about with major features

Author: DaanHoogland

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 What's New in |release|
 =======================
 
-Apache CloudStack |release| is a 4.17 LTS minor release with about 20 fixes
-since the 4.17.1.0 release.
+Apache CloudStack |release| is the initial 4.18 LTS release. It has about 290 fixes
+ and features since the 4.17.1.0 release.
 
 The full list of fixes and improvements can be found in the project release notes at
-https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.17.2.0/releasenotes/changes.html
+https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.18.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
 
-What's New in 4.17.1.0
+What's New in 4.18.0.0
 ======================
 
-Apache CloudStack 4.17.1.0 is a 4.17 LTS minor release with over 150 fixes and
-improvements since the 4.17.0.0 release. Highlights include:
-
-• Support for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as management server and KVM host
-• Improvements for System VM storage migration on KVM
-• CKS cluster upgrade enhancements
-• Several network and VPC related fixes especially related IPv6 and permissions
-• KVM libvirt Java library upgrade
-• KVM Shared Mount Point fix
-• VMware local storage volume migration improvements
-
-The full list of fixes and improvements can be found in the project release notes at
-https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.17.1.0/releasenotes/changes.html
-
-What's New in 4.17.0.0
-======================
-
-Apache CloudStack 4.17.0.0 is a 4.17 LTS release with 383 new
-features, improvements and bug fixes since 4.16, including 16 major
+Apache CloudStack 4.18.0.0 is the initial 4.18 LTS release with 293 new
+features, improvements and bug fixes since 4.17, including 16 major
 new features. Some of the highlights include:
 
-• IPv6 with Static Routing
-• Zero Downtime Upgrades
-• Virtual Router Live Patching
-• CloudStack Status & management
-• User Shared Networks
-• StorPool storage plugin
-• Storage-based Snapshots for KVM Instances
-• Attach and detach features to UI for ROOT disks
-• Enable CloudStack to use multiple LOCAL storage pools
-• Multiple SSH Keys support
-• Reserve and release Public IPs
+• Edge Zones
+• Autoscaling
+• Managed User Data
+• Two-Factor Authentication Framework
+• Support for Time-based OTP (TOTP) Authenticator
+• Volume Encryption
+• SDN Integration – Tungsten Fabric
+• Live Storage Migration Support for ScaleIO
+• Ceph Multi Monitor Support
+• API-Driven Console Access
+• Console Access Security Improvements
+• New Global settings UI
+• Configurable MTU for VR
+• Adaptative Affinity Groups
+• Custom DNS Servers for Networks
+• Improved Guest OS Support Framework
+• Support for Enterprise Linux 9
+• Networker Backup Plugin for KVM Hypervisor
+• Custom Quota Tariffs
+• Secure VNC for KVM  
 
 The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at
-https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.17.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
-
-Apache CloudStack Advisory on KVM Shared Mount Point issues on version 4.17.0.0
-===============================================================================
-
-On 14th June 2022, a new issue affecting only KVM users using Shared
-Mount Point storage was reported [1]. This issue affects the creation
-and the usage of existing Shared Mount Point storage pools on Apache
-CloudStack 4.17.0.0.
-
-Apache CloudStack 4.17.0.0 added support for the StorPool storage
-based on Shared Mount Point. However, the current version of
-CloudStack doesn't allow multiple implementations of Shared Mount
-Point storage pool providers, causing the StorPool provider to
-override the default implementation. This affected the other storage
-pool providers for Shared Mount Point since CloudStack tries to add
-them as a StorPool storage pool.
-
-To mitigate the issue, a CloudStack administrator needs to do the
-following on version 4.17.0.0:
-
-• On each management server: stop the CloudStack management service, remove the Storpool plugin jar on /usr/share/cloudstack-management/lib/cloud-plugin-storage-volume-storpool-4.17.0.0.jar and restart the Cloudstack management service
-• On each KVM host: stop the CloudStack agent service, remove the StorPool plugin jar on /usr/share/cloudstack-agent/lib/cloud-plugin-storage-volume-storpool-4.17.0.0.jar and restart the CloudStack agent service
-
-Note: This workaround removes the StorPool plugin support. StorPool
-users should not apply the workaround to continue using their Storpool
-storage.
-
-This issue will be fixed in the upcoming CloudStack version 4.17.1.0.
-
-[1] https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/6455
-
-
-Legacy UI Removal Notice
-========================
-
-The legacy UI was deprecated with Apache CloudStack 4.15 release and
-with 4.16 release the legacy UI has been removed. Users are encouraged to
-implement a migration path in their production environments.
+https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.18.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html