.. _release-notes:
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Release Notes
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These are the release notes for StarlingX release stx.2018.10.
**Note:** StarlingX uses a "year.month" pattern for release version
numbers, indicating the year and month of release.
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ISO Image
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You can find a pre-built image at
`CENGN’s StarlingX mirror
`__.
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New Features
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| StoryBoard ID | Feature |
+===================================+===================================+
| N/A | ovs-dpdk integration |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002820 | Support for external Ceph backend |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2202821 | Support for adding compute nodes |
| | to all-in-one duplex deployments |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002822 | Support remote client for Windows |
| | and Mac OS |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2003115 | Deprecate proprietary Cinder |
| | volume backup and restore |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002825 | Support Gnocchi storage backend |
| | for OpenStack telemetry |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002847 | Add ntfs-3g packages |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002826 | Memcached integration |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002935 | Support for Precision Time |
| | Protocol (PTP) |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2003087 | Generalized interface and network |
| | configuration |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2003518 | Enable Swift on controllers |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002712 | StarlingX API documentation |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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Other changes
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| StoryBoard ID | Change |
+===================================+===================================+
| 2002827 | Decouple Service Management REST |
| | API from sysinv |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002828 | Decouple Fault Management from |
| | stx-config |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002829 | Decouple Guest-server/agent from |
| | stx-metal |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002832 | Replace compute-huge init script |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002834 | Add distributed cloud repos to |
| | StarlingX |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2002846 | Python Optimization |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 2003389, 2003596 | Upgrade kernel and srpm/rpms to |
| | CentOS 7.5 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 3003396, 2003339 | Upgrade libvirt to 4.7.0 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 3002891 | Stx-gui plug-in for Horizon |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Many | Build enhancements, cleanups and |
| | optimizations |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Many | Enable basic zuul checks and |
| | linters |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Many | Python 2 to 3 upgrade for |
| | stx-update, stx-metal, stx-fault, |
| | stx-integ |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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Testing
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Please take a look at our
`test plan `__
for the list of tests executed on this release.
View the
`testing summary `__
to see the status of testing for this release.
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Project-specific release notes
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* `Bare Metal `__
* `Clients `__
* `Configuration `__
* `Distributed Cloud `__
* `Distributed Cloud Client `__
* `Fault Management `__
* `High Availability `__
* `Horizon Plugin (GUI) `__
* `Integration `__
* `NFV `__
* `Software Updates `__
* `Tools `__
* `Upstream `__