RHQ 4.0 Beta1
This is the first beta of the upcoming RHQ 4.0 release. It is meant for developers and interested parties to have a first look at the new GUI, to see the GWT technology in action, and hopefully to attract contributors that want to help shape the future of RHQ.
 | Not for Production Use
There are still areas of the GUI that are rough and unfinished, so please do not use this beta in production! |
| If you previously used an earlier RHQ 4.0 developer preview release, you must clear your browser's cache prior to using the RHQ 4.0 Beta1 GUI! For example, in Firefox, press Ctrl-Shift-Del and then choose to clear everything from the cache. |
New Features (since RHQ 3.0)
- new SmartGWT-based GUI
- 100% AJAX Web 2.0
- internationalized (currently includes English and German localized messages)
- multiple customized dashboards can be saved
- enhanced scheduling for operations, including support for cron expressions
- "message center" provides a history of GUI messages from the current session
- configuration editor now supports editing lists of simple properties
- support for Postgres 9.0
- support for deleting Agent plugins
- support for executing an RHQ CLI script when an alert fires (for more info, see this blog)
- improved authorization for content repositories - public/private repos, repo owners, and MANAGE_REPOSITORIES priv
Known Issues
- User documentation on the RHQ wiki has not been updated yet - it still documents RHQ 3.0.
- Some error messages will be masked and instead print "InvocationTargetException: please see server log for more details", but the server log may not necessarily provide more details.
- The installer shows some non-replaced {} properties.
- Some properties are editable when viewing a configuration in read-only mode.
- Clicking Reset button on user or role edit view results in an error.
- Unable to login via ldap. for more info see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682755
For a list of issues that still exist in the very latest RHQ 4.0 code, see Bugzilla.
Download
You can download the release here.