3.5.0 Confluent release¶

3.5.0 has been released with the following changes:

nodeping command has been added¶

The nodeping allows easy invocation of ping against a node range, with options to use suffixes or expressions to ping alternate interfaces.

XCC and SMM passwords are now unexpired on discovery if expired¶

Discovery will now work even if the password on the endpoint is already set, but expired.

nodeconsole now has a -l option to replay logs¶

The nodeconsole now has a flag to initiate a log replay of a node. Arrow keys can navigate the console and the titlebar is updated to show time of on-screen content. Further, any screen clears force a pause in navigation to clearly show errors before they would normally be cleared from the screen. Search is also supported.

Web UI now supports passwordless authentication using webathn¶

If logged in, a user may select 'Register authenticator' to enroll an authenticator. Then if they skip entering password, it will begin the authenticator based login.

Improve web UI performance¶

Consoles and most large scale queries are now performed over a shared socket, resulting in smoother experience and more consoles on screen at a time.

OS deployment additions¶

Ubuntu 22.04, SuSE 15 SP4, Leap 15.4, RedHat 9, Rocky 9, and Alma 9 support has been added.

Diskless EL8 now has local repositories after boot¶

Site repositories are now made available to newly built diskless images.

Support for select PDUs have been added¶

Outlet status and control for select Delta, Eaton, and Vertiv PDUs has been added.

Add RedHat 9 management node support¶

RedHat 9 (and related) platforms can now install and run confluent

Implement VROC support in SuSE scripted deployment¶

Pre-existing VROC arrays are now properly auto-handled in scripted deployment of SUSE

Change to bond from team in SuSE distributions¶

SuSE never naturally used team, follow their standard behavior and go for bond instead.

Updates to the TLS CA¶

New installations will backdate the start validity of certificates and RedHat nodes will retain the internal trust across updates

Add routed support for RedHat CoreOS deployment¶

CoreOS may now be deployed through a router through pairing an identity image with a deployment image.

Confluent expression can now slice a variable¶

For example, a node named node123 with {node[-4:]} would show e123