It’s time for This Week in OpenNMS.

Project Updates

• 1.8: Current Release is 1.8.3-1
  1.8.3-1 is the current stable release, tagged 12 August 2010. For a complete list of changes and updates, see the “New and Noteworthy” page on the OpenNMS wiki. As always, it is recommended that you back up your database before upgrading.
• We worked on getting the remote pollers to scale more gracefully.
• We continued to add support for IPv6.
• Work continues on the iPhone/iPad app, which we expect to move into testing shortly.

Bugs Fixed Since Last TWiO

• #1523: Added the ability to specify a password parameter in the NSClient plugin.
• #2132: Improved capsd configuration to include elements to auto-assign asset values based on SNMP OIDs.
• #3748: Absolute change threshold now works with 64-bit counters.
• #4054: Added alarm-data to APC upsOnBattery and powerRestored events.
• #4056: Whitespace now recognized/preserved in notifications.

Upcoming Events

• We’ll be heading to Ohio LinuxFest from September 10-12, 2010 in Columbus, OH.
• The next OpenNMS training classes are scheduled for the week of September 20, 2010 in Pittsboro, NC.  The basic class will be offered from September 20-22, and the advanced class, from September 23-24.
• If you have anything to add to the events list, please let me know.

Until Next Week…

As always, if there’s anything you’d like me to talk about in a future TWiO, or you just have a comment or criticism that you’d like to share, don’t hesitate to say hi.