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Added​

  • all services: a9s Backup Services: Add the option to enable the use of AWS IAM Profiles when using an AWS S3 storage. For more information see Using AWS Instance Profiles
  • all services: a9s Backup Agent: Add support to a9s PostgreSQL 15.
  • all services: a9s Logstash: Add support to a9s PostgreSQL 15.
  • all services: a9s Template Uploader Errand: Add templates for a9s PostgreSQL 15.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: Add example config for a9s PostgreSQL 15 to postgresql.yml.example.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: Add new custom parameter maintenance_work_mem. For more information see Service Instance Resource Usage.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: Release a9s PostgreSQL 15 as RC. For more information see a9s Platform Operator - Sunrise Sunset.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Elasticsearch: Add deprecation notice to a9s Elasticsearch's documentation. For more information see a9s Elasticsearch.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s LogMe: Add deprecation notice to a9s LogMe's documentation. For more information see a9s LogMe.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Add a9s LogMe2 templates' information to the Available Templates page. For more information see Service Catalog - Available Templates.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Add a9s Redis 7 templates' information to the Available Templates page. For more information see Service Catalog - Available Templates.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Add a dedicated section for the Service Catalog. For more information see Service Catalog.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Extract available templates from Service Plans page and add them as dedicated Availble Templates page under the Service Catalog section. For more information see Service Catalog - Available Templates.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Backup Services: Add a new documentation page describing the configuration and use of AWS Instance Profiles in the a9s Backup Service. For more information see Using AWS Instance Profiles.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Backup Services: Add an admonition to the Disaster Recovery documentation, explaining the necessary changes to the plugin configuration when using AWS Instance Profiles in the a9s Backup Service. For more information see Disaster Recovery.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Elasticsearch: Add deprecation notice to a9s Elasticsearch's documentation. For more information see a9s Elasticsearch.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s LogMe: Add deprecation notice to a9s LogMe's documentation. For more information see a9s LogMe.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL: Add the new standby_latest_receive_wal value in the Cluster Status documentation. For more information see Cluster Status.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL: Add new section, within the a9s PostgreSQL documentation, that describes the the a9s PostgreSQL Ubunty Jammy Upgrade. For more information see PostgreSQL Jammy Upgrade.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Broker: Add a dedicated section for the a9s Service Broker. For more information see a9s Service Broker.
  • INTERNAL RELEASE all services: Add .gitkeep to ops/enable_rc_services to keep the folder visible in the anynines-deployment Git repository.

Changed​

  • all services: Adapt Consul-DNS to display the state failing as soon as the Consul connection is gone for more than one minute. Once the connection resumes, the state will switch back to running.
  • all services: Update BOSH releases:
    • routing BOSH release to version 0.281.0
    • bpm BOSH release to version 1.2.7
  • all services: Update support URLs in example config files.
  • all services: a9s Dashboard: Update dependencies in the a9s Service Dashboard.
  • all services: a9s Template Uploader: Add new Templates for a9s PostgreSQL 13 Bionic plans.
  • a9s-pg:
    • PostgreSQL 11.21 Important a9s-pg currently does not support ubuntu-jammy!
  • a9s Elasticsearch: Update dependencies in the a9s Elasticsearch SPI.
  • a9s LogMe: Update dependencies in the a9s LogMe SPI.
  • a9s LogMe2: Update dependencies in the a9s LogMe2 SPI.
  • a9s MariaDB: Update dependencies in the a9s MariaDB SPI.
  • a9s MariaDB:
    • a9s MariaDB 10.4:
      • MariaDB 10.4.31
  • a9s Messaging:
    • a9s Messaging 3.10:
      • Erlang 24.3.4.13
      • RabbitMQ 3.10.25
  • a9s Messaging: Update documentation URLs in the example config file.
  • a9s MongoDB: Change reference from mongodb34 to mongodb40 on property sso-proxy.dashboard_client_id of the sso-proxy job of the service-dashboard instance group in the mongodb-service/mongodb-service.yml.
  • a9s MongoDB: Update dependencies in the a9s MongoDB SPI.
  • a9s MongoDB:
    • a9s MongoDB 5.0:
      • MongoDB 5.0.20
  • a9s MySQL: Update dependencies in the a9s MySQL SPI.
  • a9s PostgreSQL:
    • a9s PostgreSQL 11:
      • PostgreSQL 11.21
  • a9s PostgreSQL: a9s PostgreSQL 13: Changed paths of the recovery and standby files to recovery.signal and standby.signal.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: SPI: Add support to PostgreSQL v15 with capabilities to handle the new schema configuration.
  • a9s Prometheus: Update dependencies in the a9s Prometheus SPI.
  • a9s Prometheus:
    • promgraf2:
      • alertmanager 0.26.0
      • bosh_exporter 3.6.0
      • cadvisor 0.47.3
      • jq 1.7
      • postgres_exporter 0.13.2
      • prometheus 2.47.0
    • prometheus:
      • alertmanager 0.26.0
      • bosh_exporter 3.6.0
      • cadvisor 0.47.3
      • jq 1.7
      • postgres_exporter 0.13.2
      • prometheus 2.47.0
  • a9s Redis: Change reference from redis40 to redis7 on property sso-proxy.dashboard_client_id of the sso-proxy job of the service-dashboard instance group in the redis-service/redis-service.yml.
  • a9s Redis: Update dependencies in the a9s Redis SPI.
  • a9s Redis:
    • a9s Redis 7:
      • Redis 7.2.1
  • a9s Search: Update dependencies in the a9s Search SPI.
  • a9s Search:
    • a9s Search 2:
      • opensearch 2.9.0
      • opensearch-dashboards 2.9.0
      • opensearch-plugin-repository-azure 2.9.0
      • opensearch-plugin-repository-s3 2.9.0
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Backup Services: Improve clarity of the disaster recovery documentation regarding usage restrictions. For more information see Disaster Recovery.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s LogMe: Update documentation URL in documentation example. For more information see Using a9s LogMe - See Your Applications Logs.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s LogMe2: Update documentation URL in documentation example. For more information see Using a9s LogMe2 - See Your Applications Logs.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s PostgreSQL: Add new custom parameter maintenance_work_mem. For more information see Using a9s PostgreSQL.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s PostgreSQL: Enhance the documentation to comprehensively address the distinctions between PostgreSQL 15 and its predecessor versions. For more information see a9s PostgreSQL - Overview.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s PostgreSQL: Add descriptions for the new metrics implemented on a9s Postgresql 15. For more information see a9s Postgresql Documentation.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s PostgreSQL: Update the dump and restore documentation regarding PostgreSQL 15 public schema changes. For more information see: a9s Application Developer - Using a9s PostgreSQL.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s PostgreSQL: Update the forking service instance documentation section to add the method limitations. For more information see: a9s Application Developer - Using a9s PostgreSQL.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Prometheus: Update documentation URL in documentation example. For more information see Using a9s Prometheus - Access the a9s Prometheus Dashboards.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Improve clarity of the disaster recovery documentation regarding usage restrictions. For more information see Disaster Recovery.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Improve the documentation in the "Interact with the Backup Manager" section of the "Administrative Tasks" page. For more information see a9s Data Services Administrative Tasks.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Update documentation URL in documentation example for the Service Plans. For more information see Customizing the Documentation and Support URLs.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Update the Stemcell documentation with information about Jammy Stemcell. For more information see Stemcells.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Update the wildcard certificates documentation to reflect the latest changes regarding the vendored dashboards. For more information see a9s Platform Operator - Wildcard Certificates.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Add a9s LogMe2 port information to the table. For more information see a9s Platform Required Ports.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Add a9s Search port information to the table. For more information see a9s Platform Required Ports.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Update documentation URL in documentation example for the Service catalog. For more information see Services Configuration.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Update vendor versions for multiple data services in the Release Lifecycle Table. For more information see Release Lifecycle Table
  • docs: Platform Operator: Move page Service Plans under the Service Catalog section. For more information see Service Catalog - Service Plans.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Consul: Set proper title for the a9s Consul Properties page. For more information see a9s Consul - Properties.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s MongoDB: Make correction to refer to MongoDB v5.0 as Generally Available instead of Release Candidate. For more information see a9s Platform Operator - Wildcard Certificates.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL: Update the service instance resource limits list regarding the new custom parameter maintenance_work_mem. For more information see Service Instance Resource Usage.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL: Enhance the documentation to provide comprehensive coverage of the new Data Service version, including key differentiators between a9s PostgreSQL 15 and its earlier iterations. For more information see a9s-pg Manual Logical Backup Recovery, a9s PostgreSQL Resources Considerations, a9s Postgresql Cluster Recovery, Replication Lag, a9s PostgreSQL Manual Logical Backup Recovery, a9s PostgreSQL Manual Point-in-Time Recovery, Cluster Status, Template Uploader Errand, a9s Platform Required Ports.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Redis: Clarify the difference between tls-ciphers and tls-ciphersuites Redis SPI parameters. For more information see Redis SPI Parameters.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Broker: Move page a9s Service Broker Properties under the a9s Service Broker section. For more information see a9s Service Broker - Properties.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Broker: Move page Cleanup Purged Service Instances under the a9s Service Broker section. For more information see a9s Service Broker - Cleanup Purged Service Instances.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Broker: Move page Configure Broker Callback URL under the a9s Service Broker section. For more information see a9s Service Broker - Configure a Callback URL.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Broker: Move page Configure a9s Service Broker To Block Automatic Updates under the a9s Service Broker section. For more information see a9s Service Broker - Block Automatic Updates.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Broker: Move page Service Instance Limits under the a9s Service Broker section. For more information see a9s Service Broker - Service Instance Limits.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Dashboard: Update the a9s Service Dashboard documentation with the new dashboard customization properties. For more information see Customize Color Theme.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Dashboard: Move page a9s Dashboard - Error Codes under the a9s Service Dashboard section. For more information see a9s Service Dashboard - Error Codes.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Dashboard: Move page Dashboard - Static Navigation Entries under the a9s Service Dashboard section. For more information see a9s Service Dashboard - Static Navigation Entries.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Dashboard: Move page Dashboard - Support Mail Address under the a9s Service Dashboard section. For more information see a9s Service Dashboard - Support Mail Address.
  • BOSH stemcell: all services: Update Jammy stemcell to version 1.232 for internal tests of all supported services.
  • BOSH stemcell: a9s PostgreSQL: Use stemcell ubuntu-jammy version 1.232 for all internal tests of a9s PostgreSQL 13. WARNING Please make sure you are aware of the limitations that come with stemcell upgrades of existing a9s PostgreSQL 13 instances or upgrades from lower versions! Carefully read a9s Platform Operator - Updating PostgreSQL 13 to Jammy before upgrading a9s PostgreSQL 13 instances to ubuntu-jammy.
  • INTERNAL RELEASE a9s Backup Manager: The collection of the Backup Manager metrics is now configurable.

Removed​

  • a9s-pg: Remove the deprecated variable a9s_pg_backup_encrypt_password from a9s-pg/a9s-pg.yml.
  • docs: all services: Remove the unused docs/changelog path, and its contents, from the documentation structure.
  • docs: Application Developer: Remove duplicate page of the Creating Local Copy of the Data from the a9s MongoDB documentation. For more information see Creating Local Copy of the Data.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Remove obsolete overview page of the a9s Service Broker. The main content is moved to the a9s Service Broker section. For more information see a9s Service Broker.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Remove obsolete Service Catalog page from the common section. The main content is moved to the Service Catalog section. For more information see Service Catalog.

Fixed​

  • all services: Fixed Parachute plugin to disable a9s Parachute when max_disk_threshold custom parameter is set to 0.
  • a9s LogMe2: Replaced the variable /cf_nats_password by the variables /cf_nats_credentials.username and /cf_nats_credentials.password on the template-uploader variables.
  • a9s Messaging: Fix a bug that prevents the drain script to terminate peacefully when the RabbitMQ service is already stopped.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: a9s PostgreSQL 13: Fix cloning happening again during monit start after it already happened during pre-start.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: a9s PostgreSQL 13: Fix switchover that, in some situations, was electing the wrong node to be promoted to primary.
  • docs: all services: Fix broken documentation links after the restructuring of multiple documentation path.
  • docs: all services: Fix the internal documentation links so that they fit the current TrailingSlash configuration of our Docusaurus settings.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Fix a typo in the Target Group section of the a9s Data Service Framework Recovery documentation.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL: Fix the Manual Point-in-Time Recovery by adding the differences when recovering a9s PostgreSQL version equals and above the 13 version. Moreover, fix some misleading step instructions in the same documentation. For more information see: a9s PostgreSQL Manual Point-in-Time Recovery.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Redis: Fix the typo in the ID in the page's metadata and the broken links in the a9s Redis SPI Configuration page. For more information see Redis SPI Parameters.

Security​

  • all services: a9s Service Dashboard: Fix CVEs:
    • CVE-2020-36632
    • CVE-2021-44906
    • CVE-2022-3517
    • CVE-2022-24999
  • a9s PostgreSQL: SPI: Fix CVEs:
    • CVE-2023-27530
    • CVE-2023-27539

Upcoming​

  • a9s MongoDB: End of Support: Terminate support, starting from anynines deployment v42.0.0 (expected end of October 2023), for the following deprecated data service versions:

    • a9s MongoDB 3.x
    • a9s MongoDB 4.0

    The creation of new Data Service Instances for these deprecated versions will be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we will not provide regular support for these versions. The corresponding documentation will also be removed.

    Although we will not intentionally break running instances of these unsupported versions, it cannot be guaranteed that they still work as expected after an update to v42.0.0.

Stemcell Support​

a9s DS NameStemcell NameStemcell Version
a9s LogMeBionic1.204
a9s LogMe2Jammy1.232
a9s Elasticsearch 7Bionic1.204
a9s Elasticsearch 6Bionic1.204
a9s Elasticsearch 5Bionic1.204
a9s MongoDB 5.0 SSPLJammy1.232
a9s MongoDB 4.0 SSPLBionic1.204
a9s MongoDB 4.0Bionic1.204
a9s MongoDB 3.6Bionic1.204
a9s MySQL 10.4Jammy1.232
a9s MySQL 10.1Xenial621.232
a9s MariaDB 10.6Jammy1.232
a9s PostgreSQL 13Jammy1.232
a9s PostgreSQL 11Bionic1.204
a9s PostgreSQL 10Bionic1.204
a9s Messaging 3.10Jammy1.232
a9s Messaging 3.8Jammy1.232
a9s Messaging 3.7Bionic1.204
a9s Redis 7Jammy1.232
a9s Redis 6Jammy1.232
a9s Redis 5.0Jammy1.232
a9s PrometheusJammy1.232
a9s Search 2Jammy1.232

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Added​

  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Search: Add the Elasticsearch 6 migration instructions to the documentation. For more information see a9s Search Migration
  • docs: Platform Operator: Add a EOL Policy column to the vendored software table in the Sunrise/Sunset documentation. This column contains the corresponding link to the vendored software's current EOL/Versioning policies pages. For more information see the a9s Data Services Release Cycles section in the a9s Data Service Sunrise/Sunset for Major Versions page.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Redis: Add disclaimer explaining the limitation on single to cluster plan upgrades for a9s Redis 6 and above, and present a path to block/disallow such upgrades. For more information see a9s Redis Concerns.

Changed​

  • docs: Application Developer: a9s PostgreSQL: Correct contradicting statement regarding the max_connections parameter. For more information see Using a9s PostgreSQL.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Messaging: Update the Queue Mectrics section with the current naming examples for the queues metrics. For more information see a9s Messaging.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s PostgreSQL: Improve the wording of the Dump and Restore From Origin Instance to New Instance section of the a9s PostgreSQL documentation. For more information see Using a9s PostgreSQL.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Redis: Extend the current disclaimer explaining the limitation on single to cluster plan upgrades for a9s Redis 6 and above, by presenting an alternate path via our migration feature. For more information see Using a9s Redis.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Redis: Update documentation with information regarding the upgrade from a9s Redis 7 RC to a9s Redis 7 GA. For more information see: a9s Redis Migration and Using a9s Redis.
  • docs: Platform Operator: consul-dns: Replace broken link in a9s Consul docs.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s MariaDB: Add a section about the cluster load balancing behavior. For more information see a9s MariaDB Cluster Setup Overview.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL: Improve the wording of the Prepare PostgreSQL section of the a9s PostgreSQL documentation. For more information see a9s PostgreSQL Manual Logical Backup Recovery
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Redis: Add a9s Redis 7 RC information in the general a9s Redis documentation. For more information see: a9s Redis Resources Considerations.

Fixed​

  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Messaging: Correct the section with an example which had a swapped username and password. For more information see a9s Messaging

· 9 min read

Added​

  • a9s-pg: Add new database cfserviceguard, which is used by the a9s CF Service Guard v2.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add new deployment manifest cf-service-guard/cf-service-guard.yml to deploy the new a9s CF Service Guard v2. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/add-elasticsearch.yml to add a9s Elasticsearch to the list of known service brokers for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/add-mariadb.yml to add a9s MariaDB to the list of known service brokers for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/add-messaging.yml to add a9s Messaging to the list of known service brokers for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/add-mongodb.yml to add a9s MongoDB to the list of known service brokers for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/add-mysql.yml to add a9s MySQL to the list of known service brokers for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/add-postgresql.yml to add a9s PostgreSQL to the list of known service brokers for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/add-redis.yml to add a9s Redis to the list of known service brokers for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/add-search.yml to add a9s Search to the list of known service brokers for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Installation.
  • a9s CF Service Guard: Add Ops file cf-service-guard/ops/support-shared-instances.yml to enable the support of shared service instances for the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard: Background Workers.
  • a9s Redis: Release a9s Redis 7 as GA. For more information see a9s Platform Operator - Sunrise Sunset.
  • a9s Redis: a9s Redis 7: Add User Management Control based on ACL. For more information Obtain Service Instance Access Credentials.
  • a9s Redis SPI: a9s Redis 7: Add support to unique credentials for service bindings and keys. For more information see Obtain Service Instance Access Credentials.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Redis: Add user credentials management documentation. For more information see Obtain Service Instance Access Credentials.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Redis: Update migration document with the commands for Redis 7 instances. For more information see a9s Redis Migration.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Mark a9s Redis 7 as GA in the a9s Data Service Release Lifecycle Table. For more information see a9s Platform Operator - Sunrise Sunset.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Redis: Add user credentials management documentation. For more information see User Credentials Management.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s CF Service Guard: Add dedicated section for the a9s CF Service Guard documentation. For more information see a9s CF Service Guard.

Changed​

  • breaking change all services: The property iaas.service_guard is changed to iaas.cf_service_guard. The references of this variable has been adapted accordingly.
  • breaking change all services: Use stemcell ubuntu-jammy version 1.125 for all internal tests of the following a9s Data Services Framework components: a9s Billing, a9s CF Service Guard. Please make sure to update your stemcells accordingly, as shown in the example IaaS configuration.
  • breaking change all services: Use stemcell ubuntu-jammy version 1.125 for all internal tests of the following a9s Data Services: a9s LogMe2, a9s MariaDB, a9s Messaging >= 3.8, a9s MongoDB >= 5.0, a9s MySQL 10.4, a9s Prometheus, a9s Redis, a9s Search >= 2. Please make sure to update your stemcells accordingly, as shown in the example IaaS configuration.
  • breaking change a9s Messaging: Replace the periods (.) with underscores (_) of the RabbitMQ queue names in the Graphite metrics. This is necessary since a period is reserved as path separator for Graphite metric names. For more information see Using a9s Messaging: Queue Metrics.
  • all services: Update routing BOSH release to latest version 0.274.0.
  • all services: Update bpm BOSH release to latest version 1.2.3.
  • all services: a9s Smoke Tests: Update bindingo to support the new credentials structure of a9s Redis 7.
  • all services: a9s Smoke Tests: Add support for the configurable prefix used for Cloud Foundry App Security Groups created by the a9s CF Service Guard. For more information see Smoke Tests Properties.
  • a9s Prometheus: promgraf2 BOSH release now includes:
    • elasticsearch_exporter 1.6.0
    • mysqld_exporter 0.15.0
    • postgres_exporter 0.13.1
    • prometheus 2.45.0
    • grafana 8.5.27
    • cadvisor 0.47.2
  • a9s Prometheus: prometheus2 BOSH release now includes:
    • elasticsearch_exporter 1.6.0
    • graphite_exporter 0.14.0
    • mysqld_exporter 0.15.0
    • postgres_exporter 0.13.1
    • prometheus 2.45.0
    • cadvisor 0.47.2
  • a9s Redis:
    • a9s Redis 6
      • a9s Redis 6.2.13
    • a9s Redis 7
      • a9s Redis 7.0.12
  • docs: Platform Operator: Add documentation how to configure a deployment name prefix per service plan. For more information see Deployment Prefix Per Plan.

Deprecated​

  • a9s LogMe: Deprecation: Deprecate the following data service version:

    • a9s LogMe

    Please ensure that you organize the migration of your existing instances to a more up-to-date version of the same data service:

    • for a9s LogMe: a9s LogMe2 is available as GA version

    This deprecation follows the announcement in the previous release. The deprecation phase is planned to last until v42.0.0 (in October 2023), in which the deprecated version will become unsupported. The creation of new data service instances for this particular version will then be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we will not provide regular support for this version. The corresponding documentation will also be removed. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you start your migrations to a supported GA version as soon as possible and complete them until the end of the deprecation phase. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset.

    To inquire about extended support for a deprecated version, please get in contact with our sales department at sales@anynines.com.

Unsupported​

  • a9s Redis: End of Support: Terminate support for the following deprecated data service versions:

    • a9s Redis 3.2
    • a9s Redis 4

    The creation of new data service instances for these deprecated versions is now disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we no longer provide regular support for these versions. The corresponding documentation has been removed.

    Although we will not intentionally break running instances of these unsupported versions, it cannot be guaranteed that they still work as expected after an update to this release.

Removed​

  • breaking change a9s-pg: Remove obsolete database serviceguard since the new a9s CF Service Guard v2 uses cfserviceguard as database.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove deployment manifest service-guard/service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/cf-service-guard.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/add-elasticsearch-broker-to-service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/add-elasticsearch.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/add-mariadb-broker-to-service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/add-mariadb.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/add-mongodb-broker-to-service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/add-mongodb.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/add-mysql-broker-to-service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/add-mysql.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/add-postgresql-broker-to-service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/add-postgresql.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/add-rabbitmq-broker-to-service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/add-messaging.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/add-redis-broker-to-service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/add-redis.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/add-search-broker-to-service-guard.yml in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/add-search.yml.
  • breaking change a9s CF Service Guard: Remove Ops file ops/service-guard-enable-shared-instances in favor of cf-service-guard/ops/support-shared-instances.yml.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Messaging: Remove page a9s Messaging Queue Name Restrictions. The restriction over the use of periods in the RabbitMQ queue names is no longer valid. For more information see Using a9s Messaging: Queue Metrics.

Fixed​

  • all services: a9s Backup Agent: Fix backup/restore configuration for a9s Elasticsearch, a9s LogMe, a9s LogMe2, and a9s OpenSearch to use higher values and avoid timeout errors when dealing with huge backups.
  • a9s BOSH Deployer: Allow removal of director configurations when no running/active deployments exist anymore. Before it was not possible to remove a director configuration from the a9s BOSH Deployer when the deployments existed at some point.
  • a9s LogMe2: Fix OpenSearch node_dn property to use a regex pattern for accurate matching of certificates, eliminating the order dependency in the pattern when using the wildcard pattern.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: a9s PostgreSQL 13: Update postgresql-info-webservice to correctly identify when one node of the cluster is cloning during post-start and avoid a timeout failure when cloning takes too long.
  • a9s Search2: Fix OpenSearch node_dn property to use a regex pattern for accurate matching of certificates, eliminating the order dependency in the pattern when using the wildcard pattern.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Fix broken link inside a9s Data Services Administrative Tasks.

Security​

  • a9s LogMe2, a9s Search2, a9s Logstash: Fix CVEs:
    • CVE-2023-21930
    • CVE-2023-21954
    • CVE-2023-21967
    • CVE-2023-21939
    • CVE-2023-21938
    • CVE-2023-21937
    • CVE-2023-21968
    • CVE-2022-34169
    • CVE-2022-21541
    • CVE-2022-21549
    • CVE-2022-21540

Stemcell Support​

a9s DS NameStemcell NameStemcell Version
a9s LogMeBionic1.204
a9s LogMe2Jammy1.125
a9s Elasticsearch 7Bionic1.204
a9s Elasticsearch 6Bionic1.204
a9s Elasticsearch 5Bionic1.204
a9s MongoDB 5.0 SSPLJammy1.125
a9s MongoDB 4.0 SSPLBionic1.204
a9s MongoDB 4.0Bionic1.204
a9s MongoDB 3.6Bionic1.204
a9s MySQL 10.4Jammy1.125
a9s MySQL 10.1Xenial621.125
a9s MariaDB 10.6Jammy1.125
a9s PostgreSQL 13Bionic1.204
a9s PostgreSQL 11Bionic1.204
a9s PostgreSQL 10Bionic1.204
a9s Messaging 3.10Jammy1.125
a9s Messaging 3.8Jammy1.125
a9s Messaging 3.7Bionic1.204
a9s Redis 7Jammy1.125
a9s Redis 6Jammy1.125
a9s Redis 5.0Jammy1.125
a9s PrometheusJammy1.125
a9s Search 2Jammy1.125

· 11 min read

Added​

  • a9s LogMe2: Add default placeholder value to configure the number of OpenSearch nodes in the cluster template. For more information see a9s LogMe2 Documentation.
  • docs: Application Developer: Describe the requirements for the Common Name and Subject Alternative Name of user provided certificates. For more information see Common Name And Subject Alternative Name.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Describe the requirements for the Common Name and Subject Alternative Name of a wildcard certificate. For more information see Common Name And Subject Alternative Name.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Update the Service Plans documentation to include the list of currently available a9s Search service plans. For more information see Service Plans.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s LogMe2: Add new Platform Plan section to the a9s LogMe2 Documentation. For more information see a9s LogMe2 Documentation.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s MariaDB: Create a new page to provide a general overview of a9s MariaDB's cluster setup, and MariaDB Galera Cluster's role in it. For more information see a9s MariaDB Cluster Setup Overview.

Changed​

  • breaking change all services: Use stemcell ubuntu-jammy version 1.125 for all internal tests of the a9s Data Services Framework components except the following: a9s Consul, a9s Service Guard, a9s Billing, and a9s-pg. Please make sure to update your stemcells accordingly, as shown in the example IaaS configuration.
  • breaking change all services: Use stemcell ubuntu-bionic version 1.204 for all internal tests of the a9s Data Services. Please make sure to update your stemcells accordingly.
  • breaking change all services: Change vm_type of the a9s Service Dashboard VM from nano to small to better reflect the resource requirements. For more information see a9s Service Dashboard VM size.
  • all services: Update routing BOSH release to latest version 0.271.0.
  • all services: Update bpm BOSH release to latest version 1.2.2.
  • all services: a9s Smoke Tests: Add OpenSSL v1.1.1 for compatibility reasons as Ubuntu Jammy comes with OpenSSL v3 by default, but our tests still rely on OpenSSL v1; wherefore, we had to add it explicitly to be able to run the a9s Smoke Tests on ubuntu-jammy stemcell.
  • a9s Backup Manager: Increase the possible database connections to 50 to be able to parallelize the backup status check.
  • a9s Backup Manager: Parallelize the check of the status of running backups. This improves the performance on environments that have many backups running in parallel.
  • a9s Elasticsearch: Freeze stemcell for a9s Elasticsearch 2, 5, 6, and 7 to ubuntu-bionic v1.204. This is necessary since these versions are not compatible with ubuntu-jammy.
  • a9s MariaDB:
    • MariaDB 10.6
      • MariaDB 10.6.14
  • a9s MongoDB:
    • a9s MongoDB 5.0
      • MongoDB 5.0.18
  • a9s MongoDB: Freeze stemcell for a9s MongoDB 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 4.0, and 4.0 SSPL to ubuntu-bionic v1.204. This is necessary since these versions are not compatible with ubuntu-jammy.
  • a9s MongoDB: SPI: Add OpenSSL v1.1.1 for compatibility reasons as Ubuntu Jammy comes with only OpenSSL v3 by default, however, MongoDB 5.0 still depends on OpenSSL v1.
  • a9s Messaging:
    • Messaging 3.8
      • Erlang 23.3.4.19
    • Messaging 3.10
      • Erlang 24.3.4.12
      • RabbitMQ 3.10.24
  • a9s Messaging: Freeze stemcell for a9s Messaging 3.6 and 3.7 to ubuntu-bionic v1.204. This is necessary since these versions are not compatible with ubuntu-jammy.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: Freeze stemcell for a9s PostgreSQL 9.4, 10, and 11 to ubuntu-bionic v1.204. This is necessary since these versions are not compatible with ubuntu-jammy.
  • a9s Prometheus: promgraf2 BOSH release now includes:
    • blackbox_exporter 0.24.0
    • bosh_exporter 3.5.0
    • grafana 8.5.26
    • graphite_exporter 0.14.0
    • influxdb_exporter 0.11.4
    • memcached_exporter 0.13.0
    • postgres_exporter 0.12.1
    • prometheus 2.44.0
    • stackdriver_exporter 0.14.1
    • statsd_exporter 0.24.0
  • a9s Prometheus: prometheus2 BOSH release now includes:
    • blackbox_exporter 0.24.0
    • bosh_exporter 3.5.0
    • grafana 8.5.26
    • graphite_exporter 0.14.0
    • influxdb_exporter 0.11.4
    • memcached_exporter 0.13.0
    • postgres_exporter 0.12.1
    • prometheus 2.44.0
    • stackdriver_exporter 0.14.1
    • statsd_exporter 0.24.0
  • consul-dns: Update dnsmasq to latest version 2.89.
  • consul-dns: Add timestamps to log entries of the dnsmasq's control script.
  • docs: Application Developer: Update migration documentation for Redis 3. For more information see Redis Migration.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Elasticsearch: Change wording and fix typos in the Creating Backups on S3 Compatible Services section. For more information see a9s Elasticsearch.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Messaging: Rename page RabbitMQ Managment UI Access to RabbitMQ Managment UI and revision the whole page. For more information see RabbitMQ Managment UI.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Search: Change wording and fix typos in the Creating Backups on S3 Compatible Services section. For more information see a9s Search.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Restructure the documentation regarding configuration of TLS/SSL encrypted communication for the a9s Data Services Framework components. For more information see Securing the a9s Framework with TLS.

Removed​

  • breaking change all services: Remove the Ops files to enable TLS/SSL encrypted communication for individual a9s Data Services. Since we decided to enable step by step the TLS/SSL encrypted communication for each a9s Data Services Framework component by default and maintaining both ways are not meaningfull and already lead to several confusions we decided to remove the possibility to enable TLS/SSL encrypted communication for a specific a9s Data Service. For the time being we only support TLS/SSL encrypted communication for the a9s Data Services Framework components where it is enabled by default.
  • breaking change a9s Router: Remove the a9s Router deployment manifest and its Ops files. The a9s Router was only used by a9s Kubernetes, which no longer exists, so the a9s Router is no longer needed.
  • all services: Remove the obsolete a9s Kubernetes, a9s Harbor, and a9s Router configurations from the example IaaS configuration.
  • a9s-pg: Remove the obsolete databases for a9s Harbor and a9s Kubernetes. Since we no longer offer these a9s Data Services, their dedicated databases are no longer needed.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Remove obsolete documentation regarding enabling the TLS/SSL encrypted communication for different a9s Data Services Framework components which are not fully supported yet. We decided to enable the encryption for each a9s Data Services Framework component step by step as default instead of making it optional per a9s Data Service, wherefore, this documentation is no longer needed.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Remove outdated troubleshooting documenation regarding TLS/SSL encrypted communication for the a9s Data Services Framework components.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Messaging: Remove obsolete information from the RabbitMQ TLS/SSL Configuration page in favor of TLS/SSL Service Plans.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL: Remove obsolete PostgreSQL TLS/SSL Configuration documentation in favor of TLS/SSL Service Plans.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Redis: Remove obsolete Redis TLS/SSL Configuration documentation in favor of TLS/SSL Service Plans.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Router: Remove the documentation of the a9s Router.

Deprecated​

  • a9s Elasticsearch: Deprecation: Deprecate the following data service version:

    • a9s Elasticsearch: all versions

    Please ensure that you organize the migration of your existing instances to a more up-to-date version of the same data service:

    • for a9s Elasticsearch 7: a9s OpenSearch2 is available as GA version.

    This deprecation follows the announcement in the previous release. The deprecation phase is planned to last until v49.0.0 (in Q2/2024), in which the deprecated version will become unsupported. The creation of new data service instances for this particular version will then be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we will not provide regular support for this version. The corresponding documentation will also be removed. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you start your migrations to a supported GA version as soon as possible and complete them until the end of the deprecation phase. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset.

    To inquire about extended support for a deprecated version, please get in contact with our sales department at sales@anynines.com.

  • a9s Redis: Deprecation: Deprecation phase was extended to give customers more time to migrate to a supported data service version. Contrary to the announcement of upcoming unsupport in v38.0.0, unsupport will not occur in v39.0.0, but in v40.0.0 (expected in Q3/2023) for the following data service versions:

    • a9s Redis v3.2
    • a9s Redis v4 Please ensure that you organize the migration of your existing instances to a more up-to-date version of the same data service:
    • for a9s Redis v3.2: a9s Redis 5, a9s Redis 6, a9s Redis 7 are available as GA versions.
    • for a9s Redis v4: a9s Redis 5, a9s Redis 6, a9s Redis 7 are available as GA versions. The extended deprecation phase is planned to last until v40.0.0 (expected in Q3/2023), in which the deprecated versions will become unsupported.

  • a9s MariaDB: Deprecation: Deprecation phase was extended to give customers more time to migrate to a supported data service version. Contrary to the announcement of upcoming unsupport in v38.0.0, unsupport will not occur in v39.0.0, but in v44.0.0 (expected in Q4/2023) for the following data service version:

    • a9s MariaDB v10.1 Please ensure that you organize the migration of your existing instances to a more up-to-date version of the same data service:
    • for MariaDB v10.1: a9s MariaDB v10.4 is available as GA version. The extended deprecation phase is planned to last until v44.0.0 (expected in Q4/2023), in which the deprecated version will become unsupported.

Fixed​

  • all services: a9s Template Uploader Errand: Fix issue when using remote Ops files. When using remote Ops files the output of the Errand showed a no implicit conversion of URI::HTTPS into String and the Errand completed with an error (exit code 1).
  • a9s-pg: Remove logging of credentials from the PostgreSQL pre-start log.
  • a9s Backup Manager: Correct comment in Ops file ops/backup-on-generic-s3.yml to make clear that it is intended to use with the a9s Backup Manager deployment manifest and not with the a9s-pg deployment manifest.
  • a9s Messaging: Handle TLS/SSL plans correctly when registering the RabbitMQ Management UI route. The route was registered via HTTP even though it is HTTPS in the case of a TLS/SSL service instance, wherefore, the access did not work and you saw a 502 Bad Gateway: Registered endpoint failed to handle the request..
  • a9s PostgreSQL: Remove logging of credentials from the PostgreSQL pre-start log.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s LogMe2: Correct the custom parameter name for setting the protocol of syslog_drain_url. The correct custom parameter name of the binding parameter is syslog-use-udp and not syslog_use_udp. For more information see Using a9s LogMe2: Create a Service Key.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Updated the sidebar links redirection from the old a9s Data Services Release Lifecycle page to our a9s Data Service Sunrise/Sunset for Major Versions.

Upcoming​

  • a9s LogMe: Deprecation: Prepare for the upcoming deprecation phase, triggered during the next release of anynines deployment v40.0.0 (expected end of July 2023), of the following data service version:

    • a9s LogMe

    Please ensure that you organize the migration of your existing instances to a more up-to-date version of the same data service:

    • for a9s LogMe: a9s LogMe2 is available as GA version

    The deprecation phase is planned to last until v43.0.0 (in October 2023), in which the deprecated version will become unsupported. The creation of new data service instances for this particular version will then be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we will not provide regular support for this version. The corresponding documentation will also be removed. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you start your migrations to a supported GA version as soon as possible and complete them until the end of the deprecation phase. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset.

    To inquire about extended support for a deprecated version, please get in contact with our sales department at sales@anynines.com.

Unsupported​

  • a9s Messaging: End of Support: Terminate support for the following deprecated data service version:

    • Messaging 3.6

    The creation of new data service instances for this deprecated version is now disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we no longer provide regular support for this version.

    Although we will not intentionally break running instances of this unsupported version, it cannot be guaranteed that they still work as expected after an update to this release.

· 5 min read

Added​

  • a9s LogMe2: Set file-buffers as the default data buffers. For more information see a9s LogMe2 Documentation.
  • a9s PostgreSQL: Increase default timeout for pg_ctl finish starting a process to avoid timeout errors during startup.

Changed​

  • breaking change all services: Enable TLS communication between a9s Service Dashboard and a9s Backup Manager. For more information see a9s Dashboard Service. With this changes the port for the communication between these both components changed from port 3000 (HTTP) to port 3001 (HTTPS). Please ensure that your firewalls allow this new communication channel. For more information see a9s Platform Required Ports.
  • breaking change a9s Backup Manager: Enable both TLS (HTTPS) and non-TLS (HTTP) API support for the a9s Backup Manager. The non-TLS interface will be disabled when the communication channels from all the components to the a9s Backup Manager are set to TLS in the coming releases. For more information see a9s Backup Manager TLS Configuration.
  • all services: Update routing BOSH release to latest version 0.266.0.
  • all services: Update bpm BOSH release to latest version 1.2.1.
  • all services: Set the Common Names of the certificates defined on the service manifests as their hostnames.
  • a9s MongoDB:
    • a9s MongoDB 5.0
      • MongoDB 5.0.17
  • a9s PostgreSQL:
    • a9s PostgreSQL 13
      • PostgreSQL 13.11
    • a9s PostgreSQL 11
      • PostgreSQL 11.20
  • a9s Redis 6:
    • a9s Redis 6.2.12
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Backup Manager: Update documentation to explain TLS/SSL configuration options. For more information see a9s Platform TLS General Configuration.
  • INTERNAL RELEASE a9s Backup Manager: Merge backup deletion endpoints together and move it to a new endpoint.

Deprecated​

  • a9s MongoDB: Deprecation: Deprecate the following data service versions:

    • a9s MongoDB v3.x
    • a9s MongoDB v4.0

    Please ensure that you organize the migration of your existing instances to a more up-to-date version of the same data service:

    • for a9s MongoDB v3.x: a9s MongoDB 5.0 is available as GA version
    • for a9s MongoDB v4.0: a9s MongoDB 5.0 is available as GA version

This deprecation follows the announcement in the previous release. The deprecation phase is planned to last until v41.0.0 (in Q3/2023), in which the deprecated versions will become unsupported. The creation of new data service instances for these particular versions will then be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we will not provide regular support for these versions. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you start your migrations to a supported GA version as soon as possible and complete them until the end of the deprecation phase. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset. To inquire about extended support for a deprecated version, please get in contact with our sales department at sales@anynines.com.

Fixed​

  • a9s Backup Manager: Fix the current broken connections rescue logic. During the recent Ruby update, the pg gem was updated as well, which changed the thrown error. This fix shifts the reconnect logic into our clock functionality in order to properly catch the missing broken connections.

Security​

  • a9s PostgreSQL: Fix CVEs:
    • CVE-2023-2455
    • CVE-2023-2454

Upcoming​

  • a9s Messaging: End of Support: Terminate support, starting from anynines deployment v39.0.0 (expected end of June 2023), for the following deprecated data service version:
    • a9s Messaging v3.6
  • a9s Redis: End of Support: Terminate support, starting from anynines deployment v39.0.0 (expected end of June 2023), for the following deprecated data service versions:
    • a9s Redis v3.2
    • a9s Redis v4
  • a9s MariaDB: End of Support: Terminate support, starting from anynines deployment v39.0.0 (expected end of June 2023), for the following deprecated data service version:
    • a9s MariaDB v.10.1

The creation of new data service instances for these deprecated versions will be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we will not provide regular support for these versions. Although we will not intentionally break running instances of these unsupported versions, it cannot be guaranteed that they still work as expected after an update to v39.0.0.

  • a9s Elasticsearch: Deprecation: Prepare for the upcoming deprecation phase, triggered during the next release of anynines deployment v39.0.0 (expected end of June 2023), of the following data service versions:

    • a9s ElasticSearch: all versions

    Please ensure that you organize the migration of your existing instances to a more up-to-date version of the same data service:

    • for a9s ElasticSearch 7: a9s OpenSearch2 is available as GA version.

The deprecation phase is planned to last until v42.0.0 (in September 2023), in which the deprecated versions will become unsupported. The creation of new data service instances for these particular versions will then be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we will not provide regular support for these versions. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you start your migrations to a supported GA version as soon as possible and complete them until the end of the deprecation phase. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset.

To inquire about extended support for a deprecated version, please get in contact with our sales department at sales@anynines.com.

· 4 min read

Added​

  • a9s PostgreSQL: a9s PostgreSQL 13: Add switchover capabilities to decrease the downtime during the update of the primary node of the cluster. Switchover is only executed in healthy clusters. For more information see: a9s Postgresql Switchover.
  • a9s Redis: Release a9s Redis 7 as RC. For more information see a9s Platform Operator - Sunrise Sunset
  • docs: Platform Operator: Create a new page to describe a9s PostgreSQL's Switchover feature. For more information see: a9s Postgresql Switchover.

Changed​

  • a9s Backup Manager: Update how backups are deleted.
    • The deletion of failed backups is now included in the default deletion process.
    • The delete-failed-backups errand was removed, as the deletion of failed backups is now done automatically.
    • Backups that are deleted inside the storage will be deleted after some time from the database. The default value after deleted backup are removed from the database is 180 days. For more information see table in the Configurable Properties section.
  • a9s Backup Manager: Update Ruby version of a9s Backup Manager to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • a9s MongoDB: Add a new default role to grant collection modification privileges to the users of the default database. For more information see table in the Default Roles section.
  • a9s Smoke Tests: Update Ruby version of a9s Service Smoke Tests to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s MongoDB: Create a new section in the a9s MongoDB documentation describing the default roles granted to an user upon creation. For more information see the Default Roles section.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Redis: Updated migration document making it more general, as its migration paths work for multiple Redis versions. For more information see Migration.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Updated the column EOL in Vendorin our a9s Data Service Sunrise/Sunset for Major Versions page to reflect the latest changes to the EOL policies of multiple vendors. For more information see a9s Data Service Release Lifecycle Table section.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Dashboard: Add instance requirements for the a9s Service Dashboard. For more information see a9s Service Dashboard.

Unsupported​

  • a9s Harbor: End of Support: Terminate support for the following deprecated data service versions:
    • a9s Harbor (all versions) The creation of new data service instances for these deprecated versions is now disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we no longer provide regular support for these versions.
  • a9s Kubernetes: End of Support: Terminate support for the following deprecated data service versions:
    • a9s Kubernetes (all versions) The creation of new data service instances for these deprecated versions is now disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we no longer provide regular support for these versions.

Although we did not intentionally break running instances of these unsupported versions, it cannot be guaranteed that they still work as expected after an update to this release.

Fixed​

  • a9s MariaDB:
    • a9s MariaDB 10.6 and 10.4: Fix an issue preventing the bootstrapping node from rejoining the cluster in case of a failure.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Dashboard: Fix duplicate documentation ID between the "Customize Color Theme" and the "Allow Automatic Updates" documents, as well as the disfunctional link to the "Customize Color Theme" document in the CHANGELOG.

Upcoming​

  • a9s MongoDB: Deprecation: Prepare for the upcoming deprecation phase, triggered during the next release of anynines deployment (v38.0.0, expected by end of May), of the following data service versions:
    • a9s MongoDB v3.x
    • a9s MongoDB v4.0 Please ensure that you organize the migration of your existing instances to more up-to-date version of the same data service:
    • for a9s MongoDB v3.x: a9s MongoDB 5.0 is available as GA version
    • for a9s MongoDB v4.0: a9s MongoDB 5.0 is available as GA version

The deprecation phase is planned to last until v41.0.0 (in Q3/2023), in which the deprecated versions will become unsupported. The creation of new data service instances for these particular versions will then be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle and we will not provide regular support for these versions. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you start your migrations to a supported GA version as soon as possible and complete them until the end of the deprecation phase. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset. To inquire about extended support for a deprecated version, please get in contact with our sales department at sales@anynines.com.

· 2 min read

Added​

  • all services: a9s Service Dashboard: Make the style of the a9s Service Dashboard customizable. For more information see a9s Service Dashboard Color Theme.
  • a9s Billing:
    • cf_billing
      • Add property cf_billing.efforts.oauth to enable OAuth2 authentification for efforts endpoints
      • Add property cf_billing.time_zone to be able to use different time zones than UTC
  • a9s Search: Introduce discovered_master and discovered_cluster_manager metrics in the a9s Logstash OpenSearch plugin.
  • docs: Application Developer: Update a9s Search documentation with the discovered_master and discovered_cluster_manager metrics. For more information see a9s Search Metrics.
  • INTERNAL RELEASE all services: a9s Service Broker: Add a search endpoint to find a service instance by its deployment name.

Changed​

  • all services: Update routing BOSH release to latest version 0.262.0.
  • all services: Update bpm BOSH release to latest version 1.2.0.
  • a9s MongoDB:
    • a9s MongoDB 50
      • MongoDB 5.0.16
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL: Add a table describing the accepted backup-manager-service-instance-id, now referred to as backup-file-id, values to retrieve the backup encryption secret when executed a manual logical backup recovery. For more information see a9s PostgreSQL Manual Logical Backup Recovery.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Service Dashboard: Add customize service dashboard page. For more information see a9s Service Dashboard Color Theme.
  • INTERNAL RELEASE all services: a9s Backup Agent: Make request timeout and maximum wait time to finish an operation for the backup and restore plugins of a9s Search, a9s Elasticsearch, a9s LogMe, and a9s LogMe 2 configurable.

· One min read

Fixed​

  • all services: a9s SPI: Fix an issue that was introduced in the context of "Revision of certificate handling and standardization between the different a9s Data Services". As soon as the SPI and the templates of an a9s Data Service are updated, no new backups or restores can be triggered, and the bindings of the corresponding TLS/SSL service instances cannot be changed until the service instance is updated too. This is caused by an internal migration of the data structure which is only performed during an update of a service instance. Non-TLS/SSL service instances and newly created service instances are not affected.

· One min read

Fixed​

  • a9s Backup Manager: Add missing configuration anynines-backup-manager.jobs.backup_fragment.max_attempts. This configuration is only relevant if you have at least one a9s PostgreSQL service instance in your environment with Continuous Archiving enabled. In this case, without the mentioned configuration, backups for these service instances cannot be handled and it leads to failing background workers of the a9s Backup Manager and so to a decreasing functionality of the a9s Backup Service.

· 7 min read

Changed​

  • all services: Add functionality to migrate from self-signed certificates for TLS/SSL plans to an external CA that is used to generate certificates for all service instances using a TLS/SSL plan. For more information please see the "Upgrading to v36" Wiki page. Note This doesn't apply to a9s LogMe, a9s Harbor, a9s Kubernetes and a9s Prometheus.
  • all services: Update Logstash Ruby version to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • all services: Update routing BOSH release to latest version 0.260.0.
  • a9s Backup Agent: Update Backup Agent Ruby version to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • a9s Backup Monit: Update Ruby version of a9s Backup Monit to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • a9s BOSH Deployer: Update Ruby version of a9s BOSH Deployer to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • a9s Deployment Updater: Update Ruby version of a9s Deployment Updater to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • a9s LogMe 2:
    • OpenSearch 2.6.0
    • OpenSearchDashboards 2.6.0
  • a9s Search: OpenSearch 2.6.0
  • a9s-pg:
    • a9s PostgreSQL 11
      • PostgreSQL 11.19
  • a9s PostgreSQL:
    • a9s PostgreSQL 13
      • PostgreSQL 13.10
    • a9s PostgreSQL 11
      • PostgreSQL 11.19
  • a9s Prometheus: promgraf2 BOSH release now includes:
    • Grafana 8.5.22
    • graphite_exporter 0.13.3
    • haproxy_exporter 0.15.0
    • statsd_exporter 0.23.1
    • influxdb_exporter 0.11.3
    • memcached_exporter 0.11.2
    • postgres_exporter v0.12.0
    • prometheus v2.43.0
  • a9s Prometheus: prometheus2 BOSH release now includes:
    • graphite_exporter 0.13.3
    • haproxy_exporter 0.15.0
    • influxdb_exporter 0.11.3
    • memcached_exporter 0.11.2
    • statsd_exporter 0.23.1
    • postgres_exporter v0.12.0
    • prometheus v2.43.0
  • a9s Redis:
    • a9s Redis 6
      • Redis 6.2.11
  • a9s Service Broker: Update Ruby version of a9s Service Broker to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • a9s SSO Proxy: Update Ruby version of a9s SSO Proxy to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • a9s Template Uploader: Update Ruby version of a9s Template Uploader to Ruby 3.1.3.
  • docs: Application Developer: Revision of the TLS/SSL Service Plans documentation. For more information see TLS/SSL Service Plans.
  • docs: Application Developer: Revise the documentation for TLS/SSL Service Plans. For more information see a9s TLS/SSL Service Plans.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Elasticsearch: Inform the users about existing credentials limitation. Different service keys are created on service instances have the same set of credentials. For more information see a9s ElasticSearch - Obtain Access Credentials
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s MariaDB: Update Migration documentation with the migration path for MariaDB 10.1 to MariaDB 10.6.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Messaging: Update the migration page with information regarding the migration path from the deprecated version 3.6 to the current GA version 3.10.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Redis: Inform the users about existing credentials limitation. Different service keys are created on service instances have the same set of credentials. For more information see a9s Redis - Obtain Access Credentials
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s LogMe: Inform the users about existing credentials limitation. Different service keys are created on service instances have the same set of credentials. For more information see a9s LogMe - Obtain Access Credentials
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s PostgreSQL 9.4: Removing documentation references to the unsupported PostgreSQL 9.4.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Adjust wording and elaborate various points related to the a9s Data Services release policy. For more information see a9s Data Service Sunrise/Sunset for Major Versions.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Mark a9s Messaging 3.6 as deprecated in the a9s Data Service Release lifecycle Table. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Mark the following a9s Redis versions as deprecated in the a9s Data Service Release Lifecycle Table:
    • a9s Redis 3.2
    • a9s Redis 4.0 For more information see a9s Platform Operator - Sunrise Sunset.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Revision of the TLS/SSL Service Plans documentation. For more information see TLS/SSL Service Plans.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s PostgreSQL 9.4: Removing documentation references to the unsupported PostgreSQL 9.4.

Deprecated​

  • a9s Messaging:
    • Deprecate a9s Messaging 3.6
  • a9s Redis:
    • Deprecate a9s Redis 3.2
    • Deprecate a9s Redis 4.0

Removed​

  • a9s LogMe2: Remove unused BOSH release a9s-node-guard from manifest.
  • a9s Search: Remove unused BOSH release a9s-node-guard from manifest.

Fixed​

  • all services: Fix a typo with the certificate property name in the use-wildcard-certificate.yml Ops-files.
  • all services: a9s SSO Proxy: Fix an issue that prevents the metrics to be fetched inside the a9s Dashboard.
  • a9s MongoDB: Fix an issue in the MongoDB SPI with the parsing of the MongoDB response when it includes a timestamp.
  • a9s MySQL: Remove use-wildcard-certificate.yml Ops-file. This data service does not support wildcard certificates.
  • docs: Application Developer: Fix a typo with the certificate name. For more information see the a9s TLS/SSL Service Plans section.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Messaging: Update the usage documentation with the correct management dashboard links for NON-TLS/SSL and TLS/SSL service instance. For more information see Using a9s Messaging.
  • docs: Application Developer: a9s Messaging: Add additional notes about the backup behavior regarding queues and their data. For more information see Backup and Restore Service Instances.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Fix a typo with the certificate name. For more information see the a9s Deployer Properties, and RabbitMQ TLS/SSL Configuration, and TLS/SSL Service Plans sections.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Adapt the section "Configure TLS" in "Securing the a9s Framework with TLS" to be more precise on what must be exported from CredHub when configuring TLS and setting the certificate information from the Gorouter in CredHub under /cf_router_ssl. It is not necessary to expose the GoRouter private key, only the certificate and the CA are required. For more information see Export the CredHub Variable.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Fix the redirect from the defunct "a9s Data Services Release Lifecycle" page to the a9s Platform Operator - Sunrise Sunset.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Fix the instructions of the Scenario: A Data Service Breaks section of the a9s Data Service Framework Recovery Documentation. For more information see a9s Data Service Framework Recovery.
  • docs: Platform Operator: Fix typos and amend the TLS/SSL documentation:
    • Remove warnings regading the usage of TLS in production.
    • Add missing service to the list of supported data services. For more information see Securing the a9s Framework with TLS.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s MySQL: Add an explicit disclaimer to inform that the a9s MySQL Data Service does not support wildcard certificates. For more information see TLS/SSL Service Plans.
  • docs: Platform Operator: a9s Redis: Fix a typo in the BOSH use_dns_addresses parameter. For more information see Disable use_dns_addresses.

Upcoming End of Support​

In the next anynines-deployment release, v37.0.0, we plan to end support for the following services:

  • a9s Kubernetes: The creation of new service instanes for the already deprecated offering will then be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle, and we will not provide regular support for this offering. Although we will not intentionally break running instances, it cannot be guaranteed that they still work as expected after an update to v37.0.0. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset.
  • a9s Harbor: The creation of new service instanes for the already deprecated offering will then be disabled by default in the a9s Data Service Bundle, and we will not provide regular support for this offering. Although we will not intentionally break running instances, it cannot be guaranteed that they still work as expected after an update to v37.0.0. For more information see a9s Platform Operator Sunrise Sunset.