Apigee Edge for Private Cloud 4.54.00 released as LTS, replaces Java 8 and Classic UI

Released Apigee Edge for Private Cloud 4.54.00.

Designated Apigee Edge for Private Cloud 4.54.00.00 a long-term support (LTS) release: 18 months of full support ending April 2028, then 18 months of maintenance ending October 2029. After October 2029, 4.54.00.00 receives no software updates, security mitigations, or technical support.

Installing a later 4.54 minor release or patch does not change those dates. To extend the support lifecycle, upgrade to the next LTS release.

For the support lifecycle phases, release cadences, and version numbering, see Apigee Edge for Private Cloud release and lifecycle policy.

This release replaces Java 8 with Java 17 and Java 21, removes the Classic UI and the apigee-sso component, and updates the bundled Cassandra, Postgres, OpenLDAP, ZooKeeper, Qpid Broker-J, Nginx, and Consul versions. These changes are not backward-compatible.

For the 4.54.00 versions and the 4.53.01 versions they replace, see Supported software and supported versions.

Before upgrading, read Changes in Edge for Private Cloud 4.54.00, then Update Apigee Edge 4.53.00 or 4.53.01 to 4.54.00 or New installation overview. For known issues, see Known issues with Edge for Private Cloud.

Replaced the Classic UI (edge-ui) with the New Edge UI (edge-management-ui).

The New Edge UI is the only management UI in 4.54.00 and is installed by default. Deployments running the Classic UI must transition to it before upgrading. Custom Classic UI properties do not carry over automatically. The default port also changes from 9000 to 3001, configurable with conf_uebe_port, so firewall rules and load balancer target ports that point at 9000 fail until they are updated.

For the migration steps and the supported feature list, see Migrate to the New Edge UI and What features are supported?.