+1 LGTM, in the packages links list please add for all supported distros: https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/8/ https://download.cloudstack.org/suse/15 https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
Regards. ________________________________ From: Ivet Petrova <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 17:43 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [REVIEW] [DRAFT] [ANNOUNCE] Apache CloudStack 4.16.0.0 Release Hi all, I am sending the reviewed version with corrected https links + quote from Giles Sirett: ------------------------- *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.16* "In the past years, CloudStack has been proving a mature and easy-to-use platform. The released 4.16.0.0 LTS adds new features, enhancements, and bug fixes that will help tech-savy companies stay up to date." said Gabriel Brascher, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. "I'm pleased to see another innovative release of Apache CloudStack from the community. CloudStack continues to evolve both in terms of functionality, integrations and also ease of management and stability. It is great to see new integrations to major storage vendors and so many other features developed by community members from a broad range of organisations, reflecting CloudStack's increasing adoption across both service provider and enterprise organisations.”, said Giles Sirett, Chairman, CloudStack European User Group and Apache CloudStack PMC Member. Apache CloudStack 4.16.0.0 is a 4.16 LTS release with 22 major new features, and 244 enhancements and fixes since 4.15. Some of the highlights include: Additional OS Support for Management Servers and hypervisor hosts: • Support for OpenSuse • Support for Rocky Linux New vendor integrations to allow CloudStack to leverage advanced storage capabilities: • Dell EMC PowerFlex storage plugin integration • LINSTOR storage plugin integration UI Improvements: • Structured comments on objects in the UI • Custom Resource Icons to allow visual representation of most object types • The ability to perform bulk actions through the UI Enhancements to CloudStack Kubernetes Service: • Support for Kubernetes Autoscaling through the CloudStack Kubernetes provider • Kubernetes Clusters now based on System VM, giving simplified ongoing management Improved tools & management: • Granular control of dynamic scaling of VM’s CPU/RAM • Import and export of VMware virtual machines through the UI • CloudStack-setup-databases script improvement to give more stable upgrades • L2 Networks Persistent modern • mac learning mode added to network offerings • HA improvements allow a host to be marked as Degraded • New API endpoint to update pod management network IP range • New API endpoint to update VLAN IP range # Documentation The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html <https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html> The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at: https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/upgrading/index.html<http://https/docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/upgrading/index.html> The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of the releases are available on our documentation page: https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ # Downloads: The official source code for the 4.16.0.0 release can be downloaded from our downloads page: https://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at: https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders. Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at https://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html Kind regards, On 15 Nov 2021, at 7:13, Rohit Yadav <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Nicolas, Can you use https links in the announcements and ensure those links at functional at the time of announcement. Here my two liners you can add: 4.16 continues to make CloudStack easier to install and upgrade for users, now users don't need to seed or register systemvmtemplate prior to an upgrade when using noredist packages, they can simply do an apt-get upgrade or yum update! Regards. ________________________________ From: Nicolas Vazquez <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2021 2:53:48 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [REVIEW] [DRAFT] [ANNOUNCE] Apache CloudStack 4.16.0.0 Release Adding quote from Gabriel, others are welcome to share as well ================================== *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.16* "In the past years, CloudStack has been proving a mature and easy-to-use platform. The released 4.16.0.0 LTS adds new features, enhancements, and bug fixes that will help tech-savvy companies stay up to date." said Gabriel Brascher, Vice President of Apache CloudStack. Apache CloudStack 4.16.0.0 is a 4.16 LTS release with 22 major new features, and 244 enhancements and fixes since 4.15. Highlights include: Additional OS Support for Management Servers and hypervisor hosts * Support for OpenSuse * Support for Rocky Linux New vendor integrations to allow Cloudstack to leverage advanced storage capabilities * Dell EMC PowerFlex storage plugin integration * LINSTOR storage plugin integration UI Improvements * Structured comments on objects in the UI * Custom Resource Icons to allow visual representation of most object types * The ability to perform bulk actions through the UI Enhancements to CloudStack Kubernetes Service * Support for Kubernetes Autoscaling through the CloudStack Kubernetes provider * Kubernetes Clusters now based on System VM, giving simplified ongoing management Improved tools & management * Granular control of dynamic scaling of VM’s CPU/RAM * Import and export of VMware virtual machines through the UI * CloudStack-setup-databases script improvement to give more stable upgrades * L2 Networks Persistent modern * mac learning mode added to network offerings * HA improvements allow a host to be marked as Degraded * New API endpoint to update pod management network IP range * New API endpoint to update VLAN IP range # Documentation The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at: http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/upgrading/index.html The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of the releases are available on our documentation page: http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ # Downloads The official source code for the 4.16.0.0 release can be downloaded from our downloads page: http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at: http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders. Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html ================================== El mié, 10 nov 2021 a las 11:21, Nicolas Vazquez (<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>) escribió: Hi all, What do you think about including a couple of quotes from PMC members in the announcement as well? May I request the ones interested to kindly share their quote and those will be incorporated? Regards, Nicolas Vazquez El mié, 10 nov 2021 a las 8:53, Nicolas Vazquez (<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>) escribió: Thanks Giles and Suresh, I'm +1 with the changes proposed. The links will be available today. Pasting the last version of the draft below: ============================================================== *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®** v4.16* Apache CloudStack 4.16.0.0 is a 4.16 LTS release with 22 major new features, and 244 enhancements and fixes since 4.15. Highlights include: Additional OS Support for Management Servers and hypervisor hosts * Support for OpenSuse * Support for Rocky Linux New vendor integrations to allow Cloudstack to leverage advanced storage capabilities * Dell EMC PowerFlex storage plugin integration * LINSTOR storage plugin integration UI Improvements * Structured comments on objects in the UI * Custom Resource Icons to allow visual representation of most object types * The ability to perform bulk actions through the UI Enhancements to CloudStack Kubernetes Service * Support for Kubernetes Autoscaling through the CloudStack Kubernetes provider * Kubernetes Clusters now based on System VM, giving simplified ongoing management Improved tools & management * Granular control of dynamic scaling of VM’s CPU/RAM * Import and export of VMware virtual machines through the UI * CloudStack-setup-databases script improvement to give more stable upgrades * L2 Networks Persistent modern * mac learning mode added to network offerings * HA improvements allow a host to be marked as Degraded * New API endpoint to update pod management network IP range * New API endpoint to update VLAN IP range # Documentation The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at: http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.16.0.0/upgrading/index.html The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of the releases are available on our documentation page: http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ # Downloads The official source code for the 4.16.0.0 release can be downloaded from our downloads page: http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at: http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ Apache CloudStack powers numerous elastic Cloud computing services, including solutions that have ranked as Gartner Magic Quadrant leaders. Highlighted in the Forrester Q4 2017 Enterprise Open Source Cloud Adoption report, Apache CloudStack "sits beneath hundreds of service provider clouds", including Fortune 5 multinational corporations. A list of known Apache CloudStack users are available at http://cloudstack.apache.org/users.html ============================================================== Regards, Nicolas Vazquez
