Ntppool-agent 4.1.3 is less verbose

Monitoring Operators
1

I’m not sure if this change is intended (it may or may not be), but ntppool-agent 4.1.3 is less verbose than 4.1.2 and older versions.

Before:

ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=1
ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v6 monitor_ip=xxx count=4
ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="ntp error" env=prod ip_version=v6 batchID=01KPD3YJ6BX5VC59F0R686QRA9 server=2a05:dfc1:3ccc:6fe6::123 err="network: i/o timeout"
ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v6 monitor_ip=xxx count=8
ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=30
ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v6 monitor_ip=xxx count=1
ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v6 monitor_ip=xxx count=10
ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=WARN msg="dns lookup failed" env=prod ip_version=v6 host=uklon5-ntp-002.aaplimg.com err="lookup uklon5-ntp-002.aaplimg.com on 127.0.0.1:53: no such host" trace_id=41014188b08e6c847e9e57311bfd5ed2 span_id=a9368404cbd49289
ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=28
ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=2
ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg=local-check env=prod ip_version=v6 failures=0 threshold=3 hosts=7 trace_id=41014188b08e6c847e9e57311bfd5ed2 span_id=a9368404cbd49289
ntppool-agent[2643477]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=test ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=2
ntppool-agent[2643488]: level=INFO msg="batch processing" env=prod ip_version=v4 monitor_ip=xxx count=12

Now:

ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: ntp error
ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: dns lookup failed
ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: local-check
ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: batch processing
ntppool-agent[2936471]: ntp error

So it looks like it’ll log only the “msg” part of the previous log message entries.

2

There’s now an even newer version available. 4.1.4. Do you still see the issue with that one?

I saw something similar recently, but had the impression it had been going on for a while already, so not sure it was related to 4.1.3, and now I can’t find it anymore to investigate… :grimacing:

I now have three monitors running on 4.1.4 (2x production, 1x test), and so far, all look ok to me… :crossed_fingers:

3

4.1.4 seems to work OK and so did 4.1.2. Only 4.1.3 had this issue.

Marking this issue as solved.

4

Thanks @avij.

@MagicNTP had pointed out (elsewhere) that the agent wasn’t very collaborative with basic journald features. I fixed that in 4.1.3, but it got a bit “too collaborative” in hiding the log attributes in journald meta-data. In 4.1.4 I added them back as part of the text (they should still be attributes as well for filtering etc).

5

Is there a reason why APT sticks to 4.1.2?

I did and apt update/upgrade of Debian Trixie but it doesn’t upgrade to a newer level.

6

Versions 4.1.3 and above are currently only available in the testing repositories. For Debian, it’s probably ntppool-test. 4.1.2 is currently the newest version that is in the production repos.

7

So how can I download official binary without rpm/deb? The former download site is no longer active, and I cannot find direct download link from Gemfury repo. After all I can only upgrade my agent binary by building it myself…

8

You could download the RPM or deb package and extract the binary from there if the need is urgent.

9

Hi @alica – the release process (in .woodpecker and scripts/) need to create a small html page or some such at a fixed path.

For now the latest release (4.1.5) is here – replace the filename with the relevant filename from the text file: https://builds.ntppool.dev/ntppool-agent/builds/release/29/checksums.txt

10

Also, 4.1.5 release notes and 4.1.3 (.4 was a bug-fix to the journald feature in .13 as described above).

11

Did not find the actual cause, but the official Linux i386 binary is not run-able on my non-SSE2 machine, while my build from Github v4.1.5 tag works… All I did to cross compile in Raspberry Pi is:
GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 GO386=softfloat go build ./cmd/ntppool-agent