3 * Minor updates in the documentation
6 * Update the documentation
7 * Change local-backend identifier from file:// to local//
8 * Make sure the user does not specify local images outside IMAGE_DIR by
9 using .. in the IMG_ID parameter
10 * HELPER: Fix a bug triggered when the image is corructed
13 * Merge the ChangeLog files of snf-image and snf-image-helper
14 * Add version check in snf-image-update-helper
15 * Remove HELPER_URL from common.in
18 * Move the snf-image-helper image from squeeze to wheezy
19 * Add documentations under /docs
20 * Fix a bug in the network back-end
23 * Add code to download and install a fixed snf-image-helper image. This is
24 the default behaviour for snf-image-update-helper.
27 * Use devflow building system
28 * In pithcat if the provided URL is a pithosmap, initialize the backend
32 * Change pinned version for ufsutils package
35 * Add support for FreeBSD images
36 * HELPER: Fix a few bugs in the helper monitoring system
39 * Fix a bug in helper-monitor.py
40 * Make snf-image-update-helper install a patched version of ntfs-3g.
41 The debian squeeze version does not recognize the "--no-mtab" option
42 * Update contact email address
46 * Increase the default HELPER_SIZE and TIMEOUT values
47 * Cleanup the code and remove settings no longer used
48 * Rename snf-image-host to snf-image
49 * HELPER: Add support for xen
50 * HELPER: Cleanup the helper code
53 * Make the size of the helper VM image configurable
54 * HELPER: Mount /proc and /dev before chrooting
55 * HELPER: Fix a bug in DeleteSSHKeys task where the code for checking for
56 non-default keys was never called.
59 * Cleanup defaults file and remove redundant variables
60 * Make defaults file inherit the configuration options
61 passed with ./configure
64 * HELPER: Fix a bug in the code that determines which partition to resize
65 * HELPER: On linux images, mount all local partition during deployment. Not
69 * Fix multistrap.conf to work with apt2.dev.grnet.gr
72 * Change snf-image-helper repository to apt2.dev.grnet.gr
73 * HELPER: In windows images make sure the file C:\Window\panther\Unattend.xml
74 gets removed after sysprep runs
75 * HELPER: Support extended partitions with id 0x0f
76 * HELPER: Fix a bug in the error monitoring system
77 * HELPER: Fix a bug in AssignHostname for archlinux images
78 * HELPER: In AssignHostname check for the presence of /etc/hostname before
79 trying to determine the disto of a Linux image.
82 * Make pithcat work with pithosmap URLs
83 * HELPER: Fix a race condition where in some cases could lead to a kernel
84 panic for the helper VM.
87 * Abandon debootstrap in favor of multistrap. This way we can define
88 more than 1 repositories to retrieve packages from.
89 * Add a mechanism for pinning repositories and package versions
90 * Add a version check in snf-image-update-helper. After the creation
91 of the helper, check if the versions of snf-image-{host,helper} match
92 * Remove the HELPER_PKG variable from common.sh. The helper package by
93 default should get downloaded from a repo using
94 snf-image-update-helper. You can still install a package from the
95 local file system using the -p variable.
96 * Specify snf-image-helper as the init process when running the helper
98 * HELPER: Make snf-image-helper the init process of the system
99 * HELPER: Shutdown the helper image fast using the apropriate SysRq key
100 * HELPER: Use eatmydata to omit the syncs performed by resize2fs when
101 resizing a file system. You can supress this behaviour by defining
102 the DO_SYNC image property.
105 * HELPER: Fix a bug in AssignHostname configuration task where the script did
106 not search for the presence of the Unattend.xml file in the VM, in
107 a case-insensitive way
110 * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper introduced in v0.6.3
113 * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper where the temporary image file
114 was not removed if an error occured.
115 * HELPER: Don't overwrite C:\Unattend.xml file in windows images, unless the
116 image property USE_DEFAULT_UNATTEND is defined.
117 * HELPER: Fix a bug in the error monitoring system
118 * HELPER: Correct some error messages
121 * Seperate the error messages that should be logged by the system from
122 those that should be propagated to the user through the monitoring
123 mechanism. Don't allow internal configuration options get revieled to
124 * HELPER: Remove the rule of updating the password for user `user' in Fedora
125 and Ubuntu when the USERS image property is missing.
126 * HELPER: Check if a user exists before updating its password.
130 * Use Coordinated Universal Time when logging.
131 * Fix a bug in the way snf-image-update-helper reads the links of the
132 kernel and the initrd in the helper VM.
133 * Use environmental variables instead of input options to pass sensitive
134 data to pithcat. This is needed because when pithcat is running, every
135 user can see the program's command line by using ps.
138 * Fix import and export scripts
139 * Add new config_url os parameter. This can be used by snf-image to
140 download a json file that contains the value for other os parameters
141 * HELPER: Make sure EnforcePersonality is the last task that runs before
142 UmountImage. Doing this ensures that user-enjected files never
143 get overwritten by any other configuration task.
146 * Add a new progress monitoring mechanism. With this new mechanism,
147 snf-image can output progress and error messages to external programs
149 * Make the name of image properties case insensitive
150 * Abandon timelimit command in favor of timeout
151 * Add support for null image backend type. This backend type can be
152 used if we want snf-image to configure the VM disk without first
153 copying an image to it.
154 * HELPER: Add a new progress monitoring mechanish
155 * HELPER: Add support for arch linux
158 * HELPER: Make the name of image properties case-insensitive
161 * HELPER: Fix a bug in FixPartitionTable where in some cases the script
162 failed to create the logical swap partition.
165 * Remove progress-monitor-support flag. An external progress monitor
166 programm will be used if --with-progress-monitor flag is used in
167 configure or if PROGRESS_MONITOR variable in the defaults file has a
169 * Remove --enable-pithos-backend option in configure. This will be
171 * Create package list in snf-update-helper every time debootstrap is
172 performed. If a cache file is found, snf-update-helper will use this
173 list to determine if it is OK to use this cache file or not.
174 * Add mechanism for overwritting the helper's Unattend.xml file
175 * HELPER: Add support for creating SWAP partitions
176 * HELPER: Add support for GPT partition tables
177 * HELPER: Add support for resizing logical partitions
178 * HELPER: Add mechanism for overwritting Unattend.xml
181 * Make snf-image-update-helper ask whether to use the found deboostrap
182 cache file when in interactive mode.
183 * Make the system update the default debootstrap cache file when -c
184 option is used and it's value does not point to a cache file.
187 * HELPER: Force Automatic Update in Windows images
190 * HELPER: Fix 2 bugs in Delete SSH Keys task, caused by the use of pipefail
194 * Fix a bug in pithcat where the restored image had incorrect
195 size. The trailing zeros in the image files where not restored.
196 * HELPER: Check if the images partition table is valid
199 * Make pithcat work with pithos v0.8.3
202 * HELPER: Fix a bug in the OS detection code
205 * Put all helpers run-time created files in a tmpfs jail
206 * Remove the ARCH field from the image name
207 * Support remote (network accessable) and pithos hosted images
208 * Remove custom images format (remote images is a supergroup)
209 * HELPER: Warn and in some cases fail if the instance is of an unknown
210 * HELPER: Force a resize when the filesystem is clean, even if resize2fs
212 * HELPER: Make sure OSFAMILY image property is specified
215 * Support diskdump format
216 * Support custom images format. Custom images are diskdump images
217 that can be accessed from a URL
218 * Add a new OS parameter (img_properties)
219 * HELPER: Add support for Image Properties
220 * HELPER: Add new FixPartitionTable task
221 * HELPER: Add new task that disables RDP connections during windows setup
222 * HELPER: Extend image personalization to support custom ownership and
223 permissions in the injected files
226 * Fix a debootstrap bug in snf-image-update-helper
227 * Use --one-file-system option when creating cache for update-helper
228 * Add setting for allowing the user to manually pick a debian mirror
232 * Replace $(var) with ${var} in defaults file.
233 * Fix a dangerous-use-of-xargs bug in create.
234 * HELPER: Fix a bug in ChangePassword task
235 * HELPER: Add timestamps in output of the tasks