Manufacturing Connect 2.10.0

5min

Release Date: April 28, 2023
New Features
Description
Marketplace
When an application release containing the special variable named EDGE_API_TOKEN is deployed to a Manufacturing Connect Edge instance, the Manufacturing Connect Edge will generate a token (REST API Key) named MPC-APP and pass it to the application release's respective Docker container. 
Enhancements and Improvements
Description
Manufacturing Connect instances are now more compatible with Load Balancers. Previously certain Manufacturing Connect Edge requests would be dropped.
Status Overview / Dashboard
VM Time has been reworded to System Time.
License
Whitespace is no longer allowed while entering a license key.
Edge Devices
Redesigned the user interface for child DeviceHub devices.
When Forward Events is enabled, and the connection with a Manufacturing Connect Edge is lost, a more detailed error message is now displayed.
Application Details 
When you include the EDGE_API_TOKEN parameter in an application release deployment, the parameter will be read only.
Software Update
Applying software updates for Manufacturing Connect Edge 3.5.0+ is now more reliable.
Dashboard
A warning will be shown if System Time and your Local time differs by 10 minutes.﻿
﻿Large numbers have been altered to be easier to read.
Templates
Parameterized templates can now be successfully downloaded from Admin Console > Templates.
Edge Remote
When adding a new Edge Remote network, all IPv4 addresses that are in the format 0.xxx.xxx.xxx/8 are no longer allowed.
Policies
When searching for a password policy with a keyword, only matching policy names will be displayed. Previously, both matching policy names and matching policy description were displayed.
Settings
﻿Concurrent support bundle downloads are no longer allowed.
When support bundle generation fails, an error message will now be displayed.﻿
﻿Support bundles now also contain a configuration DB dump.
﻿Manufacturing Connect support bundles now contain multi-container pod logs.
﻿Network configuration MTU is now configurable.
Resolved Issues
Description
Login 
﻿Fixed an issue where incorrect System Time prevented logins.
Status Overview
﻿Fixed an issue with Dashboard tagcount being inconsistent with the tag count in Edge Devices﻿.
Edge Devices
Fixed an issue where edge device details were not displaying while license info was still loading.
﻿When Metrics are not available, DeviceHub devices will now display Metrics are not available rather than incorrectly displaying them as offline.
Activation Config/Requests
Fixed an issue with activation fails when the User Root CA certificate is not uploaded.
Templates
Fixed an issue where parameterized templates cease being parameterized when the scope is edited.
Alerts﻿
﻿Fixed an issue with emails not being successfully sent.
Marketplace
Fixed an issue where enum-type variables weren't displaying during application deployment.
﻿Fixed an issue where the Manufacturing Connect Site license with catalog feature did not enable the Marketplace feature and the Application page.
Settings
Fixed an issue where support bundles couldn't be downloaded.
Fixed an issue with Email Settings not being available for the Kubernetes version.
﻿Security﻿
Multiple vulnerabilities have been resolved as part of this release.
Deprecated Components and Features
Description
Edge Devices
﻿The Remote tab has been removed.
Alerts
﻿Most System Triggers have been removed except for alert failure system trigger.
﻿When adding/editing triggers, Data sources have been removed. They have been replaced with Metrics.
Known Issues
Description
For Firefox browser with self-signed certificate, there are failures on all file uploads of Manufacturing Connect Edge on Manufacturing Connect Admin Console.
Parametrized templates are not supported for instance-level templates
The Admin Dashboard usage stats are inconsistent with the Data Lifecycle Management statistics
Edge Devices
﻿For Docker version of Manufacturing Connect, when Forward Events is enabled, actions that trigger events do not display the events.
Alerts
Metrics alerts for Connector online status may not operate properly.
Marketplace
When deploying an application release containing a Docker container configuration that uses Docker Volumes, there may be errors.
License Server
When viewing features, some may display an empty license name.
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Description
Marketplace When an application release containing the special variable named EDGE_API_TOKEN is deployed to a Manufacturing Connect Edge instance, the Manufacturing Connect Edge will generate a token (REST API Key) named MPC-APP and pass it to the application release's respective Docker container.

Description
Manufacturing Connect instances are now more compatible with Load Balancers. Previously certain Manufacturing Connect Edge requests would be dropped.
Status Overview / Dashboard VM Time has been reworded to System Time.
License Whitespace is no longer allowed while entering a license key.
Edge Devices Redesigned the user interface for child DeviceHub devices. When Forward Events is enabled, and the connection with a Manufacturing Connect Edge is lost, a more detailed error message is now displayed.
Application Details When you include the EDGE_API_TOKEN parameter in an application release deployment, the parameter will be read only.
Software Update Applying software updates for Manufacturing Connect Edge 3.5.0+ is now more reliable.
Dashboard A warning will be shown if System Time and your Local time differs by 10 minutes. Large numbers have been altered to be easier to read.
Templates Parameterized templates can now be successfully downloaded from Admin Console > Templates.
Edge Remote When adding a new Edge Remote network, all IPv4 addresses that are in the format 0.xxx.xxx.xxx/8 are no longer allowed.
Policies When searching for a password policy with a keyword, only matching policy names will be displayed. Previously, both matching policy names and matching policy description were displayed.
Settings Concurrent support bundle downloads are no longer allowed. When support bundle generation fails, an error message will now be displayed. Support bundles now also contain a configuration DB dump. Manufacturing Connect support bundles now contain multi-container pod logs.
Network configuration MTU is now configurable.

Description
Login Fixed an issue where incorrect System Time prevented logins.
Status Overview Fixed an issue with Dashboard tagcount being inconsistent with the tag count in Edge Devices.
Edge Devices Fixed an issue where edge device details were not displaying while license info was still loading. When Metrics are not available, DeviceHub devices will now display Metrics are not available rather than incorrectly displaying them as offline.
Activation Config/Requests Fixed an issue with activation fails when the User Root CA certificate is not uploaded.
Templates Fixed an issue where parameterized templates cease being parameterized when the scope is edited.
Alerts Fixed an issue with emails not being successfully sent.
Marketplace Fixed an issue where enum-type variables weren't displaying during application deployment. Fixed an issue where the Manufacturing Connect Site license with catalog feature did not enable the Marketplace feature and the Application page.
Settings Fixed an issue where support bundles couldn't be downloaded. Fixed an issue with Email Settings not being available for the Kubernetes version.
Security Multiple vulnerabilities have been resolved as part of this release.

Description
Edge Devices The Remote tab has been removed.
Alerts Most System Triggers have been removed except for alert failure system trigger. When adding/editing triggers, Data sources have been removed. They have been replaced with Metrics.

Description
For Firefox browser with self-signed certificate, there are failures on all file uploads of Manufacturing Connect Edge on Manufacturing Connect Admin Console.
Parametrized templates are not supported for instance-level templates
The Admin Dashboard usage stats are inconsistent with the Data Lifecycle Management statistics
Edge Devices For Docker version of Manufacturing Connect, when Forward Events is enabled, actions that trigger events do not display the events.
Alerts Metrics alerts for Connector online status may not operate properly.
Marketplace When deploying an application release containing a Docker container configuration that uses Docker Volumes, there may be errors.
License Server When viewing features, some may display an empty license name.

Updated 09 Sep 2024

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