Removed features¶
SAML Support: MSR4 no longer supports SAML authentication and instead uses OpenID Connect (OIDC), a more modern and flexible standard that better aligns with cloud-native environments and improves security and scalability. Please refer to OIDC Authentication for more information on configuring OIDC.
Promotion Policies: Automated promotion policies are no longer included. Customers can adapt their CI/CD pipelines to achieve similar workflows.
Swarm support customers can use MSR4 as a single instance for Swarm environments instead of HA clusters
Feature |
MSR2 |
MSR3 |
MSR4 (Harbor-Based) |
|---|---|---|---|
Foundation |
Docker Content Trust + Proprietary |
Docker Content Trust + Proprietary |
CNCF Harbor |
Database |
RethinkDB |
RethinkDB |
PostgreSQL
Redis - Caching
|
Swarm |
Supported |
Supported |
Not supported, but customers can use single instance install |
OCI Compliance |
Limited support |
Limited support |
Full OCI and Helm OCI support. |
User Interface |
Basic |
Improved |
Modern and Intuitive |
Quotas |
Not available |
Not available |
Fully supported |
Vulnerability Scanning |
Synopsis only |
Synopsis only |
Trivy, Clair, Grype, or any 3’rd party |
Backup Integration |
Internal |
Internal |
Full Velero support |
Promotion Policies |
Available |
Available |
Not Available |
SAML support |
Available |
Available |
Uses OIDC |
Image Signing |
Uses Docker Content Trust (DCT) based on Notary v1 |
Uses Docker Content Trust (DCT) based on Notary v1 |
Uses Cosign for image signing and verification |