Hi Suresh, Thanks for the draft, I have a few comments:
- Maybe the paragraph with the short CloudStack description could be moved to the beginning of the announcement - On the extensions feature, can we mention this includes built in extensions for Proxmox and HyperV? - There is a small typo on the Downloads section on the version number (4.21.1.0 instead of 4.21.0.0) Regards, Nicolas Vazquez El jue, 21 ago 2025 a las 6:52, Suresh Kumar Anaparti (<sureshanapa...@apache.org>) escribió: > > Hi All, > > Please review the below draft for the announcement of the 4.21.0.0 release. > I'm still working on getting the links ready (all the links will be made live > before sending out the announcement). > > ### START ### > > # Apache CloudStack Regular Release 4.21.0.0 > > The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of > CloudStack 4.21.0.0. > > The CloudStack 4.21.0.0 release is a Regular release and contains 15 new > features, around 40 improvements and more than 150 bug fixes since 4.20. Some > of the highlights include: > > * CloudStack XaaS Extensions Framework – Orchestrate Anything > * GPU as a First-Class Resource in CloudStack (Technical Preview) > * Netris Network Plugin Integration > * Cloudian HyperStore Object Store Plugin Integration > * CloudStack Kubernetes Service (CKS) Enhancements > * Create Instance from Backup > * Instance Lease (Automatic Stop/Deletion) > * Backup and Object Storage Limits > * Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) Support > * Support for KVM on s390x (IBM Z and LinuxONE) architecture > * Management Server Maintenance Mode > * Incremental Volume Snapshots for KVM > * File-Based Disk-Only Instance Snapshots with KVM > * Reconciliation of VM and Volume Copy/Migrate operations for KVM agent > * Storage Access Groups > * Volume Allocation Algorithm Support > * VMWare to KVM migration improvements > * Storage plugins - Ceph, PowerFlex, StorPool, Linstor related fixes and > improvements > * Several UI fixes and improvements, including Deploy Instance Form, > Announcement Banner, etc > > CloudStack Regular releases are supported only up to the next regular or LTS > release and can upgrade to the next releases when they are available. > > 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 nodes, networking software, and storage resources, that allows users > to build feature-rich public and private cloud environments. The project > became an Apache top-level project in March, 2013 and is currently deployed > in thousands of organizations globally. > > More information about Apache CloudStack can be found at: > https://cloudstack.apache.org/ > > # Documentation > > What's new in CloudStack 4.21.0.0: > https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.21.0.0/releasenotes/about.html > > The 4.21.0.0 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/4.21.0.0/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 4.21.1.0 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/8/ > https://download.cloudstack.org/el/9/ > https://download.cloudstack.org/suse/15 > https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/ > https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/ > > ### END ### > > Regards, > Suresh
