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17 | 17 | What's New in |release| |
18 | 18 | ======================= |
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20 | | -Apache CloudStack |release| is a 4.20 LTS minor release with over 150 fixes |
21 | | -and improvements since the 4.20.0.0 release. Some of the highlights include: |
22 | | - |
23 | | -• Improvements to multi-architecture support in CloudStack |
24 | | -• vTPM support for KVM and VMware |
25 | | -• Support for XenServer 8.4 / XCP-ng 8.3 |
26 | | -• Added support for VMware 80u2 and 80u3 |
27 | | -• Updated Sysyem VM template to Debian 12.11 |
28 | | -• NAS B&R improvements |
29 | | -• Experimental Support of EL10 as Management Server and KVM host |
| 20 | +Apache CloudStack |release| is a 4.21 Regular release with 15 new features, |
| 21 | +around 40 improvements and more than 150 bug fixes since the 4.20.1.0 release. |
| 22 | +Some of the highlights include: |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +• CloudStack Extensions Framework and Orchestrate Anything extension, with built-in extensions for Proxmox and Hyper-V |
| 25 | +• GPU Integration with KVM in CloudStack (Technical Preview) |
| 26 | +• Netris Network Plugin Integration |
| 27 | +• Cloudian HyperStore Object Store Plugin Integration |
| 28 | +• CloudStack Kubernetes Service (CKS) Enhancements |
| 29 | +• Create Instance from Backup |
| 30 | +• Instance Lease (Automatic Stop/Deletion) |
| 31 | +• Backup and Object Storage Limits |
| 32 | +• Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) Support |
| 33 | +• Support for KVM on s390x (IBM Z and LinuxONE) architecture |
| 34 | +• Management Server Maintenance Mode |
| 35 | +• Incremental Volume Snapshots for KVM |
| 36 | +• File-Based Disk-Only Instance Snapshots with KVM |
| 37 | +• Reconciliation of VM and Volume Copy/Migrate operations for KVM agent |
| 38 | +• Storage Access Groups |
| 39 | +• Volume Allocation Algorithm Support |
| 40 | +• VMware to KVM migration improvements |
| 41 | +• Storage plugins - Ceph, PowerFlex, StorPool, Linstor related fixes and improvements |
| 42 | +• Several UI fixes and improvements, including Deploy Instance Form, Announcement Banner, etc |
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32 | 45 | The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at |
33 | | -https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.1.0/releasenotes/changes.html |
34 | | - |
35 | | -What's New in 4.20.0.0 |
36 | | -======================= |
37 | | - |
38 | | -Apache CloudStack 4.20.0.0 is the initial 4.20 LTS release with 190+ new |
39 | | -features, improvements and bug fixes since 4.19, including 15 major |
40 | | -new features. Some of the highlights include: |
41 | | - |
42 | | -• Webhooks |
43 | | -• Dynamic and Static Routing |
44 | | -• Ceph RGW Object Store Support |
45 | | -• NSX integration |
46 | | -• Shared Filesystems |
47 | | -• Multi-arch Zones |
48 | | -• Simple NAS backup plugin for KVM |
49 | | -• Usage UI |
50 | | -• API documentation in UI |
51 | | - |
52 | | - |
53 | | -The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at |
54 | | -https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html |
55 | | - |
56 | | -Log4j Upgrade |
57 | | -============= |
58 | | - |
59 | | -Up until 4.19.x.x, the logging library used for the project was Log4j 1.29. |
60 | | -The 4.20.0.0 version has updated the library to Log4j2. The new Log4j2 configuration file format is not backwards |
61 | | -compatible with the old one. The 4.20.0.0 packages will come with the default configuration files updated. |
62 | | -Users that have made customizations to their files must update their configuration files to match with the new format, |
63 | | -the `official Log4j documentation`_ might help you migrate your custom configurations. |
64 | | - |
65 | | -JRE Upgrade |
66 | | -============ |
67 | | - |
68 | | -Up until 4.19.x.x, the JRE used for ACS was JRE 11. In 4.20.0.0, JRE has been upgraded to JRE 17 as JRE 11 has reached EOL. |
69 | | -This means that Centos7 (EL7) is no longer supported. |
70 | | - |
71 | | -.. _official Log4j documentation: https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/migrate-from-log4j1.html |
72 | | - |
73 | | -Events Message Bus Change |
74 | | -========================= |
75 | | -On upgrading from 4.19.x or lower, existing AMQP or Kafka integration |
76 | | -configurations should be moved from folder |
77 | | -``/etc/cloudstack/management/META-INF/cloudstack/core`` to |
78 | | -``/etc/cloudstack/management/META-INF/cloudstack/event`` |
79 | | - |
80 | | -Guest OS Categories Change |
81 | | -========================== |
82 | | - |
83 | | -The guest operating system categories have been updated in 4.21, resulting in a |
84 | | -reorganization of the guest operating systems with respect to categories. |
85 | | - |
86 | | -If the ``oscategoryid`` functionality for hosts is being used, ensure it is |
87 | | -pointing to the correct guest operating system category ID. |
| 46 | +https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.21.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html |
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