Release Sensys release v0.29.0 · intel-ctrlsys/sensys

New Features

Simplified interface for Sensor and Analytics plugins.
Providing a developer-friendly way to add new sensors and
analytics.
Unification of configuration files used by Sensys.
CFGI, SNMP, IPMI, workflows and logical group configuration
in a single file.
- As part of the effort to unify configuration files, CFGI
  parser was refactored to use Parser framework.
Added new ZeroMQPublisher notification plugin.
This plugin can be used in place of a database plugin and will
publish data to a ZeroMQ subscriber.
DB schema changed.
value_str column of sensor raw data table is updated from
varchar to 'text'.

octl is not able to continue retrieving information from a list of nodes if one of them is not found.
Attempting to start a compute node daemon without a scheduler kills both the compute daemon and its aggregator.
Multiple aggregators in same physical host are logging same hostname.
errcounts sensor - Unable to update node features.
SNMP Longevity tests reports a buffer overflow error intermittenly, root caused to a SNMP driver bug. A fix is available in SNMP master branch.
orcmd fails to start if ipmiutil library is not installed.
Logical group add command adds groups inside workflow using CFGI 3.0 config files.

Sensys software includes a 3rd party PUGIXML source which uses MIT license.
Copyright information is included in the release notes Legal Notice section
in the document below.

The file orcm-site.xml uses a plain text password fields for SNMP and
IPMI credentials. Since the file contains a plain text password, the read
and write permissions on this file should be restricted to authorised admin
users.

Section 2 Build and Installation Guide.
Updated github urls.
Provided instructions to build and use ZeroMQ plugin.
Section 3.4 SenSys CFGI User Guide.
Updated syntax and examples for the unified configuration file.
Section 4 Developer Guide.
Documented the simplified interfaces for Sensor and Analytics plugins.