CTERA Portal version 8.4.x includes a number of new features for global and team portal administrators and for end users.
Infrastructure Improvements
Improved Monitoring of the Kafka Service
A new retention policy framework for Kafka-based event streams provides administrators with fine-grained control over data durability and lifecycle management at the messaging layer, supporting long-term observability and compliance requirements.
ESXi Deployment
The ESXi OVA now includes the ability to specify two networks, one (eth0) used for external communication and the other for internal communication.
Global Administration
Google Cloud Storage (S3) Storage Node Supporets Direct Mode
The Google Cloud Storage (S3) storage node now supports direct mode.
N8N Workflow Automation
The CTERA Portal can now integrate with n8n, an open-source workflow automation tool. This integration enables customers to build multi-step AI workflows to automate processes that can enrich files and trigger actions based on content.
Additional Roles and Permissions
A new role, Archive Operator enables managing content that has been archived.
The following permissions have been added to the available permissions:
Manage Data Archive – Allows administrators to archive data by moving inactive data to secondary storage.
Edge Filers Management – Allows administrators to select and manage which edge filers are assigned to specific shares.
New Email Templates
The following email templates have been added:
- Archive Storage license exceeded
- Fusion Direct initial scan completed
- Open Fabric bucket health issue
- Portal is over archive quota limitation
- Restore Archive Job Completed
- Store Archive Job Completed
- User is over archive quota limitation
New Look and Feel
The global administrator portal user interface has changed to be more intuitive, including the navigation panel. Additional improvements to standardize the look and feel. For example, to manage a storage node.
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Team Portal Administration
Share Management
Centralized Share Management introduces a new portal interface for creating and managing shares directly from the CTERA Portal. Administrators can create, edit, and delete cloud shares directly from the Portal, automatically synchronizing configurations across multiple Edge Filers with real‑time validation, conflict prevention, and visibility into per‑device share status.
Fusion Direct
CTERA Fusion Direct unifies file and object storage. Data can be accessed as files through SMB or NFS and as objects through S3, allowing users, applications, and modern data processing environments to work with the same datasets. Fusion Direct simplifies infrastructure while enabling flexible access to data for collaboration, analytics, and data-driven workloads.
CTERA Archive
CTERA Archive enables organizations to seamlessly move inactive data from primary storage into cost‑efficient Archive Cloud Folders while keeping it accessible by CTERA services and as metadata. Centralized retention policies, quotas, and dedicated archive roles ensure compliant long‑term preservation and controlled restoration of historical data at scale.
New Email Templates
The following email templates have been added:
- Edge Filer Cache Full - Eviction Failed
- User is over archive quota limitation
Additional Role
A new role, Archive Operator, for both administrators and end users, enables managing content that has been archived.
Continued Improvements to the Look and Feel
Additional improvements to standardize the look and feel.
End User Portal View
Advanced Search
CTERA Portal Search lets users quickly find any file they’re authorized to access across the Global File System, with a dedicated search index, tiered licensing (from basic filename search to full-text and AI-powered queries), and an advanced metadata-driven search UI for precise, large-scale discovery.