
CHAPTER 1
What’s New in 4.5
Version 4.5.1 includes more than 200 bug fixes from previous release, the following new features and improvements.
1.1 NuageVsp Network Plugin
The Nuage NetworksTM Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) is a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solution that
virtualizes any datacenter (DC) network infrastructure and automatically establishes connectivity between compute
resources upon their creation.
NuageVsp networking plugin bring the Nuage VSP network virtualization technology to CloudStack. All the network
isolation and routing is handled by the Nuage SDN solution. Routing of the packets happen at hypervisor itself. Virtual
Router is not used for routing the packets and is spawned only for Password reset functionality. The Nuage solution
also helps significantly improve the agility and scale of a CloudStack deployment as compared to a Virtual Router
based deployment.
Supported hypervisors: XenServer, VMware
Link NuageVsp Network Plugin spec
1.2 Bind integration with Globo DNSAPI
GloboDNS provide API to Bind DNS server used to centralized DNS server outside of CloudStack networks. When
deploying Advanced Networks, Virtual Routers are used to isolate networks and provide DNS service for all ma-
chines inside each network. This approach imposes a challenge when instances need to translate names that belong to
instances from another network.
Supported hypervisors: Any
Link Globo DNSAPI spec
1.3 SAML 2.0 Plugin
SAML 2.0 Plugin provide integration of CloudStack to existing authentication mechanism. This provide Single Sign
On (SSO) and Single Log Out (SLO) to work on CloudStack UI and clients. SAML (Security Assertion Markup
Language) 2.0 is an old, stable and widely used XML based authentication and authorization protocol supported by
Salesforce, Google Apps and other public and private companies and the aim is to integrate the SSO SAML support in
CloudStack. The current implementation is experimental, will change in future and should be avoided in prouduction.
Supported hypervisors: N/A
Link SAML spec
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