Release Date: Wed November 15th 2023
Code Freeze: Wed October 25th 2023
Namer: Ernesto Ojeda (EdgeX Foundry DevOps Working Group lead and TSC member)
The Napa release is EdgeX version 3.1 (the 13th overall release and the first dot release off EdgeX 3.0). It is a stabilization of the version 3 and is our current Long Term Support (LTS) release, replacing Jakarta (EdgeX 2.1) in having current LTS status.
Release Major Themes
- URIs for Files
- Added support for loading EdgeX configuration files from a remote location via a URI. This includes configurations, unit of measurements, device profiles, device definitions and provision watchers
- An important benefit of this is to allow services to share more of the configuration and startup information in a single location, rather than copying and having different sources of information.
- See here for full details: https://docs.edgexfoundry.org/3.1/microservices/general/#uri-for-files
- Note that this feature is not yet available in the C Device Service SDK and is aimed for completion in the next release (Odessa)
- Common Configuration - Added support for C Device Services
- The Common Configuration pattern added in EdgeX 3.0 is now also supported in the C Device Service SDK meaning that all services now support this feature
- Major Documentation Improvements