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    Fusion 5.9

    Fusion 5.9.0

    Released on June 29, 2023, this long-term release includes the new Consumption Dashboard feature, adding Tika Asynchronous Parsing support for remote V2 connectors, and new version requirements for the LDAP ALCs V2 connector and the SharePoint Optimized V2 connector.

    To learn more, skip to the release notes.

    Platform Support and Component Versions

    Kubernetes platform support

    Lucidworks has tested and validated support for the following Kubernetes platforms and versions:

    • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE): 1.25 and 1.26

    • Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): 1.25 and 1.26

    • Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS): 1.25 and 1.26

    Support is also offered for Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) and OpenShift 4 versions that are based on Kubernetes 1.25 and 1.26. OpenStack and customized Kubernetes installations are not supported.

    For more information on Kubernetes version support, see the Kubernetes support policy.

    Component versions

    The following table details the versions of key components that may be critical to deployments and upgrades.

    Component Version

    Solr

    fusion-solr 5.9.0
    (based on Solr 9.1.1)

    ZooKeeper

    3.7.1

    Spark

    3.2.2

    Ingress Controllers

    Nginx, Ambassador (Envoy), GKE Ingress Controller

    Istio not supported.

    More information about support dates can be found at Lucidworks Fusion Product Lifecycle.

    Looking to upgrade?

    Check out the Fusion 5 Upgrades topic for details.
    Upgrades from Fusion 5.8.0

    Fusion 5.8.1 fixed an issue with the Fusion 5.8.0 Helm chart that prevented horizontal pod autoscaling.

    If you are upgrading from Fusion 5.8.0 to any later version and use horizontal pod autoscaling, you must complete the procedure detailed in the Fusion 5.8.1 release notes.

    New Features

    • The new Consumption Dashboard tracks your request and document usage against the allotted consumption in your Fusion license. To access the dashboard, log into Fusion and go to Analytics > Consumption.

    Lucidworks offers free training to help you get started with Fusion. Check out the The Consumption Dashboard course, which focuses on the purpose and function of this dashboard as well as how to navigate it using the Fusion Admin UI:

    The Consumption Dashboard

    Visit the LucidAcademy to see the full training catalog.

    Improvements

    Fusion

    • Fusion now supports Kubernetes 1.25 and 1.26. This applies to GKE, AKS, and EKS. It also applies to Rancher (RKE) and OpenShift 4 versions that are compatible with Kubernetes 1.25 and 1.26. Refer to Kubernetes documentation for versions 1.25 and 1.26 to decide which version to use for your deployment.

    • Added a new Admin button to the Rules Editor screen. Click on it to log out of Fusion.

    • Improved Spark Solr’s performance to ingest and transport data, as well as setting the most efficient sort for data export.

    Fusion Connectors

    • Updated the connectors-sdk library version to Java 11.

    • Updated Fusion to prevent automatically updating V2 connector plug-ins. Intentional updates allow you to verify related functions and operations.

    • Updated Fusion to specify pod resources for connector plug-in type to ensure optimal capability and performance.

    Other changes

    Babel Street (formerly Basistech) Compatibility

    • Fusion 5.9.0 and later can reference a new Solr 9.0/9.1 image that comes bundled with Babel Street JAR files.

    Fusion Connectors

    Bug Fixes

    Fusion

    • Fixed an issue where the parsing endpoint in the indexing service did not parse a DOC file or other Microsoft Word documents. The Apache POI was updated with the log4j API.

    Fusion Connectors

    • Fixed an issue where clearing the crawldb for the Access Control List (ACL) datasource also deletes the ACLs.

    • Fixed an issue where the Box.com V2 connector did not start successfully when a Fusion branch was deployed.

    Known issues

    • New Kerberos security realms cannot be configured successfully in this version of Fusion.