Release notes

Component versions

Component Version

Axual Operator

0.9.0

Broker

6.6.0

Cluster Manager

2.2.6

Cluster Browse

1.6.3

Connect

2.4.0

Discovery Service

2.6.5

Distributor

5.0.0

Exhibitor

2.1.0

Instance Manager

3.7.3

Keycloak

19.0.2

Management UI

7.0.2

Metrics Exposer

0.9.0

Operation Manager

1.5.2

Platform Manager

6.20.4

Platform Metric Provider

1.2.0

Rest Proxy

1.6.0

Schema Registry

5.4.1

Stream Browse

1.5.2

Vault

1.4.2

cAdvisor

0.37.0

Node Exporter

1.0.1

Prometheus

2.20.1

Grafana

7.1.3

Alert Manager

0.15.3

Apicurio

2.3.0 - NEW

Features, bugfixes and improvements

Axual Operator

  • Upgrade to Strimzi 0.32.0 with Kafka 3.3.1

Broker

  • Upgrade to Kafka 3.3.1

Cluster Manager

  • Fix: Cluster Manager fails to start when distributed tracing is enabled

Cluster Browse

  • Update docker base images to the latest 3.x

  • Added logical types support

  • Upgrades to be ready for Spring Boot 3

Connect

  • Introduced a static configuration which can bypass the Discovery Service for specific use cases

Discovery Service

  • Security fixes

Distributor

  • Implementation using Kafka Connect Principals

  • Added support to retry for Discovery Service if it is unavailable on startup

  • Removed: Offset Distribution

  • Supported CPU architectures: linux/amd64,linux/arm64

  • Upgrade Strimzi and Axual Client to support Kafka 3.2.3

    Version 5.0.0 (and later) of Distributor is only available with helm installation

Instance Manager

  • Add Basic Auth Capabilities to the Avro Deserializer (Axual SR Client)

  • Update docker base images to the latest 3.x

Metrics Exposer

  • Update docker base images to the latest 3.x

  • Units added for every metric

  • Metrics Exposer refactored Query logic

  • Add Distributed Tracing support with Spring Cloud Sleuth and OpenTelemetry

  • Fixed some issues related to time window, units and CORS

    This component is only available with helm installation

Operation Manager

  • Upgrades to be ready for Spring Boot 3

  • Update docker base images to the latest 3.x

Platform Manager

  • Upgrades to be ready for Spring Boot 3

  • Added Stream Browse Access Control on streams

  • Added toggle in Instance for environment mapping

  • Dynamic search for streams

  • Add Distributed Tracing support with Spring Cloud Sleuth and OpenTelemetry

  • Update docs to show which deprecated endpoints, changelog and inconsistent error responses

  • Introduce a new endpoint to simplify the creation of an ApplicationAccessGrant

  • Configure and Expose auto-generated OpenAPI Specification

  • Make API tests part of the project with a manual trigger to be running

Stream Browse

  • Upgrades to be ready for Spring Boot 3

  • Update docker base images to the latest 3.x

Apicurio

  • We are introducing Apicurio as the new schema registry.

    The previous Legacy Confluent Schema Registry is still the default in Axual Platform 2022.4.

    Apicurio is compatible with the schemas defined in Confluent Schema Registry.

    You can learn how to migrate schemas from the Legacy Confluent Schema Registry to Apicurio in Migrating From Legacy Schema Registry

    This component is only available with helm installation

Management UI

  • Redesign and revamp of the UI

  • Add stream insights

  • Add instance environment mapping

  • Add instance granular stream browse

  • Add instance stream browse access control

  • Display enviroments and their browse permissions on the stream page

  • Add grouping of connector configuration

  • Add schema browser

  • Enable cancelling of stream access request

  • Enable requesting stream access on previously revoked/rejected/cancelled request.

  • Add My Streams and My Applications widgets to the dashboard

  • Add revamped Topic Graph

    The old UI is available as Management UI version 6.7.0