Stratis 3.9.0 Release Notes

mulhern, Stratis Team

Stratis 3.9.0, which consists of stratisd 3.9.0 and stratis-cli 3.9.0 introduces two major new features.

Online Encryption, Decryption, and Reencryption

With Stratis 3.9.0 it is now possible to perform in-place encryption,
decryption, and reencryption of Stratis pools. Previously, the decision whether or not a pool should be encrypted had to be made when the pool was created. With Stratis 3.9.0 the storage administrator may choose to encrypt a pool after it has been put into use. Moreover, with Stratis 3.9.0, it is possible to reencrypt a pool, i.e., to change the key used to encrypt the pool, a task that may be performed as a housekeeping measure or in the case a key is known to have been compromised.

Starting a Stratis Pool Without its Cache

With Stratis 3.9.0 it is now possible to start a pool while explicitly instructing stratisd not to set up the pool's cache. This facility can be useful if the pool's cache devices are missing or otherwise unusable. Once the pool is set up, it is a pool without a cache; restoring the cache requires adding new cache devices to the pool.

Please consult the stratisd and stratis-cli changelogs for additional information about the release.