Take a Look at Pulse through the Latest Version!

Pulse 3.7.x

Pulse v3.7.125th June, 2025

Kafka 3

Pulse Kafka 3 supports scram-based authentication.

Hive Hook

Introduced an updated Hive hook jar (version 1.2.3) with minor improvements. It ensures that jobs continue to run without failure even if the ad-events service is unavailable.

Pulse v3.7.024th April, 2025

Monitors

Kafka 3 on KRaft or Zookeeper Observability: Added monitoring support for Kafka 3 on KRaft or Zookeeper, including JMX metrics for KRaft Controller.

HDFS Small File Size Configuration: Introduced configurable small file size threshold using hdfs.analytics.file.size.

Spark v3 on YARN: Added support for Spark v3 on YARN in ODP 3.3.6.0-1.

NiFi Registry Logging: Enabled automated logging of NiFi Registry into the Pulse Server.

YARN Optimizer

Static Queue Optimization: Added support for optimizing static queues in YARN capacity schedulers.

Dashplots

Slack Integration for Dashplot Reports: Dashplot reports can now be sent via Slack.

Highlighting in Custom Dashplots: Added support to highlight data in Dashplots based on values and conditions.

APIs

API for Pulse Version: New API introduced to fetch Pulse version details.

Pulse 3.6.x

Pulse v3.6.610th June, 2025

HDFS

Pulse supports processing larger DS and NS quota values up to exabytes (19 digits), enhancing its ability to handle high-volume data workloads.

Pulse v3.6.51st June, 2025

Alerts

Added alerting support for the namenode_topuser_opcounts_count metric to track high RPC activity per user and call type.

Dashplots

Custom Dashplots now support conditional row/column highlighting with configurable color codes.

Added visualization for HDFS DS and NS quota usage in Path Analysis charts.

Impala

Added Statistics Corrupt and Statistics Missing metrics to the Impala Queries pages.

Encryption Support

Added support for encrypting LDAP bind passwords with the encryptedPassword=true parameter and updating them in configuration files.

Added support for encrypting SSL passphrases for GraphQL and updating them in configuration files.

Pulse v3.6.325th March, 2025

Dashplots

Custom Dashboards: The Storage I/O Metrics and HDFS I/O Metrics dashboards are now available by default on the Dashplots page.

Pulse v3.6.220th March, 2025

Impala

Optimized performance for the Impala Connector.

Pulse v3.6.118th March, 2025

Enhancements

YARN now honors the configured Node memory limit in Ambari to reduce OOM risks.

Logs page now supports page number editing to jump directly to the specific page and first/last page navigation icons.

Pulse is certified for JDK-11, bringing better performance and compatibility.

Support for Spark 3.5.2 in standalone environments is now available.

Pulse v3.6.0February 21, 2025

New Pulse Alerts

The new alerts have been introduced to enhance system monitoring and ensure optimal performance:

The Pulse Alerts now support regex matching in filters.

Reports and Dashboard

Introduced a capability to generate and download a Pulse Stock Report to verify the number of applications running, their status, the hosts on which they are running, and other relevant details.

Introduced the NiFi API Summary Dashboard, which distinguishes between external and internal API requests.

Actions and Executions

Introduced the Yarn Application Auto-Killer action, which automatically terminates Yarn applications that exceed predefined conditions.

Enhanced Action Execution Tracking for killed queries by highlighting them in red, enabling detailed insights and easy navigation to related components.

The “Move Pending App Queue” action now supports multiple destination queues, intelligently selecting the one with the most available resources while ensuring job submission permissions.

Enables cleanup of HDFS and local files by configuring the last access date (atime) in the respective actions, streamlining file management.

Introduced Cron Generator on Actions to simplify scheduling and managing tasks with precise time intervals.

Several new parameters have been added to the HDFS Balancer Playbook, enhancing its customizability and scalability.

Notification

Enables to configure multiple Xmatters groups and keys using the accelo config alerts notifications command.

Enhanced Quantum Notification details by including environment or cluster information in the ticket when an alert is raised.

Security

Enhanced security by masking the spark.authenticate.secret in the Pulse UI > Spark > Jobs Compare Metrics section.

Visualization and User Experience

Enables to create dashplot or visualization for Impala Kill Queries and YARN Kill Applications, providing deeper insights into query termination patterns.

Enhanced the "View in Context" option in Logs UI for a more comprehensive and seamless log viewing experience.

Other Enhancements

Optimized the ad-alerts component with various mechanisms to enhance the overall stability and performance of the system.

Supports downloading over 10K rows of data in CSV or XLSX format for modules like Tez Queries, Spark Jobs, Impala Queries, and Yarn Application Explorer without RM Live.

Displays the total driver runtime for Spark jobs in the Spark Jobs Timeline section, enhancing visibility into driver execution runtime.

Introduced the Queue-Level Job Details to display the top applications utilizing the most queue capacity within the selected interval.

Pulse 3.5.x

Pulse v3.5.330th January, 2025

Enhancements

The utiliseFQDNYarnOptimise flag has been introduced in the configuration file of Yarn App Metrics.

Pulse v3.5.214 January, 2025

Enhancements

Pulse now allows you to override specific information in the default-endpoints.yml file.

New Changes

Upgraded the Ubuntu Base Image of the containers (Logstash, Elastic, and MongoDB) from version 23.04 to 24.04

Pulse v3.5.122nd November, 2024

Security Enhancements

This release strengthens security on the Pulse Agent by enforcing strict file ownership and permissions within the directory.

This release enhances security by removing the default plain text passwords from the template or configuration files to avoid access to unauthorized users.

Other Enhancements

This release supports Yarn Optimizer on the CDP distribution.

This release splits the Agents summary into individual Agents Summary.

Improved the Yarn Optimization workflow by allowing you to configure the OverCommit Connection Timeout Value to the pipeline.

New Changes

Upgraded the Postgres version from 12.X to 16.4.

Pulse v3.5.031st October, 2024

New and Enhanced Observability

Airflow

Pulse now enhances the real-time observability capabilities for the NiFi and Impala services.

New Capabilities

Introduced the Yarn Optimizer capability designed to enhance the performance of Yarn Clusters by optimizing the allocation of memory for yarn jobs, leading to a significant performance improvement.

Introduced the Auditing capability to show the Agent and Pulse statistics such as hosts where the Agent status is down, page login activity, the most viewed pages of Pulse, etc.

Pulse collects the Impala coordinator metrics to create dashboards and alerts.

Introduced the new action runbooks such as Perform HDFS Non Admin Operations, HDFS Top 10 Directories, and Kerberos to automate tasks.

Enhancements

Pulse supports notifications via the Big Panda notification channel.

Enhanced the HDFS Filtering Records Capability to filter files and folders.

The Actions Service workflow has been improved.

New Changes

The new steps are available to deploy Playbooks using the command: accelo deploy playbooks.

Pulse 3.4.x

Pulse v3.4.529th October 2024

Enhancements

Enhanced Pulse Agent Security – Restricts access to /opt/pulse files for improved security.

Secured Template Files – Removes default plain-text passwords to prevent unauthorized access.

Yarn Optimizer Support for CDP – Enables port configuration for Yarn Optimizer on the CDP distribution.

Improved Yarn OverCommit Timeout Handling – Ensures stability by reverting memory if optimization fails.

Pulse v3.4.327th August 2024

Enhancements

Standalone Pulse Add-ons Deployment – Deploy Ad-alerts, Ad-notifications, and Ad-director on standalone nodes for faster processing.

Total Directory Size in HDFS Explorer – View the total size of the current directory dynamically on the HDFS > File Explorer page.

Multi-KDC Multi-Node Deployment Support – Enables deployment of ad-connectors in GraphQL across multiple KDCs and nodes.

Executor Placement Strategy for Yarn Optimizer – Distributes workloads based on free memory, reducing allocation skew in Yarn scheduling.

Queue Capacity Strategy for Yarn Optimizer – Triggers overallocation only when Yarn queues are heavily loaded or memory is low.

Optimized Yarn Optimization Calculation – Excludes removed or unhealthy nodes from Yarn Optimization to enhance accuracy.

Pulse v3.4.15th July 2024

Enhancements

Upgraded HDFS File Explorer – Introduces infinite scrolling and batch data retrieval for seamless browsing.

Enhanced Visibility Controls – Adds a toggle to reveal hidden or empty folders in the file system.

Pulse v3.4.018th June 2024

New Features

(Beta) Introduced Yarn Optimizer – Optimizes memory usage on the Yarn cluster for better performance.

Pulse on Kubernetes – Enables deployment on Kubernetes (v1.26+), simplifying orchestration.

Enhancements

Kafka Mirror Maker

Improved Actions Service Architecture – Enables OS-agnostic execution of actions without SSH dependency.

Database Backup & Restore – Supports manual backups for MongoDB and VictoriaDB to ensure data recovery.

New Notification Channels – Supports Quantum and xMatters for enhanced alerting.

Elasticsearch Security Upgrade – Strengthens security to prevent information disclosure vulnerabilities.

Enhanced Yarn Search Capability – Provides dynamic search suggestions and advanced filtering options.

Improved Hive Visibility – Adds charts for Hive Metastore and Hive Server2 insights in the Tez Dashboard.

Yarn NodeManager Metrics Alerts – Allows alert creation based on specific Yarn NodeManager metrics.

Real-time Impala Runtime Metrics – Enables dynamic monitoring with enhanced performance insights.

Automated Elastic Data Migration – Introduces accelo migrate command for seamless version upgrades.

(Beta) New UI Facelift – Introduces a fresh, intuitive, and user-friendly interface.

Pulse 3.3.x

Pulse v3.3.2326th June, 2024

Enhancements

Pulse now allows you to override specific information in the default-endpoints.yml file.

Pulse v3.3.223rd June, 2024

Enhancements

Enabled persistent configuration storage and seamless YARN RM node switching with MongoDB-backed algorithm behavior.

Pulse v3.3.927th May, 2024

Enhancements

Enhanced ES Client Connection: GraphQL ES client now supports a comma-separated list of hosts without ports.

Multi-Node Elasticsearch Support: Enabled multi-node Elasticsearch connectivity via updated configurations.

New Oozie Schema Field: Added support for non-default Oozie database schemas in configuration files.

Zookeeper Automation in NiFi: Automated Zookeeper Service configuration for NiFi Standalone via Pulse CLI.

Pulse Java Services Performance: Improved MongoDB performance with a shared connection pool per service.

Pulse v3.3.2115th May, 2024

Enhancements

Added HDFS Utilization chart to display used, total storage capacity, and usage percentage.

Pulse v3.3.831st March, 2024

Enhancements

xMatters Integration: Added xMatters notification channel for streamlined incident alerts and actions. New Stock Alert: Introduced YARN_LONG_RUNNING_JOB_WITH_FILTERS alert for monitoring long-duration Yarn jobs. MapReduce Query Trends Enhancement: Improved Query Trends chart performance by removing the DelayTime field. Table Usage Chart Update: Added a date picker to filter data by specific date ranges on the Databases page.

Pulse v3.3.2025th March, 2024

Enhancements

MongoDB Shard Cluster: Implemented shard clustering for improved data distribution, availability, and scalability.

Query Count Chart Enhancement: Added a date picker to filter data by specific date ranges.

Yarn Optimizer & Metrics Agent: Enhanced security and configuration for better deployment flexibility.

Retention Logging: Config changes now logged in logs/accelo.log for better tracking.

Tez Query Filtering: Enabled exclusion of specific connection verification queries for streamlined data collection.

Storage Efficiency: Optimized yarn_yarnapp_lifecycle collection to reduce storage usage.

Pulse v3.3.66th March, 2024

Enhancements

Impala Queries Runbook (CDP): Introduced a runbook to terminate Impala queries based on predefined conditions.

Kill Impala Queries by Query ID: Enabled termination of Impala queries using query IDs.

IMPALA_NOT_ALLOWED_QUERIES Alert: Added an alert to detect and trigger actions on restricted Impala query patterns.

Pulse v3.3.57th February, 2024

Enhancements

Enhanced Pulse Data Visualization: Improved Pulse with better stability, UI/UX, and data pipelines across key components like NiFi, Tez, Yarn, HDFS, and more.

Advanced Spark Jobs Metrics: Upgraded Spark Jobs Metrics pipeline for improved efficiency and deeper job insights.

Enhancements for ODP: Pulse v3.3.5 is now officially verified for Acceldata’s Open Data Platform (ODP).

Pulse v3.3.45th December, 2023

Enhancements

Optimized Pulse UI Performance: Improved UI responsiveness for smoother navigation of long-duration data on the Spark Job Details page.

Pulse v3.3.323rd November, 2023

Enhancements

Improved Spark Standalone Installation: Simplified integration of Spark Standalone clusters into Pulse with a consistent setup process.

View Spark Standalone Application Logs: Added support to view Spark Standalone stage logs directly in the LogSearch page.

Introduced Node Monitoring: Enabled infrastructure monitoring for individual nodes in Pulse.

Introduced .Log Download Format: Logs can now be downloaded in .log format with extended context up to 200 lines.

Pulse v3.3.21st December, 2023

Enhancements

Optimized Pulse UI Performance: Improved UI performance for smoother viewing of long-duration data in Yarn Chargeback Reports.

Enhanced Container Security: Added support to enable readOnlyRootFSEnabled in accelo.yml for tighter container security.

Pulse v3.3.011th October, 2023

Tez

View YARN Schedule Delay Time: Added a Delay Time widget on Tez Query Details to show YARN scheduling delays.

Highlight Tables with Small Files: Identifies tables with small files across query pages with recommendations provided.

View Long-Running Applications: Displays start and end times for long-running YARN apps in Application Explorer.

Group Tez Queries by Queue: Added ability to group Tez and MapReduce queries by Queue in the Group By menu.

New Improved DAG: Updated DAG visualization on Tez Query Details for better query execution insights.

New Mapper Scan Duration Column: Shows min, max, and average vertex runtime for each query UID.

View User Details: Added a Users column on Tez Table Details to list users accessing the tables.

Kafka

View Consumer Rebalancing Data: Pulse now displays reasons for Kafka consumer rebalancing events for better visibility and troubleshooting.

Dashplots and Dashboards

View Long-Running Containers: View and filter long-running containers that exceed threshold limits in Pulse.

View Delta Files: Displays the count of delta files in tables on the Database Table Details page.

Download Data from Dashboards: Enables downloading of chart data across YARN, Tez, Spark, and more.

Configure Step Interval: Allows configuration of step intervals (minutes to weeks) for global time selection.

Compare Chart Data: Compare chart data across multiple time periods, like current vs. previous month.

Alerts and Actions

Pause Alert Notifications: Allows pausing of alert notifications for a defined time period to suppress noise.

New Predefined Alerts: Introduced KAFKA_CONSUMER_GROUP_NO_CONSUMPTION and FS_SNAPSHOT_ANALYSIS_REPORT as new predefined alerts.

YARN

New Queue Usage By User Chart: Added a bar graph on the YARN Summary page to show queue consumption per user.

New Predefined Alerts: Introduced KAFKA_CONSUMER_GROUP_NO_CONSUMPTION and FS_SNAPSHOT_ANALYSIS_REPORT as new predefined alerts.

Databases

New “Usage Count” Column: Shows how many times each column was used across all queries in the Column Details table.

New “Hive Locks” Section: Displays real-time lock information on tables in the new Hive Locks section.

New Columns and Widgets: Added detailed metrics like table size, file count, partitions, and columns to the Database Table Details view.

Pulse 3.2.x

Pulse v3.2.1416 February, 2024

Enhancements

Quantum Ticketing Integration: Integrated Pulse Alerts and Actions with Quantum Ticketing to auto-raise and clear incidents on the Quantum platform.

Pulse v3.2.09 May, 2023

Spark

New Concurrent Jobs Section: Displays parallel applications running in the same queue on the Spark Job Details page.

New Concurrent Jobs Section: Displays parallel applications running in the same queue on the Spark Job Details page.

View Reason for Blank Job Details: Provides reasons and guidance when Spark Job Details page appears blank.

Compare Any Two Spark Executions: Allows comparison between any two Spark job executions, not limited to the last 10.

New DAG Chart: Visualizes the task execution flow in a DAG hierarchy on the Spark Job Details page.

New Nodes Tab: Shows a list of unhealthy nodes associated with the application in the new Nodes tab.

Hive

View Hive Audit Logs: Introduced a new page in Pulse to display Hive audit logs for enhanced auditability.

Alerts and Actions

New Stock Alerts: Added HIVE_QUERIES_HDFS_BYTES_READ and HIVE_QUERIES_HDFS_BYTES_WRITTEN as new stock alerts.

New Predefined Alerts: Introduced five predefined alerts including YARN_QUEUE_CAPACITY_USAGE and SPARK_EXECUTOR_NODE_BLACKLISTED.

New Runbooks: Added runbooks to kill YARN apps exceeding thresholds and to move pending apps to different queues.

Clear JIRA Status Automatically: Pulse now auto-sets JIRA ticket status to "Done" once the related incident is resolved.

Pass Arguments from Alerts to Actions: Supports passing dynamic alert values to override default action configs for auto-actions.

Export and Import Actions: Allows exporting actions as JSON and importing them across clusters with generic value mappings.

YARN

New Queue Usage By User Chart: Added a bar chart on the YARN Capacity page to show per-user queue consumption.

HDFS

New Last Modified File Count Chart (HDFS): Added a chart on the HDFS Analytics page to show file modification counts based on selected time periods.

Databases

Filter Tables by Created Time (Databases): Enabled filtering of tables by creation time on the Database page for easier data exploration.

Dashplots and Dashboards

Improved Search Bar: Enhanced search functionality with partial string match and NOT IN operator across multiple pages.

Retain Visualization after Dashboard Deletion: Visualizations are retained if the Deep Delete checkbox is disabled when deleting a dashboard.

New Filter Operators on Dashplot: Introduced equals, not equals, and NOT IN filter options on the Dashplot page.

Reporting Feature: Added report scheduling for dashboards and visualizations with hourly to monthly frequencies via dashplots-studio.

Pass Arguments from Alerts to Actions: Supports passing dynamic alert values to override default action configs for auto-actions.

Download Visualization Data: Enabled downloading of data directly from visualizations on dashboards.

CLI

Ability to Use Gauntlet: Introduced Gauntlet component for deleting Elasticsearch indices and purging/compacting MongoDB collections.

New CLI Commands: Added accelo admin override, accelo config actions notifications, and accelo admin database migrate.

New Option in Kerberos Config Command: Added -u flag to update Kerberos user in Pulse container files via CLI.

Deploy Monitoring Stack: Introduced optional Pulse Monitoring Stack for enhanced system monitoring and observability.

Pulse 3.1.x

Pulse v3.1.26 June, 2023

Enhancements

Support for Postgres Database: Pulse now supports using Postgres as the Hive metastore database.

Pulse v3.1.01 April, 2023

Platform

View Hive Audit Logs: Introduced a new page in Pulse to display Hive audit logs for enhanced auditability.

CLI

New CLI Command for Missing Data: Added accelo report application to generate reports on missing data in Pulse.

Additional FSAnalytics Variables: Introduced new configurable variables for the FSAnalytics container.

New -a Option in Migrate Command: Enables multi-cluster migration automation using the -a flag in accelo migrate.

Hyphen Support in Cluster Names: Cluster names can now include hyphens without breaking the reconfig cluster command.

Pulse 3.0.x

Pulse v3.0.025 November, 2022

Oozie

Oozie Observability: Pulse now integrates with Oozie, providing dashboards and metrics for Bundle, Coordinator, and Workflow jobs.

Enhanced Oozie Features: Added capabilities to map Oozie IDs, debug workflows, view job definitions, and manage SLA requirements.

Dashboard

Dashboard Reporting Capabilities: Users can now schedule and email dashboards as attachments via Dashplots.

New PULSE-AGENT-STATS Dashboard: Introduced a dashboard to monitor Pulse agent CPU, memory, state, and configuration updates.

New HIVE-SERVICE-SUMMARY Dashboard: Added a new dashboard to visualize critical Hive service metrics.

Others

Application Log Link in Alerts: Alerts now include a direct link to application logs in the Pulse Log section.

Redirection to Consumer Group: Group Details button on Topic Details now redirects to the selected consumer group’s details.

Type-in Search for Kafka Lag Chart: Kafka Dashboard's lag chart now supports time-based validation and type-in search.

Improved Search Behavior: Enhanced search functionality for more precise and one-click results.

Terminate Jobs by Memory/Vcore: New action added to kill YARN apps exceeding memory or Vcore thresholds.

Color-coded HDFS Capacity Trend: HDFS usage trends now displayed with color-coding based on consumed capacity.

Pulse 2.2.x

Pulse v2.2.522 December, 2022

Enhancements

Pulse is now improved with Tez and LLAP latency enhancements.

Pulse v2.2.127 July, 2022

Enhancements

Hive Connection Count Alerts: Pulse now supports alerts for Hive Connection Count metrics.

YARN Long-Running Job Alerts: New alert added for YARN jobs running beyond a defined threshold time.

Zombie LLAP Daemon Alert: Alert introduced to detect and notify about Zombie Hive LLAP Daemon processes.

Pulse v2.2.020 July, 2022

YARN

YARN Summary Tab: A new Yarn Summary tab provides key performance indicators for clusters and nodes.

Live Queue Distribution: Real-time hierarchy and metric values now shown via the Live Queue Distribution graph.

Application Explorer

YARN Application Detail Page: Clicking on App ID in YARN Application Explorer now opens detailed view of running applications.

Tez

Query Execution Summary Chart: A new chart shows time taken at each execution stage on the Tez Query Details page.

DAG Comparison: You can now compare two DAGs side-by-side to optimize query flows.

New Tez Filters: Memory and VCore filters added to the Sankey chart in the Tez Dashboard.

Logs

Download More Log Data: You can now download up to 2000 rows of log data as a spreadsheet from the Pulse Log page.

Kafka

Total Replica Fetcher Lag Metric: A new metric on the Kafka Topic page shows the lag in messages per follower replica.

HBase

New HBase Replication Metrics: Pulse now displays detailed replication metrics on the HBase Region Server listing page.

Cluster-Level Compaction Trends: A new graph on the HBase Dashboard shows compaction trends across the cluster with adjustable view options.

Others

Data Migration from InfluxDB to VictoriaMetrics: Pulse now supports migrating data from InfluxDB to VictoriaMetrics for improved performance and scalability.

New Table Temp Chart in Hive File Analytics: A bar chart named Table Temp has been added to show file temperature based on modification dates.

Password-Based SSH Authentication: Users can now create SSH keys with password-based authentication in the SSH tab under User Management.

Pulse 2.1.x

Pulse v2.1.028 April, 2022

Actions

Kerberos Support for Actions: Pulse now allows enabling Kerberos authentication for Actions to support secure environments.

Display of Kerberos-Enabled List: A new checkbox in Create Actions displays all Kerberos profiles configured, making selection easier.

New Playbook to Kill Long-Running Tez Queries: A new playbook is available to automatically terminate long-running Tez queries.

Alerts

New YARN Alert Group by App Name: Alerts can now be grouped by yarn_application_name for better organization.

CLI Supports Multiple Emails: You can now add multiple email addresses for notifications using the CLI.

HBase Master Failover Alert: New predefined alert HBASE_MASTER_FAILOVER added to track master switch events.

Hive Interactive Endpoint Check: New alert HIVE_INTERACTIVE_ENDPOINT_CHECK monitors HiveServer2 interactive availability.

Hive JVM Heap Usage Alert: Pulse raises alerts if Hive interactive server heap usage exceeds thresholds.

Global Default Email for Alerts: Use a global default email config in the alert notification wizard.

Bulk Enable/Disable Alerts: Alerts can now be enabled or disabled in bulk from the listing page.

Bulk Enable/Disable Notifications: Notifications can now be toggled in bulk using checkboxes.

Jira Integration for Alerts: Pulse now supports Jira integration directly from the Create Alerts Notification wizard.

Other Enhancements

YARN Capacity Metric Options: Users can now view avg, min, and max for VCore and Memory usage per user on the YARN Capacity dashboard.

Help Links in UI: Pulse UI now includes direct links to help guides and API documentation.

Impala Query Grouping: Impala Queries page now supports grouping by Resource Pool and User.

Keytab Upload Support: Pulse now allows uploading Keytab files for streamlined Kerberos authentication.

Node Page Search Bar: A new search bar has been added to the Nodes page for easier filtering.

Saved Tez Query Searches: Tez Queries page now supports saving search parameters for quicker access.

Pulse 2.0.x

Pulse v2.0.014 March, 2022

Hydra Agent

Introduction of Hydra for SSH Access: Pulse 2.0 introduces Hydra, a major enhancement designed to simplify and secure SSH access to cluster nodes. The Hydra Agent supports both CDP and non-CDP platforms, offering easy deployment and maintenance for users. This marks a significant milestone in Pulse’s evolution.

Alerts

New Notification Channels: Pulse now supports Telegram, Line, and ServiceNow as additional notification channels for alerts.

Tooltips for Predefined Alerts: A description tooltip now appears under the Edit Alert section for predefined alerts, helping users understand the alert variables.

YARN_LONG_RUNNING_JOB – Triggers on unusually long-running YARN jobs.

Kafka

Kafka Capacity Planning now suggests required broker count based on utilization.

New Kafka Offline Partitions page displays topics with offline partitions.

Kafka Consumers page now includes a new column called Time Lag.

Two new charts added to Kafka Topic Details: Topic Partition and Broker Disk Distribution.

Impala

Impala Queries page now supports filtering by Resource Pool.

Impala Daemon page now includes Memory Limit and Memory Over Limit charts.

Impala Dashboard shows average admission wait time for queries.

Impala data is now grouped and displayed by Resource Pool.

New Impala Resource Pool properties are now viewable in the Impala Dashboard.

CLI

CLI now supports setting custom retention time for execution logs.

CLI can now install/uninstall Hydra agent and deploy Hydra server as an addon.

CLI now allows purging MongoDB data after a specified time period.

VictoriaMetrics data now has a default retention policy of 31 days.

adpulse is now the only user-added agent component for Hadoop node installations.

Actions

New HDFS Balance Runbook helps balance data load across HDFS nodes.

New DNS Lookup Runbook checks forward and reverse DNS resolution for hosts.

New Hive Canary Check Runbook monitors daily Hive query runtimes and triggers alerts on discrepancies.

Tez

New tab added in Tez Query Details to compare configuration differences between runs.

HDFS Read and Write data now visible in Query Trends chart on Tez Query Details page.

Table details in Tez Table Details now redirect to the Database Table Details page.

Other Enhancements

Pulse now retains Error logs for up to 30–45 days and Info logs for 7 days.

Nodes page heat map can now be sorted by Host utilization.

Dropdown filters in Application Explorer now support arrow and enter key navigation.

Pulse 1.8.x

Pulse v1.8.010 December, 2021

Enhancements

Tez Query Details page now shows Hive Configurations via a new Hive Config option.

JVM GC charts now include metrics for hive_server_2 and hive_meta_store.

HBase dashboard includes a new RPC Count chart.

Column widths are now manually adjustable in Kafka Brokers and Nodes pages.

Inactive Kafka brokers can now be deleted from the Kafka Brokers page.

Application Explorer includes a new search option.

Predefined Alerts are now grouped under Stock Alerts on the Alerts page.

New API added to create roles and add bulk users.

LLAP Daemons page now shows host IP and details.

A new Refresh Configuration button is available on the Landing Dashboard.

CLI now prompts for Kerberos settings when configuring agents for HDP clusters.

Victoriametrics is now supported as a metrics DB to reduce InfluxDB load.

New CLI command compact-db added to free disk space after purge-db.

Kafka Brokers page now includes Broker Partition, Disk Distribution, and Leader Imbalance Ratio charts.