MetroAE Version 5.0.0 is now available

Author: Alok Kumar Verma Published on: March 11, 2022 Published in: Announcements

We are pleased to announce the GA of the latest feature update to MetroAE, v5.0.0.

Here is the full release info:

Release Info

MetroAE now requires Ansible 3.4.0 and Python 3
There is a new container mode of operation, replacing the existing container
Detailed procedure for migrating from MetroAE v4.6.x to MetroAE v5.0.0 can be found in CHANGES_IN_V5.md

Predeploy NSGV without vsd license file (METROAE-497)
Added support for hardening Elasticsearch nodes (METROAE-486)
Allow custom configuration of RAM, CPU and Memory for VSD and VSTAT (METROAE-477)
Run VSD Database pre-upgrade checks (METROAE-428)
Support NFS server config using MetroAE(METROAE-557)
Webfilter should optionally use HTTP Proxy (METROAE-493)
Add support for encrypting credentials in Excel spreadsheet (METROAE-552)
Add Ansible 3.4.0 support (METROAE-344)
Allow installing/renewal of VSTAT(ES) licenses during install, upgrade and standalone (METROAE-591)

Check for ejabberd license expiry (METROAE-505)
Added support install of SD-WAN portal without the SMTP address(METROAE-492)
Fixed yum lock timeout issue when installing packages in KVM (METROAE-507)
Replacing known_hosts module mgmt_ip to hostname (METROAE-481)
Remove unnecessary debug lines from vsc-health (MetroAE-541)
Fixing vsd-destroy to destroy old and new VMs (METROAE-504)
Fix MetroAE errors while deploying using SSH Proxy (MetroAE-574)
Fixed Check passwordless ssh from metro host to hypervisors and components ( METROAE-520)
Added ES servers to NUH GUI ( METROAE-491)
Fix NUH install on 20.10.R5 (METROAE-490)
Fixing message issue for docker pull(METROAE-527)
Install NUH optionally without DNS entry (METROAE-375)
Add procedure for NUH copy certificates if installed before VSD(METROAE-559)
Create NUH users and certs for NSG bootstrapping (METROAE-487)
Enhance check to accept both access_port_name and access_ports variables being undefined (METROAE-585)
VSTAT VSS UI should be set for all VSTATS (METROAE-580)
Remove Old MetroAE container support (METROAE-564)
Fix MetroAE VSD in-place upgrades for custom credentials (METROAE-586)
Make changes into documentation for supporting ansible version upgrade and new container(METROAE-588)
Document where credentials are used(METROAE-532)
Fix MetroAE inplace upgrade from 20.10.R6.1 to 20.10.R6.3(METROAE-590)
On applying branding to the VSD jboss restart should happen serially (METROAE-597)
Clean up temporary ISO file on VSD after mounting (METROAE-598)

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