# Aerospike Tools Release 6.1.0 (September 24, 2021)

**URL:** <https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-tools-release-6-1-0-september-24-2021/8853>\
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**Created:** [September 24, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-tools-release-6-1-0-september-24-2021/8853 "2021-09-24T10:45:13Z")\
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[Aerospike Tools version 6.1.0](http://www.aerospike.com/download/tools/notes.html#6.1.0)was released on September 24, 2021.

- Requires Aerospike Server version 4.9 or newer.
- This release of Tools is the first to support changes included in server 5.7.
- Removed support for Aerospike Server prior to version 4.0.

#### New Features

- [TOOLS-1786] - (ASADM) Add `show best-practices` check to asadm.

#### Improvements

- [TOOLS-1805] - (AQL) Support PKI authentication in aql.
- [TOOLS-1508] - (ASADM) Make errors return with non-zero exit code when using the `-e` flag.
- [TOOLS-1739] - (ASADM) Support PKI authentication in asadm.
- [TOOLS-1757] - (ASADM) Remove support for Aerospike Server prior to version 4.0.
- [TOOLS-1763] - (ASADM) Support auto-completion for server 5.7 dynamic configuration.
- [TOOLS-1764] - (ASADM) Add support for new secondary index metrics coming in server 5.7.
- [TOOLS-1753] - (ASBACKUP) Support PKI authentication in asbackup.
- [TOOLS-1787] - (ASBENCH) Support PKI authentication in asbench.

#### Bug Fixes

- [TOOLS-1728] - (AQL) Aql does not check for invalid primary key insert.

#### Updates

- **Aerospike C Client** [5.2.3](https://download.aerospike.com/download/client/c/5.2.3)
- **asadm** [2.4.0](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-admin/releases/tag/2.4.0)
- **asbackup** [3.8.0](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-tools-backup/releases/tag/3.8.0)
- **asbenchmark** [1.4.0](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-benchmark/releases/tag/1.4.0)