Marketeers, Please have a read through the following announcement and point me to any errors or omissions that need to be dealt with. Hopefully we can send this out on monday.
NOTA BENE: the packages will be in place by than, but are not yet. <draft> Apache CloudStack 4.18.0.0 LTS Release The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache® CloudStack® v4.18. Apache CloudStack 4.18.0.0 is a 4.18 LTS release with 300+ new features, improvements, and bug fixes since 4.17, including 19 major new features. Some of the highlights include: - Edge Zones - Autoscaling - Managed User Data - Two-Factor Authentication Framework - Support for Time-based OTP (TOTP) Authenticator - Volume Encryption - SDN Integration – Tungsten Fabric - Ceph Multi Monitor Support - API-Driven Console Access - Console Access Security Improvements - New Global settings UI - Configurable MTU for VR - Adaptative Affinity Groups - Custom DNS Servers for Networks - Improved Guest OS Support Framework - Support for Enterprise Linux 9 - Networker Backup Plugin for KVM Hypervisor - Custom Quota Tariffs - Secure VNC for KVM Documentation The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.18.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at: http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.18.0.0/upgrading/index.html The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of the releases are available on our documentation page: http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/ Downloads The official source code for the 4.18.0.0 release can be downloaded from our downloads page: http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at: https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/ https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/8/ https://download.cloudstack.org/suse/15 https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ </draft> regards,
