MongoDB PowerPack Release Notes version 100

Version 100 of the MongoDB PowerPack enables you to monitor MongoDB Configuration and Performance metrics on Linux devices and Windows devices. The PowerPack monitors MongoDB instances of v3, v4, v5,and v6. This PowerPack also leverages the latest version of Snippet Framework support and is a Python 3 only release.

  • Minimum Required Platform Version: 11.3.0

Before You Install

Ensure that you are running version 11.3.0 or later of SL1 before installing the MongoDB PowerPack version 100.

Installing the PowerPack

To install the MongoDB PowerPack for the first time, 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.

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in the xxxPowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

  1. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to 11.3.0 or later release.
  2. Download version 100 of the MongoDB PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  3. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and select Import PowerPack. When prompted, import version 100 of the MongoDB PowerPack.
  4. After importing the PowerPack, you will be prompted to install the PowerPack. Click the Install button to install the PowerPack.

Features

The MongoDB PowerPack version 100 includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that collect data from MongoDB installed in Linux or any SSH enabled device. The PowerPack will collect data from Windows servers as long as either the port running MongoDB is accessible to the collector or the Windows server has SSH enabled.

  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when a threshold meets the certain status criteria.
  • A device class that classifies a MongoDB server.

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in version 100 of the MongoDB PowerPack:

  • This new version of the MongoDB PowerPackand is not backward compatible with the SLCOE pack. The device must be deleted and rediscovered to use this new GA pack.

  • The MongoDB server is accessible via an IP address. This IP address must be discovered in SL1 as a pingable device.

  • A MongoDB connection URI is a universal connection method and can be used to connect to any type of MongoDB deployment: standalone, atlas, replica set, or a sharded cluster. If using a connection string, all other MongoDB related credential fields will be ignored.