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IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.5 is now available. This update includes important internal development and field reported fixes.
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IBM API Connect 2018.x delivers enhanced capabilities for the market-leading IBM API management solution. In addition to the ability to deploy in complex, multi-cloud topologies, this version provides enhanced experiences for developers and cloud administrators at organizations.
The API Connect 2018.4.1.5 update includes important internal development and field reported fixes.
A special note on upgrades from prior versions of API Connect v2018.4.1.x: API Connect v2018.4.1.4 is now a pre-requisite for API Connect v2018.4.1.5 for VMWare (.OVA) deployments. You may not upgrade your API Connect topology to 2018.4.1.5 without first being at the v2018.4.1.4 level. Again, this restriction applies to VMWare (.OVA) deployments only of IBM API Connect v2018.4.1.5. This is due to the level of kubernetes deployed with the VMWare (.OVA) installation of IBM API Connect v2018.4.1.5 and restrictions around skipping levels of kubernetes when upgrading.
See the "What's New" topic in the API Connect Knowledge Center for more information on new features included in API Connect v2018.4.1.5
API Connect v2018.4.1.5 contains the following field reported APARs:
| APAR | Summary |
| LI80186 | NEW SITE HAS BEEN CREATED EMAIL WHEN CREATING A PORTAL SITE DOESN'T USE THE CONFIGURED SENDER'S ADDRESS IN CLOUD MANAGER |
| LI80573 | RACE CONDITION IN THE FILE SYNCHRONIZATION OF PORTAL SITES |
| LI80669 | WHEN DELETING PRODUCT IN API MANAGER, THE MESSAGE "PRODUCT WAS DELETED" NOT BEEN TRANSLATED TO BROWSER'S LANGUAGE: GERMAN |
| LI80673 | UNABLE TO PRODUCE ERROR INFORMATION BY USING THE APIM.ERROR() FUNCTION IN A GATEWAY SCRIPT |
| LI80682 | GATEWAY SNAPSHOTS CANNOT BE CREATED IF GLOBAL POLICY HOOKS ARE PRESENT |
| LI80701 | UPGRADE PATH MISSING THE ORPHAN WEBHOOK FIX |
| LI80706 | ENSURE THAT APICUP AND PLAN VERSION MATCH |
| LI80721 | EMAIL ADDRESS VALIDATION WHEN TRYING TO RESET PASSWORD IS CASE SENSITIVE |
| LI80723 | CANNOT CONFIGURE NEW SERVICE IN CLOUD MANAGER IF TOP DOMAIN OF ENDPOINT CONTAINS DASH |
| LI80725 | DEVELOPER PORTAL BACKUP PROCESS DELETING LATEST BACKUP FILE |
| LI80726 | SWITCH POLICY EDITOR IS NOT USING PREVIOUS DEFINED RULE(S) |
| LI80727 | IBM API CONNECT DEVELOPER PORTAL SYSTEM PROXY SETTINGS ARE NOT SAVED CORRECTLY |
| LI80738 | GENERATED SOAP 1.2 FAULT RESPONSES FAIL SOAP SCHEMA VALIDATION |
| LI80740 | OAUTH REDIRECT URL(S) NOT SAVED IN THE APPLICATION DASHBOARD OF THE DEVELOPER PORTAL DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE |
| LI80741 | DEVELOPER PORTAL DISPLAYING UNUSABLE MENU LINKS ON APPS DASHBOARD |
| LI80745 | "MEMBER FOR" AND "LAST ACCESS" FIELDS ON DEVELOPER PORTAL PEOPLE PAGE SHOWS DIFFERENT DATE TIME AFTER SWITCHING BROWSER LANGUAGE |
| LI80746 | PREVENT LANGUAGE DELETION IN PORTAL |
| LI80747 | API CONNECT GATEWAY SERVICE GOES TO PENDING STATE USING ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY |
| LI80749 | PORTAL CAN BLOCK USER LOGIN WHEN NGINX CONTROLLER DIRECTS TO DIFFERENT WORKER NODE |
| LI80751 | ERROR WHILE UPLOADING FILE OF TYPE CER, PEM OR CRT IN REGISTER FORM IN DEVELOPER PORTAL |
| LI80752 | OCCASIONAL "EXPECTED ERROR" MESSAGE WHEN DISPLAYING THE APPLICATION LIST AFTER DELETING AN APPLICATION |
| LI80754 | PORTAL NOT SENDING EMAILS TO SUBSCRIBERS |
| LI80758 | ERRORS SHOULD BE REPORTED IF "APIC CREATE:API --WSDL |
| LI80761 | DEVELOPER PORTAL OAUTH GET TOKEN CALLS DO NOT RETURN CORS MESSAGE IF THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SERVER |
| LI80762 | FIX TRANSLATION FOR API MANAGER ASSEMBLY TEST TOOL AUTHORIZE BUTTON |
| LI80763 | UNABLE TO ADD NEW FIELDS TO CONSUMER ORGANIZATION IN DEVELOPER PORTAL |
| LI80767 | FOREACH IN SOURCE VIEW OF DESIGNER IN APIM IS NOT SHOWING PROPERLY |
| LI80768 | UNABLE TO SAVE CHANGES TO PASSWORD POLICY ON DEVELOPER PORTAL |
| LI80770 | CONFIGURING THE ACTIVITY LOG OF AN API WITH GERMAN LANGUAGE SETTING RETURN ERROR IN TESTING |
| LI80772 | APIM TEST TOOL OAUTH AUTHORIZE BUTTON DOES NOT WORK AS EXPECTED |
| LI80775 | ON DEVELOPER PORTAL AFTER CHANGE ORGANIZATION OWNER, THE OLD OWNER IS NOT PROPERLY ASSIGNED TO THE NEW ROLE |
| LI80783 | TLS PROFILE INSECURE FLAG DOESN'T GET REFLECTED IN THE GW |
| LI80786 | CUSTOM FIELDS NOT POPULATED IN @PARAM NODEINTERFACE $NODE IN HOOK_APIC_APP_CREATE |
| LI80793 | THIRD-PARTY OAUTH PROVIDER BASIC AUTH PASSWORD ENCODING |
| LI80794 | ERRORS WHEN EDIT OR CREATE CONTENT ON PORTAL SITE |
| LI80810 | UNABLE TO CREATE LDAP USER REGISTRY WITH CONFIGURATIONS USING AUTHENTICATED BIND |
| LI80811 | INGRESS ANNOTATIONS WITHIN PORTAL EXTRA-VALUES-FILE ARE NOT PROPERLY APPLIED ON API CONNECT V2018.X |
| LI80814 | API CONNECT GOLANG CVE-2019-9634 |
| LI80817 | FRAMEABLE RESPONSE (CLICKJACKING) |
| LI80819 | UPDATES TO ANGULAR, REDUX, REDUX-FORM |
| LI80822 | SFTP CONNECTIONS ONLY ERROR WHEN ATTEMPTING PORTAL BACKUP |
| LI80823 | BAD REQUEST ERROR MAY RETURN INCORRECT DETAILS IN RESPONSE BODY |
| LI80824 | KUBERNETES VULNERABILITIES |
| LI80880 | API CONNECT DEVELOPER PORTAL IS IMPACTED BY DRUPAL SA-CORE-2019-007 |
Database technology used in this release:
IBM API Connect relies on SQL and no-SQL database technology to provide persistent storage of objects required for the function of the product. Database technology requires fast and reliable storage and, in the case of a highly available configuration, the database must perform adequately in a clustered configuration.
GlusterFS: Testing of IBM API Connect when using GlusterFS has shown that GlusterFS does not provide the speed or reliability for any of the database technology used in IBM API Connect and thus should not be considered for use as the clustered storage facility with this product.
AWS EBS: IBM API Connect deployed on Kubernetes in EC2 instances on AWS should make use of the AWS EBS storage solution with GP2 or IO1 type.
Upgrading to 2018.4.1.5 makes changes to the underlying data structure of API Connect. It is highly recommended to have automatic backups configured in your environment and at least one successful backup complete prior to performing this upgrade.
We advise all users of prior version of API Connect v2018.x to install this update to take advantage of the fixes.
For more information about this release, see API Connect Knowledge Center: What's new in this release .
Support lifecycle policy for IBM API Connect Version 2018.4.1.5:
IBM API Connect 2018.4.1.5 is fix pack to a Long-Term Supported (LTS) release. API Connect 2018.4.1.5 is a recommended product level for which support, including defect and security updates, will be provided through cumulative, in-place Fix Packs until the effective end of service (EOS) date for IBM API Connect 2018.4.1.x. An LTS release is intended for customers that may need a longer-term deployment for their environment. For more information, see IBM API Connect v2018.x Support Lifecycle.
Downloads:
Full installation files for IBM API Connect 2018.4.1.5, the IBM API Connect 2018.4.1.5 Toolkit files, and the IBM API Connect Migrate Utility can be downloaded from Fix Central :
| Description – File Name | Date Published |
| IBM API Connect Management V2018.4.1.5 Containers management-images-kubernetes_lts_v2018.4.1.5.tgz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Developer Portal V2018.4.1.5 Containers portal-images-kubernetes_lts_v2018.4.1.5.tgz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Analytics V2018.4.1.5 Containers analytics-images-kubernetes_lts_v2018.4.1.5.tgz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Management V2018.4.1.5 for VMWare management_lts_v2018.4.1.5.ova |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Developer Portal V2018.4.1.5 for VMWare portal_lts_v2018.4.1.5.ova |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Analytics V2018.4.1.5 for VMWare analytics_lts_v2018.4.1.5.ova |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Install Assist V2018.4.1.5 for Linux apicup-linux_lts_v2018.4.1.5 |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Install Assist V2018.4.1.5 for Mac apicup-mac_lts_v2018.4.1.5 |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Install Assist V2018.4.1.5 for Windows apicup-windows_lts_v2018.4.1.5 |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit V2018.4.1.5 for Linux toolkit-linux_lts_v2018.4.1.5.tgz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit V2018.4.1.5 for Mac toolkit-mac_lts_v2018.4.1.5.zip |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit V2018.4.1.5 for Windows toolkit-windows_lts_v2018.4.1.5.zip |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit Designer with Loopback V2018.4.1.5 for Linux toolkit-loopback-designer-linux_lts_v2018.4.1.5.tgz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit Designer with Loopback V2018.4.1.5 for Mac toolkit-loopback-designer-mac_lts_v2018.4.1.5.zip |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit Designer with Loopback V2018.4.1.5 for Windows toolkit-loopback-designer-windows_lts_v2018.4.1.5.zip |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.5 Analytics .OVA Upgrade File upgrade_analytics_lts_v2018.4.1.5.tgz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.5 Management Server .OVA Upgrade File upgrade_management_lts_v2018.4.1.5.tgz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.5 Developer Portal .OVA Upgrade File upgrade_portal_lts_v2018.4.1.5.tgz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway for Docker Production Edition v2018.4.1.5 idg_dk2018415.lts.prod.tar.gz |
April 29, 2019 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway for Docker Non-Production Edition v2018.4.1.5 idg_dk2018415.lts.nonprod.tar.gz |
April 29, 2019 |
Ensure that you have read and understood the installation instructions for OVAs and Containers before downloading and using the installation files. You can find detailed installation instructions in IBM API Connect Knowledge Center -- Installing API Connect .
Beginning with API Connect v2018.4.1.4, files for ICP Installation will be provided outside of the main fixpack availability but generally within a week of the the fixpack availability date. Please see the table below for the availability and download links from Fix Central.
ICP Installation Files for API Connect v2018.4.1.5
| Description – File Name | Date Published |
| IBM API Connect ICP Enterprise V2018.4.1.5 IBM_API_Connect_ICP_Enterprise_2018.4.1.4.zip |
May 3, 2019 |
| IBM API Connect ICP Professional V2018.4.1.5 IBM_API_Connect_ICP_Professional_2018.4.1.4.zip |
May 3, 2019 |
IBM API Connect Migrate Assist
For details on the IBM API Connect Migrate Assist, please see the Knowledge Center here for more details.
| Description – File Name | Date Published |
| IBM API Connect Migrate Assist Beta apic_migrate_utility |
May 10, 2019 |
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