Release Note

Abstract

Bigstack CubeOS 2.2.0 is a major release for CubeOS cloud operating system. This release provides the following updates to Bigstack CubeOS version 2.1.0:

New functionality

• Cloud Computing
  • Auto-scaling: OpenStack Senlin
  • Infrastructure Optimization: OpenStack Watcher
• Storage
  • Dedicated SSD Pool: For consistent performance characteristics
  • Storage Node Group: For serving various capabilities across storage nodes
• Networking and Network Security
  • Site-to-Site IPsec VPN-as-a-Service
  • Enhancements and more feature support on Load Balancers
  • Abnormal Flow Detection with alerts
  • VM Ping Health Check from monitoring
• Hybrid Cloud Management
  • Integration with ManageIQ, capable for additional cloud providers
• Operation and Management
  • Multi-cluster Console: To manage multiple Cube clusters in a single place
  • Custom SSO Portal: For more services with Single Sign-On integration
  • New Notification Type (Executable): To provide a flexible way for service integration outside Cube - Sending alerts via webhook, syslog, or snmp trap, etc
  • API Gateway: One Place to Manage All API Services
  • Device Monitor: To monitor Devices outside Cube Platform

Enhancements

• Upgraded OpenStack to Wallaby
• Upgraded Ceph to v16 pacific
• Added support of individual mirrored volume on promotion/demotion
• Added support of UEFI VM images
• Changed image upload path from /var/support to /mnt/cephfs for more capacity
• Added Chassis monitoring in Host panel - Temperature, fan speed, etc

Changed features

There is no changed feature in this release.

Fixed defects

• Bug Fixes since Cube 2.1.0, including fixpacks and hotfixes.

Fixpacks

Enhancements and fixes in Cube 2.2.1

• Added CLI options to allow add/remove ssdpool in specified group
• Added service validation on DNS and Time services

Enhancements and fixes in Cube 2.2.2

• Added login banner and node/cluster information in Cube local console
• CVE-2021-44228 Log4Shell - Remote Code Execution - log4j
• Added image import and instance export functions on LMI
• Replaced conventional device names with UUID boot
• Refined Email format for notifications
• Added support of applying fixpack to all cluster nodes

Enhancements and fixes in Cube 2.2.3

• HybridCloud removal
  • Removed the HybridCloud feature, i.e. ManageIQ
• CVE-2021-45046 - Mitigated CubeOS components subject to CVE-2021-44228 Log4Shell - Remote Code Execution
• Enhancement of virtual machine provisioning
• Enhancement of retention policies for InfluxDB

Announcement

The Bigstack CubeOS cloud operating system version 2.2.0 is generally available in October, 2021.

Operating Software

• CentOS 8 Stream

OpenStack Version

• Wallaby Release (April 2021 / OpenStack 23rd release)

OpenStack Services

Web Frontend

• Horizon (Dashboard)

Share Services

• Keystone (Identity)
• Glance (Image)
• Barbican (Key Store)

Compute

• Nova (Virtual Machine)
• Ironic (Bare-metal)

Networking

• Neutron (SDN/NFV, VPN as a Service)
• Octavia (Load Balance as a Service)
• Designate (DNS as a Service)

Storage

• Cinder (Block Storage)
• Manila (File Storage)
• Swift (Object Storage)

Orchestration

• Heat (Orchestration)
• Senlin (Auto-scaling)
• Mistral (Workflow as a Service)

Monitoring

• Monasca (Telemetry)

Application Lifecycle

• Masakari (Instance HA)
• Freezer (Schedule Backup)
• Murano (App Catalog/Marketplace)

Billing

• Cloudkitty (Rating as a Service)

Resource Optimaztion

• Watcher (Infrastructure Optimization)