Abiquo 5.0 release notes

13165

Quality of Service for NAT

13080

New webhook action type in action plans

13063

vCloud - Provide a way for the user to reset the guest password

11405

Azure - Enable users to manage Availability Sets

11189

Apply Tramontana design to UI

13337

Reset password should always return the same message

13302

Add availability set privileges to enterprise admin

13280

Change reset password message to hide user details

13240

vCloud - Accept system user and password when adding credentials in UI

13233

Refresh dashboards and resize after resizing enterprises list

13204

Display CPU/RAM usage numbers for each virtual machine

13203

vCloud and ESXi WebMKS - Enable user to send CTRL-ALT-DELETE to Console

13132

AWS - Log exceptions as warning on create account wait

13100

Allow user credentials only for Abiquo user logged in with basic auth

13094

Add privilege to ENTERPRISE_VIEWER role to retrieve enterprise's virtual machines for dashboard grid.
The privilege added is Display enterprise statistics - ENTERPRISE_RESOURCE_SUMMARY_ENT

13091

Add a new UI property to control display of 2fa item in username menu

13090

Filter Virtual machines by provider ID and display Provider ID in VM details

13079

Add full logs to vcenter-tag tool for tagging communication. Use command line flag to activate logs

13062

Azure - Invalid VDC name - make the error more user friendly.
And when an asynchronous task fails, user can now click Show more link on the error toast to open the task details popup

13057

Review wikilinks for Abiquo 5.0.  Documentation of any wikilinks changes will be available after the release of 5.0

13053

Resizable popups

13052

Movable popups

13050

Create login error view  Documentation to be completed

12917

Show name and providerId on create/edit PCR forms

12761

vCloud - when using region = providerVdc, avoid using the external tool to tag the orgVdcs.
When adding organization credentials, user can also supply system credentials that will only be used to identify the provider VDC

12661

Evaluate the need for hot reconfigure attributes in public cloud templates to extend from disks to NICs, for example

12625

Improve display of title of Longest time deployed widget on Optimization dashboard

12475

Amazon - Unhandled error creating VDC when date system is not synced

12743

Create Customer AWS Account in UI

12742

Create Customer CSP Account in UI

12081

Support for OpenJDK 11 runtime

11546

Add mail accounts for resellers

11335

Azure - Imported templates should be enabled by default for HotReconfigure

10862

vCloud - Public cloud templates could specify if hot reconfigure is enabled on import

9615

Amazon - Display error when creating a load balancer without subnet

6713

User creation/edition check password confirmation and display message if password and confirmation do not match

13308

vCloud - NAT network selection not needed when creating VDC because there is no default NAT IP

13303

Public cloud - enable logical delete of public IPs in UI

13295

UI support for customer public cloud backup plugins

13277

VEEAM - Exception when an expired backup has no tasks - Customer ticket: 6225

13252

NSX NAT 6.4.6 - GEN13 creating Firewall with 0.0.0.0/0. The plugin will now ignore this address and use "Any" instead.
Please consider existing firewall rules with 0.0.0.0/0 when upgrading NSX

13236

Some templates in vCloud do not populate the OSType properly. Now populate OSType but not version as in ESX

13212

vCloud discard deprecated API versions and use highest possible API version up to v32

13119

Verbose errors returned by login request

13118

Improve security using token only after login

13117

Improve cookie security

13116

Improve logout function

13114

Error when saving an alert with name/description with an accent mark. Configure jdbc with language support - Customer ticket: 6494

13085

Disks of VM template can be created/edited via API if the user is not owner of the VM template

13068

Azure - Sometimes sync VM fails - added support for template names with mixed cases in some regions

13051

vCloud - Enable use of NAT IPs as loadbalancer addresses

13047

Spec - Cannot create VApp from spec which includes public volume

13043

vCloud - Allow user to reset VM login password

13042

Apply firewalls (security groups) at Edge level (microsegmentation / NSX distributed firewall).
For vCloud Director versions below 9.5 (without NSX), you must disable this feature in abiquo.properties with abiquo.vcd.firewall.vappnetwork=true

12882

Logout API service with 405 response

12835

Amazon - Internal server error on logical delete of VPC (remove from Abiquo, not from the provider)

12803

Billing details - Review color distribution

12770

UI accepts incorrect input values for budget

12637

API doc - Relocate VM method does not have data entity description or example

12595

UI - Import Azure template with OS type of Windows does not retrieve any templates

12492

Add logo character for 5.0

11430

Infrastructure - Auto refresh does not keep current VM selected

11192

VEEAM backups do not expire on Abiquo, we show expired results - Customer ticket: 6443

11164

API - Review and change force parameter to logicalDelete parameter to remove public cloud entities from Abiquo, not from the provider

13485

Networker

Make client debug log property "reloadable"

13482

Networker

Add properties to enable administrator to configure networker API timeouts

13433

Azure

Add User Administrator role to the application generated with create account to enable Create user feature

13419

Public cloud

Add button on Enterprise Credentials tab to request access to the cloud provider console

13417

Azure

Add a new privilege to accept virtual machine template terms

13416

User interface

Accept template terms when the template is imported

13411

Public cloud

Create user account in provider for Azure, AWS, and vCloud

13406

User interface

Azure - Some templates require the user to accept the marketplace terms

13400

Azure

Account creation fails when creating a new cart

13390

Azure

Dashboard arm-billing module - Category cannot be null. Script now sets null category to "Other"

13381

Networker

Add properties for working with dual / stretched sites

13371

Public cloud

Show account ID information for public provider credentials

13368

Billing

Optimize billing by removing zero rows and improve custom usages. Show custom usage name

13364

Veeam

Veeam 9.5u4 - Cannot configure mininterval.

13354

Virtual machine

Only let the user edit variables when the VM is not deployed

13315

User interface

User interface - Improve all checkbox grid columns

13263

API documentation

Wildcard (_) for enterprise ID is not documented in list users

13259

Azure

Enable user to accept Azure marketplace agreement in Abiquo

13232

Control

Show HTTP status code for send webhook action in action plans, in addition to status name

13208

Azure

Filter current valid hardware profiles for Azure template

12962

vCloud Director

Properly recognize vCloud PCR endpoints to improve UI provider groups

12916

Public cloud

Regions to find prices should be fixed and updated because some AWS AP region APIs are currently not supporting pricing queries

12896

Veeam

Veeam 9.5u4 - Add additional backup jobs to enable policies to respect retention times. You MUST create a Code for each backup policy that is the same as the backup job name in Veeam, so Abiquo can find the backup jobs. You can now create different jobs with corresponding policies to support different retention times. See Configure Abiquo Veeam Backup Plugin#Configureallbackupjobswithpolicycodes

12821

vCloud Director

Support the deploy of templates that require an admin password. If guest initial password is not used, disable the admin password, and set a single autologin, then require the user to set a new password

11082

Azure

Make VM name consistent in Azure. Use the Abiquo label as the VM name. Store the Abiquo VM name in the abiquo-name tag. The label cannot be empty and the user cannot edit the label. You cannot have two VMs with the same label in the Azure resource group (PCR). To create VMs from the same template the UI uses an index number but omits the parentheses, e.g. ubuntuserver1. See How does the platform identify entities

11057

Azure

Check allowed VM name format or remove restrictions if possible. Windows VM up to 15 characters, other VM up to 64 characters. Note: Abiquo checks the labels of unallocated VMs only. See How does the platform identify entities

10329

vCloud Director

Enable the user to synchronize external networks

13510

Azure

VM Storage sync could detach wrong volumes (only in the platform, not in the provider)

13505

Private cloud

Cannot change VM datastore tier if datacenter and repository IDs are not equal

13487

VMware

No "Ctrl+Alt+Del" button displayed for Windows VMs using WebKMS remote access

13481

Backup

Avamar deprecation in 4.7 was not documented

13477

Pricing

Assign a pricing model to an enterprise - Add Enterprise associations button and dialog to Pricing models

Ticket: 6635

13471

Backup

Backup manager connection is not validated. When creating a backup manager, check that a connection can be made, although further validation may be required per plugin

13462

User interface

Listing volumes at VDC level has different columns compared to previous versions

13451

vCloud Director

"TemplatesCheck" process fails to detect templates that are not found/without guest tools

13450

vCloud Director

Should not be allowed create instance template for VM without guest tools on template

13449

Amazon

Volume synchronization triggers duplicate entry 'vol-XXX' for key 'PRIMARY' error

13440

User interface

Add privilege for user to accept terms of use

13418

User interface

Mini checkboxes in checklist for VM Chef recipe selection

13409

User interface

Edit template Variables tab has format error

13398

Networker

Filter obtained results does not work. Results shown are ahead of time by zone offset. Delete protection group does not work.

4.7.4

13396

User interface

Overlay of options and VM details box in VDC on Virtual machines tab

13395

User interface

Volumes tab in virtual datacenter in public cloud - Pagination does not work

13394

General

Wrong message when no results from Search filter of virtual appliances

13389

General

Tracer message with English error

13383

User interface

Availability set option must be active only for supported providers

13372

Control

Error creating budget because of missing currency code in UI request

13370

ESXi

Include websocket proxy as queryParam in the WebMKS URL. Configure property to define proxy set in Apache and nginx configurations

13369

Control

VMs created as minimum in scaling group can have the same timestamp as a label and don't display in pricing estimate. Check VM label is valid, and consider Azure VM name is defined from the Abiquo label

13367

User interface

Details of events are unreadable. Long Name or Context fields overlap other fields

Ticket: 6574

13366

User interface

Export template - public cloud region selection grid has no padding

13361

NSX

NSX NAT - Can't add a Health check for load balancer using protocol ICMP

Ticket: 6496

13360

User interface

CPU and RAM metrics figures on VM icon don't display correctly with scaling group

13357

Customer integration

User interface - Customer integration - Custom Virtual machine menu item missing in VDC on Virtual machines view

Ticket: 6561

13348

Virtual machines

Restricted VApp and its VMs should NOT be displayed for a USER without appropriate privileges

13345

User interface

Reset VM guest password privilege is missing the UI label

13344

vCloud Director

English error in vCloud credentials provider discovery message

13343

Accounting

ESXi - Accounting does not take into account transitions related to PAUSED state. The platform does not support these transitions but must register them when they are performed outside the platform

13318

User interface

Wrong toast mistake shown while shutting down a virtual machine. Toast message should state that shutdown was started successfully only

13301

Amazon

Firewall that does not exist in provider cannot be assigned to a VDC. Display edit button for firewall that does not exist in the provider at regional level

13300

vCloud Director

Reorder / Remove IPs from provider does not take effect in Abiquo

13290

vCloud Director

Error returned managing firewalls after setting "abiquo.vcd.firewall.vappnetwork=true" but the classic firewall was created when the property the property was false. After the upgrade, you must manually sync classic firewalls before editing rules, and an error will indicate this

13283

User interface

Azure create VDC with custom network displays AWS Availability zone option

13275

Monitoring

Monitoring does not publish metrics for any VMs if there is a ''bad'' VM. This is an unusual case caused by a subscription of a VM that has been removed from the Abiquo database and the plugin

13205

Monitoring

Negative usage statistics values for standardized CPU and RAM metrics

13088

User interface

Change PCR name length limitation on Edit PCR tab. Public cloud region name can be up to 255 characters

13036

vCloud Director

Invalid IP range after synchronizing external network with static pool defined

13035

vCloud Director

Error synchronizing load balancers without Health check. Abiquo requires a health check but vCloud Director does not. Skip load balancers without health check

12941

Control

Wrong time for end date attribute when creating a budget. The time should be 23:59:59

12940

ESXi

vCenter WebKMS connections should be proxied through the RS. Configuration information is available on request

 6510

12698

vCloud Director

VM deployment fails using templates without VMware Tools installed. Prevent users from importing templates without VMware tools installed. For existing templates without VMware tools, after two repository checks, set these templates to unavailable so users cannot deploy, usually within 24 hours of upgrade

12498

API

Duplicated link with rel "defaultvlan" in VDC. The action to make a network the default has a link relation attribute of "defaultvlan" and the default VLAN of the VDC has "vlan"

12007

Apache

Change to Apache configuration for minor security reasons

12004

Apace

Change to Apache configuration for minor security reasons

11478

API documentation

API documentation - Errors in some resource method names

8862

User interface

Truncated text in Create template with create disk from ISO dialogue

13639

Authentication

Should be able to work with SAML+ 2FA at once

13609

vCenter cluster

Datastore not retrieved if not accessible or properly mounted on a host that does not belong to the current cluster

Customer ticket: 6652

13670

Public cloud

Public cloud credentials do not appear in the user interface if account_id is NULL

13624

Backup

When configuring getBackupTasks.currentpage, when the iteration ends, the property is removed and its value is sent to getRestoreSessions.currentpage

13606

Dnsmasq

dnsmasq-restore should ignore nics without mask (not deployed)

13605

Dnsmasq

dnsmasq will not work if the VLAN was created before assigning the Dnsmasq RS

13604

Dnsmasq

dnsmasq-restore should consider network name

13584

Backup

Timeout during checkExpiredResults does not abort the operation

13583

Backup

Veeam - isExpired fails if the session is not found - to be confirmed

13580

Backup

Veeam - plugin fails on invalid backupTaskSessions - to be confirmed

13570

Accounting

Moving a VM into an empty VApp may cause no accounting data to be created

13769

vCenter cluster

Allow admin to remove a physical machine with protected VMs - (vCenter cluster migration tool should ignore protected VMs)

13953

Azure

Allow Azure credentials without App ID to enable Azure billing only

13810

User interface

Some popups have an excessive width

13809

User interface

Apps library template name is always cropped

13996

Azure

Billing - No estimated values if no bills have been generated

13958

vCenter cluster

Deploy failure when NFS template repository is added on some hosts. It does not fail when the NFS is added on all hosts or no hosts

13808

User interface

Edit VM backup events doesn't show event details

13807

User interface

Edit VM backups crops "Image backup now" button

13767

User interface

Usability improvements for Customer integration and various in Firefox 68. When creating a VM, enter the label after you select the template

13690

User interface

Adapt customer integration to Abiquo v5.0

13682

Azure

Azure CSP - API calls return 500 if access token is expired

13624

Backup

When configuring getBackupTasks.currentpage, when the iteration ends, the property is removed and its value is sent to getRestoreSessions.currentpage

14059

Azure

Azure Plans - Daily billing. Add cost by entitlementId and other customer purchases.

14047

Customer integration

Billing issue: the list of available providers shows more entries than those allowed by the license

6777

14015

Customer integration

Errors while creating an Azure account

6775

14002

Azure

Error saving Azure credentials if they are from a different subscription

6768

14197

Customer integration

Account creation error when trying to add subscription to the customer

6775
Also in 5.1.2

14082

Backup

Veeam cache fails to load when Veeam server uses hypervisor not used in Abiquo

6785
Also in 5.1.1

14077

Backup

Networker fails creating backup with size in KB bigger than integer range

Also in 4.7.8
and 5.1.1

14062

Customer integration

Provider daily biling. Modify bill script to use daily billing database

14025

Customer integration

Two tenants display the same bills with two different subscriptions but the same Azure plan

6781

14420

Azure

Create account User Account Administrator role not found

14744

Customer integration

Modify proxy to support new fields for CSP customer onboarding

14736

Azure

User interface - Add "organizationRegistrationNumber" property to account creation

14728

Azure

CSP customer onboarding requires phone number and organization INN for listed countries.
Added new property to list countries.
abiquo.azure.account.creation.organizationregistrationnumber.countries=am,az,by,hu,kz,kg,md,ru,tj,uz,ua,ae

14779

Azure

CSP - Azure resource provider Microsoft.Network registration stuck in Registering state.

Added abiquo.azure.account.creation.polling.delay.seconds to abiquo.properties.

Do not wait for registration to complete while creating account.

14800

Azure

[CSP] create account - make resource provider registration wait configurable

Added abiquo.azure.account.creation.resource.provider.polling.delay.minutes
and abiquo.azure.account.creation.resource.provider.timeout.minutes
to abiquo.properties.

15001

Azure

Rename Feign timeout configuration properties for Azure plugin.

Old names had the format:
"abiquo.feign.connection.timeout.seconds" and "abiquo.feign.read.timeout.seconds".

Rename to specify that those properties belong to the http client Feign for the Azure plugin
"abiquo.azure.feign.connection.timeout.seconds"
"abiquo.azure.feign.read.timeout.seconds"

Also in:
5.1.3, 5.2.1

14986

Azure

Remove credentials if CreateAccountResponseListener#done fails.

Also in:
5.1.3, 5.2.1

14992

Azure

Timeout issues during account creation

Also in:
5.1.3

14989

Azure

Remove final space in GraphAPI#addMemberToDirectoryRole

Also in:
5.1.3, 5.2.1

14985

Azure

List hardware profile can cause OutOfMemoryError

Also in:
5.1.3, 5.2.1

15131

SAML

Add property to enable a new SAML login into an enterprise pool:

• abiquo.saml.login.allow.enterprise.pool=false

Also in:
5.3

15095

Amazon

AWS - Create account for reseller customer - Sometimes assumeRole doesn't work and triggers an accessDenied.
Added new properties to wait for account creation

• abiquo.amazon.waitforassumerole.minutes=5

• abiquo.amazon.sleepbeforetry.seconds=2

Also in: 
5.1.4, 5.2.1