OpenStatus 0.6.1 has been released! Version 0.6.1 is a bug-fix release for openstatus-client. The following bugs have been corrected in this release:

• openstatus-client would sometimes crash when the sleeptime variable became negative, which would occur when it took longer than the specified update interval to collect all of the data. While the default checks are typically quick, if the client is under high load, this could happen, especially with a short update interval.
• openstatus-client was writing the sent JSON to the log file when not in debug mode.

Debian users can do a standard "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" to upgrade to the latest version. If you've made any customizations, please back up any changed files, as they'll be overwritten if you upgrade.

Because there are no changes to the web interface or openstatus-server file, users who have installed from Github can simply replace the openstatus-client file with the latest version from the master branch of the repository.

As per  Debian Security Advisory 2630-1, security support for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (code name "Lenny") will end on February 6, 2012. Therefore, after that date, OpenStatus will not provide updated packages for Debian 5.0. All future updates to OpenStatus after that date will not be tested against python 2.4. Python 2.6 will remain the recommended version of python for OpenStatus for the foreseeable future.

Users of Debian 5.0 (code name "Lenny") are urged to upgrade to Debian 6.0 (code name "Squeeze") as soon as possible following the instructions available  here.

OpenStatus 0.6.0 has been released! Version 0.6.0 adds a frequently-requested feature: an "Acknowledge All" link now appears when there are multiple new alerts. The "Acknowledge All" link on the main status page will acknowledge all alerts on all servers. The "Acknowledge All" link on individual server status pages will acknowledge all alerts for that individual servers.

In addition to this new feature, the default location for the configuration file for the web interface has changed. It is now /etc/openstatus/config.php. This was changed to prevent upgrades from overwriting the configuration file, which contains the username and password for the admin area of the web interface.

Debian users can do a standard "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" to upgrade to the latest version. If you've made any customizations, please back up any changed files, as they'll be overwritten if you upgrade.

Because there are no changes to the client or openstatus-server file, users who have installed from Github can simply replace the "web" directory with the latest version from the master branch of the repository.

OpenStatus 0.5.1 has been released! Version 0.5.1 is a bug-fix update that fixes a problem with OpenStatus client. In previous versions, openstatus-client did not correctly convert strings to integers when checking the output of custom check commands with type "integer", causing alerts to be generated when they should not have been.

Debian users can do a standard "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" to upgrade to the latest version. Users who have installed from Github can replace openstatus-client with the latest version from the master branch of the repo. If you've made any customizations, please back up any changed files, as they'll be overwritten if you upgrade. For new installations, please see the install docs. As always, if you encounter issues, please open a new ticket.