Werk #2410: ESX / agent_vsphere: Now able to re-use session cookies

Component

Checks & agents

Title

ESX / agent_vsphere: Now able to re-use session cookies

Date

Jul 22, 2015

Level

Trivial Change

Class

New Feature

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

1.2.7i3 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The agent_vsphere now reuses the session cookie as long as possible. This prevents large amounts of Logon/Logoff messages in the vCenter log.

Whenever the cookie gets invalid the agent starts from the beginning, carries out a normal login and refreshes the outdated cookie.