Update November 2014

The newest release of the Opmantek Virtual appliance was published on 26 Nov 2014, and can be downloaded here: nmis-8.5.4G-VM-CentOS-6.6-64bit.zip.

Highlights

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Update September 2014

We've released an updated Opmantek Virtual Appliance on 11 Sep 2014, which can be downloaded here: nmis-8.5.2G-VM-CentOS-6.5-64bit.zip.

Highlights

• NMIS was upgraded to 8.5.2G.
• Open-AudIT and Open-AudIT Enterprise version were upgraded to 1.4.1.
• opEvents was upgraded to 1.2.2.
• A number of file cleanup, record purging and further log rotation cron jobs have been added to the VM.
• All CentOS 6.5 patches up to the 10 Sep 2014 have been applied.

Update July 2014

The most recent update of the Opmantek Virtual Applicance was released on 21 July 2014, and can be downloaded here: nmis-8.5G-VM-plus-CentOS-6.5-64bit.zip.

Highlights

• The appliance now also includes the new products opEvents 1.2.1 and opCharts 2.0.1.
• All CentOS 6.5 updates up to the 19 July 2014 have been applied.

Update June 2014

The latest version of the Opmantek Virtual Appliance was released on 18 June 2014, and can be downloaded here: nmis-8.5G-VM-CentOS-6.5-64bit.zip

Highlights

• All CentOS 6.5 updates up to 17 June 2014 have been incorporated.
• The bundled products were upgraded to the current versions: NMIS 8.5G, Open-AudIT Community and Enterprise 1.3.2, opMaps 2.2.2, opReports 2.5.7, opFlow 2.2.2 and opConfig 1.1.9.

Update Apr 2014

The Opmantek Virtual Appliance was updated on 15 Apr 2014, and can be downloaded here: nmis-8.4.10G-VM-CentOS-6.5-64bit.zip

Highlights

• All CentOS 6.5 updates up to the 15 Apr 2014 have been incorporated. This includes the openssl patches for the Heartbleed vulnerability.
• The bundled Opmantek products have been updated to current versions: NMIS 8.4.10G, Open-AudIT Community and Enterprise 1.2.1, opMaps 2.2.2, opReports 2.5.6, opFlow 2.2.2 and opConfig 1.1.9.

Update Feb 2014

The most recent update to the Opmantek Virtual Appliance was released on 28 Feb 2014. The download link is unchanged: nmis-8.4.8G-VM-CentOS-6.5-64bit.zip.

Highlights

• All CentOS patches up to the 28 Feb 2014 have been applied.
• All bundled Opmantek products have been updated to the current versions: NMIS 8.4.8G (unchanged), Open-AudIT Community and Enterprise 1.2, opMaps 2.2.2, opReports 2.5.5, opFlow 2.3.2, opConfig 1.1.9.
• A  security issue with the bundled Apache installation has been corrected, which could have been abused for denial-of-service attacks if the appliance was installed with unrestricted inbound access from the Internet.
  
• Please note that the licensing system has been changed for all products: to evaluate the bundled commercial products you will require a new evaluation license. Full licenses are not affected by this change.

Update Jan 2014

The Opmantek Virtual Appliance was last updated on 28 January 2014 and the documentation is related to the current release.  The file is nmis-8.4.8G-VM-CentOS-6.5-64bit.zip.

The VM has new disk partitioning, with a smaller /data volume and we have documented a simple process for resizing the disks, Resizing NMIS VMs. This release also incorporates all recent patches in CentOS up to version 6.5.

Introduction

So you've downloaded a virtual appliance the latest version of the Opmantek Virtual Appliance from https://opmantek.com/network-tools-download/ and now you want to set it up and take it for a test drive to see how NMIS and the Opmantek networking modules can help you administer your network.  No problem.  Easy.

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