This one is long overdue, but finally here: Butler SOS v2.0
The new version is an almost complete re-write of v1.0. Changes are plentiful and include
- All warnings and errors stored by Sense in its log database are now pulled into Butler SOS, from where it can be graphed and acted upon.
This is a big deal, as it was previously not possible to get notifications or alerts when errors or warnings started to pile up in the logs. - Operational health metrics are still pulled from Qlik Sense, but this is now done directly from the QIX engine rather than via a hard-to-secure virtual proxy.
- Using certificates for authentication with Sense removes potential security issues with v1.0.
- Config file is now YAML instead of JSON. More human readable and with inline comments.
- Config file now allows for more fine-grained control of Butler SOS.
- Several bugs fixed, especially around sending metrics to MQTT.
The readme file on GitHub has all the details, here are some screen shots to get you started though:
The new version is available on GitHub.
PS. This is blog post # 100. Yaaay!!!
Also published on Medium.
Hello ,
First of all thanx for this amazing job .I rellay admire it . I’m trying to make it work but I’m pretty stuck at this point ;
C:\Users\user\Documents\butler-sos-2.0>node butler-sos.js
2018-02-14T12:48:36.279Z – info: Starting Butler SOS
2018-02-14T12:48:36.280Z – info: Log level is: verbose
2018-02-14T12:48:36.322Z – info: Connected to Influx database.
2018-02-14T12:48:41.282Z – verbose: Event started: Statistics collection
2018-02-14T12:48:41.283Z – verbose: Getting stats for server: desktop-m9kf5do
2018-02-14T12:48:41.293Z – verbose: Getting stats for server: desktop-m9kf5do
2018-02-14T12:48:41.375Z – verbose: Received ok response from desktop-m9kf5do
C:\Users\user\Documents\butler-sos-2.0\butler-sos.js:199
body.mem.committed.toString()
^
TypeError: Cannot read property ‘committed’ of undefined
at postHealthToMQTT (C:\Users\user\Documents\butler-sos-2.0\butler-sos.js:199:14)
at Request._callback (C:\Users\user\Documents\butler-sos-2.0\butler-sos.js:309:11)
at Request.self.callback (C:\Users\user\Documents\butler-sos-2.0\node_modules\request\request.js:186:22)
at Request.emit (events.js:159:13)
at Request. (C:\Users\user\Documents\butler-sos-2.0\node_modules\request\request.js:1163:10)
at Request.emit (events.js:159:13)
at IncomingMessage. (C:\Users\user\Documents\butler-sos-2.0\node_modules\request\request.js:1085:12)
at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:254:19)
at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:164:20)
at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1062:12)
Thanx for you help,
BR,
I made it work . Thanx again you can delete comments.
Great that you got it working!
Out of curiosity – are you using Qlik Sense Desktop?
I have not tried Butler SOS on that version of Sense, I didn’t think it would work… but maybe it does?