September 23

In this section, you will find reference of new StackSpot features & relevant changes in the documentation.

Features

What's new?

• New Insights Dashboard in the Studio

The Insights Dashboard offers a way to add or remove panels. You can also check graphs of entities such as Plugins and Stacks.

• Stacks Semantic Versioning

Stack versioning is now semantic, the versions can evolve alone. See more details on the Stack Versioning page.

• New Runtime Engine architecture

The new architecture is an easier way to deploy, destroy, and rollback Applications and Infrastructures.

• You can configure environments during deployment.

• Connection Interfaces improvements on the platform.

Find more details on the pages below:

• Set Up.

• Infrastructure Deployment.

• Deploy Applications.

• Use Private Repositories during a deployment.

• New Plugin Version
  In the Plugin v2, you can:

• Use more than one Connection Interface of the same type.

• Implement an Alias for Connection Interfaces and more.

• If you use the a Plugin v1, you need to migrate to v2. For more details check the migration guide.

• Creation of app.yaml
  Also in v2 of the Plugins, there is now a new yaml file: app.yaml.

• [Creation of infra.yaml and app.yaml] Another yaml file has also been created: infra.yaml.

Disclaimer: app.yaml and infra.yaml are now on app-spec.yaml and infra-spec.yaml

• New attributes in plugin.yaml . With Plugin Deployment in v2, new attributes have been added to plugin.yaml.

• Create Dynamic Links
  Content creators can generate links that adjust to the current parameters of the application.

• Create a feature to manage links in Applications and Infras
  You can integrate external tools in your Application or Infrastructure via Links. It can be static or embedded.

• New way to create Applications and Infrastructure on StackSpot Platform.

You have a new way to create Applications and Infrastructures in our Platform.

• New example to create Infrastructure and deploy via Plugins Check an example of how to create an Infrastructure and deploy via Plugins.

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Documentation Changes

• Documentation menu update
  You'll see a new Create and Use Content menu. It makes it easier to navigate the StackSpot documentation.

• Service Catalog: A guided onboarding on the Partner access

Partners can check a guide with the available sections in the Service Catalog.

• Parameter update
  The --environment parameter has been changed to --env or -e.

• Updates on the STK CLI commands page. Improvements on the commands page. The command descriptions are up to date with the new platform changes.