SORBA IoT-Unified Release Notes - Version 10.5.0

IoT Unified API Services

New Features

• InfluxDB Enhancements:
  • Environment variables integration for queries and settings
  • Geolocation tracking for device status updates
• VENV Management:
  • Path generation and bulk installation support
  • Detailed restoration logging and workflow
  • Empty environment validation before installation
• Supervisor Service:
  • Multi-host support
  • Enhanced monitoring endpoints with service exclusion
• File Operations:
  • Disk space validation before execution
• API Utilities:
  • New endpoint for recent service resource changes
  • Environment variable queries with optional paths
  • Enhanced device parameters with VPN status in notifications

Bug Fixes

• Application:
  • Corrected app templates
  • Removed redundant process prefixes
• Logging:
  • ISO 8601 timestamps in logs
  • Structured logging with Pino
• Synchronization:
  • Optimized cleanup intervals
  • Fixed sync status handling
• Database:
  • Simplified parameter retrieval
  • Corrected table constraints
• Supervisor/VENV:
  • Improved error handling
  • Fixed path updates and duplicates

Refactoring & Improvements

• Code cleanup and formatting
• Enhanced sync backup method
• Dependency version management

Core System Updates

• License Flexibility: Made MAC address checking more flexible for licensing.
• Backup Improvements: Enhanced tag retrieval from backup files.
• NCD Driver Updates:
  • Added Read/Write functionality for NetworkID.
  • Improved overall driver performance.
  • Channel status now always publishes in the tree.

License Decoder Updates

• Error Messaging: Improved error messages for easier troubleshooting.
• Performance: Switched from json to ujson for faster processing.
• Process Management: Added port-based process termination before service start.

Script Engine Updates

• Documentation: Updated help file with new examples and clarifications.
• Performance & Stability:
  • Increased Redis connection timeout to 10 minutes.
  • Added write_tag in custom dict SDE to allow timestamp customization.
  • Updated heartbeat to run based on quality at initialization.
• New Features:
  • Added real-time event filtering in monitoring.
  • Script runtime errors now reported in TimerCounter.
  • Added PyWavelets library to requirements.

IoT Unified Data Auto Sync

Builder Cache Improvements

• Intelligent Caching: Implemented smarter cache validation for builder configurations.

Discovery-api Service

• Framework Migration: Upgraded from Flask to FastAPI for:
  • Better performance
  • Improved concurrency handling
  • Modern API features

IoT Connectors Improvements

• InfluxDB 2:
  • Enhanced query execution reliability
  • Fixed various integration issues
• SQL Enhancements:
  • Improved tooltip clarity
  • Connector renamed from Sql to SQL
  • Added default values for:
    • PostgreSQL
    • SQL Server
    • Snowflake

New Service: sorba-pyvenv-manager

• Centralized Virtual Environment Management:
  • Unified service for all Python virtual environment operations
  • Supports both Edge and Cloud deployments
  • Manages:
    • Virtual environment creation
    • Dependency updates
    • Python version management
  • Simplifies package management across the platform

Node App Deployment Enhancements

• Status Synchronization:
  • Automatic alignment between Node App and Supervisor running status.
  • Cloud-compatible status checking alternative for deployments without direct Supervisor access.
• Optimized Apply Settings:
  • Change detection prevents unnecessary service reloads.
  • Supervisor only reloads when configuration changes are detected.
• Authentication:
  • Integrated Sorba Identity for user configuration.
• License Enforcement:
  • License limit validation before Node App creation.
  • Consistent validation for both on-premise and cloud deployments.
• Asset Selection:
  • Wildcard support for dynamic asset selection.
  • Pattern-based matching.
  • Configuration preview showing matched assets before application.

New Feature: Sorba Cloud Deployment & SDE Sync Management

Cloud Availability

• Sorba is now cloud-deployable with enhanced scalability.

Sync Management

• Manual Trigger: Users can manually sync SDE on Edge.
• Scheduled Syncs: Option to configure automatic sync schedules.

Device Status Dashboard

• Connection Monitoring:
  • Last Ping Received
  • Internet Connection Status
  • SORBA Status
  • VPN Status

Full Cloud Service Support

All key services available in cloud deployment:

• app-deployer
• auto-backup
• data-auto-sync
• discovery-api
• iot-connectors
• ml-predictor-runtime
• notification-engine
• script-engine
• sorba-alerting-engine
• sorba-task-flows
• vision-service

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