Operator 0.2.1 out with DNS ping and expanded customizations

We've just completed the release of the Infinispan Operator version 0.2.1. In this second minor release, we've added the following features:

DNS Cluster Discovery

Cluster nodes now discover each other using DNS ping, which uses name lookups. Each node publishes a headless service which they use to locate each other. Previously, Kubernetes APIs were queried to discover other nodes, but this required administrator rights. DNS ping does not require admin permissions.

Configurable Image

The Infinispan server image used by the operator is now configurable, e.g.

Configurable XML

You can now provide their own custom Infinispan server XML referencing an existing ConfigMap:

Note that this example requires a ConfigMap with the XML file to be created before hand.

Next Steps

We're already working on version 0.3.0, and in parallel we've been working on our first OperatorHub submission. We hope to have some news for you very soon :)

Cheers,
Galder

First OpenShift Operator pre-release for Infinispan is here!

Infinispan Operator is a new method of packaging, deploying and managing Infinispan clusters on OpenShift. You can think of the Infinispan Operator as the runtime that manages Infinispan clusters on OpenShift.

We've just done our first Infinispan Operator pre-release, version 0.1.0, which allows you to easily boot up an Infinispan cluster on OpenShift.

Using the operator is as simple as installing the Infinispan Operator (requires admin access) on OpenShift, and then create a YAML descriptor that defines the Infinispan cluster. The example below shows how to create a 3-node Infinispan cluster:

And then call:

$ oc apply -f example-infinispan.yaml

A more detailed tutorial on using the Infinispan Operator can be found here. We highly recommend you give it a go and let us know what you think.

Over the next few versions we'll be adding more features that make the most of the capabilities the Operator framework offers to automatically manage the health and status of running Infinispan clusters.

Please also note that as we work towards the 1.0 release, some things might change :)

Cheers
Galder

Infinispan Spring Boot Beta2 is out!

Dear Infinispan and Spring Boot users,

We have just released Infinispan Spring Boot 2.0.0.Beta2.

Highlights of this release include:

• Upgrade to Spring Boot 2.0.3.RELEASE
• RemoteCache can be injected now. Example here 

You can find the release in the maven central repository.

Please report any issues in our issue tracker and join the conversation in our Zulip Chat to shape up our next release.

Enjoy,

The Infinispan Team

Infinispan 9.4.0.Beta1 is out!

Infinispan users,

We have just released 9.4.0.Beta1 which includes bug fixes and improvements. Highlights of this release include:

• Removal of WebSocket server support (ISPN-9386);
• One step closer to remove compatibility mode, by dropping it from Remote Queries, Tasks and Scripts (ISPN-9180, ISPN-9182)
• Recovery Support for Hot Rod client transactions (ISPN-9261)
• Fixed issue with Hot Rod client near cache for async operations (ISPN-9393)
• Improvements in Ickle (ISPN-9378)
• Additional Segmented Stores
• RocksDB supports single database segmentation (ISPN-9375)
• RemoteStore segmented for additional stream performance (ISPN-9376)
• RocksDB now allows for properties to be provided to configure underlying database (ISPN-9371)
• Component Upgrades:
• Protostream upgraded to version 4.2.1.Final (ISPN-9399)
• Hibernate ORM upgraded to version 5.3.4.Final (ISPN-9406)
• Other bug fixes.

The full list of 9.4.0.Beta1 fixes are here.

You can find both releases on our download page. Please report any issues in our issue tracker and join the conversation in our Zulip Chat to shape up our next release.

Enjoy,
The Infinispan Team

Infinispan 9.2.0.Beta2 Released

Dear Infinispan Community,

We're excited to announce the release of Infinispan 9.2.0.Beta2, which can be found on our download page.

The highlights of 9.2.0.Beta2 are:

• MultiMaps are now available over hotrod [ISPN-7887].
• Clustered Counters are now available in the server and can be managed via the management api [SPN-8376] or the web console [ISPN-7927].
• Biased reads in scattered cache [ISPN-8458].
• Conflict resolution on partition merges are now implemented for DENY_READ_WRITES and ALLOW_READS strategies [ISPN-8440].

Full details of the new features and enhancements included in this release can be found here.
Thank you for following us and stay tuned!

The Infinispan Team

Infinispan 9.2.0.Beta1 and 9.1.3.Final have been released

Dear Infinispan Community,

Two new releases are ready for you today, our newest and greatest 9.2.0.Beta1 and an updated Final of our stable branch, 9.1.3. Both can be found as usual on our download page.

The highlights of 9.2.0.Beta1 are:

• New API for querying using Ickle via the REST server, taking advantage of the JSON/Protobuf interoperability [ISPN-8113].
• Clustered Locks, first experimental release. A ClusteredLock is a data structure used for concurrent programming between Infinispan instances in cluster mode.
• Clustered Counters have received serveral improvements. It's now possible to manage your counters via JMX [ISPN-7926] and other management methods are on the way. The strong counter has a new method: compare-and-swap [ISPN-8489]. If you used compare-and-set, the compare-and-swap may improve your code performance. And last but not least, a new sync() method was added to the strong and weak counters, useful if you don't want to handle the CompletableFuture!
  
• Clustered Cache Configuration: Both EmbeddedCacheManager and RemoteCacheManager now have an API for creating/removing caches across the cluster [ISPN-7776]. Caches created with this API will also be created on any new members that will join the cluster. Additionally, the configuration for caches created in this way can be made persistent so that they are automatically recreated when a cluster restarts.
• Server deployment of Lucene analyzers for remote query [ISPN-7714].
  

9.1.3.Final and 9.2.0.Beta1 both add several Off-heap improvements and fixes.

Full details of the new features and enhancements included in these two releases can be found here and here.

We have even more exciting stuff coming up for Infinispan 9.2. Thank you for following us and stay tuned!

The Infinispan Team