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Bigstack Cube Cloud Management Platform version 1.4.0 release notes

Abstract#

Bigstack Cube Cloud Management Platform, aka Cube CMP, 1.4.0 is a major release for Cube Cloud Management Platform. These release notes address compatibility and installation.

New functionality#

  • Management
    • Multi-tenant (or project) management
    • Added support of external authentication services
    • Instance management: Instance flavors and base images
    • Volume management: Volume types and size
    • Kubernetes configuration: Node type and size
    • File shares and object storage configuration
    • Quota management by tenants/projects
    • User activity and security history
    • Cloud provider configuration and validation for cloud administrator
    • User SSH key for authentication method
  • Instance management
    • Instance creation, resizing and deletion
    • Instance resource monitoring
    • Power management:
    • Instance snapshot and scheduled backup
    • Image import and instance export
  • Kubernetes management
    • Kubernetes-as-a-Service
    • Cluster resource monitoring
    • Cluster creation, resizing and deletion
    • Node and pool scalability
    • Kubeconfig for cluster operation
    • Marktetplace and App deployment
  • Storage Service
    • Image management base and custom images
    • Volume management: Attach/detach instance volumes
    • Share management: NFS and CIFS shares
  • Network Service
    • Floating IP management and reservation
    • Firewall management: Inbound rules to apply to target instances
    • Load Balancer management: TCP/UDP with advanced options
  • Workflow and lifecycle management
    • Approval process for Instance creation and lifecycle management
    • Approval process for Kubernetes cluster creation process and lifecycle management
  • Added support of public cloud provider
    • Cloud provider configuration and validation for tenant administrator
    • Unified interface for CUBE and AWS EC2
      • Instance creation, resizing and deletion
      • Instance resource monitoring
      • Volume management: Attach/detach instance volumes
      • Floating IP management and reservation
      • Firewall management: Inbound rules to apply to target instances

Changed features#

  • There is no changed feature in this release.

Updates#

Enhancements and fixes in Cube Cloud Management Platform 1.4.1

July, 2023#

  • Cube CMP General
    • Improved login theme to fit login method with external authentication services
    • Fixed password update issue with local accounts
    • Enhanced applying firewall rules to target instances
    • Secured authentication method on instance creation
  • Kubernetes
    • Fixed default node and pool settings
    • Fixed sort not working on Kubernetes cluster list
    • Added support for UDP Load balancer
  • Public Cloud
    • Fixed floating IP limit of AWS elastic IP address
    • Fixed duplicate firewall rule names
    • Enhanced the view of volume information

Announcements#

The Bigstack Cube Cloud Management Platform version 1.4.0 is generally available in June, 2023.

Compatibility#

The following Cube related products are currently supported by Cube 2.3.3 and can only be run against Cube 2.3.3 or above.

  • Cube HybridCloud Portal 1.4.0

Installation and Configuration#

For Cube Cloud Management Platform installation, see the following topics in Bigstack documentation.

Known issues#

This release contains no known issues at this time.

Related information#

Bigstack Co., Ltd. is a software and consulting company, focused on open source, software-defined data center, cloud platforms, and security.

Contact Bigstack: https://www.bigstack.co/contact/

Last updated on by Roy Tan