Infrastructure agent v1.14.0

December 15, 2020

Notes

A new version of the agent has been released. Follow standard procedures to update the Infrastructure agent.
New Relic recommends that you upgrade the agent regularly and at a minimum every 3 months.

Changed

Integration protocol v4:
- Log entity registration errors / warning only when debug is enabled.
- Fix logic that checks max entity batch in bytes.
#224 Allow list of infrastructure event fields restructured as deny list so that additional fields can be included.
#235 Updated HTTP API to support all kind of integration payload versions, added support for exposing integrations API via raw TCP socket.
#268 Update curl version to fix CVEs
Bundled integrations:
- Flex integration has been updated to version 1.3.7. For more information, see the nri-flex changelog.
- Docker integration has been updated to version 1.4.1. For more information, see the nri-docker changelog.
Log forwarder:
- #255 Parser renamed to filter.
- #255 Removed deprecated folder parameter.

Added

Secrets management & environment variables support:
- #251 Agent configuration now supports secrets to manage sensitive settings (databind variables block). See Secrets Management documentation
- #260 #263 #266 Added environment-variables replacement support for agent & integration configuration files.
  - Replacement of env-vars for agent config file using double curly braces {{ ENV_VAR }}.
  - Env-vars replacement happens before YAML is parsed or databind (secrets/variables engine) runs.
- #258 Added New Relic CLI obfuscated support for secrets. See obfuscated provider in Secrets management documentation.