[Nagios-users] Nagios 3.1.0 - Update check feature

2009-01-29 Thread Seth P. Low
In Nagios 3.1.0 there is a new feature: Added automatic update check functionality - runs once a day to check for new Nagios releases Splash screen on web UI now indicates whether a new update is available (requires that update checks are enabled) Question - Where do you enable the update

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.1.0 - Update check feature

2009-01-29 Thread Allan Clark
Hi; Hammering a website by referring to it on a constantly-reloading page can generate a lot of unnecessary traffic. If Nagios' DNS held a TXT record indicating the latest released version in a given trend, then it can be checked in a way that is much gentler -- a DNS RR is cached automatically

Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios 3.1.0 - Update check feature

2009-01-29 Thread Andy Shellam
Hi, If Nagios' DNS held a TXT record indicating the latest released version in a given trend, then it can be checked in a way that is much gentler -- a DNS RR is cached automatically by the DNS servers used, depending on how Nagios.org defines the RR. An update check can simply compare the