Changes in Swarm Cluster Services (SCS) 1.3

This release features the following improvements:

• Improved performance when starting and listing Swarm storage nodes

• Clearer output formatting in CLI

• Enhancements in anticipation of future features in Swarm

Limitations

• Updates to administrative user and/or password are not pushed out to Swarm storage nodes (PLT-212)

• Direct upgrade from 1.2 is not supported. A reinstall is required for upgrading to 1.3

Changes in Swarm Cluster Services (SCS) 1.0

This release the following improvements:

• Simplified Cluster Configuration: A centralized API is used for the cluster configuration. The API eliminates the need to maintain multiple files at the cluster and node levels.

• Improved Command-Line Interface: A simplified command-line interface allows for easier Swarm administration. See https://perifery.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/public/pages/1223491694/Swarm+Cluster+Services+(SCS)+CLI+Commands?search_id=b30a249c-f80a-43bc-acdf-99929e1a1533.

• Simplified Storage Node Deployment: Per-node deployment or provisioning steps are not required to start a Swarm storage node. New nodes join the cluster on boot.

Limitations

• No support for using gPXE instead of iPXE in this release. (PLT-60)

• No offline mode installation in this release.

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