Morpheus v7.0.0 Documentation¶

v7.0.0 LTS Release Notes¶

Compatible Plugin API version: 1.1.0
Compatible Morpheus Worker version: 5.4.8+
Minimum upgrade version: v6.0.0

Note

Items appended with ^6.x.x are also included in that version

Release Dates

v7.0.0 Mar 20 2024

New Features¶

API & CLI

Added API support for optionally specifying a stack name when provisioning from CloudFormation templates ^6.2.8
Added API support for specifying an S3 bucket to read CloudFormation templates from during provisioning. This is necessary when provisioning from CF templates greater than 50 KB ^6.2.8

CloudFormation

Provisioning from CloudFormation templates now includes a “STACK NAME” configuration. By default, this will be the same as the Instance or App name but can be overridden ^6.2.8
When provisioning from CloudFormation Spec Templates, added a configuration to specify an S3 bucket to read the Spec Template from. This is required for CF templates greater than 50 KB ^6.2.8

Dashboard

Added support for Spanish-language localizations for Morpheus Dashboard ^6.2.8

Identity Sources

“Post RelayState” field added for For SAML SSO Identity Sources using “Post Binding Mode” for defining RelayState post parameter. ^6.2.8

Import/Export

Forms can now be used with the import/export feature. Export Forms as code into an integrated Git repository and import them back into any other appliance with the same repository integrated

Kubernetes

System Kubernetes 1.29 Layouts added ^6.2.8

Policies

The Roles and Policies list pages have been updated to give the user control over visible output columns and page size

Roles

Added a Cluster Types tab to the Role detail page to control the Cluster types available to the Role

Security

Upgraded spring-web to version 5.3.32 to mitigate CVE-2024-22243 ^6.2.8

Terraform

For licensing reasons, automated Terraform installs handled by Morpheus are now capped at version 1.5.5. Other versions may be utilized in Morpheus through manual installation ^6.2.8

VMware

When Snapshot names are changed in VMware, the name change is now reflected in Morpheus following the next Cloud sync ^6.2.8

Fixes¶

API & CLI

Adding or updating Identity Sources via Morpheus API, will no longer fail when adding a mapping for a built-in role (such as System Admin) ^6.2.8
After updating the CODE value on a Cloud (via UI or API), GET calls to /api/billing/zones no longer return the old zoneCode value ^6.2.8
Fixed situations where a 200 status and a success=false message could be received in the same response when creating virtual servers for load balancers via Morpheus API ^6.2.8
Service Plans created via API without a config.ranges value in the payload can now be updated normally via API ^6.2.8
Updating Catalog Item icon logos via Morpheus API now works correctly ^6.2.8

Agent

Fixed an issue with the Windows Agent that could cause CPU usage to be reported incorrectly for VMs within the UI ^6.2.8
Linux Agent upgrades now update the appliance URL (if applicable) to account for situations in which this has changed since the last Agent upgrade ^6.2.8

Amazon

Fixed an issue causing actions such as adding nodes or reconfiguring at the Instance or VM level from working correctly for discovered nodes which were converted to managed ^6.2.8
Fixed an issue that prevented AWS Clouds scoped to all regions from reading from region-scoped S3 buckets ^6.2.8
Fixed an issue with snapshot sync when more than 1000 snapshots exist in an aws account. ^6.2.8-2
When creating RDS Instances on AWS Clouds, the subnet groups now populate correctly for Clouds scoped to all regions ^6.2.8
When scoping AWS Clouds to all VPCs, DB subnets available on the AWS Cloud are now discovered properly and are available for selection during RDS provisioning. Previously, this only worked correctly when scoping to a specific VDC ^6.2.8

Apps

When adding an Instance to an existing App, the display name of the Instance is now shown rather than the Instance name ^6.2.8

Catalog

The default FORM TYPE value for catalog items is now “Select” (that is, unselected) rather than “Form” ^6.2.8

Cluster Layouts

Hidden-type Inputs on Cluster Layouts now show the inputName value along with “(hidden” when the Cluster Layout is later edited ^6.2.8
On custom Cluster Layouts, Inputs are no longer shown in an order when many Inputs are used (approximately five or more) ^6.2.8

Clusters

When additional nodes are added to Clusters, they now have the custom options values (Input values) that nodes created at initial cluster provision had ^6.2.8

Costing

Fixed costs shown on Instance detail pages within Subtenants showing costs in USD rather than the configured Tenant currency ^6.2.9
Fixed the “Cost this Month” figure displayed for a Cloud integrated in the Master Tenant and shared down with a Subtenant ^6.2.8

Cypher

Removed the “sys” mountpoint tool tip from the “ADD KEY” modal that appears when adding a new entry to Cypher ^6.2.8
When File Templates containing calls to Cypher are set on a Node Type created in the Master Tenant, the Cypher values are now properly decrypted when provisioning involving the Node Type takes place in a subtenant ^6.2.8

Hosts

Improved the backend logic for handling server records moved from one Cloud type to another (Change Cloud functionality) ^6.2.8

Import/Export

Fixed a situation where “Export All” could cause the UI to become unresponsive and require restart ^6.2.8

Inputs

Fixed Input dependency and visibility not working as configured when the Inputs were created by different methods (API vs UI) ^6.2.8

Instances

Fixed Layout and Version fields not appearing on “Convert to Instance” modal (for converting servers to managed Instances) ^6.2.9
Fixed reconfigures to add disks dropping the name(s) of the new disk(s) under specific conditions ^6.2.8
Improved how CPU representation graphs are displayed to prevent misinterpretation of total CPU capacity being used ^6.2.8

Kubernetes

Fixed 500 errors being thrown when Kubernetes Apps were deleted ^6.2.8

NSX-T

Fixed network resources being visible in other Subtenants when NSX-T integrations created in one Subtenant were scoped to a public Cloud integrated from the Master Tenant ^6.2.9
Load balancer virtual server protocol configuration can now be successfully updated via Morpheus API and CLI ^6.2.8

Network

A friendly UI error message is now given when attempting to save a network display name larger than 255 characters ^6.2.8

Nutanix Prism Central

Discovered hypervisor hosts now correctly display the OS rather than defaulting statically to display “ESXi” ^6.2.8
Fixed Instances not deleting when they were provisioned to Nutanix networks utilizing Morpheus IP Pools ^6.2.8
Network interfaces on Prism Central VMs no longer show a null MAC address until after the first Cloud sync following provisioning ^6.2.8

Option Lists

Setting a proxy that requires authentication no longer causes 407 errors and fetch failures for REST-populated Option Lists ^6.2.8

Plugins

Updated Ansible Tower and Bluecat plugins to honor global proxy settings ^6.2.8

Proxies

The Morpheus Windows Agent now uses a proxy if one is configured ^6.2.8

SAML

There are no longer two POST BINDING MODE fields on Add/Edit modals for SAML SSO Identity Sources. Additionally, the INCLUDES SAML REQUEST PARAMETER field no longer toggles back to “Yes” on edit ^6.2.8

SCVMM

Fixed SCVMM Clouds scoped to specific clusters discovering workloads from outside that scoped cluster ^6.2.8
Fixed an issue that could cause cloned Veeam backups for SCVMM Instances to not be created properly ^6.2.8

Security

Fixed cache files exposing cloud credentials in plaintext under certain conditions when local credentials (not stored credentials) were used to authenticate the cloud integration ^6.2.8

VMware

Any changes to minimum memory values for an image in vCenter are now properly synced over to Morpheus on the next Cloud sync ^6.2.8
Fixed tag values being updated via Morpheus API being wiped out on the next Cloud sync ^6.2.8

Appliance Updates¶

Agents

Linux Agent: Morpheus linux agent updated to v2.5.4
Windows Agent: Morpheus Windows Agent updated to v2.5.0.0

Appliance

mysql: Updated default jdbc url used for db cluster connections to include connectTimeout, maxReconnects, queriesBeforeRetrySource and secondsBeforeRetrySource. Default values can be updated in morpheus.rb. ^6.2.8
nginx: Logging requests to the /ping endpoint of Morpheus app nodes are now disabled by default. Logging can be renabled by adding nginx[‘ssl_access_ping_log’] = true &

nginx[‘access_ping_log’] = true to morpheus.rb ^6.2.8

Package repo cleanup: The appliance installer has been updated to clean /var/opt/morpheus/package-repos/ directory after package install when it is larger than 5GB. The current Morpheus package repo files will be added during reconfigure or supplemental package install ^6.2.8
SLES 15 FIPS: - Added a FIPS-compliant Morpheus installer for SLES 15 ^6.2.8

Embedded Plugins

Bluecat: bluecat-plugin updated to v1.2.1
DigitalOcean: digital-ocean-plugin updated to v1.2.3
Infoblox: infoblox-plugin updated to v1.3.5
Solarwinds: solarwinds-plugin updated to v1.1.2
phpIPAM: phpipam-plugin updated to v1.2.3
Efficient IP: efficient-ip-plugin updated to v1.2.1

Node Package

Morpheus Node & VM Node Packages updated to 3.2.22

Worker¶

Distributed Worker

Morpheus Worker v7.0.0 now available
Distributed worker v7.0.0 can now be deployed in a highly-available configuration. See distributed worker documentation for additional details

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