May 02, 2017
The 17.04 release focuses on cross-cloud support with an emphasis on Azure. This release also adds more Custom Query Filters , lifecycle support, and Bot Templates to accelerate discovery and resolution processes via automation. Release Highlights
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Improvements in cross-cloud support for Azure, OpenStack, and GCE
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New filters, lifecycle support, and bots. For example,
- Able to stop & start AWS RDS instances via Sleeper Bots
- Able to discover snapshots accidentally exposed to the public during creation or modification (see write-up on why this ability is so important )
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Able to run job scheduler in “turbo” mode to schedule jobs more quickly Cross Cloud Support Azure:
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Added the ability to inspect, tag, and delete Disks, Snapshots, and Network Security Groups
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Added the ability to tag Virtual Machines
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Added Virtual Machine pricing data which feeds into monthly cost filter and bots
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Harvesting average CPU, which can be used to target underutilized Virtual Machines
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Added harvesting for Resource Groups and Region Limits
OpenStack:
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Added ability to shelve/unshelve Instances manually and via bot automation New Filters & Actions Route Tables:
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Route Table does/does not have internet access
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Route Table set as main
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Route Table orphaned
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Route Table has inactive route
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Match Route Table by destination type, e.g., Internet gateway, VPC peer, etc., white/black list
Load Balancer:
- Load Balancer with/without SSL listener General Improvements
- More bots: Load Balancers and Service Encryption Keys
- Impact dashboard able to save compliance widget preferences Developer/Administrator Notes
- Job Scheduler “turbo” requires additional worker node CPU utilization to deliver immediate job processing. To enable “turbo”, update your divvy.json file accordingly, e.g.,
"divvycloudjobscheduler": {
"loglevel": 2,
"turbo": true
}
- Improved AWS CPU harvesting efficiency
- Corrected GCE Service Certificate harvesting bug to eliminate redundant modification hookpoints
- Corrected AWS Elastic IP limit calculation by removing ephemeral IPs from count