Cloudera Private Cloud Base 7.3.1 Release Summary
Cloudera is thrilled to announce Cloudera’s first-ever unified release: Cloudera 7.3.1! This is a single software release available for both Cloudera Public Cloud and Cloudera Private Cloud Base environments that enable capabilities, workloads, and governance to work and feel the same everywhere.
With the cohesion of Cloudera Public Cloud 7.2.18 and Cloudera Private Cloud Base 7.1.9 into a streamlined 7.3.1 version, customers can now benefit from our accelerated pace of innovation with simpler versioning. This unified release provides a consistent feature set across all deployment environments – whether in the Cloudera Private Cloud Base or the Cloudera Public Cloud.
This milestone release unleashes the power of true hybrid capabilities for data management, enabling data and analytics running public cloud and across multiple clouds to be managed cohesively and federated into a unified whole. Cloudera is the only platform transforming customers’ data management and data journeys by enabling the seamless movement of data and workloads across all environments.
Welcome to the future of hybrid data solutions with Cloudera!
Main highlights of this release
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Hive and Iceberg integration: The integration of Apache Hive with Apache Iceberg brings modern, open-table format capabilities to Hive’s powerful data warehousing features. With increased performance and scalability, Hive users can easily work with large, complex datasets across both Cloudera Public Cloud and Cloudera Private Cloud Base environments. Iceberg’s support for schema evolution, time travel, and ACID compliance allows Hive users to manage data changes seamlessly and query historical data snapshots without compromising on performance. This powerful combination streamlines data management, enhances flexibility, and opens new doors for efficient data operations in hybrid environments.
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SQL Assistant: Hue now leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to transform data interaction with its SQL AI assistant. Generate SQL queries from natural language, optimize, explain, and fix them effortlessly. Compatible with OpenAI’s GPT, Amazon Bedrock, and Azure’s OpenAI, Hue offers the flexibility to choose the AI service that suits you best.
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Support for Amazon S3 Express One Zone Storage: Cloud connectors now offer high-performance, single-availability Zone storage with consistent single-digit millisecond access. By storing data in the same Availability Zone as your compute resources, you can optimize performance, reduce costs, and accelerate workloads. This storage class supports hundreds of thousands of requests per second for seamless scalability.
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Improved security posture: This release addresses 225+ total Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) which reflects our strong commitment to safeguarding data and ensuring a secure, resilient environment for our users. Each CVE resolution bolsters the integrity and stability of our platform, protecting against potential threats across all deployment environments – whether in the Cloudera Private Cloud Base, the Cloudera Public Cloud, or hybrid.
Additional features and highlights
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Zero Downtime Upgrade (ZDU): Building on the success of ZDU in version 7.1.9, by supporting ZDU in 7.3.1, we continue to simplify the upgrade process for hassle-free upgrades while maintaining high availability and minimizing disruptions to critical operations.
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Cloudera Replication Manager Enhancements:
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Advanced Iceberg replication to support Iceberg V2 tables created by Hive, Impala, and Spark
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RM extends ozone replication from data only to metadata; ozone metadata replication can be scheduled via Hive external table replication.
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Spark 3 Standardization: For customers moving from Spark 2, this release simplifies the transition through enhanced tooling to ease the migration process. By upgrading to Spark 3, users can unlock superior performance, better resource utilization, and the ability to seamlessly integrate with modern data and AI workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
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**Unifying Cloudera Public Cloud 7.2.18 and Cloudera CDP Private Cloud Base 7.1.9 now ensure feature consistency across deployment environments. For example, multi-authentication support for SAML and LDAP in the Apache Hive component is now available on Cloudera Private Cloud Base, while the OpenJPA 3 upgrade for Apache Oozie is now available on Cloudera Public Cloud. For a complete list of new features on either platform, please refer to the release notes.
Multi Python support
- Python 3.9: RHEL/Oracle 8.x, RHEL/Oracle 9.x, and Ubuntu 20.
- Python 3.10: SLES 15 SP4 and SP5, and Ubuntu 22
Upgrade Paths to Cloudera 7.3.1
- Cloudera Private Cloud Base: Direct upgrades (including downgrades and rollbacks) are supported from versions 7.1.9 SP1, 7.1.8, and 7.1.7 SP3.
- Cloudera Public Cloud: Direct upgrades are supported from 7.2.18.0, 7.2.18.100, 7.2.18.300, and 7.2.17.200 through 7.2.17.500.
- Upgrades from other versions not listed above may require a two-hop upgrade.
Operating System, Database and JDK support
- RHEL 8.10: The latest release supports RHEL 8.10 for Cloudera Public Cloud.
- JDK 17: The latest release introduces JDK 17 support for Cloudera Public Cloud, delivering enhanced performance, security, and compatibility for modern cloud-native applications.
- PostgreSQL 14: This support is now present for Cloudera Public Cloud.
Removed Components
The following components have been removed and are no longer available in Cloudera 7.3.1:
- Apache Spark 2 (see Deprecation notice for Apache Spark 2)
- Apache Livy 2 (see Deprecation notice for Apache Livy 2)
- Apache Zeppelin (see Deprecation notice for Apache Zeppelin)
Cloudera Data Services on Cloudera Private Cloud Base support
Cloudera Data Services on Cloudera Private Cloud Base are currently not supported with 7.3.1 and support will be coming down the road in subsequent CHFs and service packs. Customers using Cloudera Data Services on premises are suggested to stay with 7.1.9, as upgrading to 7.3.1 will break compatibility. These customers should upgrade to 7.3.1 at a future date when support is available.