TA-unix/docs/ReleaseNotes.md

Technical Add-on for Unix and Linux

Version 9.2.0.5 (2025-01-11)

Add script for docker events/metrics and support running TA outside of Splunk

Changes:

• Add docker.sh and docker_metric.sh for collecting docker events/metrics
• Add helper script to extra/ to run the TA commands on systems without a Splunk forwarder. The commands can be sent to a syslog server. This script is useful for systems with small or read-only filesystems that cannot support a Universal Forwarder.
• Add syslog_inputs_nix_ta app to extra/ for ingesting the data from syslog

Version 9.2.0.4 (2025-01-11)

Make distro_name work everywhere

Changes:

• For MacOS, print MacOS for distro_name
• For others, print $KERNEL for distro_name

Version 9.2.0.3 (2025-01-11)

Fix bug in 9.2.0.2

Changes:

• Add code I forgot for machine_arch for Linux
• Add Makefile to make making releases easier

Version 9.2.0.2 (2025-01-11)

Improvements for version.sh

Changes:

• Include kernel_release, kernel_version, and distro_name
• For Linux and MacOS, use actual OS versions/releases instead of kernel version/release

Version 9.2.0.1 (2025-01-09)

Initial fork of the Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux

Changes:

• Use ip command to determine IP address ('hostname -I' does not work on all Linux systems)
• Filter out multiple listing of the same btrfs volume
• Use mktemp for temp files (for times when the TA may be run outside of Splunk)
• If running rlog.sh outside of Splunk, use $HOME to store seek file
• Debian also uses apt
• Arch Linux uses pacman
• Add use of sudo -n for 'apt update' and 'pacman -Syy'
• vmstat uses "K paged out"
• Replace the use of 'sar' with netstat and vm_stat for MacOS