This document is preliminary and subject to change.
In this document, you will find all of the new features, enhancements and visible changes included to the PaaS 5.7 release.
Dashboard Search
Integrated a built-in search panel for the dashboard to easily locate the required elements (environments, containers, deployments, etc.)Learn more
Cloud Scripting Improvements
- A possibility to get data (the globals, actions, addons, responses sections) from another manifests using a new mixins directive
- Improved conditioning via scripting with the new else, elif, switch actions
- Multi-select functionality for the Envlist visual setting (with an ability to set the minimum/maximum number of required environments, delimiter symbol, etc.)
- Multiple new functions for data processing (join, toJSON, print, contains, toBase64, md5, fromBase64)
- Provided additional logging for the creation/deletion of the CS application
Learn moreNFSv4 Support
Provided full support of the latest NFSv4 protocol for the platform Shared Storage ContainerLearn more
UI for Direct SSH/SFTP Access Links
Added a dedicated SFTP / Direct SSH Access tab to the dashboard to simplify these features utilizationLearn more
Extended Marketplace Search
Improved the search option for the platform Marketplace by including the package description into the search sourcesLearn more
Firewall Optimization
Updated container firewall rules to ensure the ESTABLISHED and RELATED connections are always accepted.Learn more
UI/UX Amendments
Updated captions, visual and usability of some dashboard elements to improve user experience.Learn more
Software Stack Versions
Actualized list of supported OS templates and software stack versionsLearn more
Bug Fixes
List of fixes applied to the platform starting from the current releaseLearn more
Dashboard Search
Starting with the platform 5.7 release, PaaS provides built-in search functionality for the developer’s dashboard. The core functionality is straightforward - access the Search form at the top-right corner (or use the Ctrl+F/Cmd+F shortcut), type a search term(s) and hit Enter. For example, you can locate a container by its IP/ID; or search for the particular deployed project/environment; or deploy applications from platform Marketplace.
Herewith, the implemented search engine is highly customizable, allowing you to get the most accurate results for the requests. Among the main options:
- special characters for search expression (e.g. “-” prefix to exclude a term or “*” wildcard)
- search source (either whole account or the current environment group)
- categories filter to search among the selected entities (e.g. exclude the Marketplace packages or look for IPs only)
We highly recommend reading the help hint within the search form (circled in the image above) for a detailed overview.
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Extended Marketplace Search
Platform Marketplace is an excellent source of the numerous managed solutions, which can be installed in one click on the platform. In order to help with locating the required package, the search option was improved for the appropriate frame and within the dashboard search. For now, the provided phrase is looked for in the package description as well as in its name.
Also, the position of the search box was adjusted, allowing to utilize space within the Marketplace frame with higher efficiency.
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NFSv4 Support
The Network File System (NFS) is a widely used protocol for data sharing, as it allows accessing files over a network in the same way as on a local machine. Herewith, the platform provides out-of-the-box support for the functionality for all of the containers (NFSv3), allowing to easily share data between instances through the mount points.
In the present 5.7 platform release, the Shared Storage Container was updated to fully support the latest (fourth) version of the NFS protocol, allowing to use it as NFSv4 server. For now, new exports from the shared storage are configured over NFSv4 by default, while existing ones should be re-created to get the benefits of the latest version - improved performance (especially for a large number of files), stronger security, support of the FUSE directories export, and more.
Note: Any platform-managed container can receive mounts over the fourth version of the protocol, but only Shared Storage Container can export data over NFSv4
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Firewall Optimization
The ESTABLISHED and RELATED connections are accepted via container firewall on all of the platform nodes by default. In the present 5.7 platform release, the appropriate rules (for both IPv4 and IPv6) were moved to the top of the iptables list. Such adjustment speeds up access over the already established connections (by preventing the traffic flow through a whole list of rules).
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UI for Direct SSH/SFTP Access Links
The platform provides multiple options for remote connection to the container file system, some of them may not be obvious (especially for the new users) - SFTP/FISH protocols and direct SSH access. In the current platform upgrade, the dedicated SFTP / Direct SSH Access tab was added to the dashboard to emphasize such feature availability and simplify its utilization. The new section can be accessed from the:
- Account Settings > SSH Access > SFTP / Direct SSH Access
- Environment Settings > SSH Access > SFTP / Direct SSH Access
- Configuration File Manager > SFTP / SSH Gate
- Additionally > SFTP / Direct SSH Access (within the functional icons of the node or layer)
Note: The feature requires at least one
public SSH key to be added to the account. If this requirement is not met, the section will be locked, displaying the appropriate notification with a link to the SSH key addition form.
Within the Direct SSH Access frame, you can select the required Node to view/copy the automatically generated SFTP/FISH Link and SSH Gate Command for direct access. The former one is suitable for file management via third-party tools (e.g. Midnight Commander), and the later one - for remote connection via console / SSH client.
Additionally, if working via the container file manager, the current directory will be included in the provided commands, allowing to switch to it automatically upon establishing a connection.
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UI/UX Amendments
Several UI adjustments were applied in the current PaaS release to improve user experience:
denomination of one of the authentication options for the Git / SVN projects' deployment was renamed to Password or Token, which explicitly highlights the support of the access tokens (e.g. for GitHub or GitLab)
resize possibility for the management section at the bottom of the dashboard was simplified; for now, the whole toolbar can be dragged instead of just the border at the top, which was removed to make the transition between the dashboard parts smoother
the Upgrade and Contact Us buttons within the topology wizard were recolored to match the latest interface style
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Software Stack Versions
Check out the list of the most accurate software stacks for the current platform version:
| Stack | PaaS 5.7 |
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| Apache Balancer | 2.4.37 |
| Apache PHP | 2.4.37 |
| Apache Python | 2.4.37 |
| Apache Ruby | 2.4.37 |
| CentOS (VPS) | 6.8; 7.2 |
| Couchbase CE | 5.1.1; 6.0.0 |
| Docker Engine CE | 17.12; 18.09.2 |
| GlassFish | 3.1.2.2; 4.1.2; 5.1.0 |
| Golang | 1.12.5 |
| HAProxy | 1.9.7 |
| IIS | 8 |
| Jetty | 9.4.12 |
| MariaDB | 5.5.64; 10.3.14 |
| Maven | 3.6.1 |
| Memcached | 1.5.14 |
| MongoDB | 2.6.12; 3.6.8; 4.0.2 |
| MSSQL | 2012 |
| MySQL CE | 5.7.26; 8.0.16 |
| NGINX Balancer | 1.16.0 |
| NGINX PHP | 1.14.2 |
| NGINX Ruby | 1.14.2 |
| NodeJS | 6.17.1; 8.16.0; 9.11.2; 10.15.3; 11.15.0; 12.1.0 |
| Payara | 4.1.2.181; 5.184 |
| Percona | 5.7.24 |
| PostgreSQL | 9.6.13; 10.8; 11.3 |
| ProxySQL | 1.4.13 |
| Redis | 4.0.11; 5.0.4 |
| Shared Storage | NFS 4 |
| Spring Boot | 2 |
| Tomcat | 7.0.94; 8.5.40; 9.0.19 |
| TomEE | 7.1.0 |
| Ubuntu (VPS) | 16.04 |
| Varnish | 4.1.8; 5.2.1; 6.2.0 |
| WildFly | 10.1.0; 11.0.0; 12.0.0; 13.0.0; 14.0.1; 15.0.1; 16.0.0 |
| Windows (VPS) | 2012 |
| Engine | # |
|---|
| JDK | 6.0_45; 7.0_79; 8.0_202; 9.0.4; 10.0.2; 11.0.2 |
| Open JDK | 7.0_211; 8.0_212; 10.0.2; 11.0.2; 12.0.1; 13.ea-b21 |
| OpenJ9 | 0.9.0-8u181-b13; 0.9.0-9.0.4.12; 0.9.0-10.0.2; 0.11.0-8u192-b12; 0.11.0-11.0.1 |
| PHP 5 | 5.3.29; 5.4.45; 5.5.38; 5.6.40 |
| PHP 7 | 7.0.33; 7.1.29; 7.2.18; 7.3.5 |
| Ruby | 2.3.8; 2.4.6; 2.5.5; 2.6.3 |
| Python 2 | 2.7.15 |
| Python 3 | 3.4.10; 3.5.7; 3.6.8; 3.7.3 |
| Node.js | 6.17.1; 8.16.0; 9.11.2; 10.15.3; 11.15.0; 12.1.0 |
| .NET | 4 |
| Go | 1.12.5 |
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Bug Fixes
In the table below, you can see the list of bug fixes applied to the platform starting from PaaS 5.7 release:
| PaaS 5.7 |
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| JE-20439 | Unhandled error while trying to clone an environment with the maximum number of allowed environments reached | | JE-23064 | Slow download speed from the platform | | JE-25093 | The Application Name field should be automatically filled when installing New Relic APM add-on | | JE-31531 | Custom forms have incorrect margins in Cloud Scripting | | JE-34010 | Incorrect behavior if a container is removed during creation | | JE-34302 | The “/” character should be validated within the context name field | | JE-34397 | Custom Docker containers based on the Fedora 26/27/28 OS templates cannot be created | | JE-35765 | Clicking on the particular log should display its latest file (several ones can be available due to the logrotate feature) | | JE-37058 | Git project with “error” in its name cannot be deployed | | JE-38040 | Incorrect styles for the Nodes list in the environment Settings > Monitoring > Events History tab | | JE-40724 | An error occurs when signing out of the dashboard | | JE-41897 | The Welcome Tutorial is not displayed for the beta users | | JE-43118 | A symlink from the ROOT folder is not deleted after the project removal on the Golang nodes | | JE-43639 | Error in the environment Settings > Monitoring > Events History tab when the Network (out ext.) trigger is executed | | JE-43912 | Ports auto-redirect does not work with IPv6 on the custom Docker containers | | JE-44162 | An error should occur when trying to mount a directory to a file | | JE-44679 | An error occurs when installing custom Docker container from the private repository | | JE-44763 | Incorrect behavior when creating a mount point of the Master Container type | | JE-44815 | A command to view custom IPv6 firewall rules should be added | | JE-44966 | Incorrect IP routes on a container after decreasing the number of public addresses | | JE-45444 | Auto-deploy is not working for the VCS projects added over the ssh:// protocol | | JE-45594 | Icon for the Golang application server is displayed incorrectly in the FireFox browser | | JE-45604 | Local mount points are added incorrectly | | JE-45674 | The permissions list is not refreshed after switching to the different template in the Generate Access Token frame if the Only Checked filter is enabled | | JE-45739 | Brief access downtime for comprized nodes during rename of the environment group with Network Isolation enabled | | JE-45787 | Authentication session becomes broken when logged in via the Extended Access token and working for a prolonged period | | JE-45855 | Containers cannot be connected via the 21 port after the FTP add-on installation | | JE-45905 | A mount point of the Master Container type cannot be re-added if removed via the Exports tab | | JE-45927 | An error occurs when viewing tooltips for the MySQL/MariaDB auto-clustering in topology wizard | | JE-45941 | Custom Docker containers cannot be created due to failure with the symbolic link override | | JE-45973 | Incorrect email template for the Docker container node addition | | JE-46013 | The jem fwset command is called during custom Docker container redeploy | | JE-46095 | Credentials to the custom Docker container repository are cached even upon authentication error | | JE-46098 | Incorrect error description for the container redeploy | | JE-46102 | Default value provided for the settings placeholder via globals in Cloud Scripting cannot be redefined | | JE-46103 | Account password reset email should be sent considering the currently selected language | | JE-46123 | Unhandled error, if remote registry becomes unavailable during custom Docker container redeploy | | JE-46140 | The getRules request has a different response via Cloud Scripting and API | | JE-46235 | The Sticky Session option does not work correctly for Traffic Distributor | | JE-46280 | Success window format is corrupted for the Traffic Distributor package | | JE-46281 | The standard jem service start (stop) and jem service compute deploy commands should be executable without sudo password | | JE-46347 | The Cannot read property ‘getUpdater’ of null error occurs during installation of the add-ons | | JE-46424 | The Duplicate Session button terminates the existing connection | | JE-46507 | The /etc/resolv.conf symlink is not working after a restart of the custom Docker containers based on the Ubuntu 18.04 operating system | | JE-46550 | Collaborator without access to the custom domains functionality should be able to manage them on the shared environments if admin permissions were granted | | JE-46651 | The password fields should be unlimited by the characters number | | JE-46671 | Incorrect behavior for the set action in Cloud Scripting | | JE-46677 | The forEach Cloud Scripting iteration should work with the nested arrays | | JE-46681 | The getExportedDirList: command not found error occurs while executing the jem redeploy command | | JE-46696 | Error report cannot be sent after clicking the View Invoices button if billing integration is broken | | JE-46699 | A warning appears during the password reset for the MySQL container | | JE-46729 | The text within layer aliases should be displayed as encoded HTML | | JE-46730 | An error occurs when switching between localization languages in the dashboard | | JE-46768 | Unhandled error during endpoint creation if there are no free public ports on the platform | | JE-46775 | Custom Docker images based on the RHEL operating system cannot be created | | JE-46796 | Network does not start after redeploying custom Docker containers based on CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu operating systems | | JE-46821 | An error description for the mount point creation timeout should be provided | | JE-46861 | A new vtype:domainlist field should be added in Cloud Scripting for domain names validation | | JE-46864 | An error occurs when installing JPS with the envName: ${settings.envName} code | | JE-46871 | The alternative styles for the toggle visual setting in topology wizard should look the same as Auto-Clustering one | | JE-46875 | The Run Command adjustments are not saved via topology wizard if no other changes were applied | | JE-46905 | The ${this} placeholder does nor work as a node selector for other Cloud Scripting methods | | JE-46926 | An error occurs when enabling isolation for the environment group with a long name | | JE-46927 | An error occurs when renaming environment group with a long name and isolation enabled | | JE-46930 | The custom height of the Deployment Manager section is restored to the default after the dashboard page refresh | | JE-46955 | An error occurs when the code parameter is used within the script Cloud Scripting action | | JE-47076 | Environment export should be disabled for collaborator if this feature is restricted for owner | | JE-47094 | An error occurs while editing the auto_alert_oom_killer load alert | | JE-47097 | Cloud Scripting console can be accessed over the insecure HTTP protocol | | JE-47099 | The skipEmail Cloud Scripting parameter is not working | | JE-47311 | SSL option should be displayed in uppercase within the Billing History tab | | JE-47356 | The BeforeSetCloudletCount Cloud Scripting event should be executed only on the appropriate layer | | JE-47359 | The event.response.nodes placeholder doesn’t work with multiple events | | JE-47378 | An error occurs while trying to delete an environment | | JE-47396 | An error occurs when trying to scale out application server and scale in balancer layers simultaneously | | JE-47427 | One node is created for the layer even if the count is set to 0 within th |
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