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Zztop release
Zztop release
This section includes key information regarding new features included in Aura Platform for Zztop and main changes in comparison with previous releases
What’s new in Zztop (8.7.0)?
Discover here the new features and modifications at a glance. You can find the technical details in the release changelog and the Release Notes.
| Novelties |
Description |
| Updated versions of key Aura system components |
✔️ In order to optimize the performance and efficiency of Aura system, different components have been upgraded with the latest available versions. |
| Update to MongoDB v7 |
✔️ From Zztop release onwards, MongoDB on premise is not supported anymore, only MongoDB Atlas is endorsed
✔️ MongoDB server is upgraded to version v7
✔️ Consequently, different Aura components have updated their MongoDB access and have been adapted to support the new version
✔️ Certain improvements are developed in order to optimize the behavior of MongoDB Atlas in Aura. |
| Improved bypass mode |
✔️ Fixed some bugs in bypass mode, in very fast sequential messages |
| Improved Aura bridge queues behavior |
✔️ Change time base of messages queue to avoid overlaps |
| Reviewed WhatsApp request model definition in Aura bridge swagger |
✔️ Fixed error handling new WhatsApp recipient_id location |
1 - Zztop release changelog
Zztop release changelog
Discover the record of all notable changes made in Aura for this release, organized by component.
1.1 - Aura system components version
Aura system components versions
Updated versions of Aura system components for the current Aura Platform release
Components versions
All components in the table below run over AKS cluster version 1.27.
| Name |
Namespace |
Image deployed |
| alertmanager |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/alertmanager:v0.26.0 |
| elastic-operator |
aura-system |
docker.elastic.co/eck/eck-operator:2.7.0 |
| elasticsearch-es-aura |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/elasticsearch:8.7.1 |
| elasticsearch-exporter |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/elasticsearch_exporter:v1.5.0 |
| fluent-bit-aggregator |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/fluent-bit:2.2.0 |
| grafana |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/grafana:8.5.21 |
| kibana-kb |
aura-system |
docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:8.7.1 |
| prometheus |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/prom/prometheus:v2.48.0 |
| mongodb-atlas-operator |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/mongodb-atlas-kubernetes-operator:1.9.0 |
| redis-exporter |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/redis-exporter:1.6.1 |
| redis |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/redis:6.0.19 |
| thanos-store-gateway |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/thanos:v0.32.5 |
| atlas-logger |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/atlas-logger:2.0.0 |
| azure-logger |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/azure-logger:1.4.0 |
| pushgateway |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/pushgateway:v1.4.1 |
| thanos-querier |
aura-system |
devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/thanos:v0.32.5 |
Information regarding Aura system components end-of-life (EOL) and next updates is included in the document Scheduled updates in Aura components. Find it in the Aura releases section
of your corresponding release.
1.2 - Aura Authentication API changelog
Aura authentication API changelog
Changelog of Aura Authentication API component for Zztop Aura Platform release
Updated
2023-12-18 - Update MongoDB driver to version 6.2.0, compatible with server version 7.0
- Due to the version changes both in the MongoDB driver and in the server, aura-authentication-api and aura-terms-and-conditions-api access to MongoDB has been updated, reviewing all the queries and adapting them to the new driver version.
- Reviewed databases access: aura-users, tac.
1.3 - Aura Bot changelog
Aura bot changelog
Changelog of Aura Bot component for Zztop Aura Platform release
Updated
2023-12-18 - Update MongoDB driver to version 6.2.0, compatible with server version 7.0
- Due to the version changes both in the MongoDB driver and in the server, aura-bot access to MongoDB has been updated, reviewing all the queries and adapting them to the new driver version.
- Reviewed databases access: aura-bot.
Fixed
2023-12-22 - Changes in bypass-mode-middleware
- If actived bypass dialog stack is removed and when state is ‘Init’, the following middlewares are skipped.
- Affected documents:
2023-12-22 - Changes in aura-bot-adapter
- Use
responseOptions setting of the channelData version of the request to send the event correctly to aura-groot when the use case has no response.
- If the channel is configured to use
singleMessage as response type and the response is only an event, it is wrapped as a message and sent as an attachment to aura-groot so it can be passed to aura-bridge, because aura-groot does not progress events to the user.
- Affected documents:
1.4 - Aura Bridge changelog
Aura bridge changelog
Changelog of Aura bridge component for Zztop Aura Platform release
Fixed
2024-01-08 - Fixed error handling new WhatsApp recipient_id location
2024-01-08 - Changed behavior of simultaneous messages sent to aura-bridge
- With the new Redis architecture, when multiple messages arrived simultaneously, timestamps had not enough precision, resulting in undelivered messages. Now, this issue is resolved, as the time base of the message queue has been changed to work with microseconds and, consequently, avoid overlaps.
1.5 - Aura Configuration API changelog
Aura Configuration API changelog
Changelog of Aura Configuration API component for Zztop Aura Platform release
Updated
2023-12-18 - Update MongoDB driver to version 6.2.0, compatible with server version 7.0
- Due to the version changes both in the MongoDB driver and in the server, aura-configuration-api access to MongoDB has been updated, reviewing all the queries and adapting them to the new driver version.
- Reviewed database access: aura-configuration.
1.6 - Aura deployment changelog
Aura deployment changelog
Changelog of Aura deployment for Zztop Aura Platform release
Changed
2023-12-15 - Updated AKS version
- Updated AKS version to 1.27.
2023-12-15 - TLS 1.2 min version in storage account
- By default the min required TLS version in the storage accounts has been set to TLS 1.2.
2023-12-15 - Public access disabled in storage account by default
- By default the public access to the storage accounts has been disabled. This won’t apply to the services storage accounts in OBs where the livingapps are deployed (as Spain) as they need public access to be enabled.
2023-12-15 - Added Keda
- Now Keda is installed by default and the autoscaling of the pods is managed by Keda scaled objects.
- Affected documents:
2023-12-15 - Updated Fluent Bit version
- Fluent Bit docker image has been updated to 2.2.0.
2023-12-15 - Updated Prometheus version
- Prometheus docker image has been updated to 2.48.0.
2023-12-15 - Updated Thanos version
- Thanos docker image has been updated to 0.32.5.
2023-12-18 - Updated Alertmanager version
- Alertmanager has been updated to 0.26.0. version
2023-12-18 - Updated elasticsearch and kibana versions
- elasticsearch-es-aura and kibana-kb have been updated to 8.7.1. version
2023-12-18 - Updated atlas-logger and azure-logger versions
- atlas-logger has been updated to 2.0.0. version
- azure-logger has been updated to 1.4.0. version
2023-11-30 - Updated MongoDB Atlas operator version
- MongoDB Atlas operator has been updated to 1.9.0.
2023-11-30 - Updated MongoDB Atlas version
- MongoDB Atlas version has been updated to 7.0.
2023-11-30 - Changed default Atlas cluster name
- To avoid issues with the MongoDB Atlas version update in the current cluster, the default name of the cluster has been changed to include the major version number as suffix. This way, a new cluster will be created by default.
- Affected documents:
2023-11-30 - Migrate cluster script changes
- The option –no-db has been removed from the migrate cluster script and now the script will make the DB migration when the project name, cluster name or major version are different.
- The section Migrate cluster in the installer document has been updated to reflect the new commands to restore the users delta with the new scenario where on premise mongoDB is not available.
- Affected documents:
- Added some extra information to the Atlas autoscale options to clarify the behavior of the autoscale feature.
- Affected documents:
Removed
2023-11-30 - Removed mongoDB on premise references
- The whole documentation has been updated to remove all references to mongoDB on premise.
1.7 - Aura File Manager changelog
Aura File Manager changelog
Changelog of Aura File Manager component for Zztop Aura Platform release
Updated
2023-12-18 - Update MongoDB driver to version 6.2.0, compatible with server version 7.0
- Due to the version changes both in the MongoDB driver and in the server, aura-file-manager access to MongoDB has been updated, reviewing all the queries and adapting them to the new driver version.
- Reviewed databases access: aura-file-manager.
1.8 - Aura Groot changelog
Aura Groot changelog
Changelog of Aura Groot component for Zztop Aura Platform release
Updated
2023-12-18 - Update MongoDB driver to version 6.2.0, compatible with server version 7.0
- Due to the version changes both in the MongoDB driver and in the server, aura-groot access to MongoDB has been updated, reviewing all the queries and adapting them to the new driver version.
- Reviewed databases access: aura-groot.
2 - Scheduled updates in Aura components
Scheduled updates in Aura components
List of basic dependencies used by Aura components with their EOL information and the maximum frequency of update proposed by Aura Global team to avoid security issues. It also contains the next scheduled update, if it is already known.
Future updates
3 - Zztop Release Notes
Zztop Release Notes