HostMonitor is a highly scalable network monitoring software suitable for small and enterprise-level networks.

Features

  • Over 140 test methods - HostMonitor can check almost any parameter of your servers;
  • Highly flexible action profiles allow you to start actions in predefined order depending on the test results;
  • HostMonitor creates various log files using different detail levels and file formats (Text, HTML, DBF and ODBC);
  • Built-in Report Manager allows you to create and customize reports to your liking in a variety of ways;
  • Using Remote Monitoring Agents for Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris you may easily monitor remote networks;
  • Web Service, Telnet Service and Remote Control Console simplifies remote management;

What's New

HostMonitor and RCC improvements:

  • New items in menu Accounts:
  • SSH Key Manager
  • Set/Change Master password

(Connection Manager and SNMP Credentials items have been moved from Profiles menu to Accounts menu)

SSH Key Manager

  • This tool allows you to manage private and public keys used for SSH test authentication. Private key authentication has priority over password authentication. This means that if the private key for the target server is set in SSH Key Manager, that key will be used to authenticate to the target server; otherwise, the password specified in the Connection Manager will be used for authentication. With SSH Key Manager you can import and export keys, verify fingerprints, approve a new public key when the host key changes and delete keys.
  • Set/Change Master password
  • This option allows you to change the master password used to encrypt files with sensitive information, e.g. private SSH keys, accounts used to connect to remote systems, etc. If you move HostMonitor and configuration files to another system, you will need to enter this password the first time you start the software (if you start HostMonitor as a service right away, then use RCC to enter the master password)
  • Script Manager offers menu items "Find" and "Search again". HostMonitor checks the list of profiles looking for the specified text in each field: name, hint, platform, script code, comments, history, etc
  • You can now customize the Related URL field of a test item with an additional optional hint string. For example [title=GOOGLE]https://www.google.com?various=1¶meters=2 - this string tells the HostMonitor GUI to display a short title GOOGLE in various menu items, in the reports, etc. When you click on such an item, the URL specified after the title will be used.
  • The "old" variable %RelatedURL% provides the URL without a hint
  • The new variable %RelatedURLHint% provides only a hint

Improved Auditing Tool

  • RCC improvements
  • The new RCC is compatible with Wine for Linux version 8 and 9 and can be started on modern Linux systems (old version of RCC could be run on older versions of Wine like 3.6, but it did not work with newer versions of Wine)
  • RCC shows a hover tip instead of a modal window when "Display confirmation messages when new settings applied" option is used

Other GUI improvements

  • HostMonitor / RCC / RMA for Windows improvements
  • Improved DHCP test: you can manually specify which network interface should be used for testing - set RequestIP property of the DHCP test using a string like /, e.g. 10.10.10.101/10.10.10.1
  • Improved SSH test: private key authentication can be used instead of password authentication. If the private key for the target server is set in SSH Key Manager, this key will be used for authentication. Otherwise the password specified in Connection Manager will be used.
  • Improved SSH test: HostMonitor and RMA send public keys retrieved from servers to SSH Key Manager. You can also choose the behavior of the software when the host public key changes. SSH Key Manager offers 3 options:
  • Set Warning status once, automatically approve new key
  • Don't connect to the host until operator approves new key
  • automatically approve new key
  • If you choose the "don't connect to the host until operator approves new key" option and the host key changes for any reason then HostMonitor/RMA will not perform SSH tests related to the server until you open SSH Key Manager, verify the fingerprint of the new pubic key and confirm that this new key is legitimate (note: new unapproved public keys marked in red).

Active RMA improvements

  • You can configure the agent to work with a primary and a backup HostMonitor and RMA Manager. If you specify the HostMonitor address using 2 hostnames (or IP addresses) separated by comma (for example 10.10.1.5,10.10.2.100) then the agent will try to connect to the first address; if the connection cannot be established, the agent will try to use the second address.
  • You can also set two addresses for two RMA Managers. This option is useful if you need to manage RMA agents from 2 locations, and it can also help when you experience some problems with Internet connection and need to switch to a backup Internet service provider.

RMA Manager improvements

  • New version works faster with a large set of Active RMA agents (1000+ agents)