5.9.12

Report disk metrics from Linux servers with different filesystem

5.9.8

Make validation of private plugins more robust

5.9.7.1

write a bit more information about system metrics in the realtime log

5.9.7

Preliminary support for realtime compatibility with GO agent

5.9.5

If plugin last_run is in the future, run the plugins now

5.9.4

Use the invocation time when recording last_checkin date

5.9.3

Add server_metrics version to debug log, bump server_metrics dependency to 1.2.5

5.9.2

Fix for network realtime streaming

5.9.1

Upgrade to use server_metrics 1.2.4 (osx disk capacity)

5.9.0

Streaming fix for Ruby 1.8.7

5.8.9

Added support for realtime system metrics (processes, cpu, memory, disks, network devices)

5.8.8

Counters report nil values on initial report, rather than not reporting

5.8.7

Upgrade to use server_metrics 1.2.2 (disk metrics in English, more forgiving Linux check)

5.8.6

Upgrade to use server_metrics 1.2.0 (performance improvements)

5.8.5

Upgrade to use server_metrics 1.1.1 (no more sys-proctable)

5.8.4

Upgrade to use server_metrics 1.0.3 (jiffies)

5.8.3

Ruby gems issue - needed to yank 5.8.2 and republish.

5.8.2

Updated to use server_metrics 1.0.2 (kthread)

5.8.1

Updated to use server_metrics 1.0.1 (khtreadd)

5.8.0

Support for server_metrics

5.7.5

send unix timestamp when streaming data

5.7.4

fixed a JSON error when running under Ruby 1.8.x

5.7.3

Fix for an issue with JRuby validating keys
More helpful output when installing on a version of RVM < 1.12.0

5.7.2

updated pusher gem and associated vendored gems
added support for realtime when using an http proxy
added support for proxies during full signing process and troubleshoot

5.7.1

Using $PROGRAM_NAME to determine scout path in install output

5.7.0

Added support for environments

5.6.11

Remove the scout_streamer.pid file after the realtime processes has expired.

5.6.10

Fix for plugin.properties that contain '=' in the property value

5.6.9

Install command generates a script for cron to run when using RVM or Bundler

5.6.8

Updated JSON to 1.8.0

5.6.7

changed fqdn override to hostname override. We no longer send fqdn.
hostname is now send exclusively in the URL -- it is no longer sent in the HTTP headers

5.6.6

Fix for urlify query string in Ruby 1.8.6.

5.6.5

remove newline from FQDN

5.6.4

send FQDN in addition to hostname, and provide an override

5.6.3

Removing $VERBOSE = true

5.6.2

More forgiving regex to extract the code class when streaming.

5.6.1

send role names exactly as the user entered - makes it easier to debug role name issues

5.6.0

added roles

5.5.10

fixed SSL error on scout troubleshoot --post
Updated gem summary + description

5.5.9

Locking data file when writing.

5.5.8

Passing server_name for install + test commands so https_proxy is used.
Resetting history file when then client key changes

5.5.7

Fixing broken tests
Using proxy password (was using proxy port on mistake)

5.5.6

Fixing broken tests
PID file rescue fix
Only running local plugins if a Scout::Plugin
Added hostname to troubleshooting output
Atomic Write history file when saving

5.5.5

Fix for blank PID file
Added client version + hostname when starting run in debug mode

5.5.4

Fixes warnings with Ruby 1.9.3p0

5.5.3

Fixed 'shadowing outer local variable' messages

5.5.2

Fixed --http-proxy & --https-proxy support, which were broken in 5.5.0

5.5.1

Updating history on plugin timeouts (last run & memory). Previously, the data from the last successful run was retained.

5.5.0

yes, the version number jumped from 5.3.5 to 5.5.0
Implemented "real time" mode

5.3.5

Moved proxy support to explicit command line flags --http_proxy and https_proxy
fixed two unused variables that were causing warnings under 1.9.3

5.3.4

Incorporating sleep interval into Server#time_to_checkin?
Added proxy support command line flags

5.3.3

Sending embedded options to server for local & plugin overrides.
Reading options for local plugins
Added support for an account-specific public key (scout_rsa.pub)

5.3.2

New --name="My Server" option to specify server name from the scout command.

5.3.1

Write a log message if a full disk prevents Scout from creating a history file.

5.3.0

Ping over http instead of https. All plan retrievals and check-ins are still SSL
Added ability to post troubleshooting report back to scoutapp.com

5.2.2

More graceful handling of rare client_history.yaml corruption

5.2.1

Added private-key based code signing
Added local plugin overrides
Added local ad-hoc plugins

5.1.5

Added sleep interval directive. Agent will only sleep when used in non-interactive mode.

5.1.4

Normalized header formats

5.1.3

Added debug output when contact with server cannot be established
Updated to json_pure 1.4.2

5.1.2

Added backtrace to Plugin code compile errors

5.1.1

Fixed Counter functionality for per-minute metrics

5.1.0

Agent now reports data on initial install
If history file is empty, Agent will resume normal checkin when it can write history file again (thx @jnewland)
inclusion of counter functionality (thx @lindvall)

5.0.3

fixed regression: Error when running scout AGENT_KEY without first running scout and manually entering the agent key

5.0.2

fixed silent failure when plugin didn't inherit from Scout::Plugin
beefed up error reporting

5.0.1

plugin errors are now reported to scout server as errors, for easier plugin troubleshooting

5.0.0

crontab must now run Scout every minute, regardless of what plan you are on
Support for server downtime notifications
Pings server every minute. Performs actual checkin on schedule provided by server
Support for plugin option definition via an inline YAML file.
Easier format for providing plugin arguments in test mode (scout help for details)
Prints plugin arguments, including defaults, when run in test mode

4.0.2

Check-in once after all plugins are run instead of once for each plugin for better efficiency

4.0.1

Fixed a regression that broken support for some very old plugins

4.0.0

Switched to the new API URL's
Converted to JSON (using the vendored json_pure) from Marshal
Upgraded to the data protocol used by the scout_agent
Added SSL certificate verification to increase security
Honor Last-Modified headers from the server to improve efficiency
Added support for individual plugin timeouts
Inserted a KILL signal for old processes to keep things running
Removing obsolete clone action
Removed non-functional test code
Cleaned up Rake tasks for development
Started sending an HTTP_CLIENT_HOSTNAME header to the Scout server
Changed history file storage to be by plugin ID, instead of name

2.0.7

Improved PID file error messages
Adding a redundant Timeout to work around Net::HTTP hangs

2.0.6

Adding plugin dependency support via the new needs() class method
Improved Scout error backtraces (patch from dougbarth)

2.0.5

Another Version bump to update gem servers

2.0.4

Version bump to update gem servers

2.0.3

Added documentation for Scout#data_for_server method for new plugin creation
Added Version option for printing the current version
Removed a spurious "puts" debug statement

2.0.2

Fixed the logging bug I introduced by moving the PID check into the Command class

2.0.1

Added some safety code to ensure SystemExit exceptions are not caught in our rescue clauses

2.0.0

Reworked scout executable to work off an underlying command structure, similar to Subversion (a bare call and a call with just the key are supported for backward compatibility)
Added various helper functions to Scout::Plugin to ease development
Added a client clone command for instant setups

1.1.8

Rectifying missing checkin -- this unifies 1.1.6 and 1.1.7 changes to gem

1.1.7

Introducing a delta for the plugin run interval, now allowing runs even if they are up to 30 seconds early

1.1.6

minor documentation update in scout installation wizard

1.1.5

A more robust solution for plugin removal
Added seconds to logging

1.1.4

Trim all space from the client key during install
Trying a fix for the plugin removal errors

1.1.3

Fixed bug with running plugin using the -p option, new ensure wasn't returning the data

1.1.2

Fixed the plugin interval not running on time due to a ">=" bug

1.1.1

Fixed the double plugin load bug
Ensuring that plugins are unloaded, even on error

1.1.0

Using better url.path + url.query if present to properly encode URLs

1.0.9

Fixed bug when plugin code would not compile, throws Exception
Added ability to test/call scout on non-https servers (for debugging)
Client now sends client version to server
Client can send single values (using report, alert, error symbols) or multiple values (using reports, alerts, errors symbols)
Added test suite, which is now the default rake task

1.0.8

Added optional report field scout_time
Changed #error method name to #scout_error to fix conflict with Logger#error

1.0.7

Increased the plugin timeout to 60 seconds
Added PID file protection to the client so only one copy will run at a time
Fixed a bug that caused the wrong error message to be shown for the case when a plugin times out

1.0.6

Improved error backtrace for local testing

1.0.5

Added more documentation to Server and Plugin classes
Fixed an issue where expand_path(~) would not work if HOME was not set, which
should help Scout run in OS X's LaunchDaemon using launchd

1.0.4

Enhanced the -o option to take a Ruby Hash
Fixed an issue where a failed plugin run would cause the client to skip all other plugins

1.0.3

Refactored to allow testing of plugins locally using -p or --plugin option and -o or --plugin-options option

1.0.2

Updated to use SSL by default for all communication to scout server
Added elif dependency

1.0.1

Fixed bug relating to history file – not using specified history file path

1.0.0

Initial release