X-Road v8.0.0-beta1 Release Notes

X-Road v8.0.0-beta1 Release Notes

Release Info

Version number

8.0.0-beta1

Release date

23.10.2025

Supported platforms

Central Server

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Configuration Proxy

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Security Server

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • Kubernetes

Official documentation

https://github.com/nordic-institute/X-Road/tree/release-8.0.0-beta1/doc

Source code

https://github.com/nordic-institute/X-Road/tree/release-8.0.0-beta1

Software license

MIT

On this page:

NB! This is a beta release for X-Road 8. The release is meant for testing only and should not be installed or used in a production environment. The beta version does not allow upgrading from earlier versions nor is it guaranteed to be stable or backwards compatible with other X-Road versions.

Changes in This Release

A blog post about the beta version is available on the NIIS website.

The full X-Road 8 activity log is available here.

Summary of changes included in this beta

This initial beta focuses mainly on the architectural changes related to improving the modularity and containerisation support of the Security Server.

  • The first beta release for X-Road 8.0.0

  • Expanded Security Server Kubernetes support with Helm charts available.

  • OpenBAO used for component's certificate management

  • File based configuration migrated to PostgreSQL

  • Software token storage migrated to PostgreSQL

  • Database based authentication and user management for the Security Server user interface in Kubernetes

  • New module for the backup and restore processes

  • New X-Road 8 look and feel for the Central Server and Security Server web interfaces

Summary of changes NOT included in this beta

  • Backwards compatibility with earlier versions

  • Migration support from earlier versions

  • Protocol changes related to Dataspaces

  • RHEL and Sidecar support

  • Clustering support

Documentation

What to test

  • The Kubernetes setup (installation and user experience)

  • User management in Kubernetes

  • The native package setup (installation and user experience)

  • General use of the software as an administrator

We welcome you to post any feedback or questions you have in the GitHub discussion.

Contributors

The following developers have contributed to the development of this release version. A contribution means at least one Git commit that is included in the release. The full list of contributors of different X-Road® versions is available here.

Package Repositories

Repository Sign Key Details

Download URL

https://artifactory.niis.org/api/gpg/key/public

Hash

935CC5E7FA5397B171749F80D6E3973B

Fingerprint

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3rd party key server

Ubuntu key server

Packages

Noble

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