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