2012-04-12
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Reminder: ServerTemplates and RightScripts are released separately from the new Release of the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. See the ServerTemplate and MultiCloud Images Release Notes.
General Release Information
Release Date: April 12th, 2012
Release Time: 5:00pm Pacific
The focus of this release is:
- Added functionality for weighted arrays.
- Introduction of OAuth token-based API authentication.
Contact Information:
- support@rightscale.com - For questions or concerns with respect to this new Release.
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doc@rightscale.com - Report any perceived errors, omissions, or suggestions to improve this document.
Terminology:
- alpha - Feature that has undergone simple testing and is expected to change, possibly significantly, before going into "beta" or "general availability." Recommended for early access to new features and prototyping of new deployments/architectures. Only eligible for limited technical support. Service Level Response times are not applicable to alpha software.
- beta - Feature that has undergone significant testing and is not expected to significantly change before "general availability." Recommended for non-production deployments.
- general availability - Feature that has undergone testing and field experience or is a minor upgrade from prior releases. Recommended for production upgrade after testing.
New Features
- Disclaimer -
The following new features have been added to the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. Be sure to read the documentation, follow best practice principles, and thoroughly test any new functionality before making any changes to your production deployment.
Weighted Arrays across All Clouds
New Weighted Arrays Algorithm
The algorithm for weighted arrays has been improved in regards to the handling of availability zone / datacenter weights in the auto-scaling to avoid long-term imbalances in actual instance counts.
Descriptions for Security Groups Rules
For security groups, there is now the option to create a description for a rule. The ability to create and view descriptions for individual rules gives a clearer picture of what a particular security group does, and thus easier to manage. For more information, see Create a New EC2 Security Group.
Token-based API Authentication
Token-based API authentication is now offered with our implementation of an OAuth-compatible authentication and authorization feature. This feature is currently in private beta, and will begin by allowing users to log-in to the API without a password and make authenticated requests. This is done by executing an OAuth Grant via the UI, obtaining an API access token in order to make API requests without logging in, and making OAuth-authorized API requests using the obtained access token. This feature is only available for API 1.5. For access to this private beta feature, please contact your account manager or sales@rightscale.com. For more information, see OAuth.
Unresolved Issues and Bugs
Broken Changes Tab
Architectural changes related to the new Inputs UI affected the tracking history available on the Changes tab of a deployment. As a result, the input change history is not available. Due to this feature's lack of use, we would like to gauge the demand to re-implement it. Please give us your feedback here.
Bugs
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