What's New in This Guide

This section introduces the documentation updates for release 24.3.x.

Release 24.3.0 - G13506-01, November 2024

Generic Updates:

• Added the following parameters to Diameter Gateway and Diameter Connector Configuration to configure Diameter Gateway for handling stale requests cleanup for PCRF Core:
  • ENABLE_LATE_ARRIVAL
  • ENABLE_LATE_PROCESSING
  • LATE_ARRIVAL_MAX_RESPONSE_TIME
  • SKIP_LATE_PROCESSING_FOR_TERMINATE
• Added ENABLE_LATE_ARRIVAL to PCRF-Core Configurations.
• Added the TLS Configurations section to include details of configurations required for TLS.
• Added Creating Secret for Support of TLS in Diameter Gateway to describe the step to create secret for TLS in Daimeter Gateway.
• Added the following parameters to TLS Configuration in Diameter Gateway:
  • TLS_ENABLED
  • TLS_DIAMETER_PORT
  • TLS_CIPHER_SUITE
  • TLS_INITIAL_ALGORITHM
  • TLS_SECRET_NAME
  • TLS_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY_FILENAME
  • TLS_ECDSA_PRIVATE_KEY_FILENAME
  • TLS_RSA_CERTIFICATE_FILENAME
  • TLS_ECDSA_CERTIFICATE_FILENAME
  • TLS_CA_BUNDLE_FILENAME
  • TLS_MTLS_ENABLED
• Updated the API Root Configuration for Resource URI and Notification URI section with information related to traffic segregation using CNLB.
• Added the global.swaggerUiEnabled parameter in Enabling/Disabling Services Configurations section to enable Swagger Console for UDR Connector and CHF Connector Services.
• Added the bulwark.congestion.responseCode parameter in Bulwark Service Configuration section to configure the response code for rejected requests during Bulwark Pod congestion.

Installation Updates:

• Added preinstallation steps for Configuring Traffic Segregation.
• Updated the Pushing the Images to Customer Docker Registry section to describe the compatible docker image versions for various Policy microservices.
• Updated the Preupgrade Tasks section with the details of manually creating database slicing tables for SM service, Usage Monitoring service, and PCRF Core when upgrading Policy from a version in which the database slicing was introduced.
• Updated configuration details of Service Entries, Destination Rule, and envoyFilters in Installing Service Mesh Configuration Charts.

Upgrade and Rollback Updates:

• Updated the Supported Upgrade Paths in Supported Upgrade Paths.
• Updated the Supported RollBack Paths in Rolling Back Policy.