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This session gives a brief introduction of the new and exciting feature in the latest (upcoming) CloudStack LTS release, ie, 4.19.0. The discussion includes the details on the timeline of the CloudStack 4.19.0 release, overview of some of the marquee, new feature of the release – Object storage framework, KVM ingestion, Hypervisor agnostic simple DRS, CAPC aware CKS, OAuth2, DRaaS with Multi zone disaster recovery, etc and a summary of improvements added since the previous major LTS release of the CloudStack, ie, 4.18.0. ----------------------------------------- The CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2023 took place on 23-24th November. The conference, arranged by a group of volunteers from the Apache CloudStack Community, took place in the voco hotel, in Porte de Clichy, Paris. It hosted over 350 attendees, with 47 speakers holding technical talks, user stories, new features and integrations presentations and more.

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What’s New in CloudStack 4.19 Abhishek Kumar @ CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2023
About me - Abhishek Kumar ● Committer @ Apache CloudStack project ● Been involved with the project for nearly 5 years now ● Volunteered to RM 4.19 release. In past, I’ve been involved with 4.17.1, 4.15.1, 4.14.1 as RM or co-RM. ● Software Engineer @ ShapeBlue ● In my free time I try to be regular at gym. I like spending time taking care of my house plants.
Agenda ● CloudStack LTS releases; recent and upcoming releases ● 4.19.0.0 release ○ Timeline ● Key features and improvements ○ Object storage support ○ KVM ingestion ○ Managed Kubernetes Cluster ○ OAuth2 authentication ○ … ● Q & A, feedback
CloudStack LTS releases ● Community aspires to do two major release per year ● 1-2 minor or dot releases depending on the issues reported and bug fixes ● Current LTS release - 4.18.1.0. Released in September 2023 ● Other recent releases - 4.18.0.0, 4.17.2.0 ● Upcoming releases - 4.19.0.0, 4.18.2.0#
Quick recap of 4.18.0.0 and 4.18.1.0 releases While 4.18.0 LTS released with over 300 new features, improvements and bug fixes, over 200 improvement and fixes were added in 4.18.1. Some of the highlights: ● Edge Zones ● Autoscaling ● Managed User Data ● Two-Factor Authentication Framework; Support for Time-based OTP (TOTP) Authenticator ● Volume Encryption ● SDN Integration – Tungsten Fabric ● Ceph Multi Monitor Support ● API-Driven Console Access List goes on…
4.19.0.0 release ● Targeted for Q3/Q4 2023 ● Focuses on adding exciting new features and functionalities ● Will incorporate fixes from 4.18.1.0 and may include additional fixes that have been added since Timeline ● (14 plus weeks) Ongoing – Mid October 2023: Accept all bugs, issues, improvements allowed in LTS ● (1 week) Stabilise the main (or 4.19) branch, accept only critical/blocker issues (if any) ● Early December 2023 and onwards: Cut 4.19.0.0 RC1 and further RCs if necessary, start/conclude vote, and finish release work
Some key features #
Object storage feature ● Object storage as a first-class end user feature in CloudStack. ● Adds capability to integrate external object store providers that comply with S3 protocols ● Adds MinIO plugin (and simulator) as provider
KVM Ingestion ● Builds on VM Ingestion functionality ● Will allow migrating KVM workload from other tools such as Proxmox, oVirt, etc ● Larger feature that also incorporates GSoC ’23 project - Extend export/import instances to KVM
Managed Kubernetes Cluster ● Makes CKS aware of Kubernetes cluster deployed using external tools such as CAPC ● CAPI provider logs the lifecycle events of a clusters in CloudStack ● Part of this feature would need a new CloudStack Go SDK release.
VMware to KVM migration ● Enables operators to migrate existing VMware Instances to KVM, ensuring that the disk volumes are preserved using virt-v2v ● UI wizard for admin, adds a new API - importVm
CloudStack DRS ● Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) automates the balancing and distribution of workloads across CloudStack Hosts. ● Enhance cloud environment performance ● Introduces algorithm - condensed & balanced
Dashboard redesign ● Redesigned dashboard for admin, users and projects ● Card based interface ● Global create button
VNF Appliances Support ● Simplifies the registration, deployment, and management of VNFs through a new Appliance deployment wizard. ● Service providers can offer VNF appliances to their end users
Snapshot copy ● Copy volume snapshots to specific zones or create snapshots with replica in select zones ● Data replication that can be employed in disaster recovery scenarios (DRaaS) ● Copy across zones will work similar to templates
OAuth2 Authentication ● New OAuth2, UI-first plugin - can perform Single-Sign-On (SSO) with 3rd-party identity providers. ● Currently supports Google and Github as providers
New improvements and concepts for VPCs Concept of domain VPCs ● VPC can be managed by a domain ● Available only through API Global ACL for VPCs ● Multiple VPCs can have same ACL rule ● Similar to use of default allow and deny rule
Storage plugin additions and improvements FiberChannel Multipath SCSI for KVM, HPE-Primera Support ● New primary storage volume type called "FiberChannel" ● Storage provider for the HP Enterprise Primera and Pure Flash Array Storpool ● KVM Host HA enhancement for the StorPool storage plugin. ● Volume encryption support ● Storage and volume stats Linstor ● Snapshot backup for the Linstor primary storage ● Fixes around rootdisk resize, template copy
Scheduled Instance Lifecycle Operations ● Introduces a robust Instance Schedule functionality ● Schedule can be created either through a user-friendly UI or API ● Hypervisor-agnostic ● Helps optimizing resource utilization, and minimizing operational costs
Public IP quarantine ● Introduces public IP quarantine process ● Quarantine duration controlled by global config - ip.address.quarantine.duration ● Adds and updates API to update/remove/list Quarantine IPs
Other improvements and changes ● Safe shutdown ● Improvements in userdata functionality ● Edge zone improvements and ability to deploy CKS clusters ● Storage browser and granular storage management ● Guest OS Management ● Ant Design upgrade ● Auto enable-disable KVM hosts ● Improvements in Backup & Recovery frameworks ● Support for vSphere 8.0.0 ● Moving subdomains across domains ● New system VM template Currently over 224 closed items in the 4.19.0.0 milestone, over 69 closed items in 4.18.2.0 milestone
Statistically till now… 224 closed items in milestone 188 PRs merged with new features and enhancements in the milestone Over 100 PRs merged from 4.18.x milestone Over 40 unique PR contributors 32 closed issues in the milestone, Over 130 closed issues in 4.18.x milestone
Discuss Q & A, feedback… https://download.cloudstack.org/testing/nightly/

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What’s New in CloudStack 4.19 - Abhishek Kumar - ShapeBlue

  • 1. What’s New in CloudStack 4.19 Abhishek Kumar @ CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2023
  • 2. About me - Abhishek Kumar ● Committer @ Apache CloudStack project ● Been involved with the project for nearly 5 years now ● Volunteered to RM 4.19 release. In past, I’ve been involved with 4.17.1, 4.15.1, 4.14.1 as RM or co-RM. ● Software Engineer @ ShapeBlue ● In my free time I try to be regular at gym. I like spending time taking care of my house plants.
  • 3. Agenda ● CloudStack LTS releases; recent and upcoming releases ● 4.19.0.0 release ○ Timeline ● Key features and improvements ○ Object storage support ○ KVM ingestion ○ Managed Kubernetes Cluster ○ OAuth2 authentication ○ … ● Q & A, feedback
  • 4. CloudStack LTS releases ● Community aspires to do two major release per year ● 1-2 minor or dot releases depending on the issues reported and bug fixes ● Current LTS release - 4.18.1.0. Released in September 2023 ● Other recent releases - 4.18.0.0, 4.17.2.0 ● Upcoming releases - 4.19.0.0, 4.18.2.0#
  • 5. Quick recap of 4.18.0.0 and 4.18.1.0 releases While 4.18.0 LTS released with over 300 new features, improvements and bug fixes, over 200 improvement and fixes were added in 4.18.1. Some of the highlights: ● Edge Zones ● Autoscaling ● Managed User Data ● Two-Factor Authentication Framework; Support for Time-based OTP (TOTP) Authenticator ● Volume Encryption ● SDN Integration – Tungsten Fabric ● Ceph Multi Monitor Support ● API-Driven Console Access List goes on…
  • 6. 4.19.0.0 release ● Targeted for Q3/Q4 2023 ● Focuses on adding exciting new features and functionalities ● Will incorporate fixes from 4.18.1.0 and may include additional fixes that have been added since Timeline ● (14 plus weeks) Ongoing – Mid October 2023: Accept all bugs, issues, improvements allowed in LTS ● (1 week) Stabilise the main (or 4.19) branch, accept only critical/blocker issues (if any) ● Early December 2023 and onwards: Cut 4.19.0.0 RC1 and further RCs if necessary, start/conclude vote, and finish release work
  • 8. Object storage feature ● Object storage as a first-class end user feature in CloudStack. ● Adds capability to integrate external object store providers that comply with S3 protocols ● Adds MinIO plugin (and simulator) as provider
  • 9. KVM Ingestion ● Builds on VM Ingestion functionality ● Will allow migrating KVM workload from other tools such as Proxmox, oVirt, etc ● Larger feature that also incorporates GSoC ’23 project - Extend export/import instances to KVM
  • 10. Managed Kubernetes Cluster ● Makes CKS aware of Kubernetes cluster deployed using external tools such as CAPC ● CAPI provider logs the lifecycle events of a clusters in CloudStack ● Part of this feature would need a new CloudStack Go SDK release.
  • 11. VMware to KVM migration ● Enables operators to migrate existing VMware Instances to KVM, ensuring that the disk volumes are preserved using virt-v2v ● UI wizard for admin, adds a new API - importVm
  • 12. CloudStack DRS ● Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) automates the balancing and distribution of workloads across CloudStack Hosts. ● Enhance cloud environment performance ● Introduces algorithm - condensed & balanced
  • 13. Dashboard redesign ● Redesigned dashboard for admin, users and projects ● Card based interface ● Global create button
  • 14. VNF Appliances Support ● Simplifies the registration, deployment, and management of VNFs through a new Appliance deployment wizard. ● Service providers can offer VNF appliances to their end users
  • 15. Snapshot copy ● Copy volume snapshots to specific zones or create snapshots with replica in select zones ● Data replication that can be employed in disaster recovery scenarios (DRaaS) ● Copy across zones will work similar to templates
  • 16. OAuth2 Authentication ● New OAuth2, UI-first plugin - can perform Single-Sign-On (SSO) with 3rd-party identity providers. ● Currently supports Google and Github as providers
  • 17. New improvements and concepts for VPCs Concept of domain VPCs ● VPC can be managed by a domain ● Available only through API Global ACL for VPCs ● Multiple VPCs can have same ACL rule ● Similar to use of default allow and deny rule
  • 18. Storage plugin additions and improvements FiberChannel Multipath SCSI for KVM, HPE-Primera Support ● New primary storage volume type called "FiberChannel" ● Storage provider for the HP Enterprise Primera and Pure Flash Array Storpool ● KVM Host HA enhancement for the StorPool storage plugin. ● Volume encryption support ● Storage and volume stats Linstor ● Snapshot backup for the Linstor primary storage ● Fixes around rootdisk resize, template copy
  • 19. Scheduled Instance Lifecycle Operations ● Introduces a robust Instance Schedule functionality ● Schedule can be created either through a user-friendly UI or API ● Hypervisor-agnostic ● Helps optimizing resource utilization, and minimizing operational costs
  • 20. Public IP quarantine ● Introduces public IP quarantine process ● Quarantine duration controlled by global config - ip.address.quarantine.duration ● Adds and updates API to update/remove/list Quarantine IPs
  • 21. Other improvements and changes ● Safe shutdown ● Improvements in userdata functionality ● Edge zone improvements and ability to deploy CKS clusters ● Storage browser and granular storage management ● Guest OS Management ● Ant Design upgrade ● Auto enable-disable KVM hosts ● Improvements in Backup & Recovery frameworks ● Support for vSphere 8.0.0 ● Moving subdomains across domains ● New system VM template Currently over 224 closed items in the 4.19.0.0 milestone, over 69 closed items in 4.18.2.0 milestone
  • 22. Statistically till now… 224 closed items in milestone 188 PRs merged with new features and enhancements in the milestone Over 100 PRs merged from 4.18.x milestone Over 40 unique PR contributors 32 closed issues in the milestone, Over 130 closed issues in 4.18.x milestone
  • 23. Discuss Q & A, feedback… https://download.cloudstack.org/testing/nightly/