Added release notes and version entries for 2024.17.0

website/blog/2024-04-10-Release-0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+---
+author: meshcloud
+title: Release 2024.17.0
+---
+
+Release period: 2024-04-03 to 2024-04-10
+
+This release includes the following issues:
+* Fix error upon platform creation
+* Fix opening Platform Usage report details page
+* Fix Services not showing for Shared Marketplaces
+* Improve Robustness for Kubernetes/Openshift Metering
+* Workload Identity Federation for GCP platforms
+* Fix "View More" in the Tenants Overview
+* Missing managing buttons in overview of Service Instances
+* Fix Metering of Building Blocks in Custom Platforms
+* UX improvement for platform and building block prices
+<!--truncate-->
+
+## Ticket Details
+### Fix error upon platform creation
+**Audience:** Partner<br>
+
+#### Description
+Previously, if your environment would have the Service Management Area disabled and you try to create a platform in the Admin Area, you would encounter an error which would also disappear after a few seconds. This error has been fixed and also now shows indefinitely.
+
+### Fix opening Platform Usage report details page
+**Audience:** User, Customer<br>
+
+#### Description
+In a case where TenatnID contains a slash, Platform Usage report details are not opened. This has been fixed now.
+
+### Fix Services not showing for Shared Marketplaces
+**Audience:** Customer, Partner<br>
+
+#### Description
+Previously, certain OSB Services that were restricted to specific Workspaces
+were not appearing on the Marketplace of these dedicated Workspaces. This is
+now fixed.
+
+### Improve Robustness for Kubernetes/Openshift Metering
+**Audience:** Operator, Partner, Customer<br>
+
+#### Description
+Previously, metering did not work when the resource included a resource limit
+with the k suffix, for example, a CPU limit of 1k. This resulted in empty
+Tenant Usage Reports and incomplete chargeback statements. This is now fixed.
+Chargeback statements will have to be regenerated. We will reach out to you if
+you are impacted.
+
+### Workload Identity Federation for GCP platforms
+**Audience:** Customer, Partner, Operator<br>
+
+#### Description
+You can now configure Workload Identity Federation for the service account in GCP replicator and metering 
+platform configurations. This feature enables automatic rolling of credentials and you don't have to enter 
+any GCP platform credentials to meshStack anymore.
+
+#### How to use
+You can test it out by switching from the "Credentials" authentication type to "Workload Identity Federation" for all
+Service Accounts you want to change the authentication type for (e.g. replicator and metering are separate service principals).
+You can find a description of what needs to be configured on the Service Account in meshPanel, when you select "Workload Identity Federation".
+
+### Fix "View More" in the Tenants Overview
+**Audience:** User<br>
+
+#### Description
+Previously, when you opened the overview of the tenants under "Platforms" in the sidebar and clicked on "View more" to see the details of a tenant, you encountered a navigation error. This has been fixed.
+
+### Missing managing buttons in overview of Service Instances
+**Audience:** User<br>
+
+#### Description
+In rare cases, the buttons to update or delete a service instance didn't appear in the overview of service instances, which you could access via the marketplace control plane under Overview > Services > Service Instances. This has been fixed.
+
+### Fix Metering of Building Blocks in Custom Platforms
+**Audience:** Partner, Customer<br>
+
+#### Description
+For Building Block definitions that support more than one custom platform,
+metering and cost collection was active only for one of the supported custom
+platforms. Inside all other custom platforms, the Building Blocks could be
+used free of charge. This is now fixed.
+
+### UX improvement for platform and building block prices
+**Audience:** Customer, Partner<br>
+
+#### Description
+The section inside the panel for setting prices for platforms and building
+blocks was slightly modified to improve the general user experience.
+