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Chapter 4. Documentation changes
This section details the major documentation updates delivered with Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) 17.1, and the changes made to the documentation set that include adding new features, enhancements, and corrections. The section also details the addition of new titles and the removal of retired or replaced titles.
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Date | The date that the documentation change was published. |
| 17.1 versions impacted | The RHOSP 17.1 versions that the documentation change impacts. Unless stated otherwise, a change that impacts a particular version also impacts all later versions. |
| Components | The RHOSP components that the documentation change impacts. |
| Affected content | The RHOSP documents that contain the change or update. |
| Description of change | A brief summary of the change to the document. |
| Date | 17.1 versions impacted | Components | Affected content | Description of change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 December 2024 | 17.1.4 | Networking | Added a new step to route the various OSP services through BGP networks. | |
| 20 December 2024 | 17.1.4 | Upgrades | See "Bug fixes" section under, "Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1.4 Maintenance Release - November 20, 2024" | Added a new bug, BZ 2315341, to the "Bug fixes" section for RHOSP 17.1.4. |
| 27 November 2024 | 17.1.4 | NFV |
Added a new Ansible playbook variable, | |
| 21 November 2024 | 17.1.4 | Networking | New tripleo parameters for configuring the OVN BGP agent and Free Range Routing (FRR) for a graceful restart have been added. | |
| 21 November 2024 | 17.1.4 | Deployment, Compute |
If your RHOSP 17.1.3 or earlier deployment includes a filter rule in nftables or iptables with a LOG action, and the kernel command line ( | |
| 12 November 2024 | 17.1.4 | Storage | Creating and configuring an internal project for the Block Storage service (cinder), Configuring the image-volume cache |
You must configure the |
| 23 October 2024 | 17.1.4 | Networking | Some incorrect steps in the troubleshooting chapter have been corrected. | |
| 04 October 2024 | 17.1.4 | Security | Removed unnecessary step in procedure | |
| 12 September 2024 | 17.1.4 | NFV | Creating an environment file for your OVS-DPDK customizations |
Removed an instance of a tripleo parameter that is no longer used, |
| 12 September 2024 | 17.1.4 | NFV | Errors have been corrected in the sample DPDK SR-IOV YAML and Jinja2 files. | |
| 06 September 2024 | 17.1.2 | Networking | Migrating to the OVN mechanism driver, ML2/OVS to ML2/OVN in-place migration: validated and prohibited scenarios. | Removed limitation. You can now migrate to the OVN mechanism driver if the original ML2/OVS environment uses iptables_hybrid firewall and trunk ports. |
| 04 September 2024 | 17.1.3 | Security | Troubleshooting Active Directory integration, Troubleshooting Red Hat Identity (IdM) integration. | Corrected LDAP search commands. |
| 30 Aug 2024 | 17.1.4 | Networking | The network topology diagram for dynamic routing has been corrected. | |
| 22 August 2024 | 17.1.3 | Security | Removed section 'Disable live migration', please obtain a support exception if you want to disable live migration. | |
| 20 August 2024 | 17.1.3 | Bare Metal Provisioning | Added procedures that detail how to boot an ISO image directly for use as a RAM disk. | |
| 03 July 2024 | 17.1 | Performance and Scaling | Added recommendation to increase message sizes. | |
| 05 June 2024 | 17.1 | Edge | Removed statement that migrating from single stack to multistack is unsupported. | |
| 23 May 2024 | 17.1 | Networking |
Added a note prohibiting the use of the | |
| 21 May 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | Documented support for IPv6 for the Load-balancing service (octavia) amphora control subnet. | |
| 15 May 2024 | 17.1 | Networking |
Documented the new Networking service (neutron) plug-in, | |
| 15 May 2024 | 17.1 | NFV | Documented new power saving profile. | |
| 29 April 2024 | 17.1 | Security | Removed unsupported content | |
| 29 March 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | A new section describes how to monitor OVN databases. | |
| 22 March 2024 | 17.1 | NFV | There is a new chapter written about OVS TC-flower hardware. Chapters on SR-IOV and OVS-DPDK have been rewritten. | |
| 21 March 2024 | 17.1 | Compute, Networking | Moved this section from the the Configuring Red Hat OpenStack Platform Networking guide to the Creating and managing instances guide. The commands have been updated and the new content includes how to tag both block devices and virtual NICs while attaching them to an existing instance. | |
| 14 March 2024 | 17.1 | Storage | Added this section to the Block Storage service back ends topic in Configuring persistent storage. | |
| 13 March 2024 | 17.1 | Storage | Added a new topic that describes the reasons and the associated commands, for managing and unmanaging Block Storage volumes and their snapshots. | |
| 4 March 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | Now you can use the original hostname and IP address for the replacement Controller node when you replace a Controller node. | |
| 29 February 2024 | 17.1 | Deployment | Installing and managing Red Hat OpenStack Platform with director | Updated the content in Installing and managing Red Hat OpenStack Platform with director guide to focus only on the core tasks required to deploy a basic RHOSP environment. Content related to optional features and custom configuration are moved into a new guide: Customizing your Red Hat OpenStack Platform deployment. |
| 27 February 2024 | 17.1 | NFV | The topic, "Example Ceph configuration file," has been updated. | |
| 19 February 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | Two new topics about floating IP port forwarding have been added to Configuring Red Hat OpenStack Platform networking. | |
| 16 February 2024 | 17.1 | Security | Procedure that is no longer valid for RHOSP 17 as mistral is not included. | |
| 12 February 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | The first note in the topic has been updated. | |
| 5 February 2024 | 17.1 | NFV | The chapter containing sample YAML files has been updated. | |
| 2 February 2024 | 17.1 | NFV | Chapter 7 on SR-IOV has been completely rewritten. | |
| 25 January 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | The procedure has changed significantly. | |
| 25 January 2024 | 17.1 | NFV | The procedure has been rewritten. | |
| 24 January 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | Now you can migrate to OVN from OVS with VLAN tenant networks and DVR. Also clarified that the environment files shown are just examples, to be replaced with your own files. | |
| 23 January 2024 | 17.1 | Security | Old and duplicated material is removed from the Identity resources guide | |
| 17 January 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | A step was added to the two deployment topics instructing administrators to add the name server records (NS records) for the child zones that reside in the DNS server (designate) pool. | |
| 15 January 2024 | 17.1 | Edge |
A step was added to several procedures to instruct users to re-run the network provisioning command on the central location, if the | |
| 17 January 2024 | 17.1.2 | director Operator | Added a chapter about how to upgrade an overcloud on RHOCP with director Operator from RHOSP 16.2 to RHOSP 17.1. | |
| 17 January 2024 | 17.1 | Upgrades | Known issues were removed for the following BZs:
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| 17 January 2024 | 17.1 | Updates |
Updated note to describe the | |
| 17 January 2024 | 17.1 | Upgrades | Added a new module that provides an example of adopting the overcloud in multi-cell environments. | |
| 12 January 2024 | 17.1 | DCN | Removed example of manually creating file that is created automatically | |
| 11 January 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | Added a new topic about how to deploy Red Hat Ceph Storage. | |
| 10 January 2024 | 17.1 | Networking | Refined an item about DHCP in an ML2/OVS, DVR environment: "For ML2/OVS environments, the DHCP server is not distributed and is deployed on a Controller node. The ML2/OVS neutron DCHP agent, which manages the DHCP server, is deployed in a highly available configuration on the Controller nodes, regardless of the routing design (centralized or DVR)." | |
| 10 January 2024 | 17.1 | NFV |
Added an IMPORTANT admonition under | |
| 10 January 2024 | 17.1 | NFV | Rewrote topic. | |
| 8 January 2024 | 17.1 | Networking |
Corrected example interface entry: changed | |
| 8 January 2024 | 17.1 | NFV |
Corrected a | |
| 30 November 2023 | 17.1 | Security | The concept and procedure have been updated for metadef APIs | |
| 30 November 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | The topic, "Configuring the L2 population driver" has been rewritten. | |
| 20 November 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Changed prerequisities for procedures in Chapter 9. | |
| 15 November 2023 | 17.1 | Security |
Added optional step to include | |
| 15 November 2023 | 17.1 | Edge | Removed unnecessary (but non-impactful) steps from instructions for TLSe in DCN guide | |
| 7 November 2023 | 17.1 | All | Replaced the Direct Documentation Feedback (DDF) instructions with the Create Issue Jira form link. DDF was removed for Red Hat OpenStack Platform, and feedback must now be provided in Jira. | |
| 03 November 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Modified the topic, "Customizing NIC mappings for pre-provisioned nodes." | |
| 03 November 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Corrected example for a Linux bond. | |
| 02 November 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Added item: "In ML2/OVN deployments, you can enable egress minimum and maximum bandwidth policies for hardware offloaded ports." | |
| 2 November 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | ML2/OVS to ML2/OVN in-place migration scenarios that have not been validated | Added known issue prohibiting migration to the OVN mechanism driver if your original ML2/OVS environment includes iptables hybrid firewall and trunk ports. |
| 01 November 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Re-wrote sub-topic, "Live migration on ML2/OVS deployments." | |
| 31 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking |
Removed the VIP definition file, | |
| 30 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking |
Described how to use the | |
| 30 October 2023 | 17.1 | NFV | Added note about Red Hat Enterprise Linux Traffic Control (TC) subsystem supporting connection tracking (conntrack) helpers or application layer gateways (ALGs). | |
| 24 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Added an important admonition about router gateway ports. | |
| 24 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Added an important admonition about internal DNS resolution for port names. | |
| 24 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Modified step 8, and added three new steps (9-11). | |
| 23 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Clarified login example (step 4). | |
| 20 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Updated the procedure to describe how to run the command inside a container. | |
| 17 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking |
Removed mention of the | |
| 12 October 2023 | 17.1 | Storage | Content about creating images has been moved to its own chapter called 'Creating RHEL KVM or RHOSP-compatible images'. | |
| 05 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking |
Instances of the tripleo template filename have changed from | |
| 05 October 2023 | 17.1 | NFV |
The step about adding custom resources for OVS-DPDK with the | |
| 05 October 2023 | 17.1 | NFV |
Replaced the filename, | |
| 05 October 2023 | 17.1 | NFV |
The YAML file, | |
| 05 October 2023 | 17.1 | NFV |
The repository name, | |
| 04 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking |
Replaced networks definition file, | |
| 02 October 2023 | 17.1 | Networking |
The | |
| 29 September 2023 | 17.1 | Security | Corrected procedure so that FIPS images are uploaded to glance. | |
| 27 September 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Added item that describes high connectivity downtime during an FRR update for RHOSP dynamic routing environments. | |
| 27 September 2023 | 17.1, 17.0, 16.2, 16.1 | Compute | The configuration for dynamic metadata you use in your Compute environment file has been updated. | |
| 26 September 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | A new procedure, "Limiting queries to the metadata service," has been added to Configuring Red Hat OpenStack Platform networking. | |
| 25 September 2023 | 17.1 | NFV | Configuring network functions virtualization has been updated with content from what was the Network Functions Virtualization Product Guide. | |
| 22 September 2023 | 17.1 | Deployment | This guide is being reviewed and will be republished on the Customer Portal when the reviewed content is available for enterprise use. | |
| 20 September 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Added a chapter for the Technology Preview of the router flavors feature. | |
| 19 September 2023 | 17.1 | Updates | Added note stating that only cold migration is supported when migrating virtual machines from RHEL 9.2 to RHEL 8.4 in a Multi-RHEL environment. | |
| 19 September 2023 | 17.1 | Upgrades |
Updated the parameter that sets the RHEL version on Compute nodes in a Multi-RHEL environment. Removed step to modify the | |
| 18 September 2023 | 17.1 | Edge | Removed mentions of heat template podman.yaml, which is no longer needed. | |
| 18 September 2023 | 17.1 | Updates | Added procedures to validate your RHOSP environment before the undercloud update and after the overcloud update. | |
| 12 September 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | link:https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/17.1/html/configuring_the_compute_service_for_instance_creation/assembly_migrating-virtual-machine-instances-between-compute-nodes_migrating-instances#con_migration-constraints_migrating-instances | Removed the sub-section, "Packet loss on ML2/OVN deployments" from the section, "16.3.2. Migration constraints," in the Configuring the Compute service for instance creation guide. |
| 12 September 2023 | 17.1 | NFV | A new chapter, "Chapter 6. Preparing network functions virtualization (NFV)," has been added to the Framework for upgrades (16.2 to 17.1) guide. | |
| 11 September 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Changes made to Chapter 20 to address the OVN database partition issue described in BZ 2222543 | |
| 08 September 2023 | 17.1 | Backup and Restore | Backing up and restoring the undercloud and control plane nodes | Backing up and restoring the undercloud and control plane nodes is now published. |
| 07 September 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | To Table 9.1, added footnote (#8) stating that RHOSP does not support QoS for trunk ports. | |
| 31 August 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Configuring the leaf networks and Configuring the leaf networks | Renamed section 4.4 to "Configuring the leaf networks" in both the Configuring dynamic routing in Red Hat OpenStack Platform guide and the Configuring spine-leaf networking guide. |
| 30 August 2023 | 17.1 | Networking | Added a definition for a virtual port (vport). | |
| 30 August 2023 | 17.1 | Security | Removed deprecated example for building images and replaced with link to image builder documentation | |
| 29 August 2023 | 17.1 | Documentation | New editions published. | |
| 28 August 2023 | 17.1 | NFV | The repositories listed in this procedure have changed. | |
| 28 August 2023 | 17.1 | NFV | The repositories listed in this procedure have changed. | |
| 25 August 2023 | 17.1 | Firewall rules for Red Hat OpenStack Platform | New edition published. | |
| 22 August 2023 | 17.1 | NFV | The OVS Poll Mode Driver (PMD) automatic load balancing feature graduated from Technology Preview to full support. Also, the configuration procedure changed. | |
| 21 August 2023 | 17.1 | DCN | The RHOSP Load-balancing service (octavia) is no longer listed as unsupported in a DCN environment. | |
| 16 August 2023 | 17.1 | Documentation | A new guide for RHOSP 17.1. | |
| 16 August 2023 | 17.1 | Documentation |
| This guide is being reviewed and will be added after the initial release. This list of unpublished guides will be updated when these guides are published. |
| 16 August 2023 | 17.1 | Documentation | Updated the titles for some of the guides from the 17.0 title. | |
| 16 August 2023 | 17.1 | Documentation | This guide has been updated, restructured and rewritten. The cinder CLI commands have been replaced with openstack CLI commands, where possible. |
| Previous title | Current title |
|---|---|
| Bare Metal Provisioning | |
| Block Storage Backup Guide | |
| Custom Block Storage Back End Deployment Guide | |
| Deployment Recommendations for Specific Red Hat OpenStack Platform Services | Removed. |
| Installing and managing Red Hat OpenStack Platform with director | Installing and managing Red Hat OpenStack Platform with director |
| Distributed compute node and storage deployment | |
| External Load Balancing for the Overcloud | Content moved to Managing high availability services. |
| High Availability Deployment and Usage | |
| High Availability for Compute Instances | |
| Hyperconverged Infrastructure Guide | |
| Introduction to the OpenStack Dashboard | |
| IPv6 networking for the overcloud | |
| Keeping Red Hat OpenStack Platform Updated | |
| Network Functions Virtualization Planning and Configuration Guide | |
| Network Functions Virtualization Product Guide | Removed. Content will be moved to Configuring network functions virtualization. |
| Networking Guide | |
| OpenStack Integration Test Suite Guide | Validating your cloud with the Red Hat OpenStack Platform Integration Test Suite |
| Operational Measurements | |
| Partner Integration | Removed. |
| Product Guide | |
| Recommendations for Large Deployments | |
| RHOSP director Operator for OpenShift Container Platform | Deploying an overcloud in a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster with director Operator |
| Security and Hardening Guide | |
| Spine Leaf Networking | |
| Standalone Deployment Guide | Removed. |
| Storage Guide | |
| Testing Migration of the Networking Service to the ML2/OVN Mechanism Driver | |
| Transitioning to Containerized Services | Removed |
| Users and Identity Management Guide | |
| Using Designate for DNS-as-a-Service | |
| Using Octavia for Load Balancing-as-a-Service |
