This article applies as of PRTG 24 and multi-platform probe 2.0.0

Multi-platform probe release notes

For more information about the multi-platform probe, see the Multi-Platform Probe for PRTG manual.

August 6, 2024 - Multi-platform probe 2.0.0+12481

Requires as of PRTG 24.3.98.1210 and NATS Installer for PRTG 2.10.17

Features

• Introduce device template support
  • You can now add devices to a multi-platform probe using device templates. For this to work, the device template must fulfill two requirements:
    
    1. The sensors in the device template must all work on multi-platform probes.
    2.The sensors in the device template are device template capable. For a complete list, see the PRTG Manual: Available Sensor Types.
  • Currently, the multi-platform probe does not support devices templates from the following sensors:
    • Cisco WLC Access Point Overview
    • Cloud HTTP v2
    • Cloud Ping v2
    • Modbus RTU Custom
    • SNMP Custom v2

• Introduce limited auto-discovery
  • You cannot use default device templates with the multi-platform probe because most default device templates do not use sensors that the multi-platform probe support. If you make a custom device template with supported sensors, you can add an auto-discovery group:
    • Use the Auto-discovery with specific device templates option in Add an Auto-Discovery Group.
    • Run auto-discovery with a device template from the device's context menu.

• Add RHEL packages to the Paessler Linux package repository
• Add support for the Cisco WLC Access Point Overview sensor

Changes

• Improved RPM environmental variable configuration
  • We have changed the example of the NATS__URL configuration in the config.env file from an IP address example to a named address example because TLS only works with URLs.
• Remove support for CentOS

April 16, 2024 - Multi-platform probe 1.0.0

The multi-platform probe is now stable!

Features

• Introduce the Paessler Linux package repository
  • You can now download and install Debian and Ubuntu packages directly from the package repository with your package manager.
• Add the Multi-Platform Probe Connection Health (Autonomous) sensor

Changes

• Reintroduce support for the HPE3 PAR sensors (HPE 3PAR Common Provisioning Group, HPE 3PAR Drive Enclosure, and HPE 3PAR Virtual Volume).
• Remove support for Debian 10 and RHEL 8

February 28, 2024 - Multi-platform probe 0.20.0

Features

• Add the Multi-Platform Probe Health sensor
• Add the System Health v2 sensor
• Probe adapter integration in PRTG
  • You can now configure the connection of your PRTG core server to the NATS server via the PRTG UI. Your system must run as of PRTG 24.1.93.
• Add the Scan Now feature

Changes

• Multi-platform probes no longer pause when the PRTG core server restarts.
• Logs are more structured and less redundant.
• The NATS server installer now supports unattended installation.

Known issues

• If you want to uninstall the multi-platform probe from a RHEL system, you must first deactivate it with the following command: sudo systemctl disable --now prtg.mpprobe.service

If you uninstalled the multi-platform probe without deactivating it first, you will need to reinstall the multi-plaform probe, wait until it connects, and then deactivate it. Then you can run the command to remove it from your system.

• If you delete a multi-platform probe and want to restore it or if you accidentally click Deny instead of Accept on the PRTG web instance, you must restart the multi-platform probe with the following command: sudo systemctl restart prtg.mpprobe.service
  • Note: Make sure the multi-platform probe you wish to restore is not on the Deny GUIs list found under Setup | System Administration | Core & Probes | Probe Connection Settings.

Feburary 22, 2024

Change

• Update the NATS server included in the NATS server for Paessler PRTG Windows installer to version 2.10.11
  • Fixes CVE-2023-46129. For more information, see NVD - CVE-2023-46129

January 15, 2024 – Multi-platform probe 0.19.0

Features

• Add the Soffico Orchestra Scenario sensor.

Security

• Add support for encrypted TLS connection to the NATS server. TLS is the new default security.
  • For more information on how to create a TLS certificate, see How can I create a TLS certificate?

Bug fixes

• Correct the version output that displays when using sudo /opt/paessler/mpprobe/prtgmpprobe --version.

Improvements

• The NATS Server is now installed via an MSI installer.

Changes

• Remove support for the HPE3 PAR sensors (HPE 3PAR Common Provisioning Group, HPE 3PAR Drive Enclosure, andHPE 3PAR Virtual Volume). These have been temporarily removed due to a bug that causes the entire multi-platform probe to crash. We are working to add support for these sensors back as soon as possible.

September 27, 2023 – Multi-Platform Probe 0.17.1

• Release the multi-platform probe in beta

• Improve various internal processes

• Add the SNMP Traffic v2 sensor

July 19, 2023 - Multi-platform probe 0.17

• Release multi-platform probe in alpha
• Improve security
  • Runs with minimal capabilities
• Add support for Linux packages in .deb and .rpm
  • Note: If you had previously installed the multi-platform probe via the Linux installation script, you must uninstall it before you attempt to install the newest version.
  • Create a dedicated user account
    Note: This could affect existing Script v2 sensors on the multi-platform probe.
  • Move install location to /opt/paessler
  • Change logging system to journald
• Remove Windows compatibility
  • For Windows, please continue to use the remote probe.
• Fix an issue with the NATS service file on CentOS
• Add the SNMP Custom v2, SNMP Disk Free v2, and SNMP Uptime v2 sensors

February 16, 2023 - Multi-platform probe 0.16

• Add the Script v2 sensor
• Add example scripts for the Script v2 sensor
• Add the HTTP v2 and Ping v2 sensors
• Fix several installation issues

February 2022

• Add support for ARM-based systems
  • This enables you to deploy your probe on systems like Raspberry Pi, AWS EC2 with Graviton CPU, and NAS systems.

December 2021

• Release multi-platform probe in early alpha
• You can use the following sensors with the multi-platform probe: