Note: VMware Tanzu tc Server 5.0.x has a scheduled end of General Support date of December 31, 2024

Tanzu tc Server 10.1.x has been released

Note: As of 5.0.12.RELEASE, Tanzu tc Server is now distributed as part of Spring Enterprise Subscription. Past releases are not being migrated. Please download from Tanzu Network before May 31st, 2024 if prior releases are required.

Note: The use of `list-runtimes` and `get-runtime` to download from Tanzu Network will end in May 2024. This is part of the Broadcom acquisition of VMware. At this time no replacement is planned. More information will be provided before the final shutdown.

For tc Runtime 7.0.x, 8.5.x, and 9.0.x it is recommended to use VMware Tanzu tc Server 4.1.x

For tc Runtime 10.1.x it is recommended to use VMware Tanzu tc Server 10.1.x

VMware tc Server 5.0.13 | 24 JUN 2024

VMware tc Server 5.0.12 | 29 MAY 2024

VMware tc Server 5.0.11 | 05 APR 2024

VMware tc Server 5.0.10 | 27 FEB 2024

VMware tc Server 5.0.9 | 16 JAN 2024

VMware tc Server 5.0.8 | 15 DEC 2023

VMware tc Server 5.0.7 | 27 NOV 2023

VMware tc Server 5.0.6 | 11 OCT 2023

VMware tc Server 5.0.5 | 10 OCT 2023

VMware tc Server 5.0.4 | 08 SEP 2023

VMware tc Server 5.0.3 | 22 AUG 2023

VMware tc Server 5.0.2 | 17 AUG 2023

VMware tc Server 5.0.1 | 20 JUN 2023

VMware tc Server 5.0.0 | 28 APR 2023

What's in the Release Notes

These release notes cover the following topics:

What's New in VMware Tanzu tc Server 5.0.13

This VMware Tanzu tc Server release includes the following new features and changes:

What's New in VMware Tanzu tc Server 5.0.12

This VMware Tanzu tc Server release includes the following new features and changes:

What's New in VMware Tanzu tc Server 5.0.11

This VMware Tanzu tc Server release includes the following new features and changes:

  • New tc Runtime versions:

    • Bundled tc Runtime version:
      • 10.1.20.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.20
      • 9.0.87.B.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.87, with the following changes:
        • Fix regression in TLS reloading

  • Deprecation Notice: The list-runtimes and the get-runtime commands usage of Tanzu Network will be removed in a future version of tc Server. The ability to download from Tanzu Network will cease in May 2024. The recommendation is to download and install Tanzu tc Server packages.

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.10

This VMware tc Server release includes the following new features and changes:

  • New tc Runtime versions:

    • Bundled tc Runtime version:
      • 10.1.19.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.19
      • 9.0.86.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.86

  • Deprecation Notice: The list-runtimes and the get-runtime commands usage of Tanzu Network will be removed in a future version of tc Server. The recommendation is to download and install the tc Runtime manually. More information will be provided at a later date.

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.9

This VMware tc Server release includes the following new features and changes:

  • New tc Runtime versions:

    • Bundled tc Runtime version:
      • 10.1.18.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.18
      • 9.0.85.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.85

  • Minimum Java Version Change: Versions of tc Server from 5.0.0 to 5.0.8 required Java 17 to run the tcserver command. With this release that requirement has been lowered to Java 11.

  • Deprecation Notice: The list-runtimes and the get-runtime commands usage of Tanzu Network will be removed in a future version of tc Server. The recommendation is to download and install the tc Runtime manually. More information will be provided at a later date.

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.8

This VMware tc Server release includes the following new features and changes:

  • New tc Runtime versions:

    • Bundled tc Runtime version:
      • 10.1.17.B.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.17, with the following additions:
        • Fix regression in fix for BZ 67675 - support PEM encoded key files with default PRF
      • 9.0.84.B.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.84, with the following additions:
        • Fix regression in fix for BZ 67675 - support PEM encoded key files with default PRF

  • Deprecation Notice: The list-runtimes and the get-runtime commands usage of Tanzu Network will be removed in a future version of tc Server. The recommendation is to download and install the tc Runtime manually. More information will be provided at a later date.

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.7

  • tc Runtimes:

    • Our bundled tc Runtime version:

      • 10.1.16.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.16

      • 9.0.83.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.83

  • Deprecation Notice: The list-runtimes and the get-runtime commands usage of Tanzu Network will be removed in tc Server in the future. The recommendation is to download and install the tc Runtime manually. More information will be provided at a later date.

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.6

  • tc Runtimes:
    • Our bundled tc Runtime version:

      • 10.1.14.C.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.14 with the following addition:

        • Fix regression that broke jdbc-pool
        • Fix regression that broke HTTP compression

      • 9.0.81.D.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.81 with the following addition:

        • Fix regression that broke jdbc-pool
        • Fix regression that broke HTTP compression

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.5

  • tc Runtimes:
    • Our bundled tc Runtime version:

      • 10.1.14.B.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.14 with the following addition:

        • Fix regression that broke jdbc-pool

      • 9.0.81.B.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.81 with the following addition:

        • Fix regression that broke jdbc-pool

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.4

  • tc Runtimes:

    • Our bundled tc Runtime version:

      • 10.1.13.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.13

      • 9.0.80.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.80

  • The jmx-jaas and jmx-jaas-ssl templates were updated to include more properties for JMX configuration. Please see the README.txt in the respective templates for details.

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.3

  • tc Runtimes:
  • Our bundled tc Runtime version:

    • 10.1.12.B.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.12 with the following addition

    • 9.0.79.B.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.79 with the following addition

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.2

  • tc Runtimes:
  • Our bundled tc Runtime version:
    • 10.1.12.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.12
    • 9.0.79.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.79
  • tc Server Changes:
    • Fixed typo in tcserver.default.properties where the location of the file was incorrect

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.1

  • tc Runtimes:
  • Our bundled tc Runtime version:
    • 10.1.10.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.10
    • 9.0.76.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.76
  • tc Server Changes:
    • The 'jmx-jaas*` templates have been fixed to work with Java 8+

What's New in VMware tc Server 5.0.0

Please visit What's New in 5.0.0 for more detail on the 5.0.0 release.

This VMware tc Server release includes the following new features and changes:

  • Features Highlights:

  • tc Runtime 10.1.x

    • tc Runtime 10.1.x is compatible with ASF Tomcat 10.1.x

  • Java Support

    • The minimum supported Java version for the tcserver command is 17.

  • JMX template changes

    • The base template no longer includes JMX support. New templates have been added which replace the JMXSocketListener which was used by previous versions of tc Server. This was necessary due to changes in recent JVM versions.
    • The new templates are jmx-jaas and jmx-jaas-ssl.

  • tc Runtimes:

  • Our bundled tc Runtime version:

    • 10.1.8.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 10.1.8
    • 9.0.74.A.RELEASE, equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.74

Security and Vulnerability Information

All CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) are registered with cve.mitre.org. Once the CVE information is released to the public, it can take some time before this site is updated with all the details. If you do not see the updated CVE information, please visit Apache Tomcat's Security pages for more detailed information about the CVE.

Here are the links to Apache Tomcat security and vulnerability details per release:

Known Issues

Issue Number Description
N/A The jmx-jaas and jmx-jaas-ssl templates do not work correctly on JVMs less than versioin 17. This will be addressed in 5.0.1.
N/A The configtest command on Windows opens a new window which doesn't exit. The proper behavior is to display the results in the same window. This will be addressed in 5.0.1
N/A The default OpenJDK build of Java 9 on Ubuntu is a non-GA version and will cause issues when running tc Server. Upgrade to a GA version of OpenJDK to resolve the issues.

Glossary

Term Definition
tc Runtime tc Runtime is the Apache Tomcat runtime binaries packaged for use by tc Server. See tc Server Versioning to understand the naming scheme.
Bundled tc Runtime This is a tc Runtime that is packaged with the tc Server installation. For example tc Server 4.0.0 has tc Runtime 9.0.6.B.RELEASE bundled in the distribution.
On-demand tc Runtime This is a tc Runtime that is available for download by using the tcserver get-runtime command or by manually downloading the tc Runtime from VMware Tanzu Network. You can see the available tc Runtimes by calling the tcserver list-runtimes command.

tc Server Versioning

The tc Runtime version refers to the corresponding Apache Tomcat release. A letter is added to indicate whether additional patches not yet released by the Apache Software Foundation are applied.

For example:

  • tc Runtime 9.0.74.A.RELEASE is equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.74.

  • tc Runtime 9.0.74.B.RELEASE is equivalent to Apache Tomcat 9.0.74 plus important bug fixes, enhancements, or security fixes. The letter could also refer to a pre-release of Apache Tomcat 9.0.34.

    The letter is incremented (9.0.74.C.RELEASE, 9.0.74.D.RELEASE, and so on) if additional patches or security fixes are applied after a release is named and released.

See the Apache Tomcat changelogs for a list of improvements introduced by release:

VMware Tanzu tc Server Support Lifecycle

VMware Tanzu tc Server 4.1.x, which includes:

  • tc Runtime 7.0.x
  • tc Runtime 8.5.x
  • tc Runtime 9.0.x

Support Lifecycle Dates:

  • End of General Support is December 31, 2024.
  • End of Technical Guidance is June 30, 2025.

General Support includes fixes for major bugs and CVEs. New features will not be added to the 5.1.x branch. Fixes are provided in the form of patch releases (the 3rd digit in the version number).

Customers using 5.0.x should upgrade to Tanzu tc Server 10.1.x and/or Tanzu tc Server 4.1.x which have longer Support Lifecycles.

Tanzu tc Server Naming

Since the original release of SpringSource tc Server there have been many names of the core product often referred to as tc Server. These include vFabric tc Server, Appsuite tc Server, Pivotal tc Server, and VMware tc Server. the branding name may change, even between minor releases, however, it is the same core product. The current full name is VMware Tanzu tc Server or Tanzu tc Server for short name usage.

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