Release notes for Zoom Node

Note: For release information for specific modules available for Zoom Node, see below:

• Release notes for Zoom Phone Hybrid Local Survivability module

Upcoming Release

Details about upcoming releases will be posted as they become available.

November 10, 2024

Changes to existing features

• Support for additional certificate providers
  Zoom Node management servers now support additoinal certificate providers to better support organizations utilizing bring our own certificate (BYOC).

Released

November 4, 2024

Version: 3.8.0.20241018.469

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

October 7, 2024

Version: 3.7.0.20240912

New and enhanced features

• Recording Hybrid module
  • Hybrid Transfer Service
    Using the Hybrid Transfer service, hosts can record Hybrid meetings via the Cloud and then transfer the recordings to on-premises using local NFS drives through the Hybrid Transfer Service. Admins can configure the on-premises storage path for recording files in the Zoom Node Web portal. After a recording is completed, it is automatically moved from the cloud to the local NFS storage. This feature must be enabled by Zoom.

September 14, 2024

Version: 3.7.0.20240912

New and enhanced features

• Recording Hybrid module
  • Enhancements to recording portal listings and notifications
    Users who record or archive private (iMMR) meetings on-node receive an email notification when the local recording is done. The recording portal then lists the NFS path where the recording was stored.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

August 10, 2024

Version: 3.6.0.20240801

Changes to existing features

• Improvements to notifications regarding certificates
  Notifications regarding certificates for their Node deployments, including notifications of upcoming expiration alerts, alerts if certificate renewal fails, upgrades for certificates added via AutoPKI, and more.

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Auto restart Node Management severs
    Administrators can now configure their Node Management servers to auto-restart.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

July 5, 2024

Version: 3.5.0.311.20240703

New and enhanced features

• Admin features
  • Webhook for Zoom Node statistics
    Customers can pull Zoom Node and module statistics into their external systems and present the data to users in their organization. The new API exposes data from the Zoom Node Dashboard, including concurrent meetings/clients per zone, number of MMRs, zone controllers, and more. The data can be ingested into external systems like Tableau, with a configurable data retention period of up to one year. Additionally, an API is available to expose "alertable" values for external monitoring systems, such as the number of online Zoom Node instances and service status.
  • Improved visibility into Node and module restarts
    Account owners and admins can track the restart events of Nodes and modules. A Last Restart column has been added to the Zoom Node list, displaying the date and time of the last Node reboot. Additionally, a Last Restart column has been added to the list of modules, showing the date and time of the last module restart.
  • Enabled shutdown option
    Users can now access the shutdown option, which was previously greyed out. The shutdown option is available alongside the reboot option.
  • Enhancements to certificate management and notifications
    Account owners and admins can receive notifications in the dashboard when Digicert credentials on parameters change or there are changes in certificates. They will also be notified about AutoPKI certificate upgrades, when new certificates are installed, and if certificate renewal fails. There are also alerts for impending certificate expiration and renewal when AutoPKI is used, with different alert language for AutoPKI and Bring Your Own Certificate (BYOC).
  • Enhancements to network configuration settings
    Account owners and admins can move the Gateway field into a separate box between the IP addresses and the DNS address. If an admin does not enter a gateway address, the system prompts them with a confirmation message: "Usually an Internet gateway address is required. Are you sure this node doesn't need a gateway?" The Gateway and DNS address are only required for the primary network interface. For subsequent network interfaces, the system only prompts for IP address fields.
  • Improvements to Zoom Node dashboard monitoring and alerting
    Account owners and admins can configure additional alerting rules for per MMR utilization, Hybrid Meeting Zone capacity, meeting type usage, and module start/stop events. Alerting has been consolidated under Account Management for better notification options like Zoom Team Chat. Admins can customize alert email templates with variables to integrate with existing monitoring systems. The dashboard now graphically represents user counts for SFU and iMMR meetings separately, providing better visibility into meeting types.
• Meeting features
  • Improved access to cloud services for private meetings
    Account owners and admins can enable access to various cloud services for private meetings, including web client join, telephony call-in/out, non-Zoom SIP device join, Q&A support, and cloud recording. External users will be notified that they are joining a private meeting.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

May 26, 2024

Version: 3.4.0.20240522.141

Resolved issues

• Resolved an issue where the correct location could not be saved.
• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

April 19, 2024

Version: 3.3.0.20240417.129

New and enhanced features

• Firewall configuration for Zoom Node
  Zoom Node now provides the new Firewall functionality. Administrators can set firewall rules from the Node Web administrator portal. This includes the ability to block traffic to Zoom Node modules/services from specific networks, as well as restrict Zoom Node management traffic to specific networks.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

March 10, 2024

Version: 3.0.0.20240312.126

Changes to existing features

• Web administrator portal improvements
  The Zoom Node section of the web portal has been updated, including improved layout and navigation.
• Certificate management wizard
  During the deployment of a Zoom Node Management server, administrators will be presented with a certificate management wizard when configuring a certificate. This tool streamlines the importation of organizational-manged certificates or utilizing Zoom Node’s AutoPKI.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

February 3, 2024

Version: 3.0.0.20240202.177

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

January 21, 2024

Version: 3.0.0.20240118.157

Changes to existing features

• The Local Administrator GUI improvements
  The Local Admin GUI has been updated to include a questionnaire when initially setting up a Zoom Node server, as well as support for multi-NIC routing. 
• Web administrator portal  improvements
  The Zoom Node section of the web portal has been updated including improved layout and navigation, as well as more detailed information when configuring and deploying modules and services, including errors. In addition, real-time performance has been improved for changes applied via the web portal.

New and enhanced features

• Additional feature support for Zoom Meetings Hybrid
  Zoom Meetings hybrid module in private mode now has access to the following cloud services: Cloud recording, Meeting Summary, AI companion, Live transcription, Whiteboard, Notes, Live streaming, Q&A, and Polling

Resolved issues

• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes

December 17, 2023

Version: 3.0.0.20231215.124

Changes to existing features

• Support for System Logging Protocol (syslog)-based logging
  In addition to sending logs for troubleshooting to the Zoom Cloud, admins can now route logs within their local network for analysis with syslog.  
• Text-based User Interface (TUI) improvements
  The Zoom Node TUI has been updated for a more intuitive experience when using the console. 
• Local Admin Graphical User Interface (GUI) improvements
  The Local Admin GUI has been improved including a pre-checklist for deploying modules, manually configuring IP addresses, support for multi-NIC routing, and more.
• Node Admin portal improvements
  The Zoom Node section of the Zoom Web Portal has been improved including a more streamlined navigation, additional dialogs when deploying a module, and overall improvements to the provisioning process for modules. 
• Support for SNMP v2c
  Zoom Node SNMP V2c can now be configured in the GUI similarly to SNMP V3.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

November 30, 2023

Version: 3.0.0.20231202.86

New and enhanced features

• Linux Ubuntu OS support 
  Zoom Node platform image is now based on Linux Ubuntu instead of Alma Linux. 
• Support for bulk deployment  
  Admins can now deploy nodes and modules in bulk allowing for quicker migrations, deployments and setup of Node environments. In addition, admins can now use templates to configure and deploy nodes and modules in bulk quickly. 
• Textual user interface
  The textual user interface (TUI) for initial Zoom node deployment has been reintroduced and updated. Administrators can now use either local Web-based user interface or a text-based interface for Zoom Node initial provisioning. 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

October 14, 2023

Version: 2.5.0.20231013.490

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

September 24, 2023

Version: 2.5.0.20230919.467

Changes to existing features

• General
  • Node Dashboard improvements
    The Zoom Node Dashboard now supports the ability to add additional widget cards to the Dashboard view. These cards can be previewed before being added to the Dashboard. In addition, UI improvements have been added including a combined services/health card, and a Zone statistics card for Meeting Connector.
• Recording Connector
  • Support for the external NFS storage monitoring and alerting
    Zoom Node now supports the creation of alert rules based on NFS storage health and capacity.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

August 19, 2023

Version: 2.4.0.20230804.628

New and enhanced features

• Node Management portal changes
  Zoom Node management has moved from the Advanced section of the admin portal and is now its own section under Admin. This change also includes a dedicated update portal, that displays available updates for all modules as well as the update history.
• Automatic certificate validation
  Certificates uploaded to a Node server via the local admin interface will now be automatically validated once they have been imported.

Changes to existing features

• Advanced monitoring support for ZPLS
  Zoom Node now supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for monitoring with Node servers utilizing Zoom Local Survivability modules. 

Resolved issues

• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes

July 15, 2023

Version: 2.3.0.20230715.440

New and enhanced features

• General features
  • Enhanced Node diagnostics and troubleshooting 
    Admins utilizing the Node service can now run a series of diagnostic commands from the local web browser interface for the Node server.
  • Support for additional virtualization platforms
    Zoom Node now supports additional virtualization platforms including KVM Hypervisor (QCOW2 image) in addition to OVA-based platforms. When adding a new Node server, admins can choose their virtualization platform and download the relevant files to better align with their environmental requirements.
  • Web-based GUI for initial setup
    The text-based user interface used for the initial Zoom Node setup has been replaced with a Web-based GUI.
  • Bulk Licensing
    Zoom Node and Node module licenses now can be shared from master to subaccounts.
  • Enhanced Automatic update features
    Zoom Node’s update process now supports differentiated update rules based on issue severity, as well as new update notification options and new update rules.
• Meeting Connector module
  • Support for Q&A
    The Meeting Connector now supports the Q&A features for on-premise meetings. 
  • Zone restriction to specific users
    To allow for easier migration from the legacy Meeting Connector to the Zoom Node Meeting Connector module, Zones can be assigned to specific users for testing and validation of a Zone and the associated Node Meeting Connector modules before migrating current users still utilizing the legacy Meeting Connector.
  • Enable and disable specific Zones
    Zones can now be disabled without deleting, allowing for work on certain zones or Zone Controllers, Multimedia Routers (MMR), or Recording Connectors (RC) associated with that specific zone.
  • Support for sharing Zone Controllers across sub-accounts
    Zone Controllers and their associated Zones and MMRs can be shared from a main account with a sub-account. In addition, if a sub-account has other sub-accounts associated with it, the Zone Controllers can also be shared with that account.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

May 28, 2023

Version: 2.2.0.20230524

New and enhanced features

• General features
  
  • Support for advanced monitoring via SNMP MIB
    Zoom Node now supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for monitoring with Node servers utilizing Zoom Meetings Hybrid, Meeting Connector, and Recording Connector modules. Once enabled in the Settings tab of Zoom Node, admins can create SNMP credentials to be utilized for network-level monitoring.

Changes to existing features

• General features
  • Improved version naming
    The version numbers and file names for Zoom Node and Node modules have been simplified for easier identification of the current version of the Node management server and Node modules installed when viewing them in the Web Portal.
  • GUI Improvements
    The GUI for the Zoom Node management portal has been improved to improve usability while managing and configuring Zoom Node management servers and Node modules.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements

April 15, 2023

Version: 2.0.2.20230413.382

New and enhanced features

• Local administration page for Zoom Node server
  Administrators can now manage certain aspects of their Zoom Node server via the local Web interface. The initial functionality available via the local web interface is manual certificate management.

Resolved issues

• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes

March 20, 2023

New and enhanced features

• Meeting Connector, Recording Connector, and Hybrid Meeting module support
  Organizations with the Zoom Node service can now deploy the Meeting Connector, Recording Connector, and Hybrid Meeting modules with Zoom Node. With these new modules, organizations can deploy on-premise and hybrid meeting services within their network. Contact our Sales team for more information on purchasing these services. 

February 26, 2023

Version: 2.0.0.20230224.336

New and enhanced features

• Manual X.509 certificate management
  For supported meeting modules, users can now manually upload and manage X.509 certificates for their on-premise meeting appliances.

Changes to existing features

• Updated module management
  The Zoom Node management service has been updated including the ability to modify Node configurations utilizing YAML files. In addition, other processes have been streamlined for module management, as well as a standardized user interface across all modules.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

January 8, 2023

Version: 1.6.2.20221226.330

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

November 26, 2022

OS Version: 1.6.2.20221226.325
OVA Version: 1.0.1.20221123072545

Changes to existing features

• Updated OVA image
  The OVA image for Zoom Node has been updated to hardware version vmx-14 (ESXI 6.7).

November 19, 2022

Version: 1.6.2.20221118.325

New and enhanced features

• HTTP Proxy for Zoom Node agent
  Admins can now configure an HTTP proxy for use with the Zoom Node agent.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

September 18, 2022

Version: 1.2.1

Resolved issues

• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes