Release notes

9 May 2024

Satellite storage template patch updates are available.

You can update your Satellite storage configurations and assignments to the latest patch from the Satellite console, or by running the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command. For more information, see Which storage templates are available? and the CLI reference.

6 May 2024

Connector agent for Windows version 1.1.3.

For more information, see the change log and Updating the agent on Windows.

Connector agent image version 1.1.5.

For more information, see the change log and Running a Connector agent.

7 March 2024

Satellite storage template patch updates are available.

You can update your Satellite storage configurations and assignments to the latest patch from the Satellite console, or by running the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command. For more information, see Which storage templates are available? and the CLI reference.

27 February 2024

CLI version 1.0.597 is available.

For more information, see Updating the CLI and the CLI change log.

19 February 2024

Connector agent for Windows version 1.1.3.

For more information, see the change log and Updating the agent on Windows.

Connector agent image version 1.1.4.

For more information, see the change log and Running a Connector agent.

16 February 2024

Satellite storage template patch updates are available.

You can update your Satellite storage configurations and assignments to the latest patch from the Satellite console, or by running the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command. For more information, see Which storage templates are available? and the CLI reference.

12 February 2024

You can now enable automatic patch updates for your Satellite storage assignments and configurations.

For more information, see Storage overview and the ibmcloud sat storage assignment autopatch command reference.

08 February 2024

CLI version 1.0.595 is available.

For more information, see Updating the CLI and the CLI change log.

02 February 2024

Storage template revisions are available.

Revisions for the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history. You can update your configurations and assignments to use the latest revisions in the console, or run the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command. For more information, see the command reference.

23 January 2024

New! Connector agent for Windows.

You can now deploy the Connector agent in Windows environments. For more information, see Running a Connector agent.

19 January 2024

CLI version 1.0.589 is available.

For more information, see the CLI change log.

12 January 2024

Connector agent image version 1.1.3.

For more information, see the change log. For more information about running the image, see Running a Connector agent.

01 December 2023

Template for VMware location setup

You can use Schematics to set up your VMware Virtual Cloud Director virtual machines as a Satellite location. For more information, see Automating your VMware location setup with a Schematics template.

27 November 2023

Storage template revisions are available.

Revisions for the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history. You can update your configurations and assignments to use the latest revisions in the console, or run the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command. For more information, see the command reference.

14 November 2023

Troubleshooting documentation for attaching hosts.

For more information, see Why is my host attach failing with error message A0029 Access denied to specified controller?

01 November 2023

Storage template revisions are available.

Revisions for the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history. You can update your configurations and assignments to use the latest revisions in the console or with the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command.

27 October 2023

Connector agent image version 1.1.2.

For more information, see the change log. For more information about running the image, see Running a Connector agent.

25 October 2023

Troubleshooting documentation for Connector agents.

For more information, see Why do I see a rejected by Sources error in my agent container logs?

20 October 2023

Satellite storage template for local storage

A new Satellite storage template is available for deploying local storage. This new template provides both local block and local file storage functionality. For more information, see the Local Storage Operator deployment guide.

Debugging guide for OpenShift Data Foundation

For more information, see Debugging OpenShift Data Foundation.

Storage template revisions are available.

Revisions for the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history. You can update your configurations and assignments to use the latest revisions in the console, or run the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command. For more information, see the command reference.

10 October 2023

Connector agent image version 1.1.1.

For more information, see the change log. For more information about running the image, see Running a Connector agent.

CLI version 1.0.573 is available.

For more information, see the CLI change log.

22 September 2023

You can now create Satellite locations in the Madrid (mad, eu-es) region.

To create a Satellite location in the Madrid region, see Understanding Satellite locations.

Storage template revisions

Revisions for the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history. You can update your configurations and assignments to use the latest revisions in the console, or by running the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command. For more information, see the command reference.

18 September 2023

CLI version 1.0.566 is available.

For more information, see the CLI change log.

24 July 2023

Storage template revisions

Revisions for the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history. You can update your configurations and assignments to use the latest revisions in the console, or by running the ibmcloud sat storage config patch command. For more information, see the command reference.

5 July 2023

Satellite Connector

Satellite Connector is a deployment model which enables secure communications from IBM Cloud to on-prem resources via a light weight container deployed on your container platform hosts. This option brings all the security and auditability of Satellite communication, but with much fewer resources required. For more information, see Understanding Satellite Connectors.

Setting up Connector as a Secure Gateway replacement

Coming from Secure Gateway? Satellite Connector replaces Secure Gateway to provide connection between IBM Cloud and your on-prem data center. For more information, see Satellite Connector and Security Gateway.

Understanding your responsibilities with Satellite Connector

For more information, review the Overview of shared responsibilities for Satellite Connector, the Satellite Connector agent image, and the Satellite Connector container platform.

26 June 2023

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.528.

22 June 2023

Storage template revisions

Revisions of the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history.

12 June 2023

RHCOS enabled locations with reduced firewall

You can now create Satellite locations with a reduced footprint. For more information, see Creating Red Hat CoreOS enabled Locations with reduced firewall footprint.

17 May 2023

Storage template revisions

Revisions of the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history.

04 May 2023

Storage template revisions

Revisions of the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history.

25 April 2023

Storage template revisions

Revisions of the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history.

05 April 2023

Storage template revisions

Revisions of the Satellite storage templates are available. For more information, see the Storage template version history.

27 March 2023

You can download a .csv copy of your outbound network requirements.

For more information, see the outbound network requirements for your location region.

24 March 2023

Changes to the host network requirements in non-RHCOS locations.

For more information, see the outbound network requirements for the region your Location is in.

20 March 2023

Terraform troubleshooting topic

If you use Terraform to update your hosts, find out how to avoid reloading all your unassigned hosts. For more information, see Why is my host attach script triggering a state change in Terraform?

1 March 2023

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.498.

24 January 2023

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.487.

16 December 2022

New! IBM Cloud® Direct Link

Use a secure Direct Link connection for Satellite Link communications between your services running in a Location and IBM Cloud. For more information, see Connecting Locations with IBM Cloud using Direct Link.

14 December 2022

New! Satellite storage debugging guide

For more information, see Debugging storage

New! GitOps configurations

Create a configuration to deploy apps from GitHub or GitLab to your clusters. For more information, see Managing GitOps configurations.

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.480.

5 December 2022

New! Production support for the IBM Cloud Object Storage CSI driver template

You can use the IBM Cloud Object Storage CSI driver template to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the IBM Cloud Object Storage CSI driver template documentation.

1 December 2022

New! Satellite storage template feature comparison

For more information, see the comparison table.

New! Virtualization on a Satellite location

You can now set up virtualization on a Satellite location. For more information, see Setting up virtualization on a Satellite location tutorial.

8 November 2022

Bare Metal Server support

You can now attach Bare Metal Server hosts to your Satellite locations. For more information, see Attaching a Bare Metal Server to a Satellite location.

3 November 2022

Disconnected usage

Satellite Locations and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud can run disconnected from the parent managed-from region in IBM Cloud for 168 hours. For more information, see Disconnected use for Satellite components.

27 October 2022

New! Beta support for the IBM Cloud Object Storage CSI driver template

You can use the IBM Cloud Object Storage CSI driver template to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the IBM Cloud Object Storage CSI driver template documentation.

26 October 2022

Create Satellite storage configurations from the console

You can now create and deploy Satellite storage configurations from the location console. For more information about storage templates, see Understanding storage.

7 October 2022

Subscription identity sync

After you create a subscription, you might need to sync subscription identity for your rollout to be successful.

Apply updates your worker nodes in place

You can apply updates to your worker nodes without detaching them. You can update your worker nodes individually or perform rolling by using a ConfigMap to define update parameters for all worker nodes in a cluster. See Apply version updates to worker node hosts without detaching them.

3 October 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.454.

23 September 2022

Added support for remote workers

You can now assign workload hosts to a location from a single provider or from multiple providers. See Setting up a Satellite location with remote workers.

21 September 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.452.

12 September 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.446.

6 September 2022

New! Location overview information.

Learn more about planning and creating a location with the new location overview information. See Understanding Satellite locations.

31 August 2022

New! You can now create Red Hat CoreOS enabled Satellite locations in the Sao Paulo (sao, br-sao) region.

To create a Red Hat CoreOS enabled location in the Sao Paulo region, see Understanding Satellite locations.

23 August 2022

New! You can now create Red Hat CoreOS enabled Satellite locations in the Osaka (osa, jp-osa) region.

To create a Red Hat CoreOS enabled location in the Osaka region, see Understanding Satellite locations.

18 August 2022

New! You can now create Red Hat CoreOS enabled Satellite locations in the Sydney (syd, au-syd) region.

To create a Red Hat CoreOS enabled location in the Sydney region, see Understanding Satellite locations.

10 August 2022

Added information about verifying your permissions

Before you start a task, check that you have the appropriate permissions. See Checking user permissions.

5 August 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.433.

3 August 2022

RHEL 8 is now supported.

You can now select RHEL8 as your operating system. For more information, see Planning your operating system.

New! Check out the Satellite Config tutorial.

Learn about how to integrate Satellite Config with a Continuous Delivery toolchain to deploy your apps. For more information, see Deploying Kubernetes resources to clusters with Continuous Delivery and Satellite Config.

2 August 2022

New! You can now create Red Hat CoreOS enabled Satellite locations in the Toronto (tor, ca-tor) region.

To create a Red Hat CoreOS enabled location in the Toronto region, see Understanding Satellite locations.

22 July 2022

New! Beta support for the VMware CSI driver template

You can use the VMware CSI driver template to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the VMware CSI driver template documentation.

15 July 2022

New information about using a custom Network Time Protocol (NTP) server

You can now define a custom NTP server for your RHCOS hosts. For more information, see the Specifying a custom Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.

21 June 2022

New and updated template parameter for the Azure File CSI driver template.

The subnetName parameter is now required when you create a configuration. Additionally, you must provide the one of the subnet names under the vnet. If the nodes are distributed across multiple subnets, you can manually add the subnet names after you create the configuration. For more information, see the Azure File CSI Driver documentation.

16 June 2022

New! You can now create Red Hat CoreOS enabled Satellite locations in the Washington D.C. (wdc, us-east) region.

To create a Red Hat CoreOS enabled location in the Washington D.C. region, see Understanding Satellite locations.

15 June 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.420.

New! You can now create Red Hat CoreOS enabled Satellite locations in the London (lon, eu-gb) region.

To create a Red Hat CoreOS enabled location in the London region, see Understanding Satellite locations.

14 June 2022

Satellite for resellers

Learn how to set up an enterprise account and resell Satellite infrastructure and services to your clients. For more information, see the Satellite reseller use case.

9 June 2022

Satellite use cases

See Satellite use cases for the benefits of using Satellite and some common use cases.

1 June 2022

Getting started page redesign

Updated the Getting started with Satellite page with terms, basic location information, and what you can do next.

New! Think you know Satellite? Take a quiz!

After you read about Satellite terms on the Getting started with Satellite page, take a quiz! and find out how much you learned.

26 May 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.415.

16 May 2022

New! You can now create Red Hat CoreOS enabled Satellite locations in the Tokyo (tok, jp-tok) region.

To create a Red Hat CoreOS enabled location in the Tokyo region, see Understanding Satellite locations.

13 May 2022

New! Added IBM® Event Streams for IBM Cloud® as a Satellite-enabled service

See Supported Satellite-enabled IBM Cloud services and About IBM Cloud Satellite for Event Streams.

New location error message is added.

For more information see R0058: DNS registration is failing.

12 May 2022

New! Satellite configuration and assignment update commands

You can now update and patch your Satellite storage configurations and assignments from the CLI. For more information, see the Satellite storage commands.

28 April 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.404.

26 April 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.403.

20 April 2022

New! Osaka location

You can now manage Satellite locations from the Osaka (osa, jp-osa) IBM Cloud region.

18 April 2022

Set up an HTTP proxy for your hosts

In allowlisted accounts that have locations enabled for Red Hat CoreOS, you can configure an HTTP proxy. For more information, see Configuring an HTTP proxy for your Satellite hosts.

New and updated template parameters for the local block and local file storage templates.

Automatic disk discovery is now available for the local-volume-block and local-volume-file template version 4.9. Enable this feature by setting the auto-disk-discovery=true parameter. For more information, see Local block storage and Local file storage.

12 April 2022

New! Support for Red Hat CoreOS

You can add Red Hat CoreOS hosts to your Satellite location. Note that Red Hat CoreOS enabled locations are currently available only in new locations that are managed from Dallas (us-south) or Frankfurt (eu-de). You can't migrate existing locations. For more information, see Creating a location.

6 April 2022

New! Check your host setup before attaching hosts to your location.

You can now use the sat-host-check to verify your hosts meets the requirements for Satellite. For more information, see Checking your host setup.

4 April 2022

IBM Spectrum Scale template

The IBM Spectrum Scale driver is now deprecated. Reach out to scale@us.ibm.com for further compatibility details and options.

21 March 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.384.

10 March 2022

New! Beta support for the Block Storage for VPC CSI driver template

You can use the Block Storage for VPC CSI driver template to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the Block Storage for VPC CSI driver template documentation.

3 March 2022

Beta support for the Google Compute Engine CSI driver template

You can use the Google Compute Engine CSI driver template to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the Google Compute Engine CSI driver template documentation.

28 February 2022

Host outbound connectivity

Updated the host outbound network requirements page to include Red Hat Container Registry.

24 February 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.374.

IBM Key Protect for IBM Cloud

IBM Key Protect for IBM Cloud is added as a supported managed service for Satellite. For more information, see Supported Satellite-enabled IBM Cloud services and About Key Protect for Satellite.

Troubleshooting issue for errors when you run the oc debug command

See Why can't I log in to my worker nodes or debug them with oc debug command?.

18 February 2022

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.372.

16 February 2022

Host connectivity

Updated the outbound connectivity for hosts page to include hostnames as well as IP addresses.

10 February 2022

New! Beta support for the Azure File CSI driver template

You can use the Azure File CSI driver template to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the Azure File CSI driver template documentation.

27 January 2022

IBM Cloud Object Storage

IBM Cloud Object Storage is added as a supported managed service for Satellite. For more information, see Supported Satellite-enabled IBM Cloud services and About Object Storage for Satellite.

25 January 2022

OpenShift Data Foundation

New and updated template parameters for the OpenShift Data Foundation Satellite templates.

• Automatic disk discovery is now available for the odf-local template version 4.8. Enable this feature by setting the auto-disk-discovery=true parameter. For more information, see ODF using local disks.
• The monDevicePaths and monSize parameters are no longer required for the odf-local template version 4.8.
• The monStorageClassName and monSize parameters are no longer required for the odf-remote template version 4.8.

18 January 2022

New! IBM Cloud Satellite CLI Map

The IBM Cloud Satellite CLI Map lists all ibmcloud sat commands as they are structured in the CLI. Use this page as a visual reference for how ibmcloud sat commands are organized, or to quickly find a specific command.

New! Site map

A site map is available for the Satellite documentation.

15 December 2021

New! Sydney location

You can now manage Satellite locations from the Sydney (syd, au-syd) IBM Cloud region.

3 December 2021

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.353.

29 November 2021

Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation

Updated deployment parameters for Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation. The container-private-endpoint parameter is no longer required.

Activity Tracker

New Activity Tracker events are available for Satellite storage. For more information, see Auditing events.

16 November 2021

New! Sao Paulo location

You can now manage Satellite locations from the Sao Paulo (sao, br-sao) IBM Cloud region.

11 November 2021

New location error message is added.

For more information see R0052: Ingress certificate generation issues.

10 November 2021

Troubleshooting a certificate expired error for the Red Hat OpenShift console

For more information, see Why can't I access the Red Hat OpenShift web console?

9 November 2021

Azure Disk CSI driver template

Previously, when you created a storage configuration by using the Azure Disk storage template, you passed your Azure configuration parameters as one base64 encoded string. Now, each of the Azure configuration parameters is exposed as a command-line option. For more information, see Azure Disk CSI driver.

8 November 2021

Troubleshooting a degraded Ingress operator

For more information, see Why is my Ingress operator in a warning state?

12 October 2021

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CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.327.

29 September 2021

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New! Alibaba host support

Alibaba Cloud hosts are now supported for your Satellite location.

New! Toronto location

You can now manage Satellite locations from the Toronto (tor, ca-tor) IBM Cloud region.

23 September 2021

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New! Tokyo location

You can now manage Satellite locations from the Tokyo (tok, jp-tok) IBM Cloud region.

15 September 2021

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OpenShift Data Foundation

OpenShift Data Foundation is generally available for Satellite cluster. For more information see, the following links.

• Understanding OpenShift Data Foundation.
• Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation using local disks.
• Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation using remote, dynamically provisioned disks.

9 August 2021

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CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.312.

3 August 2021

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New! Dallas location

You can now manage Satellite locations from the Dallas (dal, us-south) IBM Cloud region.

19 July 2021

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End of UDP endpoint support

The UDP protocol is no longer supported for cloud and location endpoints that you create in Satellite Link. For more information, see Encryption protocols.

16 July 2021

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New! Beta support for the Azure Disk CSI driver template

You can use the Azure Disk CSI driver template to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the Azure Disk CSI driver template documentation.

8 July 2021

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DNS provider change from Cloudflare to Akamai

On 08 July, the DNS provider is changed from Cloudflare to Akamai for all containers.cloud.ibm.com domains. Previously, to use Satellite Config and to access the Satellite Link API, you were required to allow outbound connectivity from your control plane hosts to the IP addresses for Cloudflare's proxied load balancers. Now, you must instead allow access to Akamai's source IP addresses on TCP ports 80 and 443. After the migration completes, you can remove the Cloudflare IP address rules.

30 June 2021

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New! General availability of the Satellite storage templates.

For more information about storage templates, see Understanding storage templates.

New! Satellite-enabled IBM Cloud services: Many IBM Cloud Databases are now available to deploy to your Satellite location.

For more information, see the IBM Cloud blog.

24 June 2021

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Azure template

Automate the setup of a Satellite location in Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure by using a Schematics.

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.295.

18 June 2021

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IP addresses for Link tunnel server endpoints

Updates the required outbound connectivity for hosts to include IP addresses for Link tunnel server endpoints.

9 June 2021

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New! Frankfurt location

You can now manage Satellite locations from the Frankfurt (fra, eu-de) IBM Cloud region.

Digital certificates

Added information about certificates for various IBM Cloud Satellite domains and hosts.

26 May 2021

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CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.258.

19 May 2021

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New! NetApp ONTAP-NAS storage driver template

You can use the NetApp ONTAP-NAS storage driver to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the NetApp ONTAP-NAS storage driver documentation.

12 May 2021

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New! IBM Systems block storage CSI driver template

You can use the IBM Systems block storage CSI driver to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the IBM Systems block storage CSI driver documentation.

7 May 2021

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New! Spectrum Scale CSI driver template

You can use the IBM Spectrum Scale Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver to create persistent storage for stateful apps that run in Satellite clusters. For more information, see the IBM Spectrum Scale driver documentation.

26 April 2021

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CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.258.

15 April 2021

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Cluster add-ons

Added the list of supported add-ons for clusters in Satellite locations.

Use case

Added an example use case for using Satellite edge environments for AI, IoT, and machine learning.

Object Storage buckets When you create a location from the console, you can now enter the name of an existing IBM Cloud Object Storage bucket that you want to use to back up Satellite location control plane data.

9 April 2021

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Logging

Expanded information for collecting and analyzing logs for your Satellite location, including the types of available logs, how to set up log alerts, and how to use logs to troubleshoot location and host errors.

New! Storage template for remote OpenShift Data Foundation

The Satellite storage template for using OpenShift Container Storage with remote devices is now available.

25 March 2021

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Security and compliance

Added an overview of security and compliance information for Satellite.

23 March 2021

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OpenShift Data Foundation using local disks

Added steps for removing an ODF configuration and updated the configuration parameter reference.

12 March 2021

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Resetting the host key

In the event of a potential security violation, you can reset the key that the control plane uses to communicate with all the hosts in the Satellite location.

Troubleshooting location health checks

Added steps for troubleshooting when IBM Cloud is unable to check a location's health.

10 March 2021

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New health-pending host state

To review the state of your hosts, see Viewing host health.

1 March 2021

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New! General availability of IBM Cloud Satellite®

IBM Cloud Satellite is now generally available. If you created locations during the closed beta, you must re-create your locations for the general availability release. For more information about what you are charged for when you use IBM Cloud Satellite, see the FAQs.

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.233.

Cloud provider guides

Added instructions to set up Satellite locations that use infrastructure from AWS, GCP, Azure, and IBM Cloud.

Exposing apps in Satellite clusters

Added an overview of the options for exposing apps in Satellite clusters and steps for setting up each option.

Satellite Infrastructure Service

Order managed infrastructure from IBM to create a Satellite location for you in your on-premises data center.

New! Template for fast provisioning on AWS

Automate your Satellite location setup with a Schematics template, available for AWS infrastructure.

25 February 2021

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Auditing events

Added a topic for auditing Satellite events with Activity Tracker.

CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.223.

23 February 2021

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Accessing clusters

Added steps for testing access to a Satellite cluster by using the public network.

Host requirements

Added the minimum required disk storage, storage device IOPS, and network bandwidth to the hosts requirements.

Link endpoints

Added FAQs about Satellite Link network security.

Monitoring

Added information about how to set up Monitoring for Satellite location platform metrics.

Reviewing resources

Added a topic for reviewing resources that are managed by Satellite config.

18 February 2021

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Securing service connections

Added a Satellite connection overview to describe user access to resources that run in your Satellite location and IBM Cloud access to your Satellite location.

12 February 2021

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Link endpoints

Added information about default Link endpoints that are automatically created for IBM Cloud access to your Satellite location.

Securing service connections

Added a topic to explain all points of access to your Satellite location. For more information, see Securing your connection to Satellite.

8 February 2021

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CLI change log

Updated the CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.223.

Host auto assignment

Added information about how Satellite can automatically assign hosts to worker pools in clusters or Satellite-enabled IBM Cloud services that use host labels to request compute capacity.

Logging and monitoring

Added information about how to set up logging and monitoring for Satellite health.

Worker pool management

Described how to manage worker pools in Satellite clusters, such as host labels for host auto assignment.

29 January 2021

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AWS hosts

Added the list of supported AWS EC2 instance types that can be used as hosts.

Satellite Link

Added information about the maximum number of endpoints that you can create for one location.

25 January 2021

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Satellite Link

Expanded information about endpoint security and access controls, and added example use cases.

15 January 2021

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Host requirements

Updated the Red Hat package repositories that you must enable on hosts.

12 January 2021

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Host updates

Added how to update hosts that are used as worker nodes in clusters and the Satellite location control plane.

9 December 2020

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Private hosts

Hosts with only private network connectivity are now supported for your Satellite location. If hosts have multiple IPv4 network interfaces, the lowest-order, non-loopback network interface with a valid IPv4 address is used as the primary network interface for the hosts. Note that if your hosts have private network connectivity only, authorized users must be in the private host network directly or through a VPN connection to access services that run in your location, such as Red Hat OpenShift clusters.

Azure host support

Microsoft Azure hosts are now supported for your Satellite location.

Physical machine support

Physical machine hosts are now supported for your Satellite location.

Host network requirements

Updated the required ports and subnets that must be allowed for inbound and outbound connectivity on hosts' primary networks.

AWS and GCP host DNS

When you use AWS and GCP hosts for your Satellite location, the requirement to manually configure DNS for the location control plane and for cluster load balancing is removed. The hosts' private IP addresses are automatically registered in DNS.

18 November 2020

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Internal registry

Added information on how to Set up the internal container image registry for Red Hat OpenShift clusters that run in your Satellite locations.

Service overview

Added an About Satellite topic to help you learn about Satellite terminology, service architecture, and components.

8 October 2020

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Host network requirements

Added the required ports and subnets that must be allowed for inbound and outbound connectivity on hosts' public networks.

6 October 2020

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CLI change log

Added a CLI plug-in change log page for the release of version 1.0.178.

Location subdomain troubleshooting

Added steps for further troubleshooting when the location subdomain does not route traffic to control plane hosts.

14 September 2020

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Host requirements

Clarified that the localhost value must resolve to a valid local IP address, typically 127.0.0.1, on a host.

IAM

Updated assigning access to Satellite Config in IBM Cloud IAM to note that you cannot scope access policies to specific configurations, subscriptions, or IBM Cloud resource group.

Provider documentation

Updated the provider requirements, such as examples for installing RHEL packages on GCP hosts before you attach the host to your Satellite location.

Service requirements

Added that you can provision up to 40 IBM Cloud service instances per Satellite location.

21 August 2020

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New! IBM Cloud Satellite is now available as a closed beta.

For more information about the service and how it works, see the Satellite product page. To register for the beta, go here.