Aspire 5.0

Released on September 9th, 2021

NoSQL DB provider supported by the Aspire 5.0 release:

• Elasticsearch/Kibana versions 7.9.2

Java version supported

• OpenJDK 11

New Features

• New architecture under the concept of Manager and Worker nodes.

  • No need of Zookeeper.

  • Nodes properties configuration.

• New Configuration and Control API:

  • Connections API.

  • Connectors API.

  • Credentials API.

  • Policies API.

  • Schedules API.

  • Seeds API.

  • Workflow API.

• Security API.

• Manager and Worker communication API.

• Containerized deployments support:

• Aspire 5 offers official container images for container technologies.  

• Resources API.

• Enhanced User Interface (UI):

  • Separated pages for Seed, Connector, Connection, Credentials, Policies, Schedules, and Workflow configuration.

  • New tools:

    • Extension Manager for custom components.

    • Groovy Playground.

    • DXF Playground.

• Updated all 3rd party dependencies to the latest versions.

• New sandbox QuickStart installation with Docker:

  • Easiest way to get started with Aspire.

  • Containers including Aspire, LDAP, Elasticsearch and Kibana, all secured with HTTPS.

  • Not recommended for production environments.

• Kubernetes deployment guide:

  • Easiest way to get started with Aspire 5 in a Kubernetes environment with production recommended notes.

• Connectors

• File System.

• SharePoint Online.

• Group Expansion Connector.

• Azure Identity Connector.

• Publishers

  • Publish to File.

  • Publish to Elasticsearch.

Known Issues

• Aspire Framework

  • Improve Job cleanup for idle connectors.

  • Manager source info initialization errors.

  • Nodes are not shutting down in the time expected, having ES down.

  • Throttling is being applied per Seed, when it should be applied per Policy.

• Aspire UI

  • Seeds field should be required for any type of Schedules.

  • UI actions are limited for users with both Admin and Operator roles.

  • No redirect page for 401 message (unauthorized) accessing Aspire Debug Console.

  • Edit page for Seeds loading empty rare times.
  • Failed Documents -> Error Retry Patterns section with temporary checkbox to enable it, and it requires at least 2 items to work. 
  • Add Delete Policies to Connections UI (all connector types).
• Connectors
  • File System

    • UncheckedExecutionException generating hierarchy info with the Index Containers option checked.

  • SharePoint Online
    • Error crawling long URLs.

• Publishers

  • Elasticsearch

    • HTTPS option not supported for the 'Host and port' option.