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