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IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.0 is now available. This is a long-term support (LTS) release and will receive fix packs and security updates on a regular basis.
This update includes important internal development and field reported fixes, as well as new features.
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IBM API Connect 2018.x delivers enhanced capabilities for the market-leading IBM API management solution. In addition to the ability to deploy in complex, multi-cloud topologies, this version provides enhanced experiences for developers and cloud administrators at organizations.
The API Connect 2018.4.1.0 update includes important internal development and field reported fixes, as well as new features.
See the "What's New" topic in the API Connect Knowledge Center for more information on new features included in API Connect v2018.4.1.0
Prior to installing API Connect v2018.4.1.0, please make sure you read and understand the Version 2018.4.1.0 Release Notes in the API Connect Knowledge Center
API Connect v2018.4.1.0 contains the following field reported APARs:
| APAR | Summary |
| LI80582 | MAP POLICY MANIPULATION OF XML SCHEMAS CAUSED PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION |
| LI80474 | BLUEMIX-ANALYTICS.MIN.JS IS FAILED FOR LOADING AT THE TOP PAGE IN MANAGEMENT |
| LI80435 | API CONNECT 2018.3.7 KUBERNETES INSTALL ON AWS EKS FAILS WITH PERMISSION ERROR |
| LI80434 | SOAP API: TEST TOOL IN ASSEMBLY EDITOR MANAGER UI DOESN'T RENDER/LOAD PROPERLY AND SHOWS AN EMPTY BLANK PANEL |
| LI80430 | INVALID DATA IN WEBHOOK TABLE CAUSING INTERNAL 500 ERROR |
| LI80426 | AUTHENTICATION ON DEVPORTAL WITH OIDC MAY FAIL WITH HTTP 400 |
| LI80422 | DEVELOPER PORTAL "EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS" NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED AND REPORTING ERRORS |
| LI80419 | RECEIVED ERROR "MEMBER IS NOT SET" WHEN CHANGING AN ORGANIZATION MEMBER'S ROLE ON DEVELOPER PORTAL |
| LI80418 | API CONNECT V2018.3.7 MEMBER REMOVED FROM CONSUMER ORGANIZATION SHOWED AS PENDING |
| LI80414 | INTERNAL NAMES ARE DISPLAYED IN CATALOG PRODUCT VIEW |
| LI80413 | "CLOUD ADMIN" PROVIDER ORGANIZATION CAN BE INCORRECTLY SHOWN IN API MANAGER |
| LI80412 | CONDITIONAL POLICIES ISN'T LOADING CORRECTLY IN API DESIGNER |
| LI80411 | CANNOT HAVE MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF THE SAME API IN A PRODUCT |
| LI80410 | ON DEVELOPER PORTAL, AFTER LOGIN AS ADMINISTRATOR ROLE, THE "CANCEL ACCOUNT" BUTTON DOESN'T WORK |
| LI80406 | IN DEVELOPER PORTAL, UNABLE TO USE ORGANIZATION AND ACCOUNT DROPDOWN ON THE "API PRODUCTS" PAGE |
| LI80400 | UNRECOGNIZABLE NAMES IN THE DROP DOWN LIST FOR THE CATALOG CREATION OWNER |
| LI80398 | INVITED MEMBERS USING AN AUTHENTICATED URL REGISTRY SHOW IN CMC / APIM AS "UNDEFINED UNDEFINED" |
| LI80393 | ORGANIZATION MEMBER CAN NOT BE READDED AFTER INITIAL INVITATION EXPIRES |
| LI80392 | THE INTERNAL PLAN NAME INSTEAD OF THE TITLE IS DISPLAYED FOR APPLICATION SUBSCRIPTIONS IN THE DEVELOPER PORTAL |
| LI80391 | INTERNAL PLAN NAME INSTEAD OF THE TITLE IS DISPLAYED FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS IN THE APPLICATION PANEL UNDER THE CATALOGS |
| LI80385 | ANALYTICS SERVICE NAME NOT DISPLAYED CORRECTLY WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH GATEWAY |
| LI80383 | NOTIFICATIONS AND ERRORS MESSAGES STILL IN ENGLISH WITH GERMAN LANGUAGE SETTING |
| LI80382 | THE SWITCHING OF PRODUCTS VISIBILITY DOESN'T GET REFLECTED IN THE DEVELOPER PORTAL |
| LI80380 | INVITING MEMBERS USING SAME EMAIL ADDRESS AND ACCEPTING WITH DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF UPPER/LOWER CASE CREATES MULTIPLE US |
| LI80377 | STATUS OF SUBSCRIPTION WHEN APPROVAL IS REQUIRED IS NOT SHOW IN DEVELOPER PORTAL |
| LI80375 | THE LOGIN WINDOW FOR THE MANAGER UI DOESN'T SHOW NAME OF THE "DEFAULT" LDAP REPOSITORY |
| LI80369 | PORTAL DEVELOPER IS BROKEN AFTER ADDING A HARD LINK IN DRUPAL'S MAIN MENU |
| LI80364 | LOGIN TO DEVELOPER PORTAL FAILS WHEN USER REGISTRY WAS CREATED IN THE CLOUD MANAGER |
| LI80363 | USE AUTHENTICATION GROUP OPTION REMAINS UNCHECKED IN APIC CLOUD MANAGER |
| LI80361 | API CONNECT IS AFFECTED BY A DENIAL OF SERVICE VULNERABILITY |
| LI80358 | DEVELOPER PORTAL "TRY IT" FUNCTION HANGS ON BAD JSON RESPONSE |
| LI80356 | IMPOSSIBLE TO GENERATE THE SAMPLE BODY PARAMETER FOR API CREATED FROM WSDL |
| LI80352 | INVOKE BUTTON IS NOT ACTIVE ON TEST TOOL USING SANDBOX CATALOG |
| LI80351 | WHEN PUBLISHING PRODUCT ERROR "400 THE DRAFT_API PROPERTY IS REQUIRED." |
| LI80350 | 504 ERROR IN MANAGER USER INTERFACE CAUSED DUE TO CASSANDRA PODS GOING DOWN |
| LI80348 | HOW CAN WE GET THE API-GW WORKING AFTER IT LOSES THE CONNECTION TO THE API MANAGEMENT SERVER |
| LI80341 | LARGE PRODUCTS NOT APPEARING IN PORTAL AFTER PUBLISHING AND SUBSEQUENT PUBLISHES FAILING. |
| LI80337 | ASSEMBLY TOOL TEST INVOKE SENDING WRONG HEADERS FOR SOAP/XML |
| LI80333 | OAUTH TOKEN URL THAT DISPLAY ON DEVELOPER PORTAL INCORRECTLY APPEND API BASEPATH |
| LI80329 | HAVING TO RELOAD THE PAGE TO REFRESH ASSEMBLY TEST TOOL EDITOR AND ITS DROP DOWN LISTS. |
| LI80327 | UNABLE TO ADD CLOUD MANAGER MEMBER WHEN LDAP IS CONFIGURED |
| LI80326 | REMOVE ALL PRODUCTS OF ALL CATALOGS THAT USED THE GATEWAY |
| LI80325 | IN API MANAGER UI, MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF THE SAME API CAN'T BE ADDED INTO THE SAME PRODUCT |
| LI80324 | APPROVAL MAIL CONTAINS WRONG LINK |
| LI80322 | NOT POSSIBLE TO USE ROLE TO LIMIT PERMISSIONS ON A SPACE |
| LI80307 | THE OAUTH PROVIDER CONTAINS AN OPENAPI DEFINITION WITH VALIDATION ERRORS |
| LI80306 | KUBERNESTES IS STUCK IN INSTALLATION IN PROGRESS |
| LI80303 | ERROR 504 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONFIGURE LOGSTASH |
| LI80295 | IN TASK APPROVAL, USER AND CONSUMER ORGANIZATION ARE MISSING |
| LI80294 | CASSANDRA HIGH TOMBSTONES MAY PREVENT PUBLISHING TO THE GATEWAY SERVICE CONFIGURED FOR THE CATALOG |
| LI80293 | MENU ENTRY TO VIEW ANALYTICS IS ALWAYS VISIBLE EVEN AFTER REMOVAL OF USER PERMISSIONS |
| LI80292 | LOCALIZATION- MISSING GERMAN TRANSLATIONS... MENU AND FIELDS ARE SHOWN IN ENGLISH |
| LI80288 | 400 SERVER ERROR ON CREATE ORGANIZATION PAGE SUBMIT |
| LI80284 | APIM & CM UI PERFORMANCE ISSUE |
| LI80278 | APIC 2018.2.10 USER CAN'T ACCESS TO MANAGER UI NOR CLOUD MANAGER UI |
| LI80273 | PORTAL WEB IS DOWN , AND GETTING "UNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE SERVER: EOF" WHEN RUNNING "KUBECTL GET PODS") |
| LI80266 | APIC VERSION 2018.3.2 CANNOT CREATE EMAIL SERVER |
| LI80265 | WITH 2018.3.3, API ANALYTICS NOT VISIBLE STATUS 503 |
| LI80261 | NOT ABLE TO DELETE THE DEFAULT PROPERTY "TARGET-URL" IN AN API |
| LI80260 | CATALOG SPECIFIC VALUE IN PROPERTIES CAN NOT BE DELETED IN UI |
| LI80256 | WSDL SOAP:ADDRESS LOCATION URL IS NOT REPLACED WITH THE CORRECT API GATEWAY ENDPOINT URL |
| LI80237 | UNABLE TO INSTALL HELM CHART: CASSANDRA-OPERATOR |
| LI80236 | ANALYTICS STORAGE POD FAILS TO START ON A 16GB OVA |
| LI80230 | ASSEMBLY INFORMATION DISAPPEARS AFTER SAVING THE API FROM THE DESIGN TAB |
| LI80229 | ADDING A POLICY AFTER ANOTHER POLICY IN CATCH BLOCK FAILS |
| LI80217 | USING CUSTOM CERTIFICATES FOR UIS (CLOUD MANAGER, API MANAGER, DEVELOPER PORTAL) IS NOT POSSIBLE |
| LI80199 | CASSANDRA MAY HIT TOMBSTONE_FAILURE_THRESHOLD FOR TABLE APIM.TRANSACTIONLOCK CAUSING CLIENTS CONNECTIVITY LOSS |
| LI80129 | VM RESTARTS CHANGE THE HOST SSH KEY, PROMPTING HOST IDENTITY HAS CHANGED WHEN YOU SSH IN. |
| LI79775 | CUSTOM FIELDS OF TYPE ADDRESS FIELD DURING APP REGISTRATION DO NOT WORK |
Database technology used in this release:
IBM API Connect relies on SQL and no-SQL database technology to provide persistent storage of objects required for the function of the product. Database technology requires fast and reliable storage and, in the case of a highly available configuration, the database must perform adequately in a clustered configuration.
GlusterFS: Testing of IBM API Connect when using GlusterFS has shown that GlusterFS does not provide the speed or reliability for any of the database technology used in IBM API Connect and thus should not be considered for use as the clustered storage facility with this product.
CephFS: Ceph storage configured with RDB (Block storage) is the recommended storage solution for Highly Available clusters running on ICP and standalone Kubernetes deployments.
AWS EBS: IBM API Connect deployed on Kubernetes in EC2 instances on AWS should make use of the AWS EBS storage solution with GP2 or IO1 type.
Upgrading to 2018.4.1.0 makes changes to the underlying data structure of API Connect. It is highly recommended to have automatic backups configured in your environment and at least one successful backup complete prior to performing this upgrade.
We advise all users of IBM API Connect 2018.1.x, IBM API Connect 2018.2.x, and IBM API Connect 2018.3.x to install this update to take advantage of the fixes.
For more information about this release, see API Connect Knowledge Center: What's new in this release .
NOTE: Currently there is NO upgrade or migration path from prior versions of API Connect 5.x. However, this will be a feature of an upcoming fixpack for the v2018.4.1.x release stream
Support lifecycle policy for IBM API Connect Version 2018.4.1.0:
IBM API Connect 2018.4.1.0 is a Long-Term Supported (LTS) release and is a recommended product level for which support, including defect and security updates, will be provided through cumulative, in-place Fix Packs until the effective end of service (EOS) date for IBM API Connect 2018.4.1.0. An LTS release is intended for customers that may need a longer-term deployment for their environment. For more information, see IBM API Connect v2018.x Support Lifecycle.
Downloads:
Full installation files for IBM API Connect 2018.4.1.0, as well as the IBM API Connect 2018.4.1.0 Toolkit files, can be downloaded from Fix Central :
| Description – File Name | Date Published |
| IBM API Connect Management V2018.4.1.0 Containers management-images-kubernetes_lts_v2018.4.1.0.tgz |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Developer Portal V2018.4.1.0 Containers portal-images-kubernetes_lts_v2018.4.1.0.tgz |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Analytics V2018.4.1.0 Containers analytics-images-kubernetes_lts_v2018.4.1.0.tgz |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Management V2018.4.1.0 for VMWare management_lts_v2018.4.1.0.ova |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Developer Portal V2018.4.1.0 for VMWare portal_lts_v2018.4.1.0.ova |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Analytics V2018.4.1.0 for VMWare analytics_lts_v2018.4.1.0.ova |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Install Assist V2018.4.1.0 for Linux apicup-linux_lts_v2018.4.1.0 |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Install Assist V2018.4.1.0 for Mac apicup-mac_lts_v2018.4.1.0 |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Install Assist V2018.4.1.0 for Windows apicup-windows_lts_v2018.4.1.0 |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit V2018.4.1.0 for Linux toolkit-linux_lts_v2018.4.1.0.tgz |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit V2018.4.1.0 for Mac toolkit-mac_lts_v2018.4.1.0.zip |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit V2018.4.1.0 for Windows toolkit-windows_lts_v2018.4.1.0.zip |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit Designer with Loopback V2018.4.1.0 for Linux toolkit-loopback-designer-linux_lts_v2018.4.1.0.tgz |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit Designer with Loopback V2018.4.1.0 for Mac toolkit-loopback-designer-mac_lts_v2018.4.1.0.zip |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect Toolkit Designer with Loopback V2018.4.1.0 for Windows toolkit-loopback-designer-windows_lts_v2018.4.1.0.zip |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect ICP Enterprise V2018.4.1.0 IBM_API_Connect_ICP_Enterprise_lts_v2018.4.1.0.zip |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM API Connect ICP Professional V2018.4.1.0 IBM_API_Connect_ICP_Professional_lts_v2018.4.1.0.zip |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway for Docker Production Edition V2018.4.1.0 idg_dk2018410.lts.prod.tar.gz |
November 15, 2018 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway for Docker Nonproduction Edition V2018.4.1.0 idg_dk2018410.lts.nonprod.tar.gz |
November 15, 2018 |
Ensure that you have read and understood the installation instructions for OVAs and Containers before downloading and using the installation files. You can find detailed installation instructions in IBM API Connect Knowledge Center -- Installing API Connect .
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06 November 2019
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