🚨ACTION REQUIRED: Upgrade Collectors to MGD 37.004 by October 27, 2025
At LogicMonitor, we’re committed to delivering the most secure, stable, and reliable monitoring experience possible. Each year, we designate a Minimum General Deployment (MGD) of the Collector to ensure consistency, stability, and access to the latest enhancements. As part of this effort, we’re pleased to announce that GD Collector 37.004 has been selected as this year’s MGD. To maintain compatibility, receive the latest enhancements, and meet security standards, all Collectors must be upgraded to version 37.004 or higher before the automatic upgrade begins on October 27, 2025 at 10:00pm PST. 🔐 Key Security Mandate Update: Linux Collectors MGD 37.004 includes the enforcement of our Security Mandate for Linux Collectors. If your Linux Collectors are still running as the root user, this update will automatically convert them to run as a non-root user to align with industry best practices. No action is needed if you’re already in compliance. 📅 MGD 37.004 Upgrade Schedule Now –> Oct 26, 2025: Voluntary upgrade window for GD Collector 37.004. Sept 22, 2025: GD Collector 37.004 officially designated as Minimum General Deployment (MGD) collector. Oct 27, 2025, 10:00 pm PST: Automatic upgrade begins. ⚠️ If necessary, security patches may be released, and the MGD version will be incremented. We’ll communicate any such changes to ensure transparency and readiness. ✅ Action Required Please upgrade all LogicMonitor Collectors to version 37.004 or higher before 10:00 pm PST on October 27, 2025 to avoid disruptions and ensure compliance with the latest standards. 💬 Need Help? If you have questions or need assistance with the upgrade process: Contact LogicMonitor Support Connect with your Customer Success Manager (CSM)LM Community Newsletter - August 2023
LM Community Spotlight LM Customer of the Month Matt Whitney Meet Matt Whitney! LM Community customer of the month! Matt is a TechOps Administrator at CDI and acts as an LM subject matter expert for CDI's customers and internal engineers. If there is something CDI needs done that is not provided out-of-the-box by LM, Matt can script out custom solutions, such as LogicModules for custom monitoring or API-based reporting. What do you love most about being a member of the LM community? One great thing about the community is that you can see the different ways other people use the product. If I am trying to do something out-of-the-box in LM (custom monitoring/automations/etc) then the forums are the first place I look to get ideas and see how others have solved for similar things. Also if I notice an issue/bug there is likely already discussion about it in the forums, if not then the forums are a great place to get visibility on issues! LM Employee of the Month Patrick Rouse Meet Patrick Rouse! LM Community Employee of the month! Patrick is a Sr. Product Manager joined LogicMonitor January 2022. Patrick is responsible for IT Infrastructure Monitoring (Modules), and passionate about cloud-managed networking. What do you love most about being a member of the LM community? “I love hearing feedback (good or bad) and ideas from our customers!” Top Content Exciting news regarding the LogicMonitor Inner Circle! Read about our new Customer Engagement Platform Summer Launch Modernizing Monitoring: LogicMonitor’s Latest Innovations Product Discussions New VMware modules dropped Accessing the LogicMonitor REST API with Postman and LMv1 API Token Authentication Tech Talk LogicMonitor Collector Ports to be used while monitoring end-user devices LM News Introducing Enhanced Dashboards and Settings in the New UI Open Beta Process New UI eLearning Courses Available in LM Academy Dashboards UIv4 is available starting August 23! New Settings Beta! New Resources UI Datapoint Analysis now available! API v3 usage & migration Enhanced API v3 Experience with Delta on device\device endpoint Experience the new API v3 LogicBots Bytesize Humor Meet Bob! He is a Rhodes Scholar and regularly enjoys wine tasting, truffle hunting, and holidays in Spain. He restores vintage cars for fun and strangely, his shirts don't wrinkle. He hikes the PCT Annually during his unplugged, and catches up on the Hard Core History podcast. Bob’s is such a fungi, he loves Truffle hunting with his friend Lagotto!
