LGTM, thanks Joao.
Regards.
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*From:* João Jandre Paraquetti <j...@scclouds.com.br>
*Sent:* Friday, November 29, 2024 20:13
*To:* marketing@cloudstack.apache.org <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>
*Subject:* Re: [DRAFT] Apache CloudStack LTS Release 4.20.0.0
Hello everyone,
I have updated the announcement with the latest reviews, I believe this
is the final draft:
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# Apache CloudStack LTS Maintenance Release 4.20.0.0
The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
CloudStack 4.20.0.0.
Apache CloudStack 4.20 is the most recent release of the cloud
management platform. It comes as a product of extensive contributions
from the development community and is a LTS release, guaranteeing
ongoing maintenance and support for a period of 18 months
The 4.20 release contains 26 new features, 79 improvements and 59 bug
fixes since 4.19.
Some of the highlighted features include:
- Multi-Architecture Zones & ARM64 Support
- Shared File Systems
- VMware NSX Integration
- CloudStack Webhooks
- Granular Resource Limits
- Dynamic & Static Routing
- Simple NAS Backup and Recovery Provider
- CEPH RGW Object Storage Provider
- Security Group for Shared Networks in Advanced Zones
- Huge Quota Plugin API improvements
- Usage Management UI
- Quota Tariff UI
- Download Volume Snapshots
CloudStack LTS branches are supported for 18 months and will receive
updates for the first 12 months and only security updates in the last
6 months.
Apache CloudStack is an open-source software system designed to deploy
and manage large networks of virtual machines, as a highly available,
highly scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing
platform. CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and rich API
for managing the compute, networking, software, and storage resources.
The project became an Apache top-level project in March, 2013 and is
currently deployed in thousands of organisations globally.
More information about Apache CloudStack can be found at:
https://cloudstack.apache.org/
# Documentation
What's new in CloudStack 4.20.0.0:
https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.0.0/releasenotes/about.html
The 4.20.0.0 release notes include a full list of issues fixed, as well
as upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and
can be found at:
https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.0.0/releasenotes/
The official installation, administration, and API documentation for
each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
# Downloads
The official source code for the 4.20.0.0 release can be downloaded from
our downloads page:
https://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/el/7/
https://download.cloudstack.org/el/8/
https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
https://download.cloudstack.org/suse/15/
https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
On 11/28/24 09:32, Guto Veronezi wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> João, there are some major features also to consider:
> - Huge Quota Plugin API improvements (#8230, #8243, #8307, #8347, #8372)
> - Quota Tariff UI (#9225)
> - Download Volume Snapshots (#8878)
>
> Regarding the number of new features, it says we have 236 new features
> while we have only 200 PRs for the milestone. Furthermore, a large
> portion of the PRs are fixes of previous PRs on the same milestone;
> therefore, this number should be rechecked (I can help you on that).
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel Salvador (gutoveronezi)
>
>
> On 28/11/2024 08:54, Rohit Yadav wrote:
>> Hi Joao,
>>
>> Largely LGTM, with some changes suggested:
>>
>> 1. Rewrite "The 4.20 release contains 236 new features, improvements
>> and bug fixes since 4.19, 15 of these being major features." to
>> "The 4.20 release contains 236 new features, improvements and bug
>> fixes since 4.19, 30 of these being major features."
>>
>> 2. I've updated the new features list below if you want to use it:
>>
>> - Multi-Architecture Zones & ARM64 Support
>> - Shared File Systems
>> - VMware NSX Integration
>> - Usage Management UI
>> - CloudStack Webhooks
>> - Granular Resource Limits
>> - Dynamic & Static Routing
>> - Simple NAS Backup and Recovery Provider
>> - CEPH RGW Object Storage Provider
>> - Security Group for Shared Networks in Advanced Zones
>> - Deletion Protection of Instances & Volumes
>>
>> 3. Also specify the suse/opensuse repo:
>> https://download.cloudstack.org/suse/15/
>>
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>>
>>
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>> *From:* Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 28, 2024 14:38
>> *To:* marketing@cloudstack.apache.org <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>
>> *Subject:* RE: [DRAFT] Apache CloudStack LTS Release 4.20.0.0
>> Hi Joao - looking good
>>
>>
>> In the list of highlighted features, you have:
>> - Backup and Recovery Plugin
>> I think that should be:
>> -Simple NAS based Backup provider for Backup and Recovery Framework
>>
>> (to make it clear that this is an additional provider for the
framework)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Giles
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: João Jandre <j...@apache.org>
>> Sent: 27 November 2024 17:38
>> To: Apache CloudStack Marketing <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>
>> Subject: Re: [DRAFT] Apache CloudStack LTS Release 4.20.0.0
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have updated the announcement for the 4.20 release with the last
>> reviews by Ivet, could you take a last look?
>>
>> -Joao
>>
>> =======================
>>
>> # Apache CloudStack LTS Maintenance Release 4.20.0.0
>>
>> The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
>> CloudStack 4.20.0.0.
>>
>> Apache CloudStack 4.20 is the most recent release of the cloud
>> management platform. It comes as a product of extensive contributions
>> from the development community and is a LTS release, guaranteeing
>> ongoing maintenance and support for a period of 18 months
>>
>> The 4.20 release contains 236 new features, improvements and bug
>> fixes since 4.19, 15 of these being major features.
>>
>> Some of the highlighted features include:
>>
>> - Multi-Architecture Zones & ARM64 Support
>> - Shared File Systems
>> - VMware NSX Integration
>> - Usage Management UI
>> - CloudStack Webhooks
>> - Backup and Recovery Plugin
>> - CEPH Plugin for Object Storage
>>
>> CloudStack LTS branches are supported for 18 months and will receive
>> updates for the first 12 months and only security updates in the last
>> 6 months.
>>
>> Apache CloudStack is an open-source software system designed to
>> deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines, as a highly
>> available, highly scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud
>> computing platform. CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface
>> and rich API for managing the compute, networking, software, and
>> storage resources.
>> The project became an Apache top-level project in March, 2013 and is
>> currently deployed in thousands of organisations globally.
>>
>> More information about Apache CloudStack can be found at:
>> https://cloudstack.apache.org/
>>
>> # Documentation
>>
>> What's new in CloudStack 4.20.0.0:
>> https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.0.0/releasenotes/about.html
>>
>> The 4.20.0.0 release notes include a full list of issues fixed, as
>> well as upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache
>> CloudStack, and can be found at:
>> https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.0.0/releasenotes/
>>
>> The official installation, administration, and API documentation for
>> each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
>> https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
>>
>> # Downloads
>>
>> The official source code for the 4.20.0.0 release can be downloaded
>> from our downloads page:
>> https://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/el/7/
>> https://download.cloudstack.org/el/8/
>> https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
>> https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
>>
>>
>> On 10/24/24 05:01, Ivet Petrova wrote:
>> > Hi Joao,
>> >
>> > I would suggest to improve this a bit:
>> >
>> > Some of the highlighted features include:
>> >
>> > Multi-Architecture Zones & ARM64 Support Shared File Systems VMware
>> > NSX Integration Usage Management UI CloudStack Webhooks Backup and
>> > Recovery Plugin CEPH Plugin for Object Storage
>> >
>> > I would change this paragraph:
>> > Apache CloudStack is an integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
>> > software platform that allows users to build feature-rich public and
>> > private cloud environments. CloudStack includes an intuitive user
>> > interface and rich API for managing the compute, networking,
software,
>> > and storage resources. The project became an Apache top-level project
>> > in March, 2013.
>> >
>> >
>> > To this:
>> > Apache CloudStack is an open-source software system designed to
deploy
>> > and manage large networks of virtual machines, as a highly available,
>> > highly scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing
>> > platform. CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and rich
>> API for managing the compute, networking, software, and storage
>> resources.
>> > The project became an Apache top-level project in March, 2013 and is
>> > currently deployed in thousands of organisations globally.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 23 Oct 2024, at 20:39, João Jandre Paraquetti
>> <j...@scclouds.com.br> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Please kindly review the draft of 4.20.0.0 release.
>> >
>> > -Joao
>> >
>> > =======================
>> >
>> > # Apache CloudStack LTS Maintenance Release 4.20.0.0
>> >
>> > The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of
>> > CloudStack 4.20.0.0.
>> >
>> > Apache CloudStack 4.20 is the most recent release of the cloud
>> > management platform. It comes as a product of extensive contributions
>> > from the development community and is a LTS release, guaranteeing
>> > ongoing maintenance and support for a period of 18 months
>> >
>> > The 4.20 release contains 236 new features, improvements and bug
fixes
>> > since 4.19, 15 of these being major features.
>> >
>> > Some of the highlighted features include:
>> >
>> > - Webhooks
>> > - Dynamic and Static Routing
>> > - Ceph RGW Object Store Support
>> > - NSX integration
>> > - Shared Filesystem
>> > - Multi-arch Zones
>> >
>> > CloudStack LTS branches are supported for 18 months and will receive
>> > updates for the first 12 months and only security updates in the last
>> > 6 months.
>> >
>> > Apache CloudStack is an integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
>> > software platform that allows users to build feature-rich public and
>> > private cloud environments. CloudStack includes an intuitive user
>> > interface and rich API for managing the compute, networking,
software,
>> > and storage resources. The project became an Apache top-level project
>> > in March, 2013.
>> >
>> > More information about Apache CloudStack can be found at:
>> > https://cloudstack.apache.org/
>> >
>> > # Documentation
>> >
>> > What's new in CloudStack 4.20.0.0:
>> >
https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.0.0/releasenotes/about.html
>> >
>> > The 4.20.0.0 release notes include a full list of issues fixed, as
>> > well as upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache
>> > CloudStack, and can be found at:
>> > https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.0.0/releasenotes/
>> >
>> > The official installation, administration, and API documentation for
>> > each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
>> > https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
>> >
>> > # Downloads
>> >
>> > The official source code for the 4.20.0.0 release can be downloaded
>> > from our downloads page:
>> > https://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/el/7/
>> > https://download.cloudstack.org/el/8/
>> > https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
>> > https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
>> >
>> >
