November 2023
We are pleased to announce the latest release of Statseeker. Here’s a summary of the new features in v5.6.1.
Alerting Updates
- Improved alert configuration workflow
- Better control over alerting in response to threshold breaches
- HTML support added to alerting emails, including:
- WYSIWYG editor
- HTML content formatting
- Inserting links, tables, and images
- Expanded variable shortcode lists for access to additional data relating to the entity (device, interface, etc.) and event triggering the alert selected.
For more information, see Alerting.
New MAC-IP Reporting
MAC-IP monitoring and tracking have been updated, improving how your MAC-IP data is presented in reports and dashboards, and simplifying the process of tracking MACs as they move through your network.
- Stock MAC-IP reports have been replaced
- Updated MAC-IP dashboard
- Changes to how MAC-IP data is stored selected.
Note:
- Existing MAC-IP data is not compatible with the new system and will be deleted during the upgrade process
- Please allow up to 60 minutes from completion of the upgrade process for fresh MAC-IP data to be available in Statseeker
For more information, see MAC-IP Tracking.
System and Administration
- OS updated to FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p5, for details see the FreeBSD website
- Added ability to create new user accounts during system installation
- Moved “Statseeker Server Overview” and “Process Details” dashboards to the Admin Tool
- Filtered data type lists across the Admin Tool to only list data types currently monitored by the server
Dashboards
- Added alternative zoom mode to imagemap panels, nodes and links can be set to scale\not-scale with the zoom setting
- Minor layout improvements
Alerting and Thresholds
- Improved alerting interface
- Expanded the list of fields and metrics available for use in alerting emails
- Improved regex support in alerts
API
- Improved optimization when applying limits in linked API queries
Upgrading to Statseeker v5.6.1
- Requires a current Statseeker v5.6.0 installation
For instructions on upgrading your Statseeker server, see Statseeker Upgrade Guides
Service Pack Availability
Statseeker periodically releases Service Packs to resolve issues between releases. The latest Service Pack for Statseeker v5.6.1 servers is:
- Statseeker v5.6.1 Service Pack (scs_service_pack_5_6_1-1.0.1.scs)
This service pack is only applicable to Statseeker v5.6.1 servers. For access, please contact Customer Support.