Cloudera provides a release guide that contains release and download information for installers and administrators. It includes release notes as well as information about versions and downloads. The guide also provides a release matrix that shows which major and minor release version of a product is supported with which release version of Cloudera Manager, CDH and, if applicable, Cloudera Search and Cloudera Impala.

The Release Guide is comprised of topics including:

• CDH 5 and Cloudera Manager 5 Requirements and Supported Versions
• Version and Download Information
• What's New in Cloudera Documentation
• CDH 5 Release Notes
  • New Features and Changes in CDH 5
  • Incompatible Changes and Limitations
  • Known Issues in CDH 5
  • Issues Fixed in CDH 5
• Cloudera Manager 5 Release Notes
  • New Features and Changes in Cloudera Manager 5
  • Known Issues and Workarounds in Cloudera Manager 5
  • Issues Fixed in Cloudera Manager 5
• Impala release notes
  • What's New in Apache Impala (incubating)
  • Apache Impala (incubating) Known Issues
  • Fixed Issues in Apache Impala (incubating)
  • Apache Impala (incubating) Incompatible Changes and Limitations
• Cloudera Navigator Data Management Release Notes
  • New Features and Changes in Cloudera Navigator Data Management
  • Known Issues and Workarounds in Cloudera Navigator Data Management
  • Issues Fixed in Cloudera Navigator Data Management
• Cloudera Navigator Key Trustee Server Release Notes
  • New Features and Changes in Cloudera Navigator Key Trustee Server
  • Known Issues and Workarounds in Cloudera Navigator Key Trustee Server
  • Issues Fixed in Cloudera Navigator Key Trustee Server
• Cloudera Navigator Key HSM Release Notes
  • New Features and Changes in Cloudera Navigator Key HSM
  • Known Issues and Workarounds in Cloudera Navigator Key HSM
  • Issues Fixed in Cloudera Navigator Key HSM
• Key Trustee KMS Release Notes
  • New Features in Key Trustee KMS
  • Known Issues and Workarounds in Key Trustee KMS
  • Issues Fixed in Key Trustee KMS
• Cloudera Navigator HSM KMS Release Notes
  • New Features and Changes in Cloudera Navigator HSM KMS
  • Known Issues and Workarounds in Cloudera Navigator HSM KMS
  • Issues Fixed in Cloudera Navigator HSM KMS
• Cloudera Navigator Encrypt Release Notes
  • New Features and Changes in Cloudera Navigator Encrypt
  • Known Issues and Workarounds in Cloudera Navigator Encrypt
  • Issues Fixed in Cloudera Navigator Encrypt
• Deprecated Items