Foglight® for Apache 5.9.0
Developed for Foglight Management Server 5.9.7
Release Notes
March 2020
Welcome to Foglight for Apache
Resolved issues and enhancements
Getting started with Foglight for Apache
Foglight for Apache enables you to quickly determine the status of each of your monitored Apache web servers by providing a visual overview of key access and traffic metrics. The Apache Web Server, also known as the Apache Httpd Server, is an open-source project hosted by the Apache Foundation. Through its server status (mod_status) and server information (mod_info) pages, the Apache web server provides a wealth of performance statistics, which Foglight for Apache displays in easy to use dashboards.
These Release Notes cover the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the 5.9.0 release of the Foglight for Apache. Review all sections before starting the installation.
For complete product information, see the Foglight for Apache User and Reference Guide.
This release contains the following updates:
This release of Foglight for Apache does not include any fixes or enhancements.
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
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Defect ID |
Known Issue |
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APPB-380 |
HTTPS is not supported for Apache server 1.3.x. |
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APPB-379 |
Apache server versions 2.1.x (Beta releases) are not supported. |
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APPB-335 |
The Apache ExtendedStatus module truncates site name at 31 if the
length is more than 31. As a result, agent cannot match request
connection with such site. |
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APPB-275 |
Support for Apache version from 1.3.2, however before version
2.0(included), agent does not report dependency. |
|
APPB-268 |
There will be topology churn when creating two or more agents to monitor the same Apache instance. Multiple agents monitoring the same Apache server is not allowed. |
|
APPB-130 |
The Apache agent is designed to monitor only one Apache web server
per agent. If you have a load balancer environment with more than one
Apache server, do not use the external balanced server status URL to
create the monitor agent. The host name of that URL may be resolved to
different Apache server IP addresses by the DNS and this breaks the rule
of one Apache agent to one Apache server. |
The following is a list of third party issues known to exist at the time of this release.
|
Defect ID |
Known Issue |
|
APPB-381 |
The Apache agent cannot monitor an Apache server that is set up with HTTPS and its certificate is generated with a DH key that is greater than 1024. For more information about the Java DH restriction, see http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8062834 . Workaround 1: Use HTTP to monitor this Apache server. Workaround 2: If the private key that is used to generate the certificate for the Apache server does not use the DH algorithm, you can disable the DH algorithm in the java.security file of the agent. To disable the DH algorithm:
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Foglight for Apache version
5.9.0 requires Foglight Management Server version 5.6.3 and later, and
Foglight Agent Manager version 5.9.7 and later.
Note:
Customers who need to upgrade their Apache cartridge from 5.6.5 to
5.9.0 and require their data from the 5.6.5
version be compatible with the 5.9.0 version should
contact Quest Support for help. Quest Support can reference APPB-340 for
different solutions on how to perform a data migration with 5.6.5 data in
different scenarios.
The following Foglight
product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.
|
Product Name |
Product Version |
Platform |
|
Foglight Management Server |
5.6.3 and later |
All Platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server |
|
Foglight Agent Manager |
5.9.7 and later |
All Platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager |
Foglight for Apache monitors Apache and Oracle web servers on Windows or Linux systems. HTTP and HTTPs are supported for all web servers, except where noted.
The following web servers and versions are supported by Foglight for Apache 5.9.0.
|
Supported Apache Server Versions |
Tested Versions |
|
1.3.x Note: HTTPS is not supported for this version. |
1.3.41 |
|
2.0.x |
2.0.65 |
|
2.2.x |
2.2.9 and 2.2.5 |
|
2.3.x |
2.3.8 |
|
2.4.x |
2.4.9 and 2.4.20 |
|
Supported Oracle Application Server Versions |
Tested Versions |
|
10g |
10.1.3.4.0 |
|
11g |
11.1.1.7 and 11.1.1.9 |
|
12g |
12.1.3 and 12.2.1 |
Foglight for Apache dashboards are supported on Internet Explorer (IE) 8 and 9, Firefox 16, and Chrome 23.0.
Foglight includes a licensing capability that restricts access to those features that are defined in the license. Any Management Server installation requires a license that grants access to server-specific parts of the browser interface and the features associated with them. Foglight cartridges are also license-protected. While some cartridges are covered by the base Foglight license (such as Foglight Agent Manager cartridges and the Cartridge for Infrastructure), others may require an additional license.
This cartridge is covered by the base Foglight license.
To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:
The Foglight for Apacheelease package contains the following:
Use the Administration > Cartridges > Cartridge Inventory dashboard to install the ApacheMonitor-5_9_0.car cartridge.
For detailed information about installing Foglight for Apache, refer to "Installing Foglight Cartridges" in the Foglight Administration and Configuration Help.
Additional information is available from the following:
This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.
This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Far-East Asia, Japan.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: The server will be enabled for Global Operations, but not localized to any particular locale. Some legacy agents cannot support multi-byte locales.
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