[CHANGE] Upgraded k8ssandra-operator to v1.17.0.

[FEATURE] Added support for Hyper-Converged Database (HCD) and added orchestration for the Data API. [MC-1104]

[ENHANCEMENT] Updated cass-operator, cert-manager, k8ssandra-operator dependencies, including all related ones, such as controller-runtime. [PR#1266]

[ENHANCEMENT] Disallowed the modification of K8ssandraCluster resource when updating the operator whose generation remains unchanged. [PR#1210]

[BUG FIX] Fixed webhook configuration in Helm templates. [MC-1095]

[BUG FIX] Fixed the yaml output to make it compliant with the McCluster custom resource definition (CRD). [MC-983]

[FEATURE] Added support for remote monitoring stacks. [MC-986]

[ENHANCEMENT] Allowed Grafana to deploy when Mission Control is in Remote Monitoring mode. [MC-1085]

[ENHANCEMENT] Made Vector Aggregator’s persistence settings configurable. [MC-1084]

[CHANGE] Hid alert management buttons in the Mission Control user interface (UI) until you enable remote monitoring. [MC-1025]

[CHANGE] Prefixed datacenters in the Mission Control UI instead of in the operator. [MC-1019]

[BUG FIX] Hid the observability pipelines storage section if you select a mode in the configuration screen. [MC-1099]

[BUG FIX] Fixed promql autocompletion in the Mission Control UI to correctly discover metrics and labels. [MC-1106]

[BUG FIX] Fixed metrics queries syntax in the node details screen of the Mission Control UI. [MC-1091]

[BUG FIX] Added update permission for networkpolicies. [MC-1089]

[FEATURE] Added Mission Control UI elements for the Data API. [MC-1115]

[ENHANCEMENT] Configured favorite icon and titles for user interfaces. [MC-1093] [MC-1094]

[CHANGE] Upgraded k8ssandra-operator to v1.16.0.

[CHANGE] Upgraded to GO v1.22. [MC-1030]

[CHANGE] Added a yq image to the airgap bundles. [MC-1008]

[ENHANCEMENT] Added a preflight check to detect the presence of a platform node. [PR#1254]

[ENHANCEMENT] Downgraded WaitForFirstConsumer storage class preflight check to warning level. [PR#818]

[CHANGE] Extended expiry for internode encryption certification authority (CA)s. [MC-1062]

[ENHANCEMENT] Changed the UI to display nodes that are supposed to be in the cluster but do not have a pod running. [MC-918]

[CHANGE] Upgraded to k8ssandra-operator v1.15.0.

[CHANGE] Upgraded KOTS to v1.108.5. [MC-1035]

[ENHANCEMENT] Enforced content type application/json in the REST API. [MC-726]

[CHANGE] Published Helm charts with the correct CRD upgrader tag. [MC-1023]

[BUG FIX] Provided the ability to override image coordinates in the Helm chart when using a local registry. [MC-1044]

[BUG FIX] Ensured that backup configurations are namespace-scoped. [MC-1048]

[CHANGE] Upgraded k8ssandra-operator to v1.14.0.

[ENHANCEMENT] Scheduled the operators and reaper pods on the platform nodes. [MC-943]

[FEATURE] Added support for the new k0s-based embedded cluster. [MC-978]

[BUG FIX] Fixed the release process to set the CRD upgrader tag. [MC-941]

[BUG FIX] Set the k8ssandra-client tag on PRs to allow the CRD upgrader to run on configuration changes. [MC-935]

[BUG FIX] Removed vector image from airgap bundle. [MC-979]

[BUG FIX] Sanitized DC names in generated K8ssandraCluster object. [MC-763]

[BUG FIX] Sanitized certificate names. [MC-989]

[FEATURE] Added support for additional transforms and sinks in the Datadog Vector Aggregator pipeline. [MC-940]

[BUG FIX] Allowed disk space metrics to show the data volume size. [MC-981]

[BUG FIX] Removed restrictions from the ReplicatedSecret that Mission Control creates for the cluster in order to properly replicate all the mgmt-api secrets also (not just keystore/truststore). [MC-961]

[ENHANCEMENT] Arranged to display failed activities error messages. [MC-833]

[BUG FIX] Included missing DSE or OSS images in airgap bundles. [MC-911]

[BUG FIX] Copied the mcctl ClusterConfig CRD to the chart. [MC-934]

[BUG FIX] Don’t use headless services in ruler configuration. [MC-938]

[BUG FIX] Used type `*{empty}bool` for encryption fields that default to true. [MC-935]

[BUG FIX] Fixed unit tests for `*{empty}bool` encryption fields. [MC-950]

[ENHANCEMENT] Improved refresh when focus is lost or after an action in the user interface. [MC-959]

[BUG FIX] Fixed the URL for the "Backing up your data" link in the user interface. [MC-960]

[BUG FIX] Fixed missing Helm values struct-part .ui.https and added a default value false for HTTPS UI enabled. [MC-925]

[BUG FIX] Cleaned up weird behavior for Quantile-based metrics. [MC-928]

[CHANGE] Upgraded k8ssandra-operator to v1.13.0.

[ENHANCEMENT] Restructured KOTS configuration screens. [MC-908]

[ENHANCEMENT] Updated documentation link in kotsadm. [MC-921]

[CHANGE] Enabled host networking by default on kurl installs. [MC-849]

[CHANGE] Limited the number of retries in Vector aggregator. [MC-900]

[BUG FIX] Changed Control Plane taints to mission-control.datastax.com/role=platform. [MC-906]

[FEATURE] Implemented a "Storage Configurations" screen in the UI allowing users to manipulate MedusaConfiguration objects. [MC-836]

[FEATURE] Added REST endpoint to update MedusaConfig objects. [MC-840]

[FEATURE] Added REST endpoint to delete MedusaConfig objects. [MC-841]

[ENHANCEMENT] Moved Mimir ingestion rate parameter to advanced settings for metrics. [MC-922]

[BUG FIX] Ensured Mimir rate limits are configured based on RAM and CPU provided. [MC-868]

[BUG FIX] Ensured all Loki and Mimir pods have the right nodeSelector to avoid scheduling on DSE or Cassandra nodes. [MC-882]

[BUG FIX] Allowed configurability of Loki rate limits. [MC-902]

[FEATURE] Enabled Transport Layer Security (TLS) for the UI. [MC-823]

[ENHANCEMENT] Included task errors in the activity payload. [MC-832]

[FEATURE] Added a "Backup configuration" drop-down in the MissionControlCluster creation or modification form. [MC-837]

[FEATURE] Added the ability to start a manual repair run. [MC-889]

[BUG FIX] Fixed cluster form for nodes per rack and resource requests. [MC-901]

[DOCS] Wrote documentation about setting up a Data Plane. [MC-798]

[CHANGE] Upgraded k8ssandra-operator to v1.12.0.

[CHANGE] Revisited REST endpoint URLs. [MC-735]

[FEATURE] Added a proxy to Reaper’s REST API in the MC API. [MC-560]

[FEATURE] Routed metrics and logs across planes. [MC-596]

[FEATURE] Added REST endpoints to create Medusa tasks. [MC-723]

[BUG FIX] Fixed "application error" crash when displaying the metrics dashboard in the UI with partial metrics available. [MC-773]

[BUG FIX] Indexed DSE logs' namespace and pod name in Loki. [MC-797]

[BUG FIX] Fixed metrics configuration issues. [MC-857]

[BUG FIX] Fixed extraction of Loki labels. [MC-876]

[CHANGE] Added a validation webhook and prevented creating datacenters on namespaces other than mccluster. [MC-737]

[BUG FIX] Fixed Identity Provider configuration for external connectors. [MC-779]

[BUG FIX] Avoid Pod annotations being overwritten by the encryption secret injection. [MC-795]

[ENHANCEMENT] Updated network policy to limit access to Reaper API. [MC-841]

[CHANGE] Generated a token for the mission-control service account to use with clientconfigs. [MC-865]

[BUG FIX] Disabled NodeSync service by default. [MC-855]

[BUG FIX] Made the activities REST endpoint return empty list when there are no activities. [MC-818]

[BUG FIX] Merge activities correctly when multiple contexts are present. [MC-870]

[FEATURE] Added REST endpoint to create restore jobs. [MC-739]

[FEATURE] Added REST endpoint to list the cluster activities (Backup, Restore, Node actions). [MC-722]

[FEATURE] Added Backup Schedules feature in the cluster backups page. [MC-533]

[FEATURE] Added Backup Restore feature in the cluster backups page. [MC-796]

[ENHANCEMENT] Refactored error handling in the REST API. [MC-748]

[ENHANCEMENT] Cleaned up REST API code. [MC-749]

[ENHANCEMENT] Disallowed creating backups in the REST API and UI if Medusa isn’t configured. [MC-754]

[ENHANCEMENT] Modified storage classes endpoint to consider remote Data Planes. [MC-712]

[ENHANCEMENT] Refactored ListContexts in the client cache. [MC-804]

[ENHANCEMENT] Removed the namespace from the issuer name to allow longer cluster names. [MC-732]

[ENHANCEMENT] Displayed in the UI the cluster status based on the mccluster status conditions. [MC-701]

[ENHANCEMENT] Deployed the correct set of components in Data Plane mode. [MC-800]

[BUG FIX] Avoided duplicates in backup schedules list. [MC-844]

[BUG FIX] Created projects in all Data Planes. [MC-819]

[CHANGE] Upgraded k8ssandra-operator to v1.11.0.

[ENHANCEMENT] Refactored CI to build arm64 images while kuttl tests are running to reduce overall duration. [MC-611]

[FEATURE] Added the metrics dashboard screen to the User Interface. [MC-640]

[ENHANCEMENT] Added latency and disk rate metrics in /v1/node. [MC-709]

[ENHANCEMENT] Enhanced User Interface dashboard with conditional icon coloring, added min/avg/max data size display for outlier detection, and implemented specific tooltips for load states. [MC-693]

[BUG FIX] Fixed display bug in the User Interface charts with a time interval of one day or more. [MC-800]

[BUG FIX] Fixed Loki ruler breakage by setting it to local storage. [MC-747]

[BUG FIX] Fixed operator panic due to nil pointer dereference in a logging statement. [MC-757]

[CHANGE] Allowed modification in /v1/superuser. [MC-708]

[FEATURE] Exposed API endpoints for PromQL completion. [MC-703]

[ENHANCEMENT] Refactored the proxy to use the new proxy utilities and refactored the proxy utilities. [MC-716] and [MC-715]

[ENHANCEMENT] Avoided leaking internal DC names in task endpoints. [MC-759]

[CHANGE] Generated the REST API OpenAPI spec from the code. [MC-665]

[FEATURE] Supported remote dataplanes in REST API. [MC-595]

[FEATURE] Implemented backup REST endpoints. [MC-719]

[FEATURE] Added REST operations to proxy the Loki API. [MC-645]

[FEATURE] Added backups screen in the cluster page of the User Interface. [MC-528]

[FEATURE] Added REST endpoint to list tasks. [MC-727]

[FEATURE] Implemented backup schedule REST endpoints. [MC-720]

[ENHANCEMENT] Returned mccluster creation full error message in the REST API upon failure. [MC-729]

[ENHANCEMENT] Added status field to backup endpoints. [MC-745]

[BUG FIX] Fixed the /v1/node endpoint to return the correct node status and filter pods by namespace. [MC-728]

[BUG FIX] Fixed issues in task endpoints. [MC-751]

[BUG FIX] Fixed nodes duplication in /v1/node when there are multiple datacenters (DCs). [MC-746]

[BUG FIX] Fixed duplication in backup list endpoint. [MC-744]

[BUG FIX] Fixed initial values for Nodes Per Rack in the modify cluster form on the User Interface. [MC-753]

[BUG FIX] Allowed using alpha versions of DSE7. [MC-725]

[FEATURE] Enabled Reaper HTTP management proxy by default. [MC-647]

[CHANGE] Hid observability configuration settings that could disable critical components. [MC-689]

[FEATURE] Exposed Prometheus query_range in the REST API. [MC-638]

[FEATURE] Implemented server-side authentication for the User Interface. [MC-619]

[ENHANCEMENT] Enabled updates to the reconciled status in the Status/Conditions section of the MissionControlCluster manifest. [MC-634]

[CHANGE] Exposed the v1beta1 mccluster api in the /v2 endpoints of the REST API. [MC-651]

[CHANGE] Created a new v1beta1 API which exposes the whole K8ssandraClusterSpec. [MC-624]

[CHANGE] Revisited route endpoints. [MC-643]

[CHANGE] Exposed default alerting rules via the REST API. [MC-563]

[CHANGE] Never indent JSON in REST API responses. [MC-673]

[CHANGE] Hid admin user ID in Replicated configuration. [MC-694]

[CHANGE] Upgraded to k8ssandra-operator 1.10.0. [MC-695]

[FEATURE] Added REST API endpoint to list the storage classes. [MC-612]

[FEATURE] Added cluster status endpoint. [MC-658]

[FEATURE] Added REST API endpoint to return the active user information. [MC-589]

[BUG FIX] Distinguished MC manager control-plane label from cass-operator. [MC-659]

[BUG FIX] Used pointers for Boolean fields that default to true. [MC-635]

[BUG FIX] Do not ignore smtp_require_tls=false in global configuration endpoint. [MC-631]

[BUG FIX] Fixed route deletion endpoint and added modification endpoint. [MC-667]

[CHANGE] Upgraded to k8ssandra-operator v1.9.0 and to cass-operator v1.17.1.

[CHANGE] Raised operator memory limit to 128Mi. [MC-627]

[CHANGE] Override datacenter (dc) names by default to avoid conflicts between cassdc objects. [MC-592]

[CHANGE] Built docker images for arm64 architectures. [MC-594]

[FEATURE] Added support for Medusa in the DSECluster CRD. [MC-621]

[FEATURE] Deployed Identity Provider connectors as part of the Replicated installer. [MC-597]

[FEATURE] Implemented Create Cluster Flow in the User Interface. [MC-520]

[FEATURE] Made OpenID Connect (OIDC) a configurable connector. [MC-597]

[CHANGE] Upgraded to Medusa v0.16.1.

[CHANGE] Added shallow metrics history in /v1/node endpoint. [MC-583]

[FEATURE] Scraped cass-operator metrics into Mimir. [MC-601]

[FEATURE] Added a REST endpoint to create cluster superuser. [MC-625]

[REFACTOR] Refactor certificates reconciliation logic to run on labels and not annotations. Remove datacenter-level encryption configuration. Add replication to remote Data-Plane datacenters for certificates. [MC-542]

[CHANGE] Put the images coordinates behind SCARF® for analytics. [MC-593]

[FEATURE] Added /v1/version endpoint to the REST API. [MC-580]

[ENHANCEMENT] Simplified the Continuous Integration (CI) workflows by grouping User Interface and operator build steps. [MC-579]

[ENHANCEMENT] Reworked the REST API Dockerfile to incorporate the User Interface. [MC-574]

[FEATURE] Implemented authentication endpoint in REST API. [MC-549]

[ENHANCEMENT] Implemented Give Feedback function. [MC-516]

[BUG FIX] Wrote Alert manager configuration changes to anonymous.yml entry. [MC-573]

[BUG FIX] Fixed Project slug compliance in the UI. [MC-575]

[BUG FIX] Fixed creating a project with a name that starts with the first letter from another project. [MC-576]

[BUG FIX] Fixed inaccurate settings name for Mimir. [MC-590]

[CHANGE] Upgraded k8ssandra-operator to v1.8.0 and cass-operator to v1.16.0.

[FEATURE] Initialized User Interface (UI). [MC-511]

[FEATURE] Implemented navigation in User Interface (UI). [MC-515]

[FEATURE] Implemented alerting endpoints in REST API. [MC-497]

[FEATURE] Deployed the REST API as part of the Replicated installer. [MC-552]

[FEATURE] Added initial support for DSE version 7.0.0-a specification in serverVersion. [MC-545]

[ENHANCEMENT] Based DSE version 7.0.0-a image tag off of the ServerVersion value. [MC-578]

[ENHANCEMENT] Upgraded to Go v1.20 and operator-sdk v1. [MC-502]

[BUG FIX] Fixed controller-gen bug failing to generate CRD for DSECluster manifest. [MC-571]

[BUG FIX] Fixed Mission Control dependency in REST API Dockerfile. [MC-540]

[BUG FIX] Switched from Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) to Rivest-Shamir-Adleman Algorithm (RSA) for internode encryption certificates. [MC-572]

[CHANGE] Upgraded to Medusa v0.15.0.

[ENHANCEMENT] Set the observability stack with the same storage backend settings for Mimir and Loki. [MC-487]

[ENHANCEMENT] Supported GCS as storage backend for Loki. [MC-488]

[ENHANCEMENT] Made Loki local-storage configurable. [MC-479]

[FEATURE] Implemented metrics endpoint in REST API. [MC-496]

[BUG FIX] Fixed deep linking in User Interface (UI). [MC-547]

[FEATURE] Implemented DSEcluster endpoints in REST API. [MC-493]

[FEATURE] Implemented /v1/node operations in Mission Control API. [MC-495]

[CHANGE] Introduced Spec.ServiceAccountName as a replacement to Spec.ServiceAccount (to account for naming changes in Kubernetes itself). Support PodTemplateSpec.Spec.ServiceAccountName. Precedence order is: Spec.ServiceAccountName > Spec.ServiceAccount > PodTemplateSpec.

[CHANGE] Upgraded k8ssandra-operator to v1.7.0.

[FEATURE] Managed cert-manager Certificate creation. [MC-457]

[FEATURE] Implemented controller that modifies Certificate secrets to Cassandra keystore formats. [MC-463]

[FEATURE] Implemented process that modifies tls.key/tls.crt/ca.crt to Java JKS format. [MC-465]

[FEATURE] Re-designed issuer automation to remove Replicated from creating issuers. Ensure a SelfSigned issuer is created for each cluster by default. [MC-457]

[ENHANCEMENT] Kept the operator from touching the cassandra-yaml’s encryption when EncryptionStores and all the Keystore/Truststore passwords are not set.

[ENHANCEMENT] Added ability to set variables to the secret-injection annotation. Supported are POD_NAME, POD_NAMESPACE, and POD_ORDINAL. Changed JSON key from secretName to name.

[ENHANCEMENT] Enabled specification of containers when webhook is to mount secrets.

[FEATURE] Exposed and scraped Kubernetes metrics. [MC-461]

[ENHANCEMENT] Supported GCS as a storage backend for Mimir. [MC-485]

[ENHANCEMENT] Added default non-DSE alert rules using Kubernetes metrics. [MC-412]

[BUG FIX] Removed default values on the dropdown filters of the overview dashboard. [PR#326]

[FEATURE] Bootstrapped REST API. [MC-492]

[FEATURE] Added REST API authentication. [MC-499]

[FEATURE] Implemented project endpoints in REST API. [MC-494]

[ENHANCEMENT] Used dedicated go.mod for the REST API. [MC-501]

[ENHANCEMENT] Used logr and zap for the REST API. [MC-500]

[ENHANCEMENT] Added injection annotation to Cassandra and Reaper pods.

[FEATURE] Managed cert-manager Issuer creation. [MC-454]

[FEATURE] Configured storage retention for Grafana Mimir (metrics) [MC-443] and Loki (logging) [MC-452].

[FEATURE] Set default alerts for DSE. [MC-414]

[FEATURE] Revisited alerting configuration. [MC-483]

[BUG FIX] Fixed GC log files pattern in Vector agent configuration. [MC-448]

[FEATURE] Added DSE log scraping and routing to Loki. [PR#242]

[FEATURE] Configured Vector daemonset to collect k8s pod logs. [MC-392]

[FEATURE] Configured Vector aggregator to forward logs to Loki. [MC-393]

[FEATURE] Configured Loki datasource in Grafana. [MC-390]

[FEATURE] Created a Grafana dashboard for logs. [MC-391]

[BUG FIX] Fixed inaccuracies and missing metrics in the Grafana dashboards. [MC-434]

[BUG FIX] Disabled Grafana agent in Loki Helm install. [MC-431]

[BUG FIX] Adapted Vector configuration if Mimir or Loki is disabled. [MC-433]

[ENHANCEMENT] Upgraded to k8ssandra-operator v1.5.0 and cass-operator v1.14.0.

[ENHANCEMENT] Upgraded to Go 1.19 and operator-sdk 1.25.3. [PR#175]

[ENHANCEMENT] Added action to check K8ssandra operator version. [PR#153]

[CHANGE] Removed the local path provisioner from the Mission Control installer in favor of OpenEBS Volumes to deploy and run Mission Control as a Kubernetes Stateful Workload. [PR#258]

Allowed overriding the datacenter name.

Enabled CDC for DSE deployments.

Added POD_NAME and NODE_NAME environment variables that match metadata.name and spec.nodeName information.

Allowed IPv6-only DSE installations.

Disabled secrets management and replication with the external secrets provider.

Used Cassandra internals for JMX authentication.

Allowed ServiceAccount configuration of Cassandra pods.

Deprecated old internode-encryption storage mounts and cert generation. In the absence of the old path /etc/encryption/node.jks, the storage mount is no longer created. For certificates with internode-encryption, it is recommended to use cert-manager.

[FEATURE] Set Mission Control Control-Plane affinity on monitoring components. [PR#231]

[FEATURE] Installed Vector agents on all worker nodes to collect worker nodes Reaper metrics. [PR#159]

[FEATURE] Installed Grafana Mimir using the Replicated installer. [PR#188]

[FEATURE] Allowed the configuration of remote storage for Mimir. [PR#206]

[ENHANCEMENT] Set Mimir Replication Factor (RF) to 1 by default and made it configurable. [PR#243]

[FEATURE] Added analyzers and preflight checks provided by Replicated. [PR#203]

[FEATURE] Added Vector Aggregator deployment. [PR#215]

[FEATURE] Enabled Mimir to run on the Kubernetes masters through tolerations. [PR#223]

[ENHANCEMENT] Made resources configurable for Mimir pods. [PR#219]

[FEATURE] Configured Vector sidecar agent to forward metrics to the Vector aggregator and port dashboards to use the new metrics names. [PR#269]

Added new metrics endpoint port (9000) to the Cassandra container. This is used by the new management-api client metrics endpoint.

Allowed disabling of Metrics Collector for Apache Cassandra (MCAC) and when disabled, removed relabelling rules from service monitors.

Added API for cluster-level tasks.

Allowed configuring annotations and labels on services, statefulsets, deployments and pods.

[FEATURE] Added advanced token management with per-node DSE configuration instructions for single-token and multi-token clusters. [MC-173]

AdditionalVolumes accepts VolumeSource as the data also, allowing ConfigMap/Secret/etc to be mounted to a Cassandra container.

[ENHANCEMENT] Installed cert-manager as Kurl.sh addon instead of a kustomization. Install Mission Control on bare-metal or virtual machines without existing Kubernetes infrastructure. cert-manager is installed as part of this embedded runtime. [PR#174]

[FEATURE] Deployed the local-path provisioner when the installation was made with Kurl.sh. [PR#23]

[ENHANCEMENT] Upgraded to k8ssandra-operator v1.4.0.

[ENHANCEMENT] Added ability to migrate a DSE cluster to a server running Mission Control.

Added a new CassandraTask operation replacenode to remove existing PVCs from the pod, delete the pod and start a replacement process.

Added a new CassandraTask operation upgradesstables to allow SSTable upgrades after a Cassandra version upgrade.

Added rolling restart as a CassandraTask action.

Added UpgradeSSTables, Compaction, and Scrub to management-api client. Enable CassandraTasks to validate input parameters, filter target pods, and process outside of pods.

[FEATURE] Added initial DSEcluster API scaffolding. [MC-25]

[ENHANCEMENT] Upgraded to Go 1.18 and operator-sdk 1.23. [MC-325]

Install Mission Control in existing Kubernetes environments:

Manage datacenters, clusters, and nodes:

Cluster operations:

Generate a support bundle

Sample manifests for reference: