Stabilized, deprecated, and removed function
Frequent updates to the product and changes in technology require that some function is deprecated or removed from support. See the following sections for definitions of stabilized, deprecated, and removed function and tables that identify items from these categories.
Note: IBM® Cloud Private 2.1.x reaches End of Support on 30 September 2019. For more information about this product, see IBM software support lifecycle 
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Stabilized
A stabilized item is not planned for deprecation or removal from a subsequent release of a product, but is no longer updated or developed. Consider the alternative actions in the Recommended action and details that are provided in a table only if stabilized functions are listed for the current release.
Deprecated
A deprecated item is supported, but no longer recommended for use and might become obsolete. Consider the alternative actions in the Recommended action and details that are provided in the following table:
| Product or category | Affected item | Status | Version | Recommended action | More details and links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIs - Application management | deployables.mcm.ibm.com/v1alpha1 |
Deprecated | 3.2.1 | Replaced by deployable.app.ibm.com/v1alpha1 |
Application resources | |
| APIs - Application management | applicationrelationships.mcm.ibm.com/v1alpha1 |
Deprecated | 3.2.1 | Replaced by deployable.app.ibm.com.spec.dependencies |
Application resources | |
APIs - platform-identity-manager |
GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/users/<userId>/getHighestRole |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/teams/highestRole |
None available | |
APIs - platform-identity-manager |
GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/users/<userId>/getHighestRoleForCRN?crn=<resource crn> |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/teams/highestRole?crn=<resource crn> |
None available | |
APIs - platform-identity-manager |
GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/users/<userId>/getTeamResources |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/teams/resources |
None available | |
APIs - platform-identity-manager |
GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/k8resources/getK8Resources |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/teams/resources?resourceType=namespace |
None available | |
APIs - platform-identity-manager |
GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/users/<userId>/getTeams |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/teams |
None available. | |
APIs - platform-identity-manager |
GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/users/<userId>/ldapList |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/teams/directories |
None available | |
APIs - platform-identity-manager |
GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/users/<userId>/getTeamRoleMappings |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/teams/roleMappings |
None available | |
APIs - platform-identity-manager |
GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/service/teamRoleBindings |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by GET /idmgmt/identity/api/v1/teams/roleMappings? userid=<userId> |
None available | |
Internal APIs - iam-token-service |
POST /oidc/introspect POST /oidc/token GET /oidc/keys |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Replaced by POST /iam/oidc/introspect POST /iam/oidc/token GET /iam/oidc/keys |
Both the deprecated and replaced APIs are available in version 3.2.0. The deprecated APIs are planned to be removed in a subsequent release. | |
| Kubernetes API server | experimental-encryption-provider-config parameter |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Use the encryption-provider-config parameter with version apiserver.config.k8s.io/v1 instead. |
Managing Secrets and Encrypting Kubernetes secrets with Key Management Service plug-in. | |
| Logging | The functionality to install extra logging instances with security disabled | Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | Update insecure logging deployments to the 3.2.0 level and use chart parameters to enable security. | None available | |
| IBM Multicloud Manager | mcm-inception |
Deprecated | version 3.2.0 | mcm-inception is removed from the IBM Multicloud Manager server chart |
None available | |
| APIs | V1 Helm REST APIs | Deprecated | version 3.2.1 | Replaced by the V2 Helm REST APIs | Helm API | |
| IBM Cloud Private | Service Catalog | Deprecated | version 3.2.1 | Install the service catalog with OpenShift version 4.1. | For more information, see Installing the service catalog from the Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform documentation . |
Removed
A removed item is typically function that was deprecated in previous releases and is no longer available in the product. You must use alternative features as a replacement for the removed function. Consider the alternative actions in the Recommended action and details that are provided in the following table:
| Product or category | Affected item | Status | Version | Recommended action | More details and links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate Manager | ca.crt within tls.cert | Removed | version 3.2.0 | ca.crt was bundled within tls.cert, but is no longer. The CA certificate is provided in the certificate secret as ca.crt | None available. | |
| IBM Multicloud Manager install chart | ibm-mcm-prod | Removed | version 3.2.0 | Configure during or after IBM Cloud Private installation | Configuration options for IBM Multicloud Manager | |
| IBM Multicloud Manager install chart | ibm-mcmk-prod | Removed | version 3.2.0 | Use cloudctl mc cluster import to import a target managed cluster |
Importing a target managed cluster | |
| IBM Multicloud Manager inception container | ibmcom/mcm-inception-amd64:3.1.2-ce inception container | Removed | version 3.2.0 | cloudctl mc cluster import a target managed cluster |
Importing a target managed cluster | |
| IBM Multicloud Manager optional PPA install components | Federation-v2 and GitOps capabilities | Removed | version 3.2.1 | Install the IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management | Installation | |
| Helm chart | ibm-icplogging | Removed | version 3.2.0 | Use the internal logging service. | IBM Cloud Private logging | |
| Helm chart | ibm-icpmonitoring | Removed | version 3.2.0 | Use the internal monitoring service. | IBM Cloud Private monitoring | |
| Helm chart | ibm-icplogging-kibana | Removed | version 3.2.0 | Use the internal Kibana service. | Kibana | |
| Helm chart | Heapster | Removed | version 3.2.0 | Use the internal Metrics Server | None available | |
| Helm chart | Unified-router | Removed | version 3.2.0 | Use the internal Metrics Server | None available | |
| Helm chart | Microclimate application | Removed | December 1 2019 | Still works for existing deployments, but removed from the catalog | Beginning in December 2019, the helm chart for Microclimate is not supported and is removed from the public IBM public helm repository on github.com. Microclimate is delivered using Kabanero Enterprise, a supported offering that is included as part of IBM Cloud Pak for Applications. | |
| IBM Cloud Private | icp-router |
Removed | version 3.2.0 | icp-router is removed |
Use management ingress |
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| IBM Multicloud Manager | Compliance CRD | Removed | version 3.2.0 | The Compliance CRD is removed. | Use Compliance Policies CRD | |
| IBM Multicloud Manager | Prometheus and MongoDB | Removed | version 3.2.0 | Prometheus and MongoDB are removed from the IBM Multicloud Manager server chart | None available | |
| Ports | IAM port 9443 | Removed | version 3.2.1 | Access to the IAM port is deprecated. | Required ports | |
| Monitoring | AlertRule CustomResource | Removed | version 3.2.1 | Replaced by PrometheusRule | Alerts | |
| Monitoring | Support existing persistent volume claim for Prometheus and Alertmanager | Removed | version 3.2.1 | Use the persistent volume claim which created during monitoring chart installation | Installing monitoring service in IBM Cloud Private |