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Update December 2016

On 23 Dec 2016 we've released an update of the Opmantek Virtual Appliance which can be downloaded here: nmis-8.6.1G-VM-CentOS-6.8-64bit.zip. Installation and general use are described in more detail on the Getting Started page.

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  • CentOS updates up to and including 1 Nov 2016 have been applied (including an update of MongoDB to version 3.0.13).
  • The VM timezone is now set to UTC.
  • On first boot, new SSH host keys and application secrets are generated, and the number of custom user accounts has been minimised.
  • NMIS was upgraded to version 8.6.0G.
  • opReports 3 was upgraded to version 3.0.8.
  • Open-AudIT and Open-AudIT Enterprise were upgraded to version 1.12.8.2.
  • opEvents was upgraded to version 2.0.6.
  • opConfig was upgraded to version 3.0.1.
  • opFlow was upgraded to version 3.0.8.
  • opCharts was upgraded to the new major version 3.0.6.

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  • CentOS was updated to version 6.8 and all updates up to and including 17 Jun 2016 have been applied.
  • The MongoDB installation on the VM is now using the "WiredTiger" storage engine, which provides substantial performance improvements over the older "mmap" system.
  • To simplify adjustments of your VM's networking parameters, we've added the text-mode-GUI application system-network-config.
  • NMIS was upgraded to version 8.5.12G.
  • opReports 3 was upgraded to version 3.0.7.
  • Open-AudIT and Open-AudIT Enterprise were upgraded to version 1.12.6.
  • opEvents was upgraded to version 2.0.5.
  • opConfig was upgraded to the new major version 3.0.0, which introduces numerous new capabilities.
  • opFlow was upgraded to the new major version 3.0.6, and the old legacy version 2 was removed.
    The underlying flow collector infrastructure was switched to nfdump, now defaults to using port 9995 and uses /var/lib/nfdump for interim storage.
  • opCharts was upgraded to the new major version 3.0.2.
  • All Opmantek applications on the Virtual appliance (except for opFlow) now offer non-expiring, free licenses (which are limited to 20 nodes). opFlow supports trial and full licenses.
    These licenses can be generated from within the applications.

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  • All CentOS 6.7 upgrades and patches up to 24 Dec 2015 have been applied, and a few tuning/configuration adjustments were made.
  • opReports 3 was upgraded to version 3.0.4, and the old legacy version 2 was removed.
  • Open-AudIT and Open-AudIT Enterprise were upgraded to version 1.8.4.
  • opEvents was upgraded to a new major version 2.0.3, which brings in a substantial amount of new features and capabilities.
  • opConfig was upgraded to version 2.2.4.
  • opCharts was upgraded to version 2.6.2.
  • opMaps 2 has been discontinued and was removed from the Appliance.
  • All Opmantek applications on the Virtual Appliance (except opFlow) now offer non-expiring, free licenses (which are limited to 20 nodes).
    These licenses can be generated from within the applications.

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