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This release relates to IBM® App Connect Operator 11.4.0.

The support requirements for the IBM App Connect Operator 11.4.0 are as follows:

This documentation relates to the release for these listed versions. Documentation for the previous releases of the Operator is available in PDF format at Documentation for previous releases.

Support for a new IBM App Connect Operator channel, and custom resource (or operand) channels or versions

IBM App Connect Operator 11.4.0 is delivered on a new v11.4 Operator channel, which you must select to install 11.4.0 versions of the Operator, or to initialize an upgrade from an 11.3.0 or earlier Operator.

Accompanying versions and licenses are provided for the App Connect Dashboard, App Connect Designer Authoring, Switch Server, Integration Server, and Integration Runtime custom resources (or operands). To create an instance or upgrade to an 11.4.0-specific version of a custom resource (CR), you must choose both of these options:

• Subscribe to the 12.0 or 12.0.11 channel for custom resources, or specify a fully qualified version of 12.0.11.3-r1.
• Select an 11.4.0-specific license for approval.

More information:

• Installing IBM App Connect on Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes environments
• Upgrading Operator releases
• Licensing reference for IBM App Connect Operator
• spec.version values

Ongoing support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 and 4.14

Red Hat OpenShift 4.12 and 4.14 are both supported for installing IBM App Connect Operator 11.4.0. The following implications apply for the operand versions that are supported after you install the Operator:

• On a Red Hat OpenShift 4.12 cluster, you can create App Connect Dashboard, App Connect Designer Authoring, Switch Server, Integration Server, and Integration Runtime instances at version 12.0.8.0-r3 or later.
• On a Red Hat OpenShift 4.14 cluster, you can create instances at version 12.0.10.0-r2 or later only.

Red Hat OpenShift 4.12 and 4.14 are also both supported for upgrading from an earlier IBM App Connect Operator version to version 11.4.0. The following implications apply for the operand versions that are supported after you upgrade the Operator:

• On a Red Hat OpenShift 4.12 cluster, you must upgrade all your existing App Connect Dashboard, App Connect Designer Authoring, Switch Server, Integration Server, and Integration Runtime instances to version 12.0.8.0-r3 or later.
• On a Red Hat OpenShift 4.14 cluster, you must upgrade all your existing instances to version 12.0.10.0-r2 or later.

More information:

• spec.version values
• Upgrading Operator releases

Support for multiple logical and comparison operators for retrieve, update, update or create, delete, and custom actions or operations in App Connect Designer

When you add a retrieve, update, update or create, delete, and custom action or operation to a flow, you can now build a WHERE clause with multiple logical conditional operators and comparison operators to help you filter the data in the target application.

Ability to define environment variables, volumes, and volume mounts for the App Connect Dashboard

The following parameters are now available for the App Connect Dashboard:

• spec.pod.containers.control-ui.env: Define custom environment variables to set and use within the Dashboard UI container in the deployment.
• spec.pod.volumes: Provide one or more named volumes to the pod to use for persisting data.
• spec.pod.containers.control-ui.volumeMounts: Define where to mount one or more named volumes into the Dashboard UI container.

More information: App Connect Dashboard reference: Custom resource values

New connectors for App Connect Designer flows and deployed Designer integrations

New connectors are available for connecting to, and interacting with, target applications when referenced in App Connect Designer flows, or in deployed integration servers or integration runtimes:

• Infobip

The following connector now also provides support for events that trigger event-driven flows: Greenhouse.

More information:

• App Connect Designer: Supported components for flows
• App Connect Dashboard: Supported components for export

Deprecated operand versions and channels

A number of operand versions and channels are deprecated for the IBM App Connect Operator 11.4.0 and might no longer be reconciled by future versions of the Operator. A deprecation notice is displayed if you try to save a new or existing Dashboard, Designer, switch server, integration server, or integration runtime custom resource if its spec.version value resolves to a deprecated version.

More information: spec.version values

Removed operand channels and versions

The following operand version, which was deprecated in IBM App Connect Operator 11.3.0, has been removed from IBM App Connect Operator 11.4.0:

• 12.0.11.2-r1-lts

After you upgrade to version 11.4.0 of the Operator, existing App Connect Designer, App Connect Dashboard, switch server, integration server, or integration runtime instances that resolve to a removed version are no longer supported and cannot be reconciled by the Operator.

• You can upgrade the instance to a supported version by updating the spec.version value and accepting the appropriate license.
• You can delete the instance if it's no longer required.
• You cannot save modifications to the custom resource settings if the instance is at an unsupported version. If you require an instance at a version that is unsupported in Operator 11.4.0, you must install an Operator version from the v11.3 or earlier channel, and then create an instance at the version that you require.

More information:

• spec.version values
• Licensing reference for IBM App Connect Operator