Document changelog

Contents

Document changelog#

This section shows the history of updates to the Nubus for Kubernetes - Operation Manual since its publication on 28. March 2024.

Year 2025#

Date

Chapter or topic

Change

  1. Nov 2025

Nubus Directory Importer installation

Ensure that readers know about prerequisites before they start the installation procedure.

  1. Nov 2025

LDAP

LDAP MDB limit size recommendations for large environments.

  1. Nov 2025

Troubleshooting NATS

Add troubleshooting section for NATS message queue.

  1. Oct 2025

Keycloak secrets

Add secrets for Keycloak to the list of secrets.

  1. Oct 2025

Provisioning Service secrets

Update secrets for the NATS configuration in the Provisioning Service.

  1. Oct 2025

Deployment

Removed unused LDAP domain name from the configuration values.

  1. Oct 2025

Document

Use the term Nubus for UCS instead of UCS appliance.

  1. Oct 2025

Document changelog

Remove document version numbers from changelog.

  1. Oct 2025

Automatic sign-out from the Portal

Document automatic logout feature.

  1. Oct 2025

Deployment

Update deployment example values and chapter references.

  1. Oct 2025

Use external PostgreSQL database

Update secrets and requirements for external PostgreSQL database.

  1. Sept 2025

SCIM Client

Document additional scopes configuration for SCIM Client.

  1. Sept 2025

Deployment

Increase clarity on Helm Chart values required for deployment.

  1. Aug 2025

List of secrets

Update secrets in the listing and enhance with some explanation.

  1. Aug 2025

Limitations

Add limitations section for SCIM Client.

  1. Aug 2025

Left sidebar

Add section about the new left sidebar feature.

  1. Aug 2025

Large environments

Add configuration recommendations for large environments

  1. Aug 2025

SCIM Client

Add section about the SCIM Client.

  1. Aug 2025

LDAP Proxy

Clarify purpose of LDAP Proxy regarding read operation distribution and write operation forwarding.

  1. July 2025

Frontend configuration

Add steps to activate 2FA Self-Service and to deactivate 2FA Administrator Helpdesk.

  1. July 2025

2FA Helpdesk

Add section about 2FA Helpdesk.

  1. Jul 2025

Attribute mapping

Improve and fix SCIM attribute mappings

  1. Jul 2025

Roles mapping

Clarify SCIM roles handling

  1. Jul 2025

Configure custom credentials for external S3-compatible storage

Fix Helm Chart values in Listing 6.16 to match renames.

  1. Jun 2025

Introduction

Add documentation about experimental Nubus SCIM Server.

  1. May 2025

Import from external IAM

Update prerequisites to include provisioning-listener size configuration.

  1. May 2025

Restrict users or groups from capabilities in End User Self Service

Add section about how to enable password reset in the End User Self Service for the Domain Admins user group.

  1. May 2025

Import from external IAM

Update Nubus Directory Importer section to reflect the availability as installation with Docker compose and as Helm Chart.

  1. May 2025

Configure the secrets

Add statement that NATS password requires to start with a character.

  1. May 2025

Federation with external IAM systems

Add section about using user accounts from external IAM, also known as ad hoc provisioning.

  1. May 2025

Import from external IAM

Move how-to about connecting external IAM systems to Nubus into chapter about connecting with external IAM systems.

  1. May 2025

Configuration reference

Update Helm Chart reference values to Nubus for Kubernetes 1.9.1.

  1. Apr 2025

Keycloak configuration

Added Keycloak configuration chapter Multi-factor authentication for Keycloak.

  1. Apr 2025

Nubus license

Add section about how to add a Nubus license to the Nubus for Kubernetes installation.

  1. Apr 2025

Use external S3-compatible object storage

Add details about the configuration, considerations for different scenarios, and how to verify the configuration.

  1. Apr 2025

Helm Chart reference

Update Helm Chart values reference to Nubus for Kubernetes 1.8.0.

  1. Mar 2025

Overview

Fix the structure in the configuration chapter so that subsections appear at 6.x instead of 6.1.x.

  1. Mar 2025

Deployment

Use the correct reference to global.secrets.masterPassword after its change in Nubus for Kubernetes 1.7.0.

  1. Feb 2025

Connection setup for UDM HTTP REST API

Move section about authorization groups for UDM HTTP REST API to Authorization groups in Univention Nubus for Kubernetes - Nubus Customization and Modification Manual [3].

  1. Feb 2025

Document

Add the --namespace parameter to kubectl commands where it was missing.

  1. Jan 2025

Use external S3-compatible object storage

Update configuration for S3-compatible object storage resulting from changes in Nubus for Kubernetes 1.6.0.

  1. Jan 2025

Encrypted connection to key-value database

Add section about how to configure an encrypted connection to the Redis key-value database in the Intercom Service.

Year 2024#

Date

Chapter or topic

Change

  1. Dec 2024

Upgrade

Add general steps for the upgrade of Nubus for Kubernetes.

  1. Dec 2024

List of secrets

Add list of secrets for customization or for using existing secrets.

  1. Dec 2024

Directory service high availability and scalability

Add high availability configuration for LDAP Primary.

  1. Dec 2024

Enable encrypted connection to database

Add section about how to configure an encrypted connection to the PostgreSQL database in Keycloak Extension Proxy.

  1. Dec 2024

Use external NATS message queue

Add section about configuration for external message queue NATS.

  1. Nov 2024

Use external PostgreSQL database

Add the minimum PostgreSQL version number needed for Nubus.

  1. Nov 2024

Secrets in Nubus for Kubernetes

Add section about options for using Kubernetes Secrets.

  1. Nov 2024

Use external S3-compatible object storage

Add section about configuration for external S3-compatible storage.

  1. Nov 2024

Use external PostgreSQL database

Move section about configuration of external PostgreSQL from Deployment to Overview.

  1. Nov 2024

Document

Use term “values file” instead of “deployment file” in the document to refer to the file for the --values parameter of helm.

  1. Nov 2024

Scalability

Add section about scalable components in Nubus for Kubernetes and how to configure scalability.

  1. Nov 2024

Connection setup for UDM HTTP REST API

Transform UCR configuration to new structure of the Helm Chart.

  1. Oct 2024

Document

Bump to version 1.0.0 for the first production release of Nubus for Kubernetes.

  1. Oct 2024

Keycloak Extensions

Describe how to activate Keycloak Extensions that Nubus 1.0.0 deactivates by default.

  1. Oct 2024

Deployment of Intercom Service

Add section about deployment of Intercom Service.

  1. Oct 2024

Configuration reference

Add reference for Helm Chart values. The document build process loads the values from the Helm Chart.

  1. Oct 2024

Deploying Nubus

Cleanup command listings and fix helm upgrade command.

  1. Oct 2024

Deploy dependencies based on examples included in Nubus and Use dependencies provided in Kubernetes cluster

Update deployment scenarios and improve scope separation.

  1. Oct 2024

Certificate manager

Clarify scope of certificate manager

  1. Oct 2024

Configure external PostgreSQL database

Improve example and add note about lexical structure for PostgreSQL identifiers.

  1. Oct 2024

Getting started

Refine section, cleanup command listings, and remove duplicate content.

  1. Oct 2024

Directory service high availability and scalability

Add reference to architecture manual.

Move listing before the configuration reference.

Consolidate paragraphs about the different LDAP server types.

  1. Oct 2024

Keycloak Extensions

Remove duplicate content and refer to existing listings for environment variable setup.

Improve content consistency

  1. Oct 2024

Backup and restore

Remove duplicate content and add port number for MinIO API.

  1. Oct 2024

Kubernetes cluster

Set minimum Kubernetes version to 1.26.

  1. Oct 2024

Deployment

Rename section from Installation to Deployment to reflect the practice of deploying software in a Kubernetes cluster. Update the reference labels and references.

  1. Oct 2024

Import from external IAM

Remove left over statement about public unavailability of Nubus Directory Importer.

  1. Oct 2024

Connection setup for UDM HTTP REST API

Describe how to add another authentication group for UDM HTTP REST API.

  1. Sep 2024

Requirements

Clarify details for requirements

  1. Sep 2024

Use external PostgreSQL database

Clarify example for external database.

  1. Sep 2024

Open the Portal

Add section about where to find the portal for getting started.

  1. Sep 2024

Backup and restore

Add notes that backups for Nubus and external databases need to start at same time.

  1. Aug 2024

Backup and restore

Add sections for requirements, tool, backup, restore.

  1. Aug 2024

Backup and restore

Add section about backup and restore for PostgreSQL databases.

  1. Aug 2024

Deployment

Add section about how to customize database names for databases used by Nubus.

  1. Aug 2024

Keycloak Extensions

Add section about deactivating Keycloak Extensions features.

  1. Aug 2024

Directory service high availability and scalability

Move section from Deployment to Overview.

  1. Jun 2024

Import from external IAM

Rename UDM Directory Connector to Nubus Directory Importer.

  1. Jun 2024

Nubus Directory Importer installation

Add link to public git repository.

  1. May 2024

Certificate manager

Changed need for cert-manager from recommendation to must.

  1. May 2024

Deploying Nubus

Update installation instructions to refactored values and add artifacts version for installation.

  1. May 2024

Document

Improve clarity and readability.

  1. May 2024

Document title

Change title to Nubus for Kubernetes - Operation Manual

  1. May 2024

Deploying Nubus

Use curl instead of git to download custom_values.yaml values file.

Point helm update to a public location for the images.

  1. Mar 2024

Document

Initial release