Release Notes

IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard v1.0.16.0

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Release Notes 1.0.16.0

New Features

Category

Issue

Description

Category

Issue

Description

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4518

A new dashboard for API activity by time interval shows statistics and detailed data of the API calls per minute/hour/day/etc.

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4665

APIC Analytics payload capture link from payload tab when payload is missing.

Security

MNTR-4902

Custom roles may be used to allow users of any builtin role to access Expert Mode.

Security

MNTR-4739

Custom roles may be used to allow users of any builtin role to view and execute report and alerts.

Security

MNTR-4901

Sensitive data may be redacted based on patterns, to prevent DPOD from storing and displaying sensitive data.

Upgrade Assistant

MNTR-4822
MNTR-4975

A new Upgrade Assistant prepares the DPOD instance for upcoming upgrades.
Data is reindexed in the background (if required) while DPOD is up and running.
View the status of the reindexing and configure its behavior through a new page under the Manage section.
This is replacing the Data Migration Tool, that was previously used during upgrades to reindex data.

REST APIs

MNTR-4519

A new set of REST APIs for managing and executing reports.

REST APIs

MNTR-4519

A new set of REST APIs for managing and executing alerts.

Breaking changes

  • Reports REST API was replaced with a new improved and secure API.
    Endpoints https://<dpod hostname>/op/api/v1/report(s) moved to https://<dpod hostname>/op/api/v2/report(s). See Reports REST API for more details.

  • Alerts REST API was replaced with a new improved and secure API.
    Endpoints https://<dpod hostname>/op/api/v1/alert(s) moved to https://<dpod hostname>/op/api/v2/alert(s). See Alerts REST API for more details.

Fix List

Component

Issue

Description

Component

Issue

Description

UI

MNTR-4867

WS-M agent message rate does not include APIC analytics documents count.

UI

MNTR-4868

When filtering with both “Service” and “Payload” filters in Gateway Transactions page, the results are always empty.

UI

MNTR-4442

Auth category is not displayed as an option in Category filter.

UI

MNTR-4984

Raw Messages tab should be the first tab in transaction page.

UI

MNTR-4860

Negative drops count when no data found in Syslog agent details panel.

UI

MNTR-4882

Missing Error Analysis within early failed transactions.

Performance

MNTR-4960

Housekeeping and reports servers shutdown duration was long since they did not shut down gracefully.

Security

MNTR-4796

Random generated shutdown command for TomEE servers.

Security

MNTR-4856

Upgraded log4j to 2.17.1.

Security

MNTR-4881

Stronger random generated Store passwords.

Security

MNTR-4923

Better validation of downloadable files from Web Console and Admin Console.

Stability

MNTR-4933

Agents use an increasing amount of threads, due to a thread leak, if timeouts occur when accessing the Store, causing the entire server to become unstable once the limit of processes amount in the operating system is reached.

Stability

MNTR-4955

Change email in product activation request page.

Stability

MNTR-4952

Analytics data is not displayed within the transaction for v10 LTS Analytics offload records.

Stability

MNTR-4429

Scheduler Info start time column is updated only when task is finished.

Stability

MNTR-3901

SSH disconnection during a cell member federation may lead to unexpected results.

Stability

MNTR-4605
MNTR-4742
MNTR-4754
MNTR-4784
MNTR-4803
MNTR-4804
MNTR-4806
MNTR-4849
MNTR-4850
MNTR-4863
MNTR-4872
MNTR-4873
MNTR-4876
MNTR-4880
MNTR-4900
MNTR-4904
MNTR-4908
MNTR-4909
MNTR-4922
MNTR-4935
MNTR-4936
MNTR-4940
MNTR-4950
MNTR-4951
MNTR-4957
MNTR-4970
MNTR-4976
MNTR-4978
MNTR-4980
MNTR-4985
MNTR-4989
MNTR-4990
MNTR-4991
MNTR-4992
MNTR-4993

Internal stability fixes and housekeeping.

Release Notes 1.0.15.1

Fix List

Component

Issue

Description

Component

Issue

Description

API Connect Payload Capture

MNTR-4847

Redact authorization header in response headers.

UI

MNTR-4747

Correctly display transactions with API-C Analytics data and no raw messages in the transactions list.

UI

MNTR-4809

API Connect assembly flow - OAuth2-server and Rate-limit V5/C policies are not marked as internal.

UI

MNTR-4823

JS Exception when clicking "default" domain in gateway setup.

Security

MNTR-4824
MNTR-4842

Upgraded OpenSearch to 1.2.2.
Upgraded log4j to 2.17.0.

Stability

MNTR-4825
MNTR-4834
MNTR-4843
MNTR-4848
MNTR-4846

Internal stability fixes and housekeeping.

Release Notes 1.0.15.0

New Features

Category

Issue

Description

Category

Issue

Description

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4079

Custom roles may be used to limit user access to product views (Gateway / API-C).

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4520

Custom roles may be used to allow users of any role to edit report and alerts.

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4607
MNTR-4681
MNTR-4682
MNTR-4710

Reports and alerts are displayed per product view to easily distinguish between API Connect and DataPower Gateway services.

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4378
MNTR-4709
MNTR-4749

All tables now support the new context menu which allows easier filtering and copy.

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4228

Quick setup modal after installation/upgrade allows choosing the default product view and theme.

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4640

Changed the order of tabs under Transactions / Early Failing tabs.

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4728

Changed the order of the management tasks accessible through the UI.

API Connect Integration

MNTR-4639
MNTR-4745
MNTR-4704
MNTR-4755
MNTR-4772

API Connect Analytics Offload may be used to send payload and request/response headers to DPOD.

API Connect Integration

MNTR-2740
MNTR-4640
MNTR-4713
MNTR-4717
MNTR-4722
MNTR-4700
MNTR-4795

When activating API Connect Analytics Offload, payload and HTTP headers are displayed per transaction and are available for filtering.

API Connect Integration

MNTR-4718
MNTR-4720
MNTR-4642
MNTR-4765
MNTR-4737

Expert Mode provides access to the data that was captured from API Connect Analytics Offload with the ability to create custom dashboards.

API Connect Integration

MNTR-4641

Payload capture only supported if Analytics endpoint doesn’t exists.

API Connect Integration

MNTR-4601
MNTR-4708

Cleaner view of the assembly flow (toggle between primary policies and all policies).

Performance

MNTR-4645

Support for enhanced Syslog log target performance introduced in DataPower Gateway firmware v10.0.4.0.

Installation

MNTR-4417

Support for POC installation (Non-Appliance Minimal architecture with a single disk)

Fix List

Component

Issue

Description

Component

Issue

Description

UI

MNTR-4551

Fixed Free Text filter exception when entering a comma separated string.

UI

MNTR-4697

Removed message about DPOD Store history period.

UI

MNTR-4536

Do not show What’s New dialog after installing an iFix.

UI

MNTR-4606

Service latency dashboard shows infinity values for API Connect transactions.

DevOps Services Portal

MNTR-4714

DevOps Services Portal page unresponsive.

Performance

MNTR-4726

Improved performance and monitoring of the WS-M Agents for receiving API Connect Analytics data.

Security

MNTR-4428

User without payload permissions is still able to filter by payload.

Security

MNTR-4538

Reduce ephemeral port range.

Security

MNTR-4575
MNTR-4706
MNTR-4716
MNTR-4535
MNTR-4706
MNTR-4326
MNTR-4490
MNTR-4766
MNTR-4799
MNTR-4783
MNTR-4791

Upgraded OpenSearch to 1.1.0.
Upgraded TomEE server to 8.0.8.
Upgraded Flume to 1.9.0.
Upgraded log4j to 2.15.0.
Upgraded JDK to 11.0.13+8.

Stability

MNTR-4616

Syslog setup for API Connect domains of 7.6 firmware fails.

Stability

MNTR-4593

Admin Console becomes unavailable due to OutOfMemoryError.

Stability

MNTR-4613

Cell environment upgrade fails due to max shards per node setting.

Stability

MNTR-4781

Agents cannot persist data due to IllegalStateException after the Store is restarted.

Stability

MNTR-3174
MNTR-4731
MNTR-4462
MNTR-4686
MNTR-4587
MNTR-4459
MNTR-4422
MNTR-4245
MNTR-4248
MNTR-4611
MNTR-4477
MNTR-4461
MNTR-4463
MNTR-4652
MNTR-4491
MNTR-4489
MNTR-4460
MNTR-4619
MNTR-4748
MNTR-4750
MNTR-4761
MNTR-4778
MNTR-4752
MNTR-4793

Internal stability fixes and housekeeping.

Release Notes 1.0.14.0

New Features

Category

Issue

Description

Category

Issue

Description

Improved User Experience

MNTR-3922
MNTR-4090
MNTR-4321
MNTR-4325
MNTR-4327
MNTR-4332
MNTR-4335
MNTR-4354
MNTR-4355
MNTR-4356
MNTR-4359
MNTR-4360
MNTR-4374
MNTR-4385
MNTR-4390
MNTR-4412
MNTR-4413
MNTR-4420

Many filters (including device, domain, service, API name, product, etc.) support wildcards (*) for matching.

Improved User Experience

MNTR-3922
MNTR-4320
MNTR-4348
MNTR-4349

Filters across the system support operators (including reports and alerts).

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4369
MNTR-4397
MNTR-4398
MNTR-4400
MNTR-4401
MNTR-4419

A new context menu in main tables (transactions, early failing, raw messages, etc.) allows easier filtering and copy.

IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard (DPOD) v1.0.16.0