DDI Central Release notes

 

ManageEngine DDI Central | Read me

4300- December 10, 2024

  1. Windows zone discovery for 50K+ records is now reduced from 3 minutes to 40 seconds, ensuring consistent performance regardless of machine specs.
  2. DNS zone discovery for servers with 100 zones (1K—50K records each) now completes in 2—3 minutes, down from 25—30 minutes.
  3. The Management Console UI now loads high-volume DNS record sets within 2 seconds, down from 5 minutes.
  4. Updates to AD zones via DDI Central UI now preserve and retain live timestamps, preventing disruptions to Windows AD scavenging processes.
  5. Previously, NTLM authentication for LDAP on Windows servers faced issues due to a missing package. This has been resolved by including the pycryptodome library.
  6. Windows DHCP MAC filtering Allow and Block lists now support partial MAC addresses, enabling enhanced pattern matching and simplified device targeting.
  7. Bulk DNS record deletions are now processed in batches, ensuring smooth performance and preventing crashes caused by forced massive deletions.
  8. The main dashboard now shows the exact number of servers where DNS or DHCP services are down, with hover-over details for server names and IPs, improving accuracy and troubleshooting.

4250- November 13, 2024

  1. OAuth authentication is now available as an alternative to basic SMTP authentication for mail server settings, providing enhanced security and flexibility.
  2. The DDI Central Management UI Console has been optimized to handle high-volume query data reaching DNS servers. Improvements in query reading speeds and memory usage minimize latency and reduce freezing under heavy query loads, ensuring smoother performance and greater stability.
  3. Previously, after installing the .bin installer and adding a Windows cluster, queries to the Windows DNS servers were not properly captured in the DDI Management UI Console. This issue has now been resolved, ensuring accurate query reporting in the DDI Console.
  4. Within the Windows clusters, you can now search Subnets and Multicast Subnets by their respective names, making it easier to locate specific scopes quickly.
  5. Resolved the pagination issue in PTR and CAA record search, where some PTR and CAA records were repeating after a few pagination jumps. Records can now be accurately located through pagination without duplication.
  6. Subnet lease duration setting issue has been resolved, where setting the lease duration to "Unlimited" on the subnet page would default to "Limited." The lease duration now remains set to "Unlimited" as intended.
  7. Previously, during short bursts of high query volume, DDI Central did not capture all versioned DNS query logs created via log rotation on the managed ISC BIND servers, resulting in query count mismatches. DDI Central now accurately reads and captures all the DNS query log versions, ensuring consistency even under high query loads.
  8. Previously, queries to the blacklisted domains of Linux clusters via the ISC BIND servers in the cluster were missing hostname details in DDI Central's UI Console. This issue has been resolved, and all relevant query details, including hostnames, are now accurately displayed.

4200- August 26, 2024

  1. Introduced .exe-based installation for simplified setup and deployment in Windows servers
  2. Introduced LDAP and LDAP over SSL authentication as an additional single-sign on capability
  3. On admin consent, DDI Central now discovers all necessary configuration files, zone files, and libraries within the chroot directory, and automatically converts all relative paths within the service directory to absolute paths.
  4. Frequent logout issues have been fixed.
  5. Issues with scheduling records while updating DNS records have been resolved.
  6. Previously, DDI Central required CNAME record inputs in full FQDN format for successful discovery. Now, it accepts and discovers CNAME records using just the hostname as input.

4100- July 10, 2024

  1. Windows DNS management was launched.
  2. Windows DHCP management was launched.
  3. Single Sign On (SSO) using SAML authentication was introduced
  4. Package dependencies for PDF report generation were resolved.
  5. DDI Central is now available in the following languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese.

4002- May 06, 2024

New Features & Enhancements:

  1. Users can directly configure static subnets, manually assign IP addresses, import and manage static leases from spreadsheets, ensuring consistent network addresses for essential services and devices.
  2. Migrate all the zones hosted with third-party managed DNS providers to DDI Central and manage them directly from DDI Central UI without switching between different points of management.
  3. Create scheduled configurations and reports for DNS resource records and DHCP scopes. Download past report versions available for comparison and analysis to bolster change management and support compliance.
  4. Delete DHCP leases via the DDI Central console, preventing lease reassignment and ensuring new leases for users. This improves control over address distribution and increases management flexibility as needed.
  5. PXE boot configuration can now be configured quickly through user-friendly templates and imported into the relevant client class.
  6. DDI Central now mandates that users set up an A or AAAA record for nameservers matching their domain names before usage. For example, configuring 'clouddns.com' with 'ns1.clouddns.com' requires creating an authoritative record for 'ns1.clouddns.com' first.
  7. Refresh the DNS cache of a selected server or a specific zone on the server to ensure your DNS information is up-to-date.
  8. Automate email notifications to admins identifying the hosts attempting to access domains that have been blocked for monitoring and reacting to potential security breaches or policy violations.
  9. Node Agent installed on all DNS and DHCP servers now supports admin-controlled password resets for enhanced security, replacing the previous automatic reset system. This update allows admins to intervene directly in case of suspected breaches.
  10. Admins can now choose and update the network port used by the Node Agent, providing flexibility and facilitating compliance with internal networking policies and external regulations.