ReleaseNotes/Diablo
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Release Notes, Diablo
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New Features
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift)
- Container synchronization across clusters
- Integration with Keystone authentication
- Node load balancing on HEAD/GET
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OpenStack Compute (Nova)
- Distributed scheduling across zones
- Snapshot, clone and boot from volumes
- Integration with Keystone authentication
- OpenStack API 1.1 (including floating IP support)
- Configuration drive
- KVM Pause/Suspend support
- Instance migration
- Notification system
- Instance types and capabilities-based scheduling
- Multiple NICs
- KVM Block migration support
- HA mode for FlatDHCP network model
- Support for Virtual Storage Arrays
- Global firewall rules
- Support for multiple volume types
- Quantum NaaS integration points
OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery service (Glance)
- Limiting, paging, filtering, ordering results
- Local filesystem LRU cache
- Delayed deletion of images
- Integration with Keystone authentication
- Sharing images between tenants
- Notification system
- New ISO disk format
Upgrade notes
Nova
Auth options
- TODO: document continuous use of deprecated auth: '--use_deprecated_auth' to my /etc/nova/nova.conf the deprecated auth pipeline in nova-api, point out nova-manage is deprecated (part of deprecated auth but a different angle on the info)
- TODO: document upgrading users to keystone
Other changes
- TODO: document changes in network and floating_ip nova-manage commands
- TODO: document feature differences between Xen and libvirt (no resize in libvirt, no block migration in kvm)
- TODO: point out imageRef flavorRef change
- --glance_host and --glance_port was changed to a single flag: --glance_api_servers
Known Issues and Limitations
Nova
- TODO: Known bug: XenServer and KVM handle local storage differently
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