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