NetXMS 5.0 released

Victor Kirhenshtein

Update: we published patch release 5.0.1 that contains fix for bug in database upgrade procedure. Make sure that you are installing version 5.0.1.

We just published NetXMS version 5.0. This major release was mostly focused on improving network maps, wireless network monitoring, internal scripting language (NXSL), and new UI. And of course there is lot of smaller improvements and fixes.

Make sure to check list of breaking changes, as there are few.

Full change log is following:
- Improved network maps
- Added network map link styling script
- Delegate access option that allows read access to network maps without full read access to objects on a map
- Reworked monitoring of wireless access points and controllers
- Major overhaul of sensor objects
- Many NXSL function deprecated in favor of object methods
- Improved NXSL classes and functions for date/time handling
- Add option to check alarm details from alarm log view
- Log parser rules can define metrics that are populated from match data
- Special NXSL return codes for data collection and transformation scripts (DataCollection::ERROR, DataCollection::NOT_SUPPORTED, DataCollection::NO_SUCH_INSTANCE)
- New NXSL function FindAccessPointByMACAddress
- New NXSL function GetMappingTableKeys
- "Stop" function in script executor view
- Desktop client can reconnect automatically after short connectivity loss
- New agent metric File.Hash.SHA256
- New agent list and table Net.IP.Neighbors
- Index property displayed in MIB browser
- Root object can be set for object query
- Improved SNMP trap processing performance
- New log parser file option "removeEscapeSequences"
- Added peer certificate verification in ticketing system connectors
- Housekeeper scripts (NXSL and SQL)
- Improved REST API
- Introduces new object class "Collector"
- Downtime log controlled by EPP

Fixed issues:
- NX-797 (Automatic reconnect of management console)
- NX-1790 (Drag-n-dropped object are positioned to wrong place when map is scrolled down or right)
- NX-1870 (Representation of float DCI that gets string data as input)
- NX-1935 (Introduce hook script on map regeneration with ability to set link names)
- NX-2006 (Remove example event templates (code 4000-4011) from database)
- NX-2076 (Raw value should be always displayed as string)
- NX-2292 (Automatic maps should not include nodes that are connected through a node that was excluded by filter script)
- NX-2323 (Make parameters in all events named)
- NX-2343 (Several changes in NXSL syntax in v 5.0)
- NX-2375 (Use "varchar(max)" instead of "text" on Microsoft SQL Server)
- NX-2403 (Add support for AES-192 and AES-256 in SNMPv3)
- NX-2444 (On demand background external metrics)
- NX-2455 (Ability to check TLS.Certificate.* for protocols with STARTTLS command)
- NX-2481 (Add ability to manually poll network map generation)
- NX-2507 (Add ability to cancel timers from NXSL)
- NX-2520 (Remove "Channel name" selector from "Send notification" dialog)
- NX-2523 (New agent metric Process.MemoryUsage (percentage of memory used by process))
- NX-2524 (Option to disable threshold without deleting it)
- NX-2525 (Add the ability to specify multiplier values in threshold)
- NX-2526 (When editing a template with a DCI without instance to use instance - DCI becomes unsupported)

normalcy

Hi, the pinboard seems to not work in the 5.0.0 version of the new desktop client (with 5.0 server)? You can pin left/right however if selecting the pinboard and then going to the pinboard screen it is still empty.

Egert143

Hello

Is NetXms no longer free starting with version 5?

Filipp Sudanov

Still free, why did you get this feeling?

Victor Kirhenshtein

@egert143 said in NetXMS 5.0 released:

Hello

Is NetXms no longer free starting with version 5?

Hi,

is is still free and open source, we do not have plans to change that. What was changed is that some of the binary builds that we consider of being more enterprise level are not provided for free on our web site, and only available through support contract. Those builds are agents for AIX and Solaris, and server for Windows. You still can build them from source code though.

Best regards,
Victor

Egert143

I was looking for the server installer for windows and saw that now support is needed for this. That is why i asked if it was no longer free.

is building windows installer for server from source complex task ?

Victor Kirhenshtein

@egert143 said in NetXMS 5.0 released:

I was looking for the server installer for windows and saw that now support is needed for this. That is why i asked if it was no longer free.

is building windows installer for server from source complex task ?

Depends on your experience of course Build itself is straight-forward - there is Visual Studio solution file in the root of source tree, it will handle all the builds. Tricky part is to get all the dependencies (openssl, libcurl, libssh, libjq, libmodbus, libmosquitto, libpcre, database client libraries, breakpad, libmicrohttpd). Some of those are for specific components only, which you can exclude from build if you don't need them.

SmEed

But I think that's a real shame! I would be happy if a Windows version was still offered.

PLS!

Victor Kirhenshtein

Patch release 5.0.1 published (it fixes bug in database upgrade procedure).

Spheron

Hello @all,

noticed that there are no more windows server downloads online, except for users with active support contract... Are there any announcement that i missed?

I never heard or read of this change. I only noticed this cause i take a look in the download section of the NetXMS website.

It would have been nice if you had announced the change a bit in advance, then everyone could have thought about how to deal with it...

Greetings
Marco

Victor Kirhenshtein

@spheron said in NetXMS 5.0 released:

Hello @all,

noticed that there are no more windows server downloads online, except for users with active support contract... Are there any announcement that i missed?

I never heard or read of this change. I only noticed this cause i take a look in the download section of the NetXMS website.

It would have been nice if you had announced the change a bit in advance, then everyone could have thought about how to deal with it...

Greetings
Marco

Yes, I agree that we should have had announced it in advance. I will discuss it with the team and announce if there will be any changes to new policy.

Egert143

Why do most data collection entries appear as yellow after upgrade, but they are still collecting metrics?

and i see error "Script(DCI::NODE-NAME::177748::InstanceFilter) execution error: Error in line 1: sytnax error, unexpected '?', expecting $end" Where can i find the script that is generating this error ?

update was done directly to 5.0.1.

Victor Kirhenshtein

Hi!
This is instance filter script, number in script name is DCI ID. Please find this DCI and show the script.
Best regards,
Victor

Victor Kirhenshtein

Update: I just checked, and seems that there is another bug with same conversion (of instance filter scripts), that may lead to script corruption. We are currently building version 5.0.2 with the fix in upgrade procedure. If possible, restore database from backup and run upgrade again with version 5.0.2. Alternatively, restore only content of column "instd_filter" in table "items", and do script conversion manually where needed.

Best regards,
Victor

lpolstor

Trying to install Netxms 5.0.1 on Ubuntu 24.04 Server, had some troubles installing

ref  [url="https://netxms.org/documentation/adminguide/installation.html#add-apt-repository"]Installation — NetXMS Administrator Guide (4.4.3)[/url]  ... ( I assum 5.0.1 version is on it's way..)

[color=#404040][size=2][font=SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, Liberation Mono, Courier New, Courier, monospace]wget http://packages.netxms.org/netxms-release-latest.deb
sudo dpkg -i netxms-release-latest.deb
sudo apt-get update[/font][/size][/color]

but when I tried to install netxms-server I got the following list when I tabbed at the end of the prompt:

root@testhost:~# apt-get install netxms-
netxms-agent          netxms-base           netxms-dbdrv-sqlite3  netxms-release

Checked Index of /ubuntu/pool/noble/main/ (netxms.org) and it contains less directories as the same for Jammy, example Index of /ubuntu/pool/jammy/main/n/ (netxms.org) has netxms and all the useful deb packages, however the noble one does not.

Regards
Lars Petter

Alex Kirhenshtein

@lpolstor said in NetXMS 5.0 released:

Trying to install Netxms 5.0.1 on Ubuntu 24.04 Server, had some troubles installing
ref  [url="https://netxms.org/documentation/adminguide/installation.html#add-apt-repository"]Installation — NetXMS Administrator Guide (4.4.3)[/url]  ... ( I assum 5.0.1 version is on it's way..)
[color=#404040][size=2][font=SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, Liberation Mono, Courier New, Courier, monospace]wget http://packages.netxms.org/netxms-release-latest.deb
sudo dpkg -i netxms-release-latest.deb
sudo apt-get update[/font][/size][/color]
but when I tried to install netxms-server I got the following list when I tabbed at the end of the prompt:
root@testhost:~# apt-get install netxms-
netxms-agent          netxms-base           netxms-dbdrv-sqlite3  netxms-release
Checked Index of /ubuntu/pool/noble/main/ (netxms.org) and it contains less directories as the same for Jammy, example Index of /ubuntu/pool/jammy/main/n/ (netxms.org) has netxms and all the useful deb packages, however the noble one does not.

Regards
Lars Petter

Build for 24.04 is still on the way (there are some changes required and we were busy with other issues), but it will be available in next few days.

Alex Kirhenshtein

5.0.2 in published

Egert143

What do the yellow DCI mean? they collect data but are yellow.

also script says function "CreateSNMPTransport" and "SNMPGetValue" are deprecated, what are replacements?

Filipp Sudanov

@egert143 said in NetXMS 5.0 released:

also script says function "CreateSNMPTransport" and "SNMPGetValue" are deprecated, what are replacements?

We are moving from functions to object methods wherever possible, check this example in the docs:
https://www.netxms.org/documentation/nxsl-latest/#_read_snmp_value_from_node

Filipp Sudanov

@egert143 said in NetXMS 5.0 released:

What do the yellow DCI mean? they collect data but are yellow.

Might be a bug. Can you share a screenshot of this?

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NetXMS 5.0 released