Geneos 7.x Release Notes
Overview Copied
Geneos release notes contain the list of enhancements of features, and a set of issues fixed in the current release. This page summarizes the changes and improvements introduced in the Geneos 7.x.x releases, along with links to detailed release notes for each individual Geneos component.
Geneos 5.x EOL
End of life for version 5.x.x is scheduled for 30 September 2025. If you are currently using version 5.x.x, we advise you to upgrade to the latest version before the EOL date.
Upcoming Geneos release Copied
Geneos follows a two-month release cycle. The next planned release for 7.1.x is October 2024.
Geneos compatibility and lifecycle Copied
The notice of change in the Geneos compatibility identifies the components, plugins, or features that will no longer be supported by ITRS in any future releases. To view all the changes to Geneos compatibility and lifecycle, refer to Geneos 7.x Compatibility Matrix. For end-of-support notices and deprecated components, see End of support notices.
Geneos 7.0.4 Copied
Released: 17 October 2024
This release delivers the updates for the following Geneos components:
- Active Console
- AWS plugin
- Collection Agent
- Gateway
- Licence Auditor
- Netprobe
- SSO Agent
- Web Server (Web Dashboard)
- Gateway docker image
- Netprobe docker image
- Gateway Helm chart
- Netprobe Helm chart
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Component | Release description |
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| AA-7042 | Gateway | Gateway now accepts encrypted command password arguments, preventing the storage of unencrypted passwords in the Active Console. |
| COL-12287 | Collection Agent, Netprobe | Updated the following to address CVE-2024-7254:
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| UTL-1246 | SSO Agent | Updated the xnio module to version 3.8.16 to address the following security vulnerabilities:
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| VI-9746 | Active Console, Gateway | Beginning Gateway version 7.0.4, passwords entered in the command dialog of the Active Console will no longer be stored in memory. |
| VI-9847 | Web Server | The Web Server now validates the Host header against a defined valid Host header in the run and geneosws scripts. Users loading the Web Dashboard must use a Host header that conforms to the defined valid Host header. |
| VI-9875 | Web Server | The Commons IO library in the Web Server has been upgraded to version 2.17.0 to address the security vulnerability CVE-2024-47554. |
| HAAW-479 | AWS | Updated the protobuf-java dependency to address BDSA-2024-6519 (CVE-2024-7254). |
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Component | Release description |
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| AA-7185 | Gateway | Gateway now reports errors detected when generating Netprobe configurations via XSLT. |
| COL-12042 | Netprobe | The MQ plugins (Channel, Queue, and Queue Info) can now be used alongside the Hardware and Processes plugins. |
| UTL-1287 | SSO Agent | Fixed an issue where the SSO Agent becomes unresponsive when a Qualys scan is launched against it. The
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| VI-9854, VI-9861 | Active Console, Gateway Setup Editor | Fixed an issue where commands with authentication or password user inputs do not work. |
Geneos 7.0.3 Copied
Released: 30 September 2024
This release delivers the updates for the following Geneos components, which are available for download at ITRS Downloads.
You can access the release notes for each component to learn about added features and resolved issues.
- Gateway docker image
- Netprobe docker image
- Gateway Helm chart
- Netprobe Helm chart
Geneos 7.0.2 Copied
Released: 18 September 2024
This release delivers the updates for the following Geneos components, which are available for download at ITRS Downloads.
You can access the release notes for each component to learn about added features and resolved issues.
- AWS AMI (pre-configured for AWS monitoring)
- Gateway docker image
- Netprobe docker image
- Gateway Helm chart
- Netprobe Helm chart
Geneos 7.0.1 Copied
Released: 10 September 2024
This release delivers the updates for the following Geneos components, which are available for download at ITRS Downloads.
You can access the release notes for each component to learn about added features and resolved issues.
- Gateway docker image
- Netprobe docker image
- Gateway Helm chart
- Netprobe Helm chart
Geneos 7.0.0 Copied
Released: 29 August 2024
This release delivers the updates for the following Geneos components, which are available for download at ITRS Downloads.
You can access the release notes for each component to learn about added features and resolved issues.
- Active Console 7.0.0
- AWS plugin 4.4.0
- Azure plugin 4.3.0
- Corvil Integration 2.0.1
- FluentD Forward plugin 4.1.1
- Gateway 7.0.0
- Kubernetes plugin 4.2.0
- Licence Auditor 7.0.0
- Licence Daemon 7.0.0
- Netprobe 7.0.0
- OpenTelemetry plugin 4.2.0
- Web Server (Web Dashboard) 7.0.0
- Webslinger 7.0.0
- AWS AMI (pre-configured for AWS monitoring)
- Azure Virtual machine image (pre-configured for Azure monitoring)
- Gateway docker image
- Netprobe docker image
- Gateway Helm chart
- Netprobe Helm chart
Highlights Copied
These are the highlights of this release:
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An observability platform
Geneos now includes data storage and analytics capabilities that provide intelligence to deliver end-to-end observability across an enterprise. Together with Gateways, Obcerv is now a core part of the Geneos backend as we modernise the product architecture. There are many new features and functionalities available in Geneos that require the installation of Obcerv. Obcerv also provides the foundations to deliver a scalable Geneos architecture on industry-standard infrastructure.
Obcerv operates on the Kubernetes container orchestration platform and supports multiple installation options. You can install Obcerv on standard Kubernetes services or managed services such as Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, and Red Hat OpenShift.
For users who do not have Kubernetes, ITRS offers the option to install Obcerv directly onto virtual machines without requiring a dedicated Kubernetes cluster. ITRS plans to release this functionality in a later version of 7.x, without the need for ITRS assistance.
To learn more about Obcerv, see Introduction to Obcerv.
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Entity Viewer App: a new web-based user interface for Geneos
The Entity Viewer app (accessed via the Web Console) provides a web-based interface for real-time monitoring, investigation, and analysis of Geneos entities. Its customizable view lets you group, filter, and navigate from a high-level overview to a more detailed view of entities, all within a single intuitive interface.
- Easily accessible and shareable via browser
- Metrics, events and logs together in one interface with instant history
- Familiar concepts like state tree navigation and dataview for metrics
- Ability to trigger commands to take actions
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AWS CloudWatch Metric Stream for near real-time metric collection
The AWS plugin now supports receiving data from CloudWatch Metric Stream via AWS Firehose. You can set up CloudWatch Metric Streams to publish all metrics or a filtered list of metrics. This streaming data pipeline allows you to monitor the AWS services in near real-time so you are alerted to any issues before they impact your business. For more information, see the CloudWatch Metric Streaming documentation.
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Other improvements
- The Kubernetes plugin now supports cAdvisor metrics related to throttling and out of memory events for both pods and containers. This helps identify resource constraints to optimise performance and resource utilisation.
- The Azure plugin now supports password-less connection to Azure Event Hub for more secure connectivity.
- Several usability improvements have been made to the Active Dashboard.
- Multiple updates to address security vulnerabilities.
Other Geneos releases Copied
| Release | Date |
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| 7.x Release Notes | Released: August 2024 |
| 6.x Release Notes | Released: September 2022 |
| 5.x Release Notes | Released: December 2019 |
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