We are pleased to announce the latest release of Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure (VHI) 5.1 with new cloud features for MSPs and CSPs, including Public IPv6 support for load balancers, highly available Kubernetes load balancers with choice of flavors, and UEFI management via the self-service panel.
Check out the highlights below, along with links to the full release notes, and how to upgrade – or how to get started if you’re new to VHI.
Public IPv6 for Load Balancers
Since VHI 4.7 you’ve been able to assign public IPv6 addresses to virtual machines. Now you can assign them to Load Balancers as well.
The support for public IPv6 helps to keep costs down, given the increasing price of IPv4 addresses.
High Availability and flavors for Kubernetes Load Balancers
With VHI 5.1, customers can select Load Balancer flavor and size according to their application needs using Kubernetes deployment files. VHI administrators can create multiple Load Balancer flavors using the OpenStack CLI.
In addition, VHI can now automatically create highly available load balancer instances for Kubernetes API and Kubernetes applications (External Load Balancer for Kubernetes). This behavior can be configured at a VHI cluster level.
UEFI management via the Self-Service Portal
UEFI Secure Boot provides security in the pre-boot environment. It works by ensuring that only trusted software components signed by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) are loaded during the boot process.
Now you can configure and manage UEFI boot mode for VMs, or uploaded images, from the VHI self-service portal. This is especially helpful when you’re migrating VMs from 3rd-party virtualization platforms.
Full Release Notes
For all new features, improvements and fixes in VHI 5.1, see our Release Notes documentation.
How to Upgrade
It’s easy to upgrade to Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure 5.1:
Go to the SETTINGS > UPDATE section of your admin panel and initiate the upgrade process.
Note: An automated reboot of the nodes will be performed one at a time to complete the upgrade. During the reboot, the storage service and the admin panel may be unavailable on cluster configurations that don’t have redundancy of services or/and data.
New to VHI?
Want to learn more about VHI?
- Check out the Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure page
- Watch the VHI video overview
- Or even better – ask for a free demo from our team
