2.4.0 release notes

August 16, 2022

NGINX Instance Manager 2.4.0 release notes

Upgrade Paths

NGINX Instance Manager 2.4.0 supports upgrades from these previous versions:

If your NGINX Instance Manager version is older, you may need to upgrade to an intermediate version before upgrading to the target version.

This release includes the following updates:

Get notified about critical events

Instance Manager 2.4 adds a notifications panel to the web interface. After logging in to NGINX Management Suite, select the notification bell at the top of the page to view critical system events (WARNING or ERROR level events). Future releases will support additional notification options.
See which of your NGINX Plus instances have NGINX App Protect installed

Now, when you view your NGINX Plus inventory, you can see which instances have NGINX App Protect installed. NGINX App Protect is a modern app‑security solution that works seamlessly in DevOps environments as a robust WAF or app‑level DoS defense, helping you deliver secure apps from code to customer.

This release has the following changes in default behavior:

You no longer need to associate a certificate with an instance using the web interface

NGINX Management Suite will automatically deploy a certificate to an NGINX instance if the instance’s config references the certificate on the NMS platform.
Adds nms-integrations service

This release adds a new service called nms-integerations. This service is for future integrations; no user management or configuration is needed at this time.

This release fixes the following issues. Use your browser’s search function to find the issue ID in the page.

You can find information about known issues in the Known Issues topic.