4.15 Release & Upgrade Notes (apache#150)

* releasenotes: 4.15 systemvm tmpl upgrade + primate GA notes

Signed-off-by: Rohit Yadav <rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com>

* compat: update

Signed-off-by: Rohit Yadav <rohit.yadav@shapeblue.com>

* Adding primate related info

Co-authored-by: davidjumani <dj.davidjumani1994@gmail.com>

Author: rohityadavcloud

source/_global.rst

@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@
 
 .. Latest version systemvm template name
 
-.. |sysvm64-version|     replace:: 4.14.0
-.. |sysvm64-name-xen|    replace:: systemvm-xenserver-4.14.0
-.. |sysvm64-name-kvm|    replace:: systemvm-kvm-4.14.0
-.. |sysvm64-name-vmware| replace:: systemvm-vmware-4.14.0
-.. |sysvm64-name-hyperv| replace:: systemvm-hyperv-4.14.0
-.. |sysvm64-name-ovm|    replace:: systemvm-ovm-4.14.0
+.. |sysvm64-version|     replace:: 4.15.0
+.. |sysvm64-name-xen|    replace:: systemvm-xenserver-4.15.0
+.. |sysvm64-name-kvm|    replace:: systemvm-kvm-4.15.0
+.. |sysvm64-name-vmware| replace:: systemvm-vmware-4.15.0
+.. |sysvm64-name-hyperv| replace:: systemvm-hyperv-4.15.0
+.. |sysvm64-name-ovm|    replace:: systemvm-ovm-4.15.0
 
 .. Latest version systemvm template URL
-.. |sysvm64-url-xen|    replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.14/systemvmtemplate-4.14.0-xen.vhd.bz2
-.. |sysvm64-url-kvm|    replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.14/systemvmtemplate-4.14.0-kvm.qcow2.bz2
-.. |sysvm64-url-vmware| replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.14/systemvmtemplate-4.14.0-vmware.ova
-.. |sysvm64-url-hyperv| replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.14/systemvmtemplate-4.14.0-hyperv.vhd.zip
-.. |sysvm64-url-ovm|    replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.14/systemvmtemplate-4.14.0-ovm.raw.bz2
+.. |sysvm64-url-xen|    replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.15/systemvmtemplate-4.15.0-xen.vhd.bz2
+.. |sysvm64-url-kvm|    replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.15/systemvmtemplate-4.15.0-kvm.qcow2.bz2
+.. |sysvm64-url-vmware| replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.15/systemvmtemplate-4.15.0-vmware.ova
+.. |sysvm64-url-hyperv| replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.15/systemvmtemplate-4.15.0-hyperv.vhd.zip
+.. |sysvm64-url-ovm|    replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.15/systemvmtemplate-4.15.0-ovm.raw.bz2
 
 .. Version specific: 4.5 systemvm template URL
 .. |acs45-sysvm64-url-xen|    replace:: http://download.cloudstack.org/systemvm/4.5/systemvm64template-4.5-xen.vhd.bz2
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@
 
 .. |br| raw:: html
 
-   <br/>
+   <br/>

source/conf.py

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 author = 'Apache CloudStack Project'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '4.14'
+version = '4.15'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '4.14.0.0'
+release = '4.15.0.0'
 
 rst_epilog = """
 .. include:: /_global.rst 

source/installguide/primate.rst

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and Ant Design for Apache CloudStack.
 
 Primate GA was released with CloudStack 4.15, where the legacy UI is deprecated,
 and will be removed in an eventual major CloudStack release.
+Each release of Apache CloudStack comes with its own release of Primate as well.
 
 `User participation in the community mailing lists
 <http://cloudstack.apache.org/mailing-lists.html>`_ is encouraged. Users may
@@ -52,7 +53,17 @@ API improvements which may not be available prior to Apache CloudStack 4.15.
 Installation on CentOS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Users running management server (4.15 or above) on CentOS can setup the
+Users running management server (4.15 or above) can directly install Primate:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+    yum install cloudstack-primate
+
+Note: there is no need to restart management server post-installation, and
+after installation the UI can be accessed on
+management-server-host:8080/client/primate using any modern browser.
+
+To install the latest release of Primate on CentOS, setup the
 following Primate repository:
 
 .. parsed-literal::
@@ -73,14 +84,20 @@ Next, install Primate:
 
     yum install cloudstack-primate
 
-Note: there is no need to restart management server post-installation, and
-after installation the UI can be accessed on
-management-server-host:8080/client/primate using any modern browser.
 
 Installation on Ubuntu
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Users running CloudStack management server (4.15 or above) on Ubuntu can setup the following Primate repository:
+Users running management server (4.15 or above) can directly install Primate
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install cloudstack-primate
+
+
+To install the latest release of Primate on Ubuntu, setup the
+following Primate repository:
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 

source/releasenotes/about.rst

@@ -17,25 +17,15 @@
 What's New in |release|
 =======================
 
-Apache CloudStack |release| is a |version| LTS release with over 15 major new features, and
-over 200 enhancements and fixes since 4.13.  Highlights include:
-
-•	New modern UI (Project Primate, Technical preview)
-•	Backup and Recovery framework
-•	Backup and Recovery Provider for Veeam
-•	VM ingestion
-•	L2 network PVLAN enhancements
-•	CloudStack Kubernetes Service
-•	UEFI support
-•	KVM rolling maintenance
-•	Enable Direct Download for systemVM templates
-•	VR health checks
-•	Download logs and diagnostics data from SSVM/CPVM/VRs
-•	Enable additional configuration metadata to virtual machines
+Apache CloudStack |release| is a |version| LTS release with over FIXME major new
+features, and over 100 enhancements and fixes since 4.14.  Highlights include:
 
+• New modern UI (Primate, GA release)
+• Support for CentOS8 and Ubuntu 20.04 as management server hosts and KVM hosts
+• FIXME: add rest of new features
 
 The full list of new features can be found in the project release notes at
-http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.14.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
+http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.15.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
 
 .. important::
    This version of CloudStack allows control over the visibility of the DNS services provided
@@ -75,20 +65,16 @@ before adding the KVM host in CloudStack:
    HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-dss
    KexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
 
-New User Interface & Depreciation notice of existing UI
+Primate GA and Legacy UI Deprecation and Removal Notice
 =======================================================
 
-Cloudstack 4.14 ships with a Technical Preview of a new, modern User Interface (project Primate).
-This technical preview can be used by users & operators of Cloudstack environments for evaluation
-& testing purposes. With version 4.14, the existing UI remains the supported UI for production environments.
-However, with the 4.14 release, the Apache Cloudstack community will stop taking feature requests
-for new functionality in the existing UI. All new functionality will be developed against the new UI.
-
-The next LTS release (likely to be version 4.15) of Apache Cloudstack will ship
-with the production release of the new UI. It will also be the last version of
-CloudStack to ship with the old UI. This release will also have the final
-deprecation notice for the old UI.
-
-In the following release (likely to be 4.16), the old UI will be deprecated.
+Cloudstack 4.15 ships with the GA release of a new and modern User Interface
+(Primate) which deprecates the current legacy UI. With version 4.15, the
+existing legacy UI (deprecated) along with the new UI (Primate) are the
+supported UI for production environments. In the next 4.16 release, the Apache
+Cloudstack community will remove the legacy UI and only the new UI (Primate)
+will be supported by the Apache CloudStack community moving forward. Users are
+encouraged to implement a migration path towards the new UI (Primate) in their
+production environments.
 
 Please see `Primate install guide <../installguide/primate.html>`_