New features and enhancements

Following are the new features and enhancements for 10.0 release.

Server-side

• OpenSearch

OpenSearch Version 3.1 has replaced Elasticsearch as the main search and analytics suite used by PMF Analytics. So, before you run PMF Analytics, you need to set up a standalone OpenSearch cluster. For more information, see OpenSearch.
 For sizing recommendations for your OpenSearch cluster, use the  Hardware sizing calculator Microsoft™ Excel spreadsheet.
 To migrate the tenant-specific data from an Elasticsearch instance to an OpenSearch instance, use the Analytics Data Migration tool. For more information, see Migrating Elasticsearch data to OpenSearch.

• Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform (ROCP)

PMF now supports Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform Version 4.19.

• Open Liberty™

The Persistent Mobile Foundation now supports Open Liberty 25.0.0.6 with MySQL Version 8.0.43. For more information, see System requirements - Application servers.

Software Development Kits (SDKs)

• PMF Flutter SDK

The Persistent Mobile Foundation now supports Flutter SDK Version 3.19.0. For more information, see Flutter end-to-end demonstration.

• Google 16 KB memory page size support

Android SDKs now support the Google 16 KB memory page size architecture to ensure compatibility with the latest Android devices that ship with 16 KB memory page size support. To implement this enhancement, PMF upgraded the Android Native code that also impacts PMF Base and PMF JSONStore SDK. For more information, see JSONStore - Key features.

• Android Native SDK - HTTP PATCH method

The Persistent Mobile Foundation now supports Android Native SDK with the HTTP PATCH method. For more information, see WLResourceRequest.

Security fixes

PMF 10.0 release has 7 Critical, 60 High, 47 Medium, and 5 Low vulnerabilities fixed. 

Migrating and upgrading

Following are the possible migration and upgradation scenarios.

• Migrating

You can migrate from the IBM® Mobile First Platform Version 8.0 to the Persistent Mobile Foundation Version 10.0. For more information, see Migrating from the IBM Mobile First Platform.

• Upgrading

You can upgrade from an earlier Persistent Mobile Foundation to the latest the Persistent Mobile Foundation Version, 10.0. For more information, see Upgrading from an earlier Persistent Mobile Foundation version.

System requirements

For a detailed list of minimum supported system requirements for the PMF 10.0 release, see System requirements.

Deprecated support

• PMF Xamarin SDK on iOS.