v4.0.0

[weyrick]

New Features

• New dnstap input module (full analyzer support) implement dnstap #155 and bug/174 dnstap tcp #176
• New sFlow input module (basic analyzer support) Feature/sflow input module #187
• Support for dynamically linked and loaded input and analyzer modules implement dynamic modules #156 and Improve dynamic module load #179 and Improve dynamic module load #179
• Support chaining in policy handlers which allow execution of an analyzer only if the analyzer before it doesn't filter Feature/166 module handlers sequence #169
• clang toolchain builds, creating fully statically linked executables for Linux clang toolchain builds, statically linked executables #168

Backwards Incompatible Changes

• Unique name for prometheus TopN metric Unique name for TopN metrics #183

The "name" label on Top N metrics in Prometheus output has changed to be domain specific - for example dns_top_qname2{instance="gw",name=".aaplimg.com"} is now dns_top_qname2{instance="gw",qname=".aaplimg.com"} and dns_top_rcode{instance="gw",name="NOERROR"} is now dns_top_rcode{instance="gw",rcode="NOERROR"}. Please update your dashboards accordingly, or use the latest community dashboard.

Other Changes

• DNS qname labels are now lower-cased before being inserted into Top N tables, reducing cardinality and improving aggregation
• optimize: reuse Tap if the same input is used by multiple policies Use same input if for policy if they have same tap and config #186
• add __all policy support for prometheus metics add __all support for prometheus metics #142
• Support to cmd all options through yaml config file Feature/99 yaml config all cmd options #159 and fix a few typos introduced in PR #159 #164
• pktvisor debug/sanitized build Feature/debug build #190

Bug Fixes

• Remove prom help from loop, removing redundancy and fixing scrapers by @weyrick in remove prom help from loop, removing redundancy and fixing scrapers #144
• Remove stopped InputStream and StreamHandlers from Registry managers by @leoparente in Remove stopped InputStream and StreamHandlers from Registry managers #172
• policy threads exception by @weyrick in bug/177 policy threads #178

New Contributors

• @leoparente made their first contribution in Feature/99 yaml config all cmd options #159

Full Changelog: v3.3.0...v4.0.0

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