# Rackspace Cloud Databases Release Notes

Rackspace Cloud DBs Rel Notes
Rackspace Cloud
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API v1.0
Rackspace Cloud Databases
2012-10-02
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This document is intended for software developers interested in developing applications using the Rackspace Cloud Databases Application Program Interface (API).

2012-10-02

Updated for v1.0.13.

2012-09-17

Updated for v1.0.12.

2012-09-13

Updated for v1.0.11.

2012-08-21

Updated for v1.0.8.

2012-08-02

Updated for v1.0.7.

2012-08-01

Initial Unlimited Availability (UA) release for Rackspace Cloud Databases.

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## Document Change History

This version of the Release Notes replaces and obsoletes all previous versions. The most recent changes are described in the table below:

## v1.0.13, October 2, 2012

Bug Fixes

- D-08245: Formatted code to comply with pep8 code style.

- D-08357: Initialized and updated usage data for instances that existed prior to billing enablement.

- D-08648: Fixed guest agent to properly address lost connections with message bus.

Resources

- Get started using the Cloud Databases API to create databases in the Getting Started Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Get reference information and examples in the Cloud Databases Developer Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Support for Cloud Databases is available for US and UK customers 24x7x365 via phone, chat, or you may also File a Ticket.

- Please visit our Product Feedback Forum and let us know what you think about Cloud Databases!

## v1.0.12 (Hotfix), September 17, 2012

Bug Fixes

- D-08422: Fixed billing code to properly send events to Yagi and fixed billing timestamp format.

Known Issues / Limitations

- List Versions API call does not work and returns a "403 Forbidden" response.

- Users' database privileges are not modifiable. Users must be deleted and recreated to add additional database privileges.

Resources

- Get started using the Cloud Databases API to create databases in the Getting Started Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Get reference information and examples in the Cloud Databases Developer Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Support for Cloud Databases is available for US and UK customers 24x7x365 via phone, chat, or you may also File a Ticket.

- Please visit our Product Feedback Forum and let us know what you think about Cloud Databases!

## v1.0.11, September 13, 2012

Bug Fixes

- D-08051: Fixed issue preventing users from increasing/decreasing their instance flavor size.

- D-06654: Resizing instance using same volume size no longer generates misleading error message.

- D-07897: Fixed issue where instance in ERROR fails to delete.

- D-07819: Fixed issue causing usage information to be applied when instance goes into error status after failed provisioning.

- D-07213: Fixed guest update Mgmt API call.

Maintenance

- D-08217: Corrected yagi logrotate configuration to prevent log file handle from disappearing.

- B-27788: Updated usage modify events (resize volume/flavor).

- B-29438: Added Environment Variable to usage event.

Known Issues / Limitations

- List Versions API call does not work and returns a "403 Forbidden" response.

- Users' database privileges are not modifiable. Users must be deleted and recreated to add additional database privileges.

Resources

- Get started using the Cloud Databases API to create databases in the Getting Started Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Get reference information and examples in the Cloud Databases Developer Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Support for Cloud Databases is available for US and UK customers 24x7x365 via phone, chat, or you may also File a Ticket.

- Please visit our Product Feedback Forum and let us know what you think about Cloud Databases!

## v1.0.8, August 21, 2012

What's New

- Added reserved database names that cannot be used for creating databases (see http://docs.rackspace.com/cdb/api/v1.0/cdb-devguide/content/POST_createDatabase__version___accountId__instances__instanceId__databases_.html for details).

- Added reserved user names that cannot be used for creating users (see http://docs.rackspace.com/cdb/api/v1.0/cdb-devguide/content/POST_createUser__version___accountId__instances__instanceId__users_.html for details).

- Added support for the InnoDB plugin.

Bug Fixes

- D-07436: Added `updated` attribute to the response from the List Versions API call.

- D-07488: Increased `max_allowed_packet` default to 16 MB.

- D-07278: Fixed `open_files_limit` based on flavor size.

- D-06636: Fixed issue where rabbit restart causes delete_queue to fail.

- D-07273: Added check for account id in Mgmt API calls.

- D-07644: Fixed the issue where the Usage events for "Exists" do not have a "T" in the date/time format.

- D-06783: Split usage events of over 24 hours into "exists" events.

- D-07366: Simplified ioprio calculation.

- Story:317533: Added cpulimit overcommit multiplier.

- Fixed the trove-api issues with rabbit connections. Using openstack-common rpc.

- Updated the usage event with the environment set to STAGE instead of STAGING.

- Changed set_cpus to not use a multiplier so that values in the flavors database have the correct vcpus that are then applied to the containers.

Known Issues / Limitations

- List Versions API call does not work and returns a "403 Forbidden" response.

- Users' database privileges are not modifiable. Users must be deleted and recreated to add additional database privileges.

Resources

- Get started using the Cloud Databases API to create databases in the Getting Started Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Get reference information and examples in the Cloud Databases Developer Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Support for Cloud Databases is available for US and UK customers 24x7x365 via phone, chat, or you may also File a Ticket.

- Please visit our Product Feedback Forum and let us know what you think about Cloud Databases!

## v1.0.7, August 2, 2012

What's New

- Multi-cab scheduler.

Bug Fixes

- Fixed usage bug with httplib2.

Resources

- Get started using the Cloud Databases API to create databases in the Getting Started Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Get reference information and examples in the Cloud Databases Developer Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Support for Cloud Databases is available for US and UK customers 24x7x365 via phone, chat, or you may also File a Ticket.

- Please visit our Product Feedback Forum and let us know what you think about Cloud Databases!

## v1.0.6, August 1, 2012

We’re pleased to announce the availability of Rackspace Cloud Databases to all US and UK Open Cloud customers. These release notes cover the Unlimited Availability (UA) release of Rackspace Cloud Databases.

Product Features

- Performance Optimized MySQL Instances

  Provision MySQL database instances of varying flavor (RAM) sizes without the need to maintain and/or update MySQL. Optionally create users and databases during instance creation for quick deployment.

- High-performance block level storage

  Critical loads with high I/O demands are performance-optimized and protected with local RAID 10 and network RAID 10. Additionally, network RAID provides synchronous replication of volumes with automatic failover and load balancing across available storage clusters.

- Storage Management

  Increase storage allocation seamlessly without downtime as your dataset size increases.

- Database Instance Management

  Increase or decrease flavor (RAM) size as database input/output (I/O) demands increase.

- Database Management

  Create, list, and delete databases on your MySQL database instance.

- User Management

  Control database access by adding and removing MySQL users. Optionally enable root user access for additional control.

What's New

- Performance improvements.

- Documentation updates to the CDB Developer Guide.

Bug Fixes

- Removed root user from the users list.

- List users no longer shows root (or any other specified users we define).

- XML Pagination works for list instances.

- Kernel openvz updates.

- Added Environment field to usage payload xml.

- Separate the modify event into modify volume/flavor types.

- Added categories searching for atom hopper billing.

Known Issues / Limitations

- Users' database privileges are not modifiable. Users must be deleted and recreated to add additional database privileges.

Resources

- Get started using the Cloud Databases API to create databases in the Getting Started Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Get reference information and examples in the Cloud Databases Developer Guide at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api/.

- Support for Cloud Databases is available for US and UK customers 24x7x365 via phone, chat, or you may also File a Ticket.

- Please visit our Product Feedback Forum and let us know what you think about Cloud Databases!