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Documentation Deliverables and Outlines

Update for new features. The following sections describe the information products for this release.

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table lists the new features and how they affect documentation.

We are committed to provide documentation for features marked P1 and P2.

Documentation plan is derived from the Apache CloudStack 4.1 QA Plan.

Update Docs for New Features

 

Feature

Engineering Contacts

Engineering Functional Spec

Writer

Status

1

AWS-Style Regions

Kishan Kavala

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/AWS-Style+Regions

JT

 

2

AWS-style Health Checks

Rajesh Battala

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Load+Balancer+Health+checks\\Image Added

JT

 

3

Netscaler LB on Shared VLANs

Rajesh Battala Campo: NS LB on Shared VLANs

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/LB+on+Shared+VLANs
\\Image Added https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/L4-L7+network+services+in+shared+network\\Image Added

Radhika

 

4

F5 & SRX inline mode

Sheng

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Network+inline+mode+functional+spec\\Image Added


Radhika

 

5

Optional Public IP assignment for EIP with Basic Zone

Murali

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/L4-L7+network+services+in+shared+network\\Image Added

 

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Optional+Public+IP+assignment+for+EIP+with+Basic+Zone\\Image Added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-265Image Added

Radhika

 

6

AutoScale

Vijay

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Autoscaling\\Image Added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-637Image Added

 

 

7

Advanced Search UI

Brian

 

 

 

8

L4-L7 network services in shared network

Murali

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/L4-L7+network+services+in+shared+network\\Image Added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-312Image Added

 

 

9

S3-backed Secondary Storage

John Burwell

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-509\\Image Added


 

 

10

User provided hostname to be specified in vCenter 
instead of Cloud Platform generated name
User provided hostname to be specified in vCenter 
instead of Cloud Platform generated name

Vijay B

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Allow+user+provided+hostname%2C+internal+VM+name+on+hypervisor+for+guest+VMs\\Image Added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-778Image Added

 

 

11

EC2 Query API support

Likitha

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/EC2++-+Functional+Spec+for+Query+API+support\\Image Added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-197Image Added

 

 

12

API Request Throttling

Min

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/API+Request+Throttling\\Image Added https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-618Image Added

 

 

13

Storage subsystem 2.0

Edison

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-629\\Image Added https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Storage+subsystem+2.0Image Added

 

 

14

High Availability: EIP enhancements

Murali

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-652Image Added

 

 

15

High Availability: implement GSLB (Global Server Load Balancing) capability for ELB service

Murali

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-653\\Image Added https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/GSLB+%28Global+Server+Load+Balancing%29+Functional+specification+and+Design+DocumentXImage Added

 

 

16

VM's base image update facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elastic IP

Murali

Campo: Elastic IP

Radhika

 

5

Elatic LB

Murali

Campo: Elastic Load Balancing

Radhika

 

6

nTier Apps 2.0 Requirements

Sheng + Kishan Kavala

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-621\\Image Added https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/nTier+Apps+2.0+RequirementsImage Added

Radhika

 

7

Support non-contiguous VLAN ranges

Bharat

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Support+non-contiguous+VLAN+ranges|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Support+non-contiguous+VLAN+ranges\

Radhika

 

8

Security Groups Isolation in Advanced Zone

Anthony

Campo: Security Groups Isolation in Advanced Zone  

JT

 

9

Site-to-Site VPN 2.0

 

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Site-to-Site+VPN+2.0|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Site-to-Site+VPN+2.0\

Radhika

 

10

Dedicated Resources

Likitha+ Deepti + Saksham+Devdeep

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Dedicated+Resources+-Public+IP+Addresses+and+VLANs+per+Tenant|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Dedicated+Resources+Public+IP+Addresses+and+VLANs+per+Tenant\
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation+within+a+Network|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation+within+a+Network\
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Persistent+Networks|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Persistent+Networks\
Feature: Limit resources to domain/account
http://mindtouch.citrite.net/Releases/Merlin/Features/CloudStack_and_AWS_Support/CloudStack_Feature_Requests
Feature: Private host, cluster, pod

 

 

11

IPv6 Support

Sheng

Campo: IPv6 Support  

Radhika

 

12

Storage vMotionXenMotion/Migration

Devdeep Feature: Storage vMotion/Migration

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-659\\Image Added https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Enabling+Storage+XenMotion+for+XenServerImage Added

 

 

13

VMWare Enhancements: Support for DRS, VM HA

Sateesh

Feature: VMWare Enhancements: Support for DRS, VM HA

Radhika

 

14

Support VMware DVSwitch

Sateesh

Feature: VMWare Enhancements: Support VMware DVSwitch

Radhika

 

15

VM Reset (Reset-on-boot)

Hari P

Feature: Specify VM shutdown behavior (destroy, restart with a new boot drive)
http://mindtouch.citrite.net/Releases/Merlin/Features/CloudStack_and_AWS_Support/CloudStack_Feature_Requests

JT

 

16

Persistent Network Identity

Hari P

http://mindtouch.citrite.net/Releases/Merlin/Features/CloudStack_and_AWS_Support/CloudStack_Feature_Requests

JT

 

17

Multiple IP Address per NIC

Jaypal Feature: Multiple IP Address per NIC

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-24

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Multiple+IP+address+per+NICImage Added

Radhika

 

18

CPU/Memory OverCommit

Bharat (XS)
Koushik (VMWare)
Rohit (KVM)

Feature: CPU/Memory OverCommit

JT

 

19

Monitoring

Anshul

Feature: SNMP Alerts
Feature: Syslogs

JT

 

20

Limit API Queries (CLOUDSTACK-618)

Min Chen

Feature: Limit API Queries

JT

 

21

Improve API Performance / Add Search Capabilities
(CLOUDSTACK-527)

Min Chen

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+API+refactoring|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+API+refactoring\

JT

 

22

Object Store-Integration with CS as secondary Storage

Nitin

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/S3-based+secondary+Storage\\Image Added

Radhika

 

23

EBS Shared NFS Zone-wide (primary) Block Storage

Anthony

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Shared+NFS+Zone-wide+(primary)Block+Storage|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Shared+NFS+Zone-wide(primary)+Block+Storage\

JT

 

24

Raise cluster size limit to 16

Koushik

Feature: Raise cluster size limit to 16

JT

 

25

Dynamic Resource Scaling

Nitin Mehta

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Dynamic+scaling|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Dynamic+scaling\

JT

 

26

Events framework to publish/subscribe to CloudStack events

Murali

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Event+Notification+Framework+Proposal|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Event+Notification+Framework+Proposal\ 
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Event+Notification+with+message+oriented+middleware+Proposal|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Event+Notification+with+message+oriented+middleware+Proposal\

JT

 

27

Integrate Cisco VSG in CloudStack

Koushik Das

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Cisco+Virtual+Security+Gateway+%28VSG%29+into+CloudStack|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Cisco+Virtual+Security+Gateway+%28VSG%29+into+CloudStack\ 

 

 

28

Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack

Koushik Das

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Cisco+ASA+1000v+as+a+FW+for+CloudStack|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Cisco+ASA+1000v+as+a+FW+for+CloudStack\ 

 

 

29

Zone-wide primary storage target

Anthony

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Zone-wide+primary+storage+target|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Zone-wide+primary+storage+target\

JT

 

30

IP Address reservation within a network

Saksham

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation+within+a+Network|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation+within+a+Network\ 

Radhika

 

31

Volume snapshot enhancements for VMware

Kelven Yang

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Volume+snapshot+enhancements+for+VMware|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Volume+snapshot+enhancements+for+VMware\

JT

 

32

Configurable setting to use linked clones or not on VMware

Vijay

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Configurable+setting+to+use+linked+clones+or+not+on+VMware|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Configurable+setting+to+use+linked+clones+or+not+on+VMware\ 

JT

 

33

VM's base image update facility

Hari P

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Base+Image+Updation+facility|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Base+Image+Updation+facility\

JT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update Docs for New Features

Update for new features. The following table lists the new features and how they affect documentation.

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Installation Guides: Update

Each new releases requires an update of the existing Installation Guide. A major rewrite is required for "build from source" installation procedure.

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