What’s New for Compatibility Matrix
Improved UX when a cluster fails to be created. Clusters in an error state will now remain visible on the Compatibility Matrix Overview dashboard in Vendor Portal for five minutes, then will be available in the Cluster History. This allows users to better understand what occurred in the rare event that a cluster errors rather than being created.
What’s New for Embedded Cluster
Pass ConfigValues to Embedded Cluster to automate installation (Embedded Cluster 1.18.0). You can now pass a ConfigValues file to Embedded Cluster at install time using [.inline]--config-values[.inline]. This allows you to automate installation with Embedded Cluster, such as when performing headless installations as part of CI/CD pipelines. Demo. Docs.
Improved Admin Console install experience (Embedded Cluster 1.17.0). Embedded Cluster 1.17.0 introduces an improved Admin Console installation experience, including a new landing page as well as a guided workflow that will help users succeed and understand what’s coming next. Demo. Docs.
Added support for roll backs if the Embedded Cluster Config hasn’t changed (Embedded Cluster 1.17.0). Embedded Cluster 1.17.0 and later supports rolling back the application version if there is no change to the Embedded Cluster Config compared to the currently-installed version. For example, users can roll back to release version 1.0.0 after upgrading to 1.1.0 only if both 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 use the same Embedded Cluster Config. Docs.
Added CLI prompts for users who download an air gap bundle but then attempt an online installation. If a user downloads an air gap bundle but attempts to install without it, the user will be instructed how to pass the air gap bundle to install. This update helps users to avoid errors during air gap installations if they forget to provide the air gap bundle.
Automatically configure kernel parameters and preflight for the desired values. Embedded Cluster now automatically configures several kernel parameters like [.inline]ip_forward[.inline], [.inline]arp_filer[.inline], and [.inline]arp_ignore[.inline] that are required to install successfully. If Embedded Cluster is unable to set these parameters, the preflight checks will instruct the user to set the desired value.
Infrastructure images are removed from the host on upgrade in air gap environments to free up space (Embedded Cluster 1.17.0). During air gap updates with Embedded Cluster, infrastructure images (such as k0s images) are stored in a bundle on the host. In Embedded Cluster 1.17.0 and later, the image bundle is overwritten with each upgrade so that new bundles are not added to the host.
What’s New for the Vendor Portal
Download Portal now includes Embedded Cluster online installation instructions. The Download Portal is updated to include the online installation instructions for Embedded Cluster in addition to the air gap instructions.
Improved Vendor Portal site speed. The uptime status and custom metrics on the Vendor Portal Instance details page no longer timeout after 90 seconds when attempting to load a large amount of data. Vendors with several release channels will also see performance improvements on the [.inline]/customers[.inline] page. Finally, the number of frontend calls on the [.inline]/releases[.inline] page was decreased by 50% to improve the loading speed.
Images can be referenced from the Replicated proxy registry. Vendors can now have their Helm charts reference their images from the Replicated proxy registry. This is recommended because customers should also pull images from the proxy registry. Previously, referencing images in Helm charts from the proxy registry wasn’t possible because it caused failures in the Vendor Portal air gap builder.
What’s New for Product Documentation
FAQ to explain the term “air gap”. A new FAQ clarifies Replicated’s use of “air gap” terminology.