KNIME Documentation

KNIME Business Hub 1.8 Release Notes ​

KNIME Business Hub 1.8.3 ​

(released March 26, 2024)

Improvements ​

  • Update Artemis to 2.32.0

Important bug fixes ​

  • Fixed a bug where Image pull secret are not set anymore for executors in embedded registry
  • Fixed license check for Azure marketplace images
  • Fixed exposing of workflow paths in shared deployments

KNIME Business Hub 1.8.2 ​

(released March 05, 2024)

Installation notes ​

  • During the update a short downtime is expected (5-10 minutes).

Improvements ​

  • In existing cluster installations Kubernetes Namespaces can now be created before the installation happens, in compliance with IT security standards.
  • Enabled additional security context policies for multiple 3rd party tools. List of policies enabled:
    • require-node-affinity
    • disallow-capabilities
    • disallow-host-namespaces
    • disallow-host-path-volumes
    • disallow-host-ports
    • disallow-privileged-containers
    • require-non-root-groups
    • require-run-as-nonroot
    • disallow-host-process
    • disallow-latest-tag
    • disallow-proc-mount
    • require-drop-all-capabilities
    • require-read-only-root-filesystem

Important bug fixes ​

  • Fixed a bug where the Velero restore process could show incomplete because of timing issues with MinIO.
  • Fixed a bug where editing a schedule that has credentials stored corrupted the credentials

KNIME Business Hub 1.8.1 ​

(released February 15, 2024)

Improvements ​

Allow routing temp data to customer-defined volume ​

  • Helps eliminate disk pressure in situations where large amounts of data need to be cached from jobs during execution.

Optionally set node affinity to required ​

  • Set node affinity to be required so that users can ensure that no hub components are scheduled onto a node that does not have a particular label.

Enable Rook on Airgap HA installation ​

  • Airgap installations now support multi-node setups with Rook.

Support external groups sharing for users in more than 200 groups ​

  • AAD removes groups from the access token of the user is in more than 200 groups. This feature allows customers to still retrieve the groups in these cases.

Important bug fixes ​

  • Fixed a bug that occurred when multiple accounts are created concurrently
  • Fixed various bugs that impaired first installs on airgapped environments

Important Notes ​

  • Some advanced settings are now hidden in the KOTS Admin Console config by default. To view them enable the View Advanced Settings option in the Global section at the top.

KNIME Business Hub 1.8.0 ​

(released December 20, 2023)

KNIME Business Hub 1.8.0 includes the Docker executor image: knime/knime-lts-full:r-5.1.2-433.

New features ​

AI Service (Business Hub Enterprise) ​

  • Gives you control over, who the data going through the KNIME AI Assistant is shared with.
  • Configured via the KOTS Admin Console
  • Supports OpenAI and Azure OpenAI as LLM provider
  • No data is shared with KNIME
  • AP Users can connect their KNIME AI Assistant to the AI Service of a Business Hub via the KNIME AI Assistant preference page
  • AI history service grants admins access to all requests made by their AP users to the KNIME AI Assistant
  • Documentation: KNIME Business Hub Admin Guide

Secret Store (Business Hub Standard & Enterprise) ​

  • Central location to manage personal and team secrets

    • Sharing of team secrets with other users or teams
    • No more logins stored in KNIME workflows
    • Secret management is done in the KNIME Business Hub
    • Secret Retriever node allows users to use secrets within KNIME workflows

  • Documentation: KNIME Business Hub User Guide

Start data apps with parameters via URL ​

  • Send customized data app links that trigger link/user-specific behavior inside the data app
  • Needs a Container Input (JSON) node inside the workflow
  • Documentation: KNIME Business Hub User Guide

Infrastructure updates ​

Minimize use of cluster roles ​

  • There are no more cluster roles in services developed by KNIME
  • Circumventing the use of cluster roles in 3rd party tools used by Business Hub will be introduced in a later release (where possible)

Backup / restore via Velero ​

  • Stability improvements

Improvements ​

  • Added display of CPU and RAM usage of execution contexts
  • Search results indicate versioned and draft items
  • Admin console now displays Business Hub version

Important bug fixes ​

  • Date-times are now displayed in the browser’s timezone
  • Execution context selection list not showing all available execution contexts for deployments and ad-hoc execution, improved UX
  • Fixed download button for previous workflow versions
  • Fixed a bug where in some cases endless loading state could occur while editing schedules
  • Fixed a bug where in some scenarios deployments could be created on disabled execution contexts
  • Various other bug fixes