Timeplus Enterprise 2.8

Each release of Timeplus Enterprise includes the following components:

• timeplusd: The core SQL engine
• timeplus_appserver: The application server providing web console access and REST API
• timeplus_web: The web console static resources, managed by timeplus_appserver
• timeplus_connector: The service providing extra sources and sinks, managed by timeplus_appserver
• timeplus: The CLI (Command Line Interface) to start/stop/manage the deployment.

Each component maintains its own version numbers. The version number for each Timeplus Enterprise release represents a verified combination of these components.

Key Highlights

Key highlights of this release:

• New Compute Node server role to run materialized views elastically with checkpoints on S3 storage.
• Timeplus can read or write data in Apache Iceberg tables. Learn more
• Timeplus can read or write PostgreSQL tables directly via PostgreSQL External Table or look up data via dictionaries.
• Use S3 as the tiered storage for streams.
• New SQL command to rename streams.
• A new page to visualize nodes in a cluster.
• New page to view the details of streams or materialized views.

Supported OS

Deployment Type	OS
Linux bare metal	x64 or ARM chips: Ubuntu 20.04+, RHEL 8+, Fedora 35+, Amazon Linux 2023
Mac bare metal	Intel or Apple chips: macOS 14, macOS 15
Kubernetes	Kubernetes 1.25+, with Helm 3.12+

Releases

We recommend using stable releases for production deployment. Engineering builds are available for testing and evaluation purposes.

2.8.0 (Preview)

Released on 03-25-2025. Installation options:

• For Linux or Mac users: curl https://install.timeplus.com/2.8 | sh Downloads
• For Docker users (not recommended for production): docker run -p 8000:8000 docker.timeplus.com/timeplus/timeplus-enterprise:2.8.0
• We will provide new Helm Charts for Kubernetes deployment when v2.8 is GA.

Component versions:

• timeplusd 2.8.14
• timeplus_web 2.8.7
• timeplus_appserver 2.8.5
• timeplus_connector 2.2.8
• timeplus cli 1.2.12

Changelog

Compared to the 2.7.2 release:

• timeplusd 2.7.27 -> 2.8.14
  • Timeplus can read or write data in Apache Iceberg tables.
  • Timeplus can read or write PostgreSQL tables directly via PostgreSQL External Table or look up data via dictionaries.
  • Use S3 as the tiered storage for streams.
  • New SQL command to rename streams.
  • List all tables in a remote MySQL database via CREATE DATABASE .. SETTINGS type='mysql'.
  • Improved the experience of installing Python libraries for Python UDF.
  • New SQL functions: group_array_sorted, group_array_sample, histogram.
• timeplus_web 2.2.12 -> 2.8.7
  • A new page to visualize nodes in a cluster.
  • New page to view the details of streams or materialized views.
  • Able to select a database while viewing the data lineage page.
• timeplus_appserver 2.2.13 -> 2.8.5
  • Enhanced REST API to update column comments, get Python UDF status and cluster information.
• timeplus_connector 2.2.8. No changes.
• timeplus cli 1.2.12. No changes.

Upgrade Instructions:

In 2.8, we changed the default way to save metadata. It's recommended to test the 2.8.0 with a fresh installation. We will provide a migration tool to help users migrate previous releases to 2.8.

Known issues

1. Direct upgrades from version 2.3 or earlier are not supported. Please perform a clean installation of 2.7.x and utilize timeplus sync CLI or Timeplus External Stream for data migration.
2. Pulsar external stream functionality is limited to Linux bare metal builds and Linux-based Docker images, excluding macOS bare metal builds.
3. The timeplus_connector component may experience health issues on Ubuntu Linux with x86_64 chips, affecting Redpanda Connect functionality. This issue is specific to Ubuntu and does not affect other Linux distributions.
4. Python UDF support is limited to Linux x86_64 bare metal and Linux x86_64 Docker image, excluding macOS or ARM builds.