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