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It’s release roundup time again here at Percona!
It’s release roundup time again here at Percona!Our Release Roundups showcase the latest Percona software updates, tools, and features to help you manage and deploy our software. It offers highlights and critical information, as well as links to the full release notes and direct links to the software or service itself to download.
Today’s post includes those releases and updates that have come out since August 2, 2021.
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL Operator 0.2.0
On August 12, 2021, Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL Operator 0.2.0 was released. It is based on best practices for the configuration and setup of a Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL cluster. The benefits of the Operator are many, but saving time and delivering a consistent and vetted environment is key. New features and improvements include the Custom Resource structure was reworked to provide the same look and feel as other Percona Operators, there is no need to specify the name of the pgBackrest Pod in the backup manifest anymore as it is detected automatically by the Operator, and replicas management is now performed through the main Custom Resource manifest instead of creating separate Kubernetes resources.
Note: Version 0.2.0 of the Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL Operator is a Beta release, and it is not recommended for production environments.
Download Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL Operator 0.2.0
Percona Distribution for MySQL Operator 1.9.0
Aug 9, 2021, saw the release of Percona Distribution for MySQL Operator 1.9.0, which automates the creation, alteration, or deletion of members in your Percona Distribution for MySQL environment. There are many new features, improvements, and fixes, including (but not limited to) using Secrets to store custom configuration with sensitive data for Percona XtraDB Cluster, HAProxy, and ProxySQL Pods, now you can see HAProxy metrics in your favorite Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) dashboards automatically, and the cross-site replication feature allows an asynchronous replication between two Percona XtraDB Clusters, including scenarios when one of the clusters is outside of the Kubernetes environment.
Download Percona Distribution for MySQL Operator 1.9.0
Percona Monitoring and Management 2.20.0
On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, Percona Monitoring and Management 2.20.0 (PMM) was released. It is a free and open-source platform for managing and monitoring MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL performance. Included in this release is an important note for users of PMM who started out using the Docker image of 2.16.0, along with many new features and improvements.
Download Percona Monitoring and Management 2.20.0
Percona Server for MongoDB 4.0.26-21
Percona Server for MongoDB 4.0.26-21 was released on August 9, 2021. It is an enhanced, open source, and highly scalable database that is a fully compatible, drop-in replacement for MongoDB 4.0.26 Community Edition, supporting MongoDB 4.0.26 protocols and drivers. An improvement in this release is the added status of hot backup, so one can check the status of a backup like running: true/false, start time, estimated time, etc.
Download Percona Server for MongoDB 4.0.26-21
ProxySQL 2.2.0 and proxysql-admin
As of August 10, 2021, ProxySQL 2.2.0, released by ProxySQL, is now available for download in the Percona Repository along with an updated version of Percona‘s proxysql-admin tool. It is a high-performance proxy, currently for MySQL, and database servers in the MySQL ecosystem
Download ProxySQL 2.2.0 and proxysql-admin
That’s it for this roundup, and be sure to follow us on Twitter to stay up-to-date on the most recent releases! Percona is a leader in providing best-of-breed enterprise-class support, consulting, managed services, training, and software for MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and other open source databases in on-premises and cloud environments.
