AMPQ: RabbitMQPowerPack Release Notes, version 101

Version 101 of the AMPQ:RabbitMQ PowerPack addresses issues in which some Dynamic Applications were not auto-aligning to RabbitMQ devices and RabbitMQ nodes were incorrectly named in high-availability stacks.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.7.1.2

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.7.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing "AMPQ:RabbitMQ" PowerPack version 101.

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

Installation Process

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 this PowerPack 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.

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
  4. Click Browse and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPack Manager page.

For instructions on using the PowerPack, see the Monitoring RabbitMQ Systems manual.

Included Features

This release includes the following features:

  • An example credential you can use as a template to create a Basic/Snippet credential to connect to the RabbitMQ API
  • Dynamic Applications to monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for RabbitMQ
  • A Device Class that can be manually aligned to a device on which a RabbitMQ system is installed
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when a RabbitMQ system meets certain status criteria

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included this release of the "AMPQ:RabbitMQ":

  • An issue was addressed in which the PowerPack failed to collect data from misconfigured clusters.

When discovering a standalone RabbitMQ device or cluster, you must use this PowerPack in conjunction with the Cisco: Cloud Center PowerPack to properly classify the RabbitMQ device or cluster. If you do not, the RabbitMQ device or cluster will remain classified as "Pingable".

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 101 of the AMPQ:RabbitMQ PowerPack:

  • When a RabbitMQ cluster is configured with a master node and multiple worker nodes, all behind the master node’s IP address, the current version of the PowerPack only collects the configuration and performance information of the master node. The data and metrics for the worker nodes are not collected. This issue will be addressed in a future version of this PowerPack.