We are proud to present the first beta release of the NAV 4.0 series, which is now available for download at Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/nav/4.0/4.0b1
This release introduces some major changes to NAV, signalled by the switch from major version 3 to 4.
The two big changes are:
1. The complete replacement of Cricket as a 3rd party tool for statistics collection and graphing. NAV 4 collects the statistics using the already existing ipdevpoll SNMP collector, and uses Graphite as a 3rd party service for storing and graphing this data. This also means NAV no longer uses RRDtool for storing time-series data.
2. A full design overhaul of the web interface, using the Foundation CSS framework. As this is a beta release, not all parts of the interface have been fully reviewed for necessary changes yet. We are reviewing the design changes weekly, with help from the experienced interaction designer Christine Sætre.
The full release notes for this release can be read at [1]. You are also advised to read the updated installation docs at [2].
We hope as many people as possible are interested in testing our upcoming beta release of the 4.0 series. We will be providing a binary package for Debian Wheezy shortly.
More importantly, we will also provide a virtual appliance, complete with a Graphite installation, which should be deployable on most popular virtualization platforms.
Using the instructions from [3], you should be able to easily migrate your production database to a (virtual) test server so you can test the new version without disrupting your current production installation.
We will continue to support the 3.15 series for a good while after the final 4.0.0 release, but we have not yet decided how long the support period will be.
As usual, please report bugs at https://launchpad.net/nav/+filebug .
Happy NAVing everyone!
[1] https://nav.uninett.no/doc/4.0/release-notes.html [2] https://nav.uninett.no/doc/4.0/intro/install.html [3] https://nav.uninett.no/doc/4.0/howto/migrate-data.html#migrating-all-or-part...