At the end of last year, our IIoT platform Nerve received cybersecurity qualification according to IEC 62443-4-2 on product level. This was followed by release 3.1.0 that focused on security and production readiness. Our current release, Nerve 3.2.0, centers on further improvement of usability and user experience.
Find out what’s new in release 3.2.0 below:
The main benefit of Nerve 3.2.0 is a cleaner and more consistent user interface (UI) and user experience and offers cleaner deployment and administration workflows.
- The interface design has been modernized for more visual consistency, with improved icons and cleaner navigation to make common actions easer to understand and implement.
- Users can now manage nodes more flexibly through updated node lists that define node groups by labels and allow users to drag and drop nodes between groups, with the labels changing automatically. This reduces maintenance compared to folder-based structures and enables faster navigation and easier orientation when managing large node fleets.
Nerve 3.2.0 also improves automation and operational control, for easier integration of Nerve into customer monitoring and DevOps workflows. This includes:
- Expanded DNA capabilities with user-provided metadata for better traceability of deployed configurations, more transparency when checking DNA status, and easier grouping and filtering. Node DNA status information is now available in the Management System for easier centralized management and verification. NTP and logging configuration is now possible through DNA as well, and users can set customized compose restrictions, which enable increased automation and reduce effort after node updates.
- Improved APIs and automation for customer workflows: This includes access tokens for automated API access, OAuth authentication flow for Docker registry access, and RCM download from the Management System for better version alignment and less setup effort. Nerve 3.2.0 also offers Local UI APIs for system metrics that enable Nerve node health information to be added to monitoring portals without giving end users access to the Management System.
Nerve 3.2.0 also ensures better visibility when troubleshooting and operating nodes. Key features are:
- Improved control over container-based workloads for more precise workload operation, faster recovery of individual containers, and less disruption to running compose workloads.
- Improved reliability, auditability, and field support: Improved TPM lockout behavior reduces the risk of access loss and lockouts and enables faster recovery and more robust behavior in real-world installation scenarios. Network connection status is now visible on the console, so field staff can check connectivity and basic network diagnostics quickly, supporting faster troubleshooting during installation and service. The audit log coverage has been extended for better traceability of important actions, improved audit readiness, and a more complete operational history across the Management System and Local UI.
Check out the release details in full here:
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
