January 2024

New Features

+ Agents and Accessors in RBAC

• Agents and Accessors can now be controlled with RBAC. All existing agents and accessors are added to the default scope and granted full permissions.
• Storages that are not included in the default scope will need to add the agents and accessors to those scopes and create the appropriate permissions.
• Please read up on RBAC in CloudSoda documentation. (
https://support.cloudsoda.io/hc/en-us/articles/12663519346075-Managing-Role-Based-Access-Control)

+ Set Cloud Storage Class per Job

• Specify the cloud storage class at the creation of the job, which will override the storage’s default storage class.

+ Agent Port Forwarding for Agent to Agent communication

• Bind the CloudSoda agent service to a specific IP and port, which can be utilized for firewall port forwarding rules, making it easier for agent to agent communication and configuration.
• Please read: https://support.cloudsoda.io/hc/en-us/articles/21217871694491-How-do-I-port-forward-to-an-agent-

+ Agent CPU Throttling

• Adjust CPU utilization, which will also throttle bandwidth usage, by editing the soda.conf file on the agent.
• Schedule agent throttling during the day and use max-performance at night.
• Please read: https://support.cloudsoda.io/hc/en-us/articles/10805099731355-Can-I-manually-configure-an-agent-

+ Default Credentials Provider (Roles)

• For agents running in the cloud, use their identity roles to automatically leverage the default credential provider chain, ensuring secure access without the need for credentials in CloudSoda.
• Please read up on Default Credential providers in the CloudSoda documentation. (https://support.cloudsoda.io/hc/en-us/articles/5030426621979-Creating-Accessors)

+ Azure Restore Priority

• To restore Azure objects, specify either standard or high priority in the restoration settings, which will determine the speed and order in which data is recovered.

+ GraphQL API

• CloudSoda now has a GraphQL API that allows users to programmatically manage agents, accessors, storage, users, and jobs. Find the new API documentation at <your-account>.docs.cloudsoda.io

Important UI Status Change

The global status indicators for storage (Green, Yellow, Red and Grey) have changed due to RBAC enhancements. The storage status indicators have been simplified to 'enabled' or 'disabled' (Blue/Grey), and users should now check the agent's attachment to determine if the agent has visibility of the storage. This information can be found under the 'Agents' tab on the ‘Storage’ page or under the ‘Storage’ tab on the ‘Agents’ page.