V2.8.20

[jmrenouard]

Wrong physical memory on remote host #779
Fix wrong physical memory #780
Using --forcemem flag #810
Fixing missing Linux command missing
Support option --container for container log and type
reintroducing basic_passwords checks with --max-password-checks
Adding section on Plugin information
New indicators on Galera Cluster checks
New indicators on parallel replication

Complet changelog:
2.8.20 2026-01-18

• feat: add automated regression test for forcemem MB interpretation (issues Fix wrong physical memory #780, Using --forcemem flag #810)
• chore: bump version to 2.8.20

2.8.18 2026-01-18

• feat: add --max-password-checks option to limit dictionary checks (default: 100)
• fix: ensure Machine type is reported as 'Container' when --container option is used
• chore: bump version to 2.8.18

2.8.17 2026-01-18

• feat: implementation of issue New way to check basic password needed #403 to check weak passwords on MySQL 8.0+ and flush hosts every 100 attempts
• chore: bump version to 2.8.17

2.8.16 2026-01-18

• chore: bump version to 2.8.16

2.8.15 2026-01-18

• feat: update all GitHub links from 'major' to 'jmrenouard' organization
• feat: refactor plugin information to filter ACTIVE status and display specific columns grouped by type
• chore: bump version to 2.8.15

2.8.13 2026-01-18

• docs: add Useful Links section to all README files (English, French, Russian, Italian)
• chore: bump version to 2.8.13

2.8.12 2026-01-17

• feat: update is_docker() to detect containerd and podman runtimes
• chore: bump version to 2.8.12

2.8.11 2026-01-17

• docs: update INTERNALS.md with information about Cloud, SSH, Containers, and Plugins
• chore: bump version to 2.8.11

2.8.10 2026-01-17

• feat: add dates and commands to log files in test_envs.sh
• feat: add separators (=) at the end of log files in test_envs.sh
• chore: synchronize version strings across script, POD, and version file

2.8.9 2026-01-17

• feat: improve container log detection by excluding proxy containers (traefik, haproxy, maxscale, proxy)
• feat: prioritize database-related container names (mysql, mariadb, percona, db, database)
• chore: bump version to 2.8.9

2.8.8 2026-01-17

• feat: add -d/--database parameter to test_envs.sh to tune specific databases
• feat: add -c/--configs parameter to test_envs.sh for easier configuration selection
• feat: add timestamps to major steps in test_envs.sh logs
• feat: add execution header to test_envs.sh output showing the full command
• chore: bump version to 2.8.8

2.8.7 2026-01-17

• docs: add standardized comment headers to all build shell scripts
• chore: synchronize version strings across script, POD, and version file
• fix: ensure version consistency between Changelog and CURRENT_VERSION.txt

2.8.6 2026-01-17

• feat: add Plugin Information section and --plugininfo flag (Plugin Information  #794)
• fix: memory calculation bug in system_recommendations (1.5GB check)
• fix: ensure forcemem is correctly interpreted and displayed as MB in os_setup
• chore: synchronize version strings across script, POD, and version file

2.8.5 2026-01-17

• fix: noisy sysctl errors for sunrpc parameters when kernel module is not loaded
• fix: refactor get_kernel_info to handle missing sysctl parameters gracefully

2.8.4 2026-01-17

• fix: database injection failing to find dump files due to incorrect working directory
• fix: ensure correct path handling for 'source' commands in employees.sql

2.8.3 2026-01-17

• feat: detect docker/podman environment and automatically grab logs from container if local log file is not found
• feat: add --container option to manually specify a container for log retrieval

2.8.2 2026-01-17

• fix: system command failures (ping/ifconfig/redirection) on modern Linux (Ubuntu 22.04/WSL2)
• feat: integrate external test dependencies (multi-db-docker-env, test_db) and automated employees database injection

2.8.1 2026-01-17

• fix: resilient memory checks with /proc fallback on Linux and silencing expected ps failures

2.8.0 2026-01-17

• Bump version to 2.8.0
• enhance user hostname restriction checks
• feat: Translate comments and messages in updateCVElist.py to English
• chore: ignore VS Code workspace files
• build: update Debian File::Util dependency installation
• cleanup: MariaDB and MySQL support documentation (focus on LTS)