support

Features / Enhancements

• Added Dockerfile which can be used to run the bridge in a docker container.
• Added instructions describing how to build the bridge image and run it in a container
• Set default location of the log file: './logs/zserver.log'

Bug Fixes

• Source code refactoring(moved source code and example dashboards to the separate sub-directories)
• Fixed the issue "GPFSNSDFS/GPFSNSDPool sensor metrics are not found by the bridge"