Improvements v1.4

The pdrMonitor is an optional monitoring and support utility used to observe and troubleshoot the operation of the AEMO Gateway Software and related components.

The pdrMonitor v1.4.0 release is an upgrade from any existing v1.3.0 installation.

Functional improvements

The functional improvements in the pdrMonitor v1.4.0 includes:

  • Encrypting variables in the configuration file using ${encrypted:XXXX} syntax.
    Property DbPasswordEncrypted is discontinued and is replaced by ${encrypted:xxx} on DbPassword.

  • Renaming application package from au.com.nemmco.* to au.com.aemo.*    

  • An example for configuring structured logging for JSON output.

  • Exposing B2B performance data in application transaction reporting.

  • Adding flow control visualisation for batcher.

  • Adding user event auditing and reporting.

  • Adding new dashboard widgets for B2B flow control and stopfile reporting.

  • Adding context sensitive help links.

  • Adding visualisation and description for batcher and loader settings tab.

  • Adding support for http2 protocol. New configuration:

  • /WebServer/Provider

  • Upgrade GUI installer extracting database connection parameters from existing XML configuration.

  • Adding new dashboard widgets for application and security events.

  • Windows service wrapper migrating from WinRun4J (legacy) to Apache Procrun.

  • Configuration to control thread check and reporting status into the log file.

Bug fixes

Corrects the defect that did not allow an IP address to be typed into monitor browser for adding a new connection/source.

Security upgrades

The security upgrades in pdrMonitor v1.4.0 include:

  • Security upgrades to numerous third-party libraries.
  • Add session timeout warning to browser interface.

Upgrading pdrMonitor

Refer to the pdrMonitor implementation instructions for details on how to perform an upgrade install.