Altinity Cloud Manager Release Notes - V22 and older
These are the release notes for Altinity Cloud Manager version 22 and older. You can go directly to a particular release through one of these links:
- V22.12.25 - 2022-12-25
- V22.11.30 - 2022-11-14
- V22.10.24 - 2022-09-15
- V22.9.21 - 2022-08-15
- V22.8.15 - 2022-07-07
- V22.7.13 - 2022-06-03
- V22.6.18 - 2022-05-13
- V22.5.15 - 2022-04-25
- V22.4.15 - 2022-04-06
- V22.3.14 - 2022-03-17
- V22.2.15 - 2022-02-28
- V22.1.28 - 2022-01-31
- V21.13.21 - 2021-12-21
- V21.12.26 - 2021-12-01
- V21.11.24 - 2021-10-27
- V21.10.28 - 2021-09-21
- V21.9.9 - 2021-08-12
- V21.8.20 - 2021-07-21
- V21.7.19 - 2021-06-18
- V21.6.9 - 2021-05-19
- V21.5.10 - 2021-04-27
- V21.4.10
- V21.3.21
- V21.2.15
- V21.1.12
- V20.5.10
- V20.4.3
- V20.3.4
22.12.25
Released 2022-12-25
Added
- User is notified with a warning sign when backups are not configured
- User is notified with a popup message when data migration is completed or failed
- ‘Delete table’ action is added to Data Consistency tab
- List of databases granted to ClickHouse® user are displayed
- Quick filter was added in order to see unhealthy nodes on Dashboard page
- Support Bare Metal environments as a hook for non-cloud customers billing
- Markdown is supported for Notifications (Altinity only)
- Recipients selection has been re-worked for Notifications (Altinity only)
- Altinity is notified when user removed the payment method (Altinity only)
Changed
- ‘Environment Settings’ was renamed to ‘Environment Variables’ on the cluster page
- DBA tools UI was made more intuitive
- Improved new Anywhere environment setup process
- Improved Data Rebalance function that could sometimes move too much data
- Backup configuration is moved to a separate resources instead of being bundled with ClickHouse configuration. This change requires restart.
- Backup stability improvements, and clickhouse-backup:2.1.1 certification
Fixed
- Fixed a bug when node status was not updated for a few minutes after ClickHouse cluster is up an running
- Fixed a bug with backup being restored from AWS to GCP environments or vice versa could not be restored to a new cluster due to mismatching node types
- Fixed a bug when Rescale ignored auto publishing being turned off
- Fixed a bug when ‘Run DDL ON CLUSTER’ did switch off automatically when specific node is selected
- Fixed a bug with rescaling GCP clusters in old tenants
- Fixed a bug when profile settings could not be changed on a cluster that can not start
- Fixed Data Migration tool that did not work in Anywhere environments due to hard-coded tolerations
- Fixed a bug with backup compression format was not respected for GCP clusters
- Fixed a bug with memory and volume graphs displaying incorrect data
22.11.30
Released 2022-11-14
Added
- Used/available quota is now displayed when starting a cluster
- New System Metrics Grafana dashboard
- Reset Anywhere action in order to disconnect from the Anywhere environment
- Rebalance data across storage volumes
- Tracking customer credits when invoicing
Changed
- In the list of accounts, environments for a particular account are now displayed
- Anywhere connection wizard has been improved
- Sensitive environment settings are back to readonly for non-Anywhere clusters
- Multiple improvements to backup functionality
- Multiple improvements to Copy Data between Clusters feature
- Log storage has been migrated to Grafana Loki
Fixed
- Fixed latest backup timestamp that has not been updated sometimes
- StatusCheck now works for Anywhere environments
- Billing estimates are now correct for Anywhere clusters
- MaterializedView tables are now correctly restored when using Consistency check tool
- Fixed a UI bug with ClickHouse version was not displayed when one of cluster nodes was down
- Fixed Kafka Connection tool generated XML that was sometimes incorrect
- Fixed Environment Variable settings page that did not allow to specify non-secret settings
- Fixed a bug that did not allow to restore GCP backup to AWS or vice versa to an automatically created cluster due to incorrect node specifications
- Billing reports are now displayed correctly for Anywhere clusters
22.10.24
Released 2022-09-15
Added
- Allow to restrict access to cluster management for Altinity stuff
- Setup and initial configuration of Anywhere environments
- Dashboard is enabled for env and org admins
- Copy Data feature is enabled for env and org admins
- Logging into Loki for Anywhere tenants
- Option to turn on ClickHouse SQL access management for users
- New ‘Errors’ tab under DBA tools
- New ‘Cluster Consistency’ tab under DBA tools
- Pod status in the Node view
- Environment variables from a k8s secret
Changed
- Processes tab have been improved
- Multi-statements now can be executed in Explorer
- When ClickHouse cluster is upgraded to the new version, the UI now allows to easily pick Altinity.Stable and Community versions
- ClickHouse version upgrade recommendations have been improved
- When user returns with a direct cluster link, cluster Environment is automatically selected as a current one
Fixed
- Fixed sort order in a list of nodes dropdown in Explorer
- Fixed backup restore scenarios between different environments and clusters
- Fixed a bug with detached parts could not be deleted for ‘.inner.’ tables
- Fixed Kafka connection tool in GCP environments
22.9.21
Released 2022-08-15
Added
- Added a feature to convert from non-replicated to replicated MergeTree (available for Altinity staff only)
- Data Migration Tool to copy data between clusters (available for Altinity staff only)
- New ‘Launch from Backup’ wizard that allows to pick any backup source, including outside of Altinity.Cloud
- Replication status in Workload
- Alert cluster owners when Altinity access level is changed
- Backlink button to the Environment page
- Proxy connection mode for Anywhere clusters
Changed
- Workload tab was refactored to show 3 panels: Queries, Replication and Processes
- Workload is sorted in descending order by default
- Table creation hints were updated in Explorer
- Improved loading test datasets feature
- User is automatically redirected to the last visited page on re-login
Fixed
- Fixed restoring a backup in sharded and replicated cluster with tables replicated to every shard
- Fixed sorting order in dashboard
- Last insert timestamp now displays timestamp for Kafka inserts correctly now
- Fixed SELECT ALL IGNORED for detached parts
22.8.15
Released 2022-07-07
Added
- New tool to review and remove detached parts
- New tool to test connectivity to Kafka broker
- New tool to import test datasets – available for 22.3 ClickHouse version and above
Changed
- Default log level for new clusters is set to ‘information’. Users can edit log level using ’logger/level’ cluster setting
- Storage size is displayed as ‘Pending’ if rescale has not been complete
- Improved version upgrade recommendations
- Improved Schema and Workload tabs
Fixed
- Fixed a bug with uptime schedule that could unexpectedly stop clusters sometimes
- Fixed a bug with memory configuration settings if cluster is resumed to the different node size
22.7.13
Released 2022-06-03
Added
- User role is now displayed on Account page
- A warning is displayed on ClickHouse version upgrade is available
- Sorting has been added to the Schema tab
- A tool to convert a table from MergeTree to ReplicatedMergeTree (available for superadmins only)
- VPC Endpoint status is displayed on Connections popup
- Custom tolerations can be specified for node types
Changed
- User is automatically authenticated as ClickHouse admin when starting a new cluster
- Schedule icon opens a Schedule popup now
- When rescaling a volume, minimum rescale ratio is 20% of the volume size
- Org admin can access Environment details now (previously it was only possible with Env admin)
Fixed
- ClickHouse use authentication fixes
- List of backups was sometimes not properly sorted
- Fixed a possible race condition in backup and restore of replicated clusters
22.6.18
Released 2022-05-13
Added
- Explorer now requires user authorization using ClickHouse user/password
- Altinity staff does not have an access to the data by default. Multiple levels of access can be granted by a customer – that enables ‘altinity’ user to work with the data.
- New ‘Workload’ tab in Explorer to analyze typical queries
- Copy to Clipboard buttons in Connection Details
Changed
- DataDog metrics are labeled with environment and cluster
- clickhouse-operator user is restricted to Altinity network only
- Brute force protection is enabled for password recovery form
22.5.15
Released 2022-04-25
Added
- Cluster Uptime feature that allows stopping the cluster automatically when inactive or by schedule.
Reset to defaults
is available on ClickHouse settings and profile settings pages.- Email notification is sent to the user when trial is extended.
- Connection to Remote environment via Altinity Connector.
Changed
- Display a warning when downgrading ClickHouse major version
- Display a warning when non-replicated MergeTree table is created on replicated cluster
- Cluster Dashboard now shows LB type and storage type
Fixed
- Fixed UI slowness when a long query is being executed.
- Fixed Schema tab that may be not displaying tables when databases contains hundreds of those.
- Small UI fixes in different places.
22.4.15
Released 2022-04-06
Added
- Breakdown by clusters on a billing page
- Initial support for user managed environments
- Environment connection status
Changed
- Changed cluster wizard to make it easier to use
- Fractional disk sizes are not allowed anymore
- ‘Pay by Invoice’ option is disabled
Fixed
- Fixed a bug with local backups not being deleted that might result in higher disk usage
- Fixed a possible backup failure on clusters with async_inserts=1
- Fixed a bug with ALTER TABLE did not work sometimes on clusters restored from a backup
- Fixed a bug with schema did not refresh sometimes
- Fixed a bug in incorrect retention of backups of sharded cluster
22.3.14
Released 2022-03-17
Added
- Allow to select a node type when launching a cluster from backup (available for Altinity staff only)
Changed
- DROP TABLE is executed now before restoring a table from the backup
- CPU is correctly displayed in cores on Environment page in this release
- clickhouse-operator has been upgraded to 0.18.3
- Fixed a bug that did not allow to enter ‘0’ in cluster settings
- Fixed a bug that might result in cluster not going online when using ClickHouse versions 22.2 and above
- Fixed a bug with incorrect display of billing data for GCP environments
- Fixed a bug with AWS NLB usage
- Fixed a bug with cluster metadata not being stored in backup sometimes
22.2.15
Released 2022-02-28
Added
- Notifications for cluster related events can be configured
- Datadog integration
- Option to force Auth0 authentication for organization
- Dark UI theme
- Cmd/Ctrl+Enter in Explorer can be used to run a query
Changed
- ZooKeeper is now stopped when cluster is stopped
- Warning has been removed from volume rescale popup
- Monitoring links have been moved to the top in order to make it easier to find
- Max part size has been reduced to 50GB
- Column compression tab is more compact now
- When backup operation is in progress all operations that may incidentally restart the cluster are blocked now
Fixed
- Fixed a bug with list of databases sometimes could not be parsed in user dialog
- Fixed a bug with replica cluster creation
- Fixed latest backup timestamp display for stopped clusters
- Fixed a bug with table restore from a backup that could download full cluster backup instead of a single table
22.1.28
Released 2022-01-31
Added
- Restore cluster from an External backup (available for superadmins only)
- Restore single table from a backup
- New Grafana dashboard for logs
Changed
- UI facelifting on Cluster and Nodes dashboards
- System tables are now hidden by default on Schema dashboard
- Stronger security for Grafana monitoring dashboard
- Better performance of Billing dashboard
- Use ‘pd-ssd’ fast storage for ZooKeeper nodes in GCP
- Cluster dashboard now shows a warning if backup utility is outdated
- Backup line item is now correctly displayed for GCP clusters
- Support plan is now displayed on a billing page
- Error Log section is removed from ClickHouse logs page
Fixed
- Fixed ON CLUSTER switch behavior
- Removed deprecated ClickHouse settings from default profile
- Removed deprecated node annotations
21.13.21
Released 2021-12-21
Added
- Expiration date for trials can be adjusted from UI (previously it could only be done with an API call)
- Expiration date for notifications can be configured
- Units to the billing usage page
- Legend to the Columns tab that clarifies key flags
Changed
- UI has been refreshed with a new version of Clarity.Design library
- When user VPC endpoint is configured Access Point URLs are switched to ‘internal’ now
- AWS NLB is disabled by default. It can be enabled on Environment level if needed
- Cron job logs are sent to centralized logging
Fixed
- Processes view is fixed for ClickHouse versions 21.8
- Estimated costs for GCP are corrected
- Trial notifications are not longer created for blocked organizations
21.12.26
Released 2021-12-01
Added
- Post-trial workflow allows user to signup to the paid account
- Column level compression tab in Schema popup
- New billing user role in order to access billing only
- Soft rolling restart of ClickHouse nodes is now available. The previous ‘hard’ restart can be used as well.
- Background operation status is now displayed on the cluster dashboard
- Billing integration for GCP
- Backups for GCP
Changed
- ZooKeeper is updated to 3.7.0. It only affects new clusters.
- clickhouse-backup is updated to 1.2.2
- User will receive notification when subscribes or unsubscribes from ClickHouse alerts
- Billing company name can now be different from the organization name
Fixed
- Fixed ‘Refresh’ button on Processes tab that did not refresh the screen sometimes
- Fixed an issue when sometimes schema was displayed as empty
21.11.24
Released 2021-10-27
Added
- Usage details are available in Billing
- Download links to issued invoices are available in Billing
- Backup cost is extracted as a separate line item. Previously it was a part of a storage cost.
- VPC Endpoint status is displayed when enabled
- Datadog integration is supported for ClickHouse logs. Contact us with your datadog agent id.
- GCP support
- Enabled support for Altinity Builds of ClickHouse
Changed
- Networks are removed from ClickHouse users creation. It is now controlled in Connectivity on a cluster level
- ZooKeeper cluster size can not be selected anymore. It is adjusted automatically.
- Available API endpoints are now filtered according to the user role. Previously, user could see all API even if those could not be used.
Fixed
- Fixed a bug with node endpoints being unavailable under VPC endpoint
21.10.28
Released 2021-09-21
Added
- Allow users to configure alerts for the cluster. Note: cluster may be restarted when email is used for a first time
- IP/CIDR whitelisting to protect access point access
- Compression ratio column on a Schema tab
- Email notifications (system)
- Notifications to a specific recipient (system)
- ‘Prepare All Invoices’ super-button that sends invoices to all paid customers (system)
- CC and BCC addresses for invoices
Changed
- Users and ClickHouse users passwords are now required to be 12 characters at least
- Session timeout is increased to 60 minutes
- Troubleshooting mode now allows Altinity Engineers to enter the failed node
- ‘View Logs’ are renamed to ‘Logs’
- Backup utility is updated to altinity/clickhouse-backup:1.0.16. That improves speed of backups among other fixes.
21.9.9
Released 2021-08-12
Added
- Cluster level access control
- Cluster Restart action
- User level configurable API tokens
Changed
- Improved ZK cluster scale up/down logic
- Improved Invoices creation logic
- Security improvements
21.8.20
Released 2021-07-21
Added
- Billing integration
- Price estimator is now displayed when starting a cluster
- In-app notifications
- Allow to deploy 3-node ZK cluster in the regions with only two AZs available (e.g. us-west-1)
- Cluster name now appears at all cluster related popup windows
Changed
- Upgraded clickhouse-operator to 0.15.0
- Backup and security improvements
21.7.19
Released 2021-06-18
Added
- Support for multiple environments for an organization
- Basic usage information at the billing page
- Download of logs
- Password recovery if user has lost his password
- Externally available status page that can be referenced as
https://status.<tenant-name>.altinity.cloud
Changed
- ClickHouse custom images are restricted to Yandex and Altinity only
- Non-XML config files are now allowed (e.g. for dictionaries)
- Backup and security improvements
21.6.9
Released 2021-05-19
Added
- New Environment Settings section into cluster configuration
- default_replica_path and default_replica_name settings are now pre-populated that to simplifies creation of ReplicatedMergeTree tables (requires ClickHouse 21.1+)
- Node selector is now available at the Explorer page. It allows to run queries against an individual node.
Changed
- Improved usability of cluster settings
- Fixed a bug with “.inner.” tables did not properly work in Explorer
- Fixed a bug with orgadmin did not have permissions to modify cluster settings
- Fixed a bug with orgadmin could see user plain password in user audit log when password is changed
- Upgraded to clickhouse-operator to 0.14.1. That fixes a possible failure of schema creation when adding a new replica to the cluster.
- Upgraded clickhouse-backup to 1.0.9. That fixes restore of materialized views and distributed tables.
- Backup and security improvements
21.5.10
Released 2021-04-27
Added
- Node endpoints connection details
- Last query and last insert timestamps
- Fixed default ClickHouse version when upgrading.
- Login screen protection from a brute force attack
Changed
- Now it is possible to rollback quickly to the older version if ClickHouse does not start after upgrade
- Fixed Share feature when user belongs to a different environment
- Enabled multi-AZ ZooKeeper deployment
- Upgraded to clickhouse-operator 0.14.0
- Improvements to ACM dashboard
- Backup and security improvements
21.4.10
- Schema tab has been fully re-designed
- Atomic databases can be now correctly backed up with the new version of backup utility (requires cluster re-publish)
- We have added gp3 storage option, and removed unencrypted volumes completely
- ClickHouse Version is now automatically defaults to the latest Altinity Stable release
- The number of replicas for Zookeeper clusters has been added to a list of Zookeepers
- General stability and security improvements
21.3.21
- New ‘Share’ function to invite users
- Cluster created by one user can not be deleted by another user anymore
- Improved Account Details screen
- New service status page that allows to subscribe for status changes
- Added a startup mode advanced setting. New ‘Direct’ mode decreases startup times for huge clusters
- Added input validation in different places
- Added a limit on maximum number of shards and replicas
- Added an option to re-scale ZooKeeper from 1 to 3 nodes and vice versa (available only for admins yet)
- Stability, security and backup improvements
21.2.15
- Grafana is now accessible under ‘/monitoring’ path rather than a separate endpoint. That works under VPC as well.
- Individual shards and replicas can be directly accessed by TCP and HTTP clients. In order to use that cluster needs to be re-published. Ask us for more detail if interested.
- Flexible backup schedule (available on request)
- Restore a backup to a new cluster (available on request)
- Cluster names are now forced to use only lower case latin characters and numbers
- Fixed a bug with RENAME TABLE query did not work in ON CLUSTER mode
- Fixed a bug with losing SSL files when stopping the cluster for a long time
- UI stability improvements and bug fixes
21.1.12
- UI performance optimizations
- Usability changes in Rescale screen
- Added a validation to Profile Settings values
- Login attempts are now correctly logged into Audit Log
- Macros section is removed. Macros can be overridden via Settings if needed and looked up in system.macros table
- Fixed a bug in Query Explorer that did not display query results with WITH statement properly
- Fixed a bug that did not allow to Resume to a different node type
- UI improvements and minor bug fixes
20.5.10
- Handling of custom configuration files in cluster settings has been improved
- Altinity Stable ClickHouse version has been upgraded to 20.8.11.17
- Cluster Migrate feature has been temporary disabled
- UI improvements and minor bug fixes
20.4.3
- Grafana has been switched to Edge Ingress load balancer, and is now secured by https
- UI improvements and minor bug fixes
20.3.4
- Platform specific settings are now protected from user modifications
- Node and Cluster status is displayed correctly
- ClickHouse version has been added to the clusters list
- Session times out after 30 minutes of user inactivity
- Healthcheck screen has been improved
- Automatic redirect from HTTP to HTTPs when accessing the management plane