v1.1.3

🛰️ NodeSniff Linux Agent v1.1.3

Maintenance update improving file path handling and logging reliability.

✅ Improvements

• Updated default log path to /var/log/nodesniff/nsagent.log for better security and Linux compliance.
• Agent now automatically creates the /var/log/nodesniff directory if it does not exist.
• Fixed permission-related startup errors when running as unprivileged nodesniff user.
• Improved setup instructions and troubleshooting documentation.
• Compatible with NodeSniff Dashboard v1.2 and higher.

⚙️ Version Info

• Agent version: 1.1.3
• Minimum dashboard version: 1.2
• License: GPLv3 (non-commercial use)

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v1.1.2

🛰️ NodeSniff Linux Agent v1.1.2

Maintenance update improving reliability, compatibility, and cleanup logic.

✅ Improvements

• Fixed duplicate or malformed CPU name strings (e.g. removed “None CPU @ …”).
• --clean flag now safely terminates any existing background agent instance before performing cleanup.
• Enhanced reliability of systemd service installation and removal.
• Improved error handling and logging consistency.
• Fully compatible with NodeSniff Dashboard v1.2, including alerting and scheduled email digests.

⚙️ Version Info

• Agent version: 1.1.2
• Minimum dashboard version: 1.2
• License: GPLv3 (non-commercial use)

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v1.1.1

🛰️ NodeSniff Linux Agent v1.1.1

Initial public release of the lightweight NodeSniff monitoring agent for Linux systems.

✅ Features

• Fast and minimal resource usage
• Metrics collected via modular system (metrics/ directory)
• Auto-discovery of system info (hostname, IP, OS, platform)
• Designed to run as a systemd service
• Secure token-based authentication (/opt/nodesniff/nsagent.token)
• Pluggable metrics: easy to add/remove .py scripts
• Out-of-the-box support for:
  • CPU
  • Memory
  • Disk I/O
  • Load Average
  • Top processes (rtop_process.py)

📦 Contents

• nsagent.py – the main agent
• metrics/ – modular metric collectors
• README.md, LICENSE, requirements.txt

⚠️ Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Packages: psutil, requests, python-dotenv

🔒 Token Required

Before running the agent, make sure /opt/nodesniff/nsagent.token exists and contains a valid X-Company-Key.
Agent will refuse to start otherwise.

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