Varnish Controller 5.3.0 Release

Note: All components needs to be upgraded for this release, see versioning.

The release includes bug fixes and improvements.

• The traffic router default systemd file now has a LimitNOFILE set to 200000. This is to support a large number of connections towards the router.
• Improvements to file rollback functionality
• Improved performance for database queries
• Router logs for utilization of endpoints now includes the current utilization and the configured limit.
• vcli now support --clear-health-headers for RoutingRules, to clear existing health-headers.
• A new description endpoint added, to show counter descriptions (vcli with verbose (-v) now includes descriptions for statistics).
• Prometheus statistics via the controller now includes router and domain.
• Reject account locking of users own account.
• UI: Introduced descriptions for counters used in dashboard widgets.
• UI: Introduced a new view with account logs.
• UI: Improvements to all logs for resources.
• UI: Improvements to error handling dashboard widgets.
• UI: Improvements to validation regarding ipv4 and ipv6.
• UI: Improvements to draft/deployed switch in a VCLGroup.
• UI: Improvements how we handle latency.
• UI: Improvements on how we handle nested includes.
• UI: Improvements when deploying a VCLGroup that has files shared with other VCLGroups.
• UI: Fixed a bug in editor switching between draft and deployed.
• UI: Fixed a bug in dashboard widget where tags would be removed when edited.

See Varnish Controller Changelog for more details on the changes and the upgrade notes for more details on how to upgrade.

Take a look at the Varnish Controller Deprecation page to prepare for upcoming major changes.

This update is recommended for all users.