Release Notes

Portal

• Fixed an issue where editing virtual dedicated instance orders would display an error message.
• Reworded the error message when trying to un-suspend an autoscaling group.

Backend

• Added more validation around partition sizeing
• Changed the wording on raid alert tickets
• Fixed an issue reclaiming Virtual Servers
• Fixes bug when trying to find reverse DNS records.
• Fixed an issue with account link invitations not getting a proper activation url
• Fixed a bug preventing some provisioning transactions from completing automatically

Portal

• Fixed an issue where editing virtual dedicated instance orders would display an error message.
• Reworded the error message when trying to un-suspend an autoscaling group.

API

• Added more validation to ordering Direct Link products through the SLAPI to mirror validation done by the portal
• Adds functionality to allow upgrade for Fortigate firewall appliances

Backend

• Fixed an issue where disk groups would be improperly partitioned when a HOT_SPARE volume was present
• Allowed various unicode hyphens through account validation.

Portal

• Fixed an issue where a dedicated VSI would get marked as public if the order was edited.
• Fixed an issue where editing a Bare Metal Server order would make the order invalid.

API

• Enforce the same set of input requirements for SoftLayer_User_Customer::CreateObject in a linked account, as for a non-linked account.

Backend

• Fixed an issue with cloud-init provisioning not configuring the gateway properly
• Fixed an issue preventing local disk -> San disk migration from upgrading properly.
• Fixed a bug that allowed both a CIDR and IP address to be specified together in the remoteIp field of a security group rule.

Portal

• Fixed an issue where a dedicated VSI would get marked as public if the order was edited.
• Fixed an issue where editing a Bare Metal Server order would make the order invalid.

API

• Enforce the same set of input requirements for SoftLayer_User_Customer::CreateObject in a linked account, as for a non-linked account.

Backend

• Fixed an issue with cloud-init provisioning not configuring the gateway properly
• Fixed an issue preventing local disk -> San disk migration from upgrading properly.
• Fixed a bug that allowed both a CIDR and IP address to be specified together in the remoteIp field of a security group rule.

Portal

• Added 2 links to the order approval email when ordering MDMS. The links will guide the customers to the User Guide and device Checklist.
• Removed the warning on the order forms that 2nd disk is required for Balanced local flavor VSIs.

API

• When a user is created with double quotes in email address from API, Error message pointed to a problem with username. This has been fixed to show the correct error message.

Backend

• Added Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates to the list of countries that accept VAT ID.

Portal

• Fixed an error that was being displayed when an end user clicks on “Reconfigure System Configuration” link on complete order page.

API

• Removed the ability to edit or view a users profile via the API if the users status is set to cancel_pending.

Backend

• None

Portal

• IBM Bluemix Load Balancers are now live in the customer portal.
• Performance and Endurance Block volumes can no longer have their LUN Id changed unless all host authorizations are first removed. This is to ensure synchronization between the customer portal and the storage systems.

API

• None

Backend

• Added more logic when auto-scaling Virtual Guests. The new logic checks the dates in the logs first and makes sure there are no other provisions or reclaims within the cooldown period of time.
• Fixed an issue where Virtual Guests being deployed from Image templates were set to Skip OS updates during provisioning.

Portal

• Security Groups are now live in the customer portal at https://control.softlayer.com/security/securitygroups.
• Pushed some code to tidy up the Virtual Guest Family size order forms.

API

• Created the enableEuLocalizedProcessing and disableEuLocalizedProcessing methods for the SoftLayer_Account.

Backend

• None

Portal

• Resolved an issue where a subset of DCs where not displaying the 1,2,4 or 8 core options for Dedicated Host Virtual Guests.
• Pushed code that that corrected a display issue when ordering Dedicated Host Virtual Guests. When selecting Local drive Virtual Guests do not show the 3rd, 4th, and 5th disk options.

API

• Added validation to prevent monthly LBaaS orders via the API since the SoftLayer_Network_LBaaS_LoadBalancer service is only available with hourly billing.

Backend

• None

Portal

• Fixed an issue where standard disk prices were being incorrectly hidden for some datacenters during the order process.
• Virtual Guest Family sizes are now live on the order form. You can read more about the Family sizes here.
• Added new functionality to the order forms to support multiple disk controllers for bare metal offerings.
• Added the following new offerings in the Bluemix catalog: Container Registry, Informix On Cloud, Master Data Management on Cloud, Information Server on Cloud, JanusGraph, Monitoring, and Log Analysis.

API

• Fixed a bug where the results from SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::generateOrderTemplate were not showing the new Family Size Virtual Guests.
• Introduced a new feature which enables customers to specify a backend router for bare metal server orders via API.
• The SoftLayer Python CLI was updated for Family Sizes and Dedicated hosts. The virtual create-options command was updated to show flavors and the dedicated host options. The virtual create command was updated to accept a flavor key and a host id.
• Added the method getSupportedDataCenters to service SoftLayer_Network_SecurityGroup. The new API will return a list of SoftLayer_Location_Datacenter objects, which represent the datacenters where security groups are available.

Backend

• Corrected a bug that was causing customers to be unable to boot Virtual Guests in to our rescue environment.