We recently released version 10.3 of Applications Manager. Here I take you through the gist of what had gone into this release.

Support for monitoring VMware vFabric RabbitMQ

Applications Manager has included, VMware vFabric RabbitMQ, an enterprise messaging middleware from the vFabric family, to its list of supported monitors.

With support for monitoring vFabric RabbitMQ server, an ideal and increasingly popular messaging solution for cloud computing, we will now be able to ensure your RabbitMQ system is sending and receiving messages without any problems. It will aid you in tracking the performance of components like queues, messages, channels, connections and exchanges.

RabbitMQ Nodes

Now, with the support for monitoring vFabric tc Server and vFabric RabbitMQ, we are providing our customers have a common tool to monitor the SpringSource based applications.

Ability to use LDAP Server for User authentication  

User administration in Applications Manager has become easier. You can now import users from Active Directory using Active Directory (AD) authentication module. Users imported from the Active Directory can log in to Applications Manager using their Active Directory credentials.

Support for embedding different world map views

World Map Business View in Applications Manager now enables network administrators to have a visual representation of their distributed network across the globe. It provides them a geographical view of their business services.

Additional enhancements in this release include, the option to customize logo in reports, web client GUI enhancements and support for monitoring SSLv3 enabled websites in URL monitoring.

Here is a screenshot tour of our latest features. You can also check out the new version, by upgrading to the latest version of Applications Manager.

Try it out and post your comments on the new version.