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Foglight for Container Management 4.0 - Release Notes

Resolved issues and enhancements

Resolved issues and enhancements

This 4.0.0 release of Foglight for Container Management accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 9.3 and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release.

Defect ID

Known Issue

FCON-274

Fixed an issue where the Node, Pod, and Cluster metrics in summary dashboards might not be aligned with rule definition.

FCON-1085

Changed Kubernetes Cluster/Namespace selector to Kubernetes Foglight Service selector.

FCON-1193

Changed Pods Dashboard to new Workload Dashboard.

FCON-1196

Removed Kubernetes Controller Tab.

FCON-1282

Added a rule Kubernetes Container Restart for Termination with Invalid State to detect if a container has been restarted because of an invalid termination within 12 hours.

 

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Known issues

Known issues

This 4.0.0 release of Foglight for Container Management accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 9.3 and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.

Defect ID

Known Issue

FCON-274

Kubernetes Pods, Nodes, Cluster Summary dashboard spinner color failed to change based on the rule severities.

FCON-313

Data from different Kubernetes Agents that has the same cluster name will be merged into one cluster.

FCON-1196

After upgrading to 4.0.0, the Container dashboard might show empty inventory data and metrics.
Workaround: Deploy the 4.0.0 agent to FglAM and after the 4.0.0 version agent successfully submits data to FMS, the Container dashboard will show inventory data and metrics (history and current).

FCON-1408

After disconnecting for hours, the Platform Type in the Kubernetes Cost Administration table will be changed to On-Prem even if it is detected as a cloud platform.

 

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Upgrade and compatibility 

Upgrade and compatibility 

TThis 4.0.0 release of Foglight for Container Management accompanies the release of Foglight Evolve 9.3 and Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.9.3. The following Foglight product versions and platforms are compatible with this release.

 

Product Name

Product Version

Platform

Foglight Management Server

5.9.8

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Management Server

Foglight Agent Manager

Note: All monitoring agents available in this version of Foglight Container Management support the Agent Manager HA failover mode. For more information about this mode, see the Agent Manager Guide.

5.9.8

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Agent Manager

Foglight Evolve

9.3

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight Evolve

Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition

8.9.3

All platforms supported by this version of the Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition

Upgrade Process

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

  1. Foglight for Container Management will be upgraded if Foglight Evolve or Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 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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