sd-agent update (v1.0.0b6)
We have just pushed out an update to the agent for our server monitoring application, Server Density. This will probably be the last update before we launch the paid version of the service.
This update introduces a new method of collecting CPU load and memory usage statistics on Linux. Previous versions launched system specific commands but the new release parses the /proc filesystem instead. This makes the agent more cross-platform compatible and removes the overhead of launching system commands.
Unfortunately, OS X does not use the /proc filesystem so we continue to use the system commands on Mac.
In addition, code has been added to collect some basic statistics about your server which will be sent back to us once per agent restart. These are:
- Machine type e.g. i386
- Platform e.g. linux
- Processor e.g. AMD K6
- Python version e.g. 2.5.1
- Distribution type (Linux only) e.g. RedHat
- OS X version (Mac only) e.g. 10.5.6
- Agent version e.g. 1.0.0b6
We will use this information to improve our development processes to ensure we test on all platforms that the agent is running on.
Although this information will be posted back, we are not actually storing it as yet. We intend to start storing the data once we release the paid version. All data will be anonymised. How this is achieved will be the topic of one of our regular technical posts.
You can update your copy of the agent by running the update command:
python agent.py update
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.
