From 830eec636e3de489692689a510ca5fa08bee60af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Langille Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 19:31:28 +0000 Subject: Add support for polling as a service Two new options * PYPOLLER - default, deprecated, needs Python 2.7 * PYSERVICE - Dispatcher service, recompile required HEADS UP HEADS UP Polling via cron job is now deprecated. Please use the Dispatcher. LibreNMS will be dropping support for PHP 7.1 and Python 2 in the next release expected May 31 2020. see https://community.librenms.org/t/dropping-support-for-php-7-1-and-python-2/11851 Your existing crontab entries for the PYPOLLER option will be going away. You can migrate to the PYSERVICE option of LibreNMS now. PR: 246105 Submitted by: Dries Michiels --- UPDATING | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) (limited to 'UPDATING') diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 1526567608b8..5355d9c856fc 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -5,6 +5,29 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20200503: + AFFECTS: users of net-mgmt/librenms + AUTHOR: dvl@FreeBSD.org + + Polling via cronjob is deprecated as of release 1.63 + see see https://community.librenms.org/t/dropping-support-for-php-7-1-and-python-2/11851 + + Please migrate to the Dispatch Service: + https://docs.librenms.org/Extensions/Dispatcher-Service/ + + These steps should get you running: + * comment out the crontab entries listed above under PYPOLLER + * populate %%WWWDIR%%/.env with: + * APP_KEY - see farther below for how to create + * NODE_ID - see just below for how to create + * DB_HOST + * DB_DATABASE + * DB_USERNAME + * DB_PASSWORD + * you can create a NODE_ID with: php -r 'echo uniqid() . "\n";' + * sysrc librenms_enable="YES" + * service librenms start + 20200501: AFFECTS: users of www/phpmyfaq AUTHOR: flo@FreeBSD.org -- cgit v1.2.3