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MiNiFi C++ agent updates

MiNiFi C++ agents have periodic software updates made available independent of the CEM releases.

This section lists major features and updates for the independent CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent release.

May 4, 2022

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.22.04 release includes:
  • Added support for the following processors:
    • ListFile (both Linux and Windows)
    • FetchFile (both Linux and Windows)
    • ProcFsMonitor (Linux only)
    • PutGCSObject (both Linux and Windows)
  • Improved the stability of ListenSyslog, and added support for running it on Windows.
  • When using the docker image, MiNiFi logs are now available from docker logs directly.
  • Added support for updating properties through EFM (CEM 1.4+).
  • The following issues are fixed:
    • MINIFICPP-1788: MergeContent now flushes old bins on expiration even without additional inputs.
    • MINIFICPP-1766: Fixed the bug that caused rollbacks when working with empty flowfiles.
    • MINIFICPP-1802: Removed unnecessary AWS calls on startup.
    • MINIFICPP-1773: Fixed the crash that could occur when using Provenance Repository in properties.
    • MINIFICPP-1675: Fixed the possible crash that could occur with large regex inputs.
  • Other small improvements and bug fixes.

March 22, 2022

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.22.03 release includes:
  • TailFile is now capable of collecting logs from Kubernetes
  • Support added for KubernetesControllerService
  • Support added for FetchAzureBlobStorage processor
  • DefragmentText is now capable of handling multiple inputs simultaneously

February 4, 2022

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.22.01 release includes:
  • Added support for the following processors:

    • DeleteAzureBlobStorage

    • DeleteAzureDataLakeStorage

    • FetchAzureDataLakeStorage

    • ListAzureDataLakeStorage

    • PutSplunkHTTP

    • QuerySplunkIndexingStatus

    • PutUDP

  • Added SASL/PLAIN mechanism support to Kafka processors
  • Fixed MINIFICPP-1692 - TLSSocket hangs when no more data is available

November 12, 2021

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.21.10 release includes:
  • Dynamic loading of extensions

    Extensions are loaded at startup. The MSI installer also provides options to select the ones you want to use.

  • Added ReplaceText processor
  • Added RouteText processor
  • Added DefragementText processor
  • Improved Azure credential handling
  • The release is available in docker image format as well

August 30, 2021

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.21.08 release includes:
  • AppendHostInfo is now supported on Windows
  • Added AttributesToJson processor
  • Added Funnels
  • Common binary for all unix systems

July 23, 2021

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.21.06 release includes:
  • Agent's configuration fingerprinting. You can enable a property in the agent's configuration so that a fingerprint of its configuration and flow definition is added to the heartbeat. It can be used to detect local changes made to a single agent compared to other agents belonging to the same class.
  • Repository encryption. You can enable encryption of the repositories used to persist the data being processed by the agents.
  • Support dropped for Ubuntu 16 and Debian 9.
  • Support added for Ubuntu 20 and Debian 10.

June 2, 2021

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.21.04 release includes:
  • Added PerformanceDataMonitor processor
  • Added ConsumeJournald processor
  • Added resource consumption data to heartbeat
  • Added 32 bit version of Windows installer
  • Fixed CVE-2021-33191

April 9, 2021

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.21.03 release includes:
  • Fix for PublishKafka processor to properly support expression language
  • Rewrite and performance improvements for the SQL processors

March 8, 2021

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.21.02 release includes:
  • Fix for PublishKafka processor
  • Outputting JSON data on one line in ConsumeWindowsEventLog processor

February 15, 2021

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.21.01 release includes:
  • Support for JSON output in the Consume Windows Even Log processor
  • Full Expression Language support on Windows
  • Full S3 support (List, Fetch, Get, Put)

December 16, 2020

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.20.11 release includes:
  • Optional integration with the Windows Certificate store to retrieve certificates to be used for the agent to EFM communication over HTTPS

    For more information, see Integrating with the Windows certificate store.

  • Optional capability to encrypt the flow definition when persisted on disk on the agent's host

    For more information, see Encrypt sensitive data.

November 16, 2020

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.20.10 release includes:
  • PutS3 processor to support sending data into AWS S3
  • Improvements on the ListenHTTP processor
  • Adding SNI information into raw TCP information during TLS handshake
  • Adding support for FlowFile v3 format in MergeContent processor to keep payload and flow file attributes when sending data using InvokeHTTP
  • Adding support for :format() expression language function on Windows hosts

October 14, 2020

CEM MiNiFi C++ Agent - 1.20.09 release includes:
  • The content repository now uses an implementation based on RocksDB
  • Fix on the security events caused by the agent when running on Windows
  • Improvement on the memory footprint of the agent
  • You can encrypt the sensitive properties of the MiNiFi C++ agent's configuration