Release Notes

IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard v1.0.17.0

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Release Notes 1.0.17.0

New Features

Category

Issue

Description

Category

Issue

Description

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4916

Show elapsed time for all transactions (instead of only successful ones) in Transactions page.

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4914

Improved default filters in user preferences, including the time filter and operators (equals/not equals).

Improved User Experience

MNTR-4915
MNTR-5175
MNTR-5176

Custom logo image may be added to the Web Console (in the login page and the top navigation bar).

Alerts

MNTR-5052

A new alert for API-Connect rate limit exceeding a utilization threshold.

Fix List

Component

Issue

Description

Component

Issue

Description

Admin Console

MNTR-4997

Backup logs could not be downloaded from the backup process output modal.

Filters

MNTR-5125

Some values might be missing from the auto-complete filters when some of the devices send Syslog messages with a timestamp in the future.

Syslog Agents

MNTR-5042

New log file for invalid messages sent to syslog agents.

REST APIs

MNTR-5103

Return the report and alert internal IDs in the REST API response.

Store

MNTR-5039

Increase heap size on store nodes with high memory.

Security

MNTR-5047
MNTR-5185
MNTR-5187

Require password change for admin user in quick setup modal.

Internal Alerts

MNTR-5072

Fixed false alarm about the retention service not running after an upgrade.

Service Configuration

MNTR-5136

Fixed service configuration sampling failure after service or domain removed from the DataPower gateway.

Cell Environment

MNTR-4851

Stopping unused services after federation completes.

Upgrade

MNTR-4971

Improved the detection of outdated OS.

Upgrade

MNTR-4532
MNTR-5009

Remove unused properties from configuration files.

Upgrade

MNTR-5094
MNTR-5095

Configuration database might get corrupted during rollback.

Upgrade

MNTR-5093

Upgrade fails with non-DPOD mountpoints that start with /data.

Upgrade

MNTR-5165
MNTR-5174

Remove differences between an installation and an upgrade.

Upgrade

MNTR-4456

Placeholder file was not removed after an OS upgrade and reboot.

Upgrade

MNTR-4632

Invalid version in version-history.txt (e.g.: 1.0.13.7).

Upgrade

MNTR-5041

Remove heapDump.out files from /logs directory during upgrade.

Upgrade

MNTR-4871

Warn in case SquashFS configuration is detected in modprobe.

Product Activation

MNTR-5070

Update email address.

Configuration Database

MNTR-3906
MNTR-4890
MNTR-5105
MNTR-5129

Enhanced the security of the configuration database using the latest encoding and digest algorithms.

Dependencies

MNTR-5179
MNTR-5081
MNTR-5089
MNTR-5092

Upgraded OpenSearch to 1.3.2.
Upgraded OpenSearch Dashboards to 1.3.2.
Upgraded Apache TomEE to 8.0.11.
Upgraded JDK to 11.0.15+10.
Upgraded various packages and dependencies.

System

MNTR-4764
MNTR-4801
MNTR-4999
MNTR-5080
MNTR-5102
MNTR-5128

Internal stability fixes and housekeeping.

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

IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard (DPOD) v1.0.17.0