ReleaseNotes:App Platform

This is the App Platform Release Notes Document.

A new App Platform image is not released like other Service Releases but just from time to time.
The update can be applied here .

Please see the disclaimer before using the information presented here!

App Platform

90007

67822 - Increase size of first partition

The first partition must be a bit larger to avoid alarms in hosting applications which monitor the disk usage of their VMs.

66090 - Updated buildroot with latest security and package fixes

Updated buildroot to version 2019.02.8 which includes multiple package updates and fixes.

100012

103946 - Buildroot update to version 2020.9

Update buildroot which now contains updated packages with latest security and bug fixes.

103945 - Kernel update to 5.4.89

Updated kernel with latest security fixes.

107602 - Updated arm64 kernel

Added IPv6 support to the kernel and removed unneccessary modules.

100013

114269 - Increase max open files/processes on x86_64

The configured limit was ignored and thus too low.

Max open files are now 1000000 and max processes 30000.

114370 - Try to workaround issues on upgrading an AP image

Seems as if some files required for detecting the upgrade process are not always written successfully.

We changed something in the upgrade script now and hopefully it doesn't happen anymore.

110016

119535 - Delete coredumps during upgrade

It may happen that an app ends in an endless loop while processing a coredump from an older rootfs on a new rootfs.

118529 - Upgraded postgresql to version 14.2

This envolves a more complicated upgrade mechanism as databases must be converted from 11.x to 14.x

110025

136535 - Buildroot update with OpenSSH instead of dropbear

Dropbear prevented debugging with innovaphone SDK Apps.

The buildroot update also includes updated packages.

110026

138602 - Fixed "unknown ioctl 1976" on VSphere

The 5.10 kernel version introduced "unknown ioctl 1976" warnings on the console with the Open VM Tools package (no other drawbacks known).

The following kernel modules have been integrated into the x86_64 kernel to fix this issue and to add support for certain virtualization features:

• CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI
• CONFIG_VHOST_SCSI
  
• CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK
  
• CONFIG_VHOST
  
• CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS
• CONFIG_KVM
  
• CONFIG_KVM_AMD
  
• CONFIG_KVM_INTEL

110027

142411 - Fixed the resize script which resizes a partition inside a VM

The script was broken and the usage caused data loss.

Now the disk can be resized again and the partitions are correctly recreated too.

110032

149398 - Update to buildroot 2022.02.12

New buildroot version with updated packages.

120000

164599 - Added libasan to support Apps linked to asan

Libasan can be used to check for leaks and invalid memory access.

164598 - Removed nested KVM hosting support in Kernel

Our App Platform will never host KVMs itself.

120004

166990 - Added libbacktrace

Added backtrace library so that Apps can create their own backtraces on crashes, as gdb on ARM cannot work with coredumps anymore.

166989 - Changes for libmariadb instead of libmysqlclient

Old library is still available in addition to new library which is interface compatible (no SDK changes required).