Couchbase PowerPack Release Notes, version 100

Version 100 of the Couchbase PowerPack is the initial version of the PowerPack. It includes Dynamic Applications, Event Policies, and a sample Credential for discovering and monitoring Couchbase services, pools, buckets, and nodes.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.7.0

Before You Install

Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Couchbase" PowerPack version 100.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installation Process

To install version 100 of the Couchbase PowerPack, perform the following steps:

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.7.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "Couchbase" version 100PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Couchbase" version 100.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

For instructions on using the PowerPack, see the Monitoring Couchbase manual.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications to discover and monitor Couchbase devices:
  • Couchbase: Bucket Configuration

  • Couchbase: Bucket Discovery
  • Couchbase: Bucket Performance
  • Couchbase: Component Count
  • Couchbase: Node Configuration
  • Couchbase: Node Discovery
  • Couchbase: Node Performance
  • Couchbase: Pool Configuration
  • Couchbase: Pool Discovery
  • Couchbase: Pool Performance
  • REST: Performance Metrics Monitor (Couchbase)

The "REST: Performance Metrics Monitor (Couchbase)" Dynamic Application monitors outgoing REST requests from the ScienceLogic platform to the Couchbase API. If you are experiencing any problems collecting data, align this Dynamic Application using the same credential as the other Couchbase Dynamic Applications.

  • Device Classes for each of the Couchbase devices monitored:
  • Couchbase Buckets
  • Couchbase Nodes
  • Couchbase Pools
  • Couchbase Services
  • Event policies that are triggered when Couchbase devices meet certain status criteria.
  • An example SOAP/XML credential for discovering Couchbase devices.
  • ScienceLogic Libraries that are utilized by this PowerPack:
  • content
  • content_cache
  • silo_core
  • silo_core_rest
  • silo_credentials

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.