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A new container image, called Development Image, is available from Cisco Software Download. This image comes with the necessary environment and software for building NSO packages.
Administration Guide
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Updated and expanded the Containerized NSO in Administration Guide describing the new image flavor.
Two new authentication packages are now available in
$NCS_DIR/packages/auth:
cisco-nso-ldap-auth and
cisco-nso-tacacs-auth.
They provide support for LDAP and TACACS+ protocols through
the Package Authentication mechanism.
Refer to the respective README file inside
each package for usage and configuration options.
The tailf-hcc package now allows submitting an RFC2136 Dynamic DNS Update to a name server on High Availability (HA) failover, simplifying geographically redundant NSO HA setup.
Administration Guide
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Added the section called “Layer-3 DNS update” in Administration Guide describing the new functionality.
Multiple changes with nano services (documented in Nano Services for Staged Provisioning in Development Guide) streamline their development and use:
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The ncs-make-package command now supports the
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The functionality of
self-as-service-statusis now the default. -
The self component in a nano service plan is now generated automatically if not defined in the service model.
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Cancelled actions in the side effects queue can be manually scheduled for a retry.
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Improved performance of initial create of a nano service with the
converge-on-re-deployextension.
Administration Guide
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Updated the section called “NACM Rules and Services” in Administration Guide to better document required permissions for nano services.
CDB schema upgrades now use an optimized algorithm, resulting in faster upgrades and ability to preview schema changes through a packages reload dry-run option. A separate upgrade log can be configured for information about CDB upgrade as well.
Additionally, information on upgrading HA Raft clusters has been added.
Administration Guide
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Updated the section called “Loading Packages” in Administration Guide describing the dry-run functionality.
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Added the section called “Packages Upgrades in Raft Cluster” in Administration Guide and the section called “Version Upgrade of Cluster Nodes” in Administration Guide for Raft HA.
The old NED Development document has been updated and split into two parts. The part on managing and using NEDs is now incorporated into the Administration Guide, while the part detailing creation of new NEDs is now found in the Development Guide.
Administration Guide
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Added NED Administration in Administration Guide on managing and using NEDs.
Administration Guide
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Added NED Development in Development Guide on creation of new NEDs.