What is new
The following enhancements were introduced in the current release.
- IBM® Cloud Orchestrator having IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack Kilo HTTPs support
This release supports the communication of IBM Cloud Orchestrator with IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack Kilo with services that are configured on either HTTP or HTTPS.
- RefStack compliant OpenStack Mitaka release support
This release supports the integration with Mitaka release of OpenStack that uses a shared keystone model. However, IBM Cloud Orchestrator can connect only to one instance of OpenStack, which can be either IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack Kilo or OpenStack Mitaka. You can use OpenStack Mitaka with services that are configured on either HTTP or HTTPS.
- OpenStack User Groups for adding roles
- From the IBM Cloud Orchestrator, you can now create a group, add users to the group, add roles to the group, and associate a group to a project.
- Domain management
- You can now manage domains from IBM Cloud Orchestrator Self service user interface.
- Certificate Management Tool
- Using automated script, you can replace the existing certificates with either self-signed certificates or CA signed certificates.
- Support of VMware NSX network virtualization platform
- You can now install NSX plug-in that is provided by IBM Cloud Orchestrator to enable software-defined networking (SDN) in a VMware vSphere environment. The NSX plug-in can be installed and configured with IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack V4.3 Fix Pack 7. This NSX plug-in is supported on a newly deployed VMware region that is configured with NSX capability. The supported NSX versions are 6.2.2 and 6.2.4.
- TLS V1.2
- The following components are configured with TLS V1.2:
- IBM HTTP Server
- WebSphere® Application Server
- IBM DB2®
- Jetty to Liberty Server migration
- The IBM Cloud Orchestrator Self service user interface Application server and Public Cloud Gateway server are migrated from Jetty to WebSphere Application Server Liberty V16.0.0.4 Server.
- IBM SmartCloud® Cost Management RefStack compliant OpenStack Mitaka integration support for IBM Cloud Orchestrator
- This release supports the integration of IBM SmartCloud Cost Management with OpenStack Mitaka release.
- IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack environment in HTTPS mode support for IBM SmartCloud Cost Management
- IBM SmartCloud Cost Management now supports IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack even if it is in HTTPS mode.
- Enable SSL on DB2 of IBM SmartCloud Cost Management client
- You can enable or disable "SSLEnabled" flag on the database data source of IBM SmartCloud Cost Management.
- Currency support included in this release:
IBM Cloud Orchestrator components Version included WebSphere Application Server Liberty V16.0.0.4 WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5.11 Red Hat Operating System V7.2 Business Process Manager V8.5.7, V8.5.7 CF2016.12 IBM DB2 V10.5.0.8 IBM HTTP Server V8.5.5.11 PowerVC V1.3.2.1 IBM JDK V8.0.3.22 NSX V6.2.2 and V6.2.4 IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack V4.3.0.7 SmartCloud Cost Management components Version included Jazz™ for Service Management V1.1.2.1 IBM Tivoli® Common Reporting V3.1.2.1 Red Hat Operating System V7.2 VMware vCenter Collector V6 U2 WebSphere Application Server with Liberty Profile V16.0.0.4