ReleaseNotes/Bexar

Release Notes, Bexar

The Bexar release introduces large file support for OpenStack Object Storage (Swift), the OpenStack Image registry and Delivery service (Glance) and a lot of new features in OpenStack Compute (Nova).

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New Features

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift)

• Large objects (greater than 5 GB) can now be downloaded using OpenStack Object Storage. While there is still a limit on the size of a single uploaded object, with this release the download size of a single object is virtually unlimited with the concept of segmentation. Refer to Managing Large Objects for more information.
• S3 requests can be turned into a request to an OpenStack Object Storage installation. Requests like creating S3 buckets can be accomplished using this S3 API middleware now available.

OpenStack Compute (Nova)

• Microsoft Hyper-V support. Refer to HypervInstall for information.
• IPv6 support. Refer to BexarIpv6supportReadme for information.
• Support for raw disk images, without the complexity of a separate ramdisk or kernel image.

OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery service (Glance)

• Store and retrieve virtual machine images and metadata about these virtual machine images with a service for OpenStack Compute to use.

OpenStack Dashboard

• A reference implementation of a web-based console for OpenStack Compute projects is now available. Refer to OpenStackDashboard for more information.

Known Issues and Limitations

Swift

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Nova

• IPv6 is not supported in FlatManager network mode.
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Glance

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