Enhanced Features in 4.3.0

Release Date: 24 Oct 2023

For known issues in CoPilot 4.3.0, see Aviatrix CoPilot Software Release Notes.

Alerts Enhancements

You can now configure alerts based on the number of gateways that match the following alert-trigger criteria:

  • Number of gateways in the DOWN state

  • Number of gateways in the KEEPALIVE_FAIL state

See Alerts Based on Gateway Status.

CoPilot Dashboard Enhancements

The CoPilot > Dashboard is redesigned. The dashboard has separate sections for monitoring network health and network resources. The information more critical in determining network health is at the top of the dashboard to help you quickly determine the overall health of your network. This section provides links to other CoPilot pages where you can analyze the data in more detail.

For information about added, removed, and changed elements in the CoPilot Dashboard, see Dashboard UI Changes.

For a description of all data shown on the CoPilot Dashboard, see CoPilot Dashboard Page Reference.

The count for number of gateways shown on the CoPilot Dashboard reflect gateways that currently exist in your Aviatrix-managed networks. If you are troubleshooting a network problem and want to see a list of all gateway instances, you can open the CoPilot > Cloud Fabric > Gateways page, and from the applicable gateway view (Transit, Spoke, or Specialty), locate the table row of the desired gateway. You can click the Gateway Diagnostics icon to run diagnostics from any gateway instance.

Performance Details from Gateways Page

The CoPilot > Cloud Fabric > Gateways > Transit/Spoke Gateways page now includes a Performance tab. Use the Performance view to readily look up telemetry statistics for the given gateway such as a gateway’s trend chart for CPU usage.

Topology Map Enhancements

The CoPilot > Cloud Fabric > Topology map includes the following enhancements:

  • New Geo View

    In the Topology > Overview page, there is now a selection for Geo View. This shows a bird’s eye view of all your cloud network constructs on a geographic map. CoPilot shows all cloud network constructs that are associated with the cloud account you onboarded in Aviatrix.

    The constructs can be those running in a VPC/VNet where no Aviatrix gateway is running also (unmanaged constructs) .

  • Improved presentation of Edge nodes

    The map shows more clearly the connection between edge sites and transit VPCs.

  • Improved presentation of GCP gateway nodes

    The map shows more clearly the Aviatrix gateways deployed in GCP global VPCs.

(Azure) Configure Spoke Subnet Groups

For Microsoft Azure, the ability to configure a subnet group for Spoke Gateways when configuring FireNet Gateway policies is now available in CoPilot. For detailed information, see Configuring Azure Spoke Subnet Groups.

The CoPilot navigation-menu search is enhanced to consider page sub-menus in search results based on keywords. For example, search results after typing the word ping will include the controller and gateway Diagnostics pages because they each contain a sub-menu for the ping tool.

UI Changes in 4.3.0

The following UI changes were made in the CoPilot 4.3.0 release:

Dashboard Changes

The CoPilot Dashboard is redesigned with a separate Health and Resources section.

The following UI elements were changed in the CoPilot Dashboard in 4.3:

  • The resource inventory cards were moved from the top of the dashboard to the Resources section.

  • The map showing the approximate geographic location of VPC/VNets was moved to the top of the dashboard.

  • The charts for Gateway per Cloud and Gateway by Type were collapsed.

  • The VPN Users resource inventory card was changed to a time series graph for showing VPN user count.

The following UI elements were added to the CoPilot Dashboard in 4.3 for showing network health:

  • Threats view in geographic map of VPC/VNets

  • Card for Gateway Health

  • Card for Connection Health

  • Card for Detected Intrusions

  • Card for CoPilot Health

  • Card for Controller Health

  • Threats list

  • Alerts list

The following UI elements were removed from the CoPilot Dashboard in 4.3:

  • Card for Count of AWS TGW

  • Card for Count of TGW Attachments

  • Card for Transit Gateways by CSP

Please note the count for number of gateways shown on the CoPilot Dashboard reflects the following:

  • For controllers 7.1 and later, counts reflect the sum of gateways.

  • For controllers 7.0 and earlier, counts reflect the sum of primary gateway instances.

For a description of all data shown on the CoPilot Dashboard, see CoPilot Dashboard Page Reference.

Topology Map Changes

  • The Geo View is added to the Topology Map.

Audit Page Changes

The CoPilot > Administration > Audit page is redesigned.