Known issues

Known issues

This 6.1.0 release of Foglight for Container Management includes the following known issues at the time of this release.

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Upgrade and compatibility 

Upgrade and compatibility 

TThis 6.1.x release of Foglight for Container Management accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 6.1.x and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.

Upgrade Process

To upgrade the Foglight for Container Management to the latest version:

1. Foglight for Container Management will be upgraded if Foglight Evolve is upgraded.
2. Then deploy the new agent cartridge to the FglAM that holds your Container agents, including Kubernetes agents and Docker Swarm agents.
3. When upgrading the cartridge from version prior to 3.0.0 or if you are still using Heapster in version 3.0.0, then after upgrading, metrics collector related columns might be displayed in Container > Kubernetes > Administration Tab > Agents Table with type Heapster displayed. It is recommended to migrate Heapster metric collector to Prometheus metric collector.  To migrate to Prometheus, click the Migrate button for each agent. Then A Migrate wizard will be launched. For detailed information, refer to the Administration section in Foglight for Container Management User and Administration Guide.

Note: Kubernetes Agents migrated from Heapster to Prometheus will fail to collect metrics when using Prometheus configured to use Authentication other than Kubernetes Authentication.

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System requirements 

System requirements 

For information about system requirements for this release, see the corresponding Foglight System Requirements and Platform Support Guide.

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Product licensing

Product licensing

Foglight includes a licensing capability that restricts access to those features that are defined in the license. Any Management Server installation requires a license that grants access to server-specific parts of the browser interface and the features associated with them. Foglight cartridges are also license-protected. While some cartridges are covered by the base Foglight license (such as Foglight Agent Manager cartridges and Foglight for Infrastructure), others may require an additional license.

For Foglight for Container Management, the Monitoring features are covered by Foglight Evolve Monitor, Cloud, Operate, and Flex license, while the Cost, Optimizer, and Capacity Management features are covered by Foglight Evolve Flex, Operate, and Cloud license.

To activate a trial or a purchased commercial license:

1. On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click Administration > Setup > Manage Licenses.
2. Click Install.
3. In the Install License dialog box, click Browse.
4. In the file browser that appears, specify the location of the license file.
5. In the Install License dialog box, click Install License.

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