Chapter 1. Welcome to CloudStack 4.2
Welcome to the 4.2.0 release of CloudStack, the second major release from the Apache CloudStack project since its graduation from the Apache Incubator. CloudStack 4.2 includes more than 70 new features and enhancements. The focus of the release is on three major areas:
In addition to these major new areas of functionality, CloudStack 4.2 provides many additional enhancements in a variety of product areas. All of the new features are summarized later in this Release Note.
This document contains information specific to this release of CloudStack, including upgrade instructions from prior releases, new features added to CloudStack, API changes, and issues fixed in the release. For installation instructions, please see the
Installation Guide. For usage and administration instructions, please see the
CloudStack Administrator's Guide. Developers and users who wish to work with the API will find instruction in the
CloudStack API Developer's Guide
