Announcing Neo4j Ops Manager 1.4

Hello all,

We are pleased to announce the release of Neo4j Ops Manager version 1.4!

This version is available to download for Enterprise Edition self-managed customers from the download page.

Overview

This release is a general maintenance release, with a number of bug fixes and smaller enhancements rather than any significant new feature.

NOTE: Due to some data migration of the persistence data, the first server start may take a number of minutes to complete (depending on size of persistence). This is normal - please wait for it to complete.

Architecture

Support for managed instances with authentication disabled
Agent - stop connection attempts after x authentication failures
Security - implement recommendations from penetration testing
Agent Advisor (see below)
Optimisation of agent queries and agent resilience
Additional options in agent for errored query logs

Settings

Ability to view remote agent configuration from within NOM UI

Home

Page refresh no longer resets zoom or manual layout changes [fix]
Inconsistent topology when upgrading or reusing agent [fix]
DBMS Selector at top of page replaced by double-click on topology
Rename DBMS from within home page

Metrics

DB: Database reset on refresh [fix]
All: Member enable/disable resets zoom [fix]
Refactored metric data fetch to run significantly faster ← any stats here
Metrics collected at the same time on all instance of a cluster for better alignment
Host metrics changes and optimisations
Instance metrics changes and optimisations
Database metrics changes and optimisations

Status Panel

Display disk space usage on instance and database (topology)
Summary and detailed view of disk space usage by directory (topology)
Actuals and percentage of available in directory (topology)
Disk space usage columns (total, Data, Transaction Logs) for databases (tabular)

Logs (query logs)

Ability to filter by application and type as set by applications

Alerts

Include alerts from Agent Advisor
Specific error message in case one of the metrics collector is unsuccessful (disk/cpu/prometheus)
Connectivity errors with the monitored instance
Authentication error to the monitored instance
Query log ingestion connectivity errors (to log4j)
Query log buffer overflow

Upgrade Manager

Privileges when migrating from 4.4 to 5.x
Better support for offline instances in cluster upgrade [fix]

...and More! Updated driver and software versions, many other minor fixes, enhancements and user experience improvements.

We hope you enjoy our latest release, and look forward to hearing your feedback.

Team Ops-Manager.