New features

MOSK 22.4 features

Component	Support scope	Feature
OpenStack	TechPreview	OpenStack Yoga support
	Full	Application credentials
	Full	CADF audit notifications
	TechPreview	Configurable OpenStack region name
	TechPreview	External OpenStack database backups
Tungsten Fabric	TechPreview	Tungsten Fabric 21.4 support
	Full	Post-update restart of the TF vRouter pods
Ceph	Full	Ceph cluster summary in the Container Cloud web UI

OpenStack Yoga support

TechPreview

Provided the technical preview support for OpenStack Yoga with Neutron OVS and Tungsten Fabric 21.4.

To start experimenting with the new functionality, set openstack_version to yoga in the OpenStackDeployment custom resource during the cloud deployment.

Learn more

OpenStack documentation: OpenStack Yoga highlights

Tungsten Fabric 21.4 support

TechPreview

Provided the technical preview support for Tungsten Fabric 21.4. The new version of the Tungsten Fabric networking enables support for the EVPN type 2 routes for graceful restart and long-lived graceful restart features in MOSK.

Note

Implementation of the Red Hat Universal Base Image 8 (UBI 8) support for the Tungsten Fabric container images is being under development and will be released in one of the upcoming product versions.

To start experimenting with the new functionality, set tfVersion to 21.4 in the TFOperator custom resource during the cloud deployment.

Learn more

Deployment Guide: Deploy Tungsten Fabric

Application credentials

Enabled the application credentials mechanism in the Identity service for application automation tools to securely authenticate against the cloud’s API.

Learn more

• Reference Architecture: Application credentials

• User Guide: Manage application credentials

CADF audit notifications

Enabled the capability of the OpenStack services to emit notifications in the Cloud Auditing Data Federation (CADF) format. The CADF notifications configuration is available through the features:logging:cadf section of the OpenStackDeployment custom resource.

Learn more

Security Guide: CADF audit notifications in OpenStack services

Configurable OpenStack region name

TechPreview

Added the capability to configure the name of the OpenStack region used for the deployment. By default, the name is RegionOne.

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Reference Architecture: Regions

External OpenStack database backups

TechPreview

Implemented the capability to store the OpenStack database backup data externally. Instead of the default Ceph volume, the cloud operator can now easily configure the NFS storage backend through the OpenStackDeployment CR.

Learn more

Operations Guide: Enable remote backup

Post-update restart of the TF vRouter pods

Implemented the post-update restart of the TF vRouter pods. Previously, the cloud operator had to manually restart the vRouter pods after updating the deployment to a newer MOSK version. The update procedure has been amended accordingly.

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Operations Guide: After the update

Ceph cluster summary in the Container Cloud web UI

Implemented the capability to easily view the summary and health status of all Ceph clusters through the Container Cloud web UI.

Learn more

Mirantis Container Cloud documentation: View Ceph cluster summary through Container Cloud web UI