[SPM v8.1.2.0_iFix2b] November Release 2024

Breaking Change

• To enable persistence and the capturing of metrics on the batch pods Batch.Dockerfile has been updated with the following
  • The Batch.Dockerfile was updated to pull jmx_prometheus_javaagent-0.14.0.jar from repo1.maven.org
  • The Batch.Dockerfile was updated to copy docker-server.sh to allow scripts for persistence
  • Updated helm-charts/batch/templates/cronjob-program.yaml command and args to run docker-server.sh not updating charts for this Batch.Dockerfile will cause charts to fail
  • Helm charts updated kubeVersion from ">=1.20" to ">=1.20 || >=1.30.0-eks-a737599"

Added

• Create helm-charts/batch/templates/configmaps/configmap-jmx-batch-config.yaml for JMX Exporter
• Update config-reference to allow batch.jmxExporter.enabled and batch.jmxExporter.port to be configured
• Support for future releases of OpenShift

Changed

• Updated helm-charts/batch/templates/cronjob-program.yaml to allow batch launcher logs be persistent
• Updated helm-charts/batch/templates/_helpers.tpl for persistence
• Updated helm-charts/batch/templates/cronjob-program.yaml to allow JMX Exporting and persistence
• Updated helm-charts/batch/values.yaml for JMX Exporter
• Updated batch yaml for copyright changes
• The following helm-charts have been updated to chart version 24.11.0: apps, batch, mqserver, spm, uawebapp, web, xmlserver
• Updated WebSphere Liberty version to include 24.0.0.6
• Updated batch helm chart to read Java max memory from values file
• ibmjava8-sdk-ubi8-minimal updated to 8.0.30.0

[Cúram v24.2] February Release 2024

Changed

• The following helm-charts have been updated to chart version 24.2.0: apps, batch, mqserver, spm, uawebapp, web, xmlserver
• Updated WebSphere Liberty version to include 23.0.0.12

Added

• Support for future releases of OpenShift

[SPM v81] December Release 2023

v23.12.0

Breaking Change

• The settings for ibmjava8-sdk-ubi8-minimal have been updated to use version 8.0.11.0 instead of the latest (#150)
  • For more information please see RedHat Knowledge Base: Changes to using latest tag with product multi-stream container image repositories

Changed

• The following helm-charts have been updated to chart version 23.12.0: apps, batch, mqserver, spm, uawebapp, web, xmlserver
• DB2 password updated to plain text
• The following helm-charts updates have been made:
  • Enable Http Compression on spm/templates/ingress.yaml, enabling GZIP to increase performance of file transfers on ingress
• Updated WebSphere Liberty version to include 23.0.0.9
• Clarification around build IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition on Apple M1 architecture

[SPM v81] September Release 2023

v23.9.0

Fixed

• Replaced the CI badge icon in the contributing documentation to point the correct Github Actions
• Corrected the XML Server probe parameter names and values in the Runbook XML Server Configuration Reference section.

Changed

• The following helm-charts have been updated to chart version 23.9.0: apps, batch, mqserver, spm, uawebapp, web, xmlserver
• The mqserver chart was amended to enable MQ metric monitoring
• Changed product name and version in shared configurable helpers and in README
• Amended sample tuning values
• Increased the required version of node_js to v18 in the contributing documentation
• AppServer password updated to plain text
• Updated WebSphere Liberty version to include 23.0.0.6

Added

• Added the Persistent Storage documentation page

Removed

• Removed the Object Storage and Cloud Object Storage documentation pages

Breaking Change

• The values in global.apps.common.persistence have been modified to be more flexible with various persistent storage options available
  • This is a breaking change without migration path possible, please refer to the Configuration Reference documentation for more details on how to integrate with the new values
  • Added global.apps.common.persistence.properties which includes multi-lines as specified during the deployment to create the Persistent Volume
  • Removed global.apps.common.persistence.storageAccessModes, global.apps.common.persistence.persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy, global.apps.common.persistence.persistentVolumeCsiDriver, global.apps.common.persistence.persistentVolumeContainer, global.apps.common.persistence.persistentVolumeHandle, global.apps.common.persistence.mountPoint

[SPM v81] July Release 2023

v23.7.0

Fixed

• Updated all SPM IBM's links to reference Merative SPM PDF's

Changed

• The following helm-charts updates have been made:
  • version updated to 23.7.0

[SPM v81] June Release 2023 fix drop 1

v23.6.1

Fixed

Update Gatsby settings
Fix default site prefix

[SPM v81] June Release 2023

v23.6.0

Added

• Added SPM 8.1.0.0 Prerequisite software details
• Addition of Development/Test Support for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Readiness and liveness probes are available for xmlserver deployments, see the Runbook section on XML server monitoring
• ingressClassName: nginx added to helm-charts/spm/templates/ingress.yaml
• helm-charts/spm/templates/persistence-pv.yaml to create persistence volume
• Generic object storage as a persistence storage option

Removed

• Removed SPM 7.0.10.0 from the software prerequisite page
• Removed Support for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS)
  • Removed IKS support for SPM 8.0.0.0 and SPM 7.0.11.0 from the software prerequisite page
  • ingress.bluemix.net/ssl-services and ingress.bluemix.net/sticky-cookie-services removed from helm-charts/spm/templates/ingress.yaml
  • sticky-cookie-services in file _helpers.tpl
  • ingress.bluemix.net/ALB-ID removed from static/resources/tuning-values.yaml and static/resources/iks-values.yaml
  • ibmc-s3fs support removed for persistent storage option

Changed

• Update all copyrights to include Merative US L.P. 2022
• The following helm-charts updates have been made:
  • version updated to 23.6.0
  • appVersion updated to 8.1.0.0
  • AKS added to keywords
  • IKS removed from keywords
• Updated documentation replacing IKS with AKS
• Updated Kubernetes skew information
• Documentation addressing AKS considerations
• Clarified FAQ section

Fixed

• The Batch docker file and configmaps now use absolute paths instead of relative paths, following the identification of a create shim task
• Updated beta.kubernetes.io/arch to kubernetes.io/arch as it is being depricated in Kubernetes 1.24

Breaking Change

• The values in global.apps.common.persistence have been modified to become more generic
  • This is a breaking change without migration path possible, please refer to the Configuration Reference documentation for more details how to integrate with the new values
  • Removed global.apps.common.persistence.accessKey, global.apps.common.persistence.instanceId, global.apps.common.persistence.secretKey, global.apps.common.persistence.bucketEndpoint, global.apps.common.persistence.bucketName, global.apps.common.persistence.bucketRegion, global.apps.common.persistence.storageClassName
  • Added global.apps.common.persistence.credentials, global.apps.common.persistence.storageClassName, global.apps.common.persistence.storageCapacity, global.apps.common.persistence.storageAccessModes, global.apps.common.persistence.persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy, global.apps.common.persistence.persistentVolumeCsiDriver, global.apps.common.persistence.persistentVolumeContainer, global.apps.common.persistence.persistentVolumeHandle, global.apps.common.persistence.mountPoint

[SPM v8] November Release 2022

v22.11.0

Fixed

• Runbook section Architecture Overview has been corrected to reflect Red Hat OpenShift in diagram 2 and its corresponding text.
• Runbook section SPM OpenShift cluster - Reference Architecture has been modified to clarify MQ support for OpenShift #132.
• Runbook section Dev Workstation has been modified to clarify that CRC can be used instead of Minikube.
• Runbook section Remote debugging has been modified to include information covering the disabling of the probes.

Changed

• The following helm-charts have been updated to chart version 22.11.0: apps, batch, mqserver, spm, uawebapp, web, xmlserver

Added

• The capability to monitor the XML server JVM using the Prometheus JMX Exporter has been added. See Monitoring XML servers in the Runbook for more information.
• Runbook section XML server tracing has been added.
• A known issue has been added to explain and workaround errors in Liberty for application method calls that cross the client/server boundary.
  See Method calls that cross the client/server boundary.

[SPM v8] July Release 2022

v22.7.0

Changed

• The following helm-charts have been updated to chart version 22.7.0: apps, batch, mqserver, spm, uawebapp, web, xmlserver
• Updated WebSphere Liberty version to include 22.0.0.6
• Updated support from IBM to Merative
• Migrated from Travis CI to GitHub Actions

[SPM v8] April Release 2022

v22.4.0

Fixed

• Removed the WebSphere Liberty dataSource setting isolationLevel="TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ" #109 as the default Liberty setting is appropriate for Db2 and Oracle

Breaking Change

• The batch/v1beta1 API version of CronJob will no longer be served in v1.25.
  • For more information see CronJob
  • As part of this release SPM has migrated from batch/v1beta1 to batch/v1, which has been available since v1.21

Changed

• The following helm-charts have been updated to chart version 22.4.0: apps, batch, mqserver, spm, uawebapp, web, `xmlserver
• cronjob-chunker.yaml, cronjob-program.yaml and cronjob-stream.yaml have been migrated to batch/v1 API version of CronJob