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