Release Notes¶

Please see the release announcements for additional information regarding this release.

Key Feature Changes for 2.0¶

This section outlines key features changes between versions 1.5 and 2.0 for Open AMT Cloud Toolkit.

Additions, Modifications, and Removals¶

Breaking Changes¶

• tenantId is a new field in the db and all queries now require it

Open AMT Cloud Toolkit¶

• env.template: optimized reuse of settings
• postgres: removed postgres deployment from K8S, AKS, and EKS. Recommend using managed DB service from cloud provided for these deployments
• postgres: enabled ssl communication for db connections
• deployment: added EKS deployment scripts (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service)
• deployment: added support for Kuma service mesh. This enables MTLS between containers to enhance security as well as adding additional productivity capabilities.

RPS¶

• ciraconfig: allow null values for ciraconfigname in profile edit (#f3b2659)
• multitenancy: add support for multiple tenants (#bbbdf95)
• multitenancy: device creation with MPS now includes tenantId (#e01cd79)
• activation: update client response message (#23a7a0b)
• activation: now device is saved after activation in acm (#416) (#c1b02f4)
• mqtt: adds activation success message (#cfd6a34)
• network: now removes all the profiles with priority 0 (#424) (#b00e6a9)
• network: get wifi passphrase from vault (#409) (#35532d2)
• wireless: Updated passphrase key name in vault to sync with other keys (#419) (#313daa2)

MPS¶

• api: added api for request, cancel and send user consent code to AMT (#332) (#e4fbe58)
• api: cert now pulls from config instead of disk (#d9e04e3)
• multitenancy: add multi tenancy support (#4e323c8)
• docs: updated swagger documentation (#7aee48a)

RPC¶

• security: update to OpenSSL 1.1.1l
• wireless: add AMT wireless adapter info to amtinfo LAN settings.
• refactor: format json status messages

Sample Web UI¶

• amtfeatures: replaced enabled features box to work with checkboxes (#8a86c9f)
• ciraconfig: allow clearing out cira config in profile (#abf0bee)
• dashboard: add wireless config link to dashboard page (#5b4c61c)
• device: now displays AMT FW and Provisioning Mode (#fdd439a)
• devices: add power status to device list (#1b58bac)
• notification: updated power actions notifications and resolved merge conflicts (#390) (#5610e60)
• pagesize: updated page size options (#5b8b624)
• paging: implemented paging for cira, domains, devices, profiles and wifi (#370) (#bfc554d)
• userconsent: a dialog to enter user consent code (#395) (#269d1e2)
• errors: show better error messages for deleting associated ciraconfig and wifi config (#e4651c8)
• profile: fix no wifi config found message on input focus (#3802ea5)
• wireless: table now hidden when no data (#ce50bca)

Resolved Issues in this release¶

Intel® AMT¶

• Intel® AMT device fails to re-connect to MPS after MPS is not available for an extended period of time: We have added this issue to our troubleshooting documentation

Open AMT Cloud Toolkit¶

• Power policy should be selected at BIOS under Intel®ME Power Control screen -Mobile: On in So, MEWake in S3, S4-5 –Power Package 2 for performing device poweron/off operations
• Scaling- KVM shows white screen
• Scaling- Connecting to SOL does not work correctly

RPS¶

• Wi-Fi config: Intel AMT system disconnects from mps stack after powering off the device
• Software Event Notifications

MPS¶

• AMT 12 dropping CIRA when sending command while system is off
• MPS API /ciracert always reads from file

UI-Toolkit¶

• KVM freeze intermittently: We have root caused and implemented the fix in the UI-Toolkit KVM module.

Sample-Web-UI¶

• AMT Responses should return status (i.e. NOT_READY) instead of "Sent Succesfully"
• Can't clear out CIRA config once selected in AMT Profile
• WiFi Profiles drop-down says "No Wifi configs found" before typing anything

Open Issues in 2.0¶

RPS¶

• RPS should support wildcard domain suffix: Enhancement
• Data shouldn't be added if vault calls fail: Bug
• AMT Wi-Fi Configuration not supported on non-Windows systems: Known Issue
• MQTT messaging needs to be updated for some of the events: Enhancement
• Use database abstraction/ORM layer to support multiple SQL-based database: Enhancement

MPS¶

• Direct Connection from MPS to AMT: Enhancement
• Should return error on additional KVM connections for a single device: Enhancement
• AMT does not connect to MPS after configuration: Known Issue
• Audit Log calls never respond on specific versions of AMT: Known Issue
• Use database abstraction/ORM layer to support multiple SQL-based database: Enhancement