New Direct Access gateway version (1.7.9)

Direct Access gateway 1.7.9 introduces both new and enhanced features, and resolves several issues. For upgrade instructions and a list of resolved issues, see Upgrading the Direct Access gateway installation

Support for the Application Default Credentials OAuth mechanism with Google BigQuery

This version introduces support for the Application Default Credentials OAuth mechanism when using the Google BigQuery (via Direct Access gateway) connector.

For details, see Create a Google BigQuery connection.

Support for metadata commands with process isolation

Two new options have been added to the Process isolation configuration property: All and Metadata. The All option allows you to enable process isolation for both reload and metadata commands while the Metadata option allows you to enable process isolation for metadata commands only. This can be useful, for example, for customers with ODBC drivers that do not support multi-threading, but who want to run metadata commands concurrently (mainly for preview purposes).

The new options are supported via the configuration UI or via the Public API.

See also: Process isolation

Support for Brazil (br) and France (fr) regions

You can now use Direct Access gateway in the Brazil (br) and France (fr) Qlik Cloud tenant regions.

Metrics collector

In a typical customer’s environment, numerous data reloads pass through Direct Access gateway into Qlik Talend Cloud on a daily basis. The ability to log and monitor resource consumption and utilization impacted by these reloads will help customers plan their reloads accordingly.

The new metrics collector (which runs in the background on the Direct Access gateway machine) offers basic logging and monitoring of resource utilization by Direct Access gateway, connectors, and the Operating System. The metrics collector can either be configured locally in a JSON file or via the Public API.

For more information, see Metrics collector.