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Version 2.6.0 beta1
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*(unreleased)*
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- Deprecated ``admin_up`` instance field. Instead, ``admin_state`` is
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  introduced, with 3 possible values -- ``up``, ``down`` and
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  ``offline``.
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- Replaced ``--disks`` option of ``gnt-instance replace-disks`` with a
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  more flexible ``--disk`` option. Now disk size and mode can be changed
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  upon recreation.
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- Removed deprecated ``QueryLocks`` LUXI request. Use
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  ``Query(what=QR_LOCK, ...)`` instead.
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- The LUXI requests :pyeval:`luxi.REQ_QUERY_JOBS`,
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  :pyeval:`luxi.REQ_QUERY_INSTANCES`, :pyeval:`luxi.REQ_QUERY_NODES`,
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  :pyeval:`luxi.REQ_QUERY_GROUPS`, :pyeval:`luxi.REQ_QUERY_EXPORTS` and
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  :pyeval:`luxi.REQ_QUERY_TAGS` are deprecated and will be removed in a
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  future version. :pyeval:`luxi.REQ_QUERY` should be used instead.
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- RAPI client: ``CertificateError`` now derives from ``GanetiApiError``
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- Deprecation warnings due to PyCrypto/paramiko import in
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  ``tools/setup-ssh`` have been silenced, as usually they are safe;
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  please make sure to run an up-to-date paramiko version
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- The QA scripts now depend on Python 2.5 or above
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Version 2.5.1
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*(Released Fri, 11 May 2012)*
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A small bugfix release.
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The main issues solved are on the topic of compatibility with newer LVM
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releases:
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- fixed parsing of ``lv_attr`` field
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- adapted to new ``vgreduce --removemissing`` behaviour where sometimes
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  the ``--force`` flag is needed
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Also on the topic of compatibility, ``tools/lvmstrap`` has been changed
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to accept kernel 3.x too (was hardcoded to 2.6.*).
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A regression present in 2.5.0 that broke handling (in the gnt-* scripts)
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of hook results and that also made display of other errors suboptimal
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was fixed; the code behaves now like 2.4 and earlier.
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Another change in 2.5, the cleanup of the OS scripts environment, is too
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aggressive: it removed even the ``PATH`` variable, which requires the OS
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scripts to *always* need to export it. Since this is a bit too strict,
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we now export a minimal PATH, the same that we export for hooks.
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The fix for issue 201 (Preserve bridge MTU in KVM ifup script) was
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integrated into this release.
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Finally, a few other miscellaneous changes were done (no new features,
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just small improvements):
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- Fix ``gnt-group --help`` display
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- Fix hardcoded Xen kernel path
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- Fix grow-disk handling of invalid units
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- Update synopsis for ``gnt-cluster repair-disk-sizes``
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- Accept both PUT and POST in noded (makes future upgrade to 2.6 easier)
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Version 2.5.0
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*(Released Thu, 12 Apr 2012)*
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Incompatible/important changes and bugfixes
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- The default of the ``/2/instances/[instance_name]/rename`` RAPI
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  resource's ``ip_check`` parameter changed from ``True`` to ``False``
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  to match the underlying LUXI interface.
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- The ``/2/nodes/[node_name]/evacuate`` RAPI resource was changed to use
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  body parameters, see :doc:`RAPI documentation <rapi>`. The server does
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  not maintain backwards-compatibility as the underlying operation
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  changed in an incompatible way. The RAPI client can talk to old
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  servers, but it needs to be told so as the return value changed.
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- When creating file-based instances via RAPI, the ``file_driver``
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  parameter no longer defaults to ``loop`` and must be specified.
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- The deprecated ``bridge`` NIC parameter is no longer supported. Use
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  ``link`` instead.
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- Support for the undocumented and deprecated RAPI instance creation
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  request format version 0 has been dropped. Use version 1, supported
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  since Ganeti 2.1.3 and :doc:`documented <rapi>`, instead.
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- Pyparsing 1.4.6 or above is required, see :doc:`installation
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  documentation <install>`.
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- The "cluster-verify" hooks are now executed per group by the
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  ``OP_CLUSTER_VERIFY_GROUP`` opcode. This maintains the same behavior
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  if you just run ``gnt-cluster verify``, which generates one opcode per
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  group.
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- The environment as passed to the OS scripts is cleared, and thus no
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  environment variables defined in the node daemon's environment will be
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  inherited by the scripts.
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- The :doc:`iallocator <iallocator>` mode ``multi-evacuate`` has been
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  deprecated.
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- :doc:`New iallocator modes <design-multi-reloc>` have been added to
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  support operations involving multiple node groups.
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- Offline nodes are ignored when failing over an instance.
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- Support for KVM version 1.0, which changed the version reporting format
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  from 3 to 2 digits.
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- TCP/IP ports used by DRBD disks are returned to a pool upon instance
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  removal.
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- ``Makefile`` is now compatible with Automake 1.11.2
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- Includes all bugfixes made in the 2.4 series
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New features
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- The ganeti-htools project has been merged into the ganeti-core source
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  tree and will be built as part of Ganeti (see :doc:`install-quick`).
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- Implemented support for :doc:`shared storage <design-shared-storage>`.
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- Add support for disks larger than 2 TB in ``lvmstrap`` by supporting
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  GPT-style partition tables (requires `parted
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  <http://www.gnu.org/s/parted/>`_).
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- Added support for floppy drive and 2nd CD-ROM drive in KVM hypervisor.
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- Allowed adding tags on instance creation.
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- Export instance tags to hooks (``INSTANCE_TAGS``, see :doc:`hooks`)
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- Allow instances to be started in a paused state, enabling the user to
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  see the complete console output on boot using the console.
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- Added new hypervisor flag to control default reboot behaviour
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  (``reboot_behavior``).
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- Added support for KVM keymaps (hypervisor parameter ``keymap``).
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- Improved out-of-band management support:
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  - Added ``gnt-node health`` command reporting the health status of
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    nodes.
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  - Added ``gnt-node power`` command to manage power status of nodes.
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  - Added command for emergency power-off (EPO), ``gnt-cluster epo``.
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- Instance migration can fall back to failover if instance is not
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  running.
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- Filters can be used when listing nodes, instances, groups and locks;
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  see *ganeti(7)* manpage.
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- Added post-execution status as variables to :doc:`hooks <hooks>`
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  environment.
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- Instance tags are exported/imported together with the instance.
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- When given an explicit job ID, ``gnt-job info`` will work for archived
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  jobs.
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- Jobs can define dependencies on other jobs (not yet supported via
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  RAPI or command line, but used by internal commands and usable via
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  LUXI).
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  - Lock monitor (``gnt-debug locks``) shows jobs waiting for
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    dependencies.
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- Instance failover is now available as a RAPI resource
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  (``/2/instances/[instance_name]/failover``).
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- ``gnt-instance info`` defaults to static information if primary node
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  is offline.
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- Opcodes have a new ``comment`` attribute.
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- Added basic SPICE support to KVM hypervisor.
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- ``tools/ganeti-listrunner`` allows passing of arguments to executable.
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Node group improvements
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- ``gnt-cluster verify`` has been modified to check groups separately,
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  thereby improving performance.
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- Node group support has been added to ``gnt-cluster verify-disks``,
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  which now operates per node group.
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- Watcher has been changed to work better with node groups.
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  - One process and state file per node group.
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  - Slow watcher in one group doesn't block other group's watcher.
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- Added new command, ``gnt-group evacuate``, to move all instances in a
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  node group to other groups.
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- Added ``gnt-instance change-group`` to move an instance to another
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  node group.
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- ``gnt-cluster command`` and ``gnt-cluster copyfile`` now support
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  per-group operations.
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- Node groups can be tagged.
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- Some operations switch from an exclusive to a shared lock as soon as
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  possible.
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- Instance's primary and secondary nodes' groups are now available as
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  query fields (``pnode.group``, ``pnode.group.uuid``, ``snodes.group``
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  and ``snodes.group.uuid``).
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Misc
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- Numerous updates to documentation and manpages.
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  - :doc:`RAPI <rapi>` documentation now has detailed parameter
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    descriptions.
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  - Some opcode/job results are now also documented, see :doc:`RAPI
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    <rapi>`.
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- A lockset's internal lock is now also visible in lock monitor.
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- Log messages from job queue workers now contain information about the
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  opcode they're processing.
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- ``gnt-instance console`` no longer requires the instance lock.
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- A short delay when waiting for job changes reduces the number of LUXI
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  requests significantly.
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- DRBD metadata volumes are overwritten with zeros during disk creation.
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- Out-of-band commands no longer acquire the cluster lock in exclusive
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  mode.
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- ``devel/upload`` now uses correct permissions for directories.
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Version 2.5.0 rc6
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*(Released Fri, 23 Mar 2012)*
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This was the sixth release candidate of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.5.0 rc5
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*(Released Mon, 9 Jan 2012)*
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This was the fifth release candidate of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.5.0 rc4
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*(Released Thu, 27 Oct 2011)*
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This was the fourth release candidate of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.5.0 rc3
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*(Released Wed, 26 Oct 2011)*
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This was the third release candidate of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.5.0 rc2
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*(Released Tue, 18 Oct 2011)*
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This was the second release candidate of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.5.0 rc1
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*(Released Tue, 4 Oct 2011)*
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This was the first release candidate of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.5.0 beta3
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*(Released Wed, 31 Aug 2011)*
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This was the third beta release of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.5.0 beta2
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*(Released Mon, 22 Aug 2011)*
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This was the second beta release of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.5.0 beta1
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*(Released Fri, 12 Aug 2011)*
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This was the first beta release of the 2.5 series.
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Version 2.4.5
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*(Released Thu, 27 Oct 2011)*
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- Fixed bug when parsing command line parameter values ending in
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  backslash
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- Fixed assertion error after unclean master shutdown
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- Disable HTTP client pool for RPC, significantly reducing memory usage
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- Fixed queue archive creation with wrong permissions
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Version 2.4.4
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*(Released Tue, 23 Aug 2011)*
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Small bug-fixes:
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- Fixed documentation for importing with ``--src-dir`` option
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- Fixed a bug in ``ensure-dirs`` with queue/archive permissions
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- Fixed a parsing issue with DRBD 8.3.11 in the Linux kernel
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Version 2.4.3
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*(Released Fri, 5 Aug 2011)*
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Many bug-fixes and a few small features:
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- Fixed argument order in ``ReserveLV`` and ``ReserveMAC`` which caused
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  issues when you tried to add an instance with two MAC addresses in one
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  request
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- KVM: fixed per-instance stored UID value
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- KVM: configure bridged NICs at migration start
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- KVM: Fix a bug where instance will not start with never KVM versions
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  (>= 0.14)
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- Added OS search path to ``gnt-cluster info``
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- Fixed an issue with ``file_storage_dir`` where you were forced to
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  provide an absolute path, but the documentation states it is a
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  relative path, the documentation was right
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- Added a new parameter to instance stop/start called ``--no-remember``
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  that will make the state change to not be remembered
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- Implemented ``no_remember`` at RAPI level
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- Improved the documentation
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- Node evacuation: don't call IAllocator if node is already empty
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- Fixed bug in DRBD8 replace disks on current nodes
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- Fixed bug in recreate-disks for DRBD instances
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- Moved assertion checking locks in ``gnt-instance replace-disks``
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  causing it to abort with not owning the right locks for some situation
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- Job queue: Fixed potential race condition when cancelling queued jobs
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- Fixed off-by-one bug in job serial generation
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- ``gnt-node volumes``: Fix instance names
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- Fixed aliases in bash completion
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- Fixed a bug in reopening log files after being sent a SIGHUP
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- Added a flag to burnin to allow specifying VCPU count
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- Bugfixes to non-root Ganeti configuration
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Version 2.4.2
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*(Released Thu, 12 May 2011)*
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Many bug-fixes and a few new small features:
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- Fixed a bug related to log opening failures
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- Fixed a bug in instance listing with orphan instances
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- Fixed a bug which prevented resetting the cluster-level node parameter
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  ``oob_program`` to the default
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- Many fixes related to the ``cluster-merge`` tool
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- Fixed a race condition in the lock monitor, which caused failures
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  during (at least) creation of many instances in parallel
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- Improved output for gnt-job info
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- Removed the quiet flag on some ssh calls which prevented debugging
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  failures
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- Improved the N+1 failure messages in cluster verify by actually
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  showing the memory values (needed and available)
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- Increased lock attempt timeouts so that when executing long operations
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  (e.g. DRBD replace-disks) other jobs do not enter 'blocking acquire'
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  too early and thus prevent the use of the 'fair' mechanism
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- Changed instance query data (``gnt-instance info``) to not acquire
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  locks unless needed, thus allowing its use on locked instance if only
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  static information is asked for
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- Improved behaviour with filesystems that do not support rename on an
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  opened file
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- Fixed the behaviour of ``prealloc_wipe_disks`` cluster parameter which
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  kept locks on all nodes during the wipe, which is unneeded
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- Fixed ``gnt-watcher`` handling of errors during hooks execution
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- Fixed bug in ``prealloc_wipe_disks`` with small disk sizes (less than
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  10GiB) which caused the wipe to fail right at the end in some cases
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- Fixed master IP activation when doing master failover with no-voting
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- Fixed bug in ``gnt-node add --readd`` which allowed the re-adding of
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  the master node itself
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- Fixed potential data-loss in under disk full conditions, where Ganeti
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  wouldn't check correctly the return code and would consider
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  partially-written files 'correct'
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- Fixed bug related to multiple VGs and DRBD disk replacing
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- Added new disk parameter ``metavg`` that allows placement of the meta
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  device for DRBD in a different volume group
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- Fixed error handling in the node daemon when the system libc doesn't
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  have major number 6 (i.e. if ``libc.so.6`` is not the actual libc)
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- Fixed lock release during replace-disks, which kept cluster-wide locks
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  when doing disk replaces with an iallocator script
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- Added check for missing bridges in cluster verify
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- Handle EPIPE errors while writing to the terminal better, so that
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  piping the output to e.g. ``less`` doesn't cause a backtrace
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- Fixed rare case where a ^C during Luxi calls could have been
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  interpreted as server errors, instead of simply terminating
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- Fixed a race condition in LUGroupAssignNodes (``gnt-group
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  assign-nodes``)
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- Added a few more parameters to the KVM hypervisor, allowing a second
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  CDROM, custom disk type for CDROMs and a floppy image
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- Removed redundant message in instance rename when the name is given
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  already as a FQDN
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- Added option to ``gnt-instance recreate-disks`` to allow creating the
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  disks on new nodes, allowing recreation when the original instance
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  nodes are completely gone
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- Added option when converting disk templates to DRBD to skip waiting
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  for the resync, in order to make the instance available sooner
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- Added two new variables to the OS scripts environment (containing the
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  instance's nodes)
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- Made the root_path and optional parameter for the xen-pvm hypervisor,
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  to allow use of ``pvgrub`` as bootloader
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- Changed the instance memory modifications to only check out-of-memory
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  conditions on memory increases, and turned the secondary node warnings
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  into errors (they can still be overridden via ``--force``)
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- Fixed the handling of a corner case when the Python installation gets
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  corrupted (e.g. a bad disk) while ganeti-noded is running and we try
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  to execute a command that doesn't exist
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- Fixed a bug in ``gnt-instance move`` (LUInstanceMove) when the primary
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  node of the instance returned failures during instance shutdown; this
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  adds the option ``--ignore-consistency`` to gnt-instance move
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And as usual, various improvements to the error messages, documentation
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and man pages.
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Version 2.4.1
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*(Released Wed, 09 Mar 2011)*
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Emergency bug-fix release. ``tools/cfgupgrade`` was broken and overwrote
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the RAPI users file if run twice (even with ``--dry-run``).
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The release fixes that bug (nothing else changed).
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Version 2.4.0
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*(Released Mon, 07 Mar 2011)*
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Final 2.4.0 release. Just a few small fixes:
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- Fixed RAPI node evacuate
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- Fixed the kvm-ifup script
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- Fixed internal error handling for special job cases
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- Updated man page to specify the escaping feature for options
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Version 2.4.0 rc3
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*(Released Mon, 28 Feb 2011)*
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A critical fix for the ``prealloc_wipe_disks`` feature: it is possible
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that this feature wiped the disks of the wrong instance, leading to loss
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of data.
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Other changes:
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- Fixed title of query field containing instance name
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- Expanded the glossary in the documentation
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- Fixed one unittest (internal issue)
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Version 2.4.0 rc2
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*(Released Mon, 21 Feb 2011)*
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A number of bug fixes plus just a couple functionality changes.
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On the user-visible side, the ``gnt-* list`` command output has changed
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with respect to "special" field states. The current rc1 style of display
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can be re-enabled by passing a new ``--verbose`` (``-v``) flag, but in
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the default output mode special fields states are displayed as follows:
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- Offline resource: ``*``
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- Unavailable/not applicable: ``-``
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- Data missing (RPC failure): ``?``
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- Unknown field: ``??``
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Another user-visible change is the addition of ``--force-join`` to
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``gnt-node add``.
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As for bug fixes:
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- ``tools/cluster-merge`` has seen many fixes and is now enabled again
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- Fixed regression in RAPI/instance reinstall where all parameters were
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  required (instead of optional)
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- Fixed ``gnt-cluster repair-disk-sizes``, was broken since Ganeti 2.2
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- Fixed iallocator usage (offline nodes were not considered offline)
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- Fixed ``gnt-node list`` with respect to non-vm_capable nodes
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- Fixed hypervisor and OS parameter validation with respect to
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  non-vm_capable nodes
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- Fixed ``gnt-cluster verify`` with respect to offline nodes (mostly
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  cosmetic)
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- Fixed ``tools/listrunner`` with respect to agent-based usage
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Version 2.4.0 rc1
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*(Released Fri,  4 Feb 2011)*
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Many changes and fixes since the beta1 release. While there were some
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internal changes, the code has been mostly stabilised for the RC
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release.
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Note: the dumb allocator was removed in this release, as it was not kept
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up-to-date with the IAllocator protocol changes. It is recommended to
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use the ``hail`` command from the ganeti-htools package.
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Note: the 2.4 and up versions of Ganeti are not compatible with the
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Regressions fixed from 2.3
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- Fixed the ``gnt-cluster verify-disks`` command
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- Made ``gnt-cluster verify-disks`` work in parallel (as opposed to
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- Fixed disk adoption breakage
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- Fixed wrong headers in instance listing for field aliases
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Other bugs fixed
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- Fixed corner case in KVM handling of NICs
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- Fixed many cases of wrong handling of non-vm_capable nodes
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- Fixed a bug where a missing instance symlink was not possible to
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  recreate with any ``gnt-*`` command (now ``gnt-instance
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  activate-disks`` does it)
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- Fixed the volume group name as reported by ``gnt-cluster
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  verify-disks``
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- Increased timeouts for the import-export code, hopefully leading to
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  fewer aborts due network or instance timeouts
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- Fixed bug in ``gnt-node list-storage``
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- Fixed bug where not all daemons were started on cluster
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  initialisation, but only at the first watcher run
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- Fixed many bugs in the OOB implementation
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- Fixed watcher behaviour in presence of instances with offline
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  secondaries
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- Fixed instance list output for instances running on the wrong node
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- a few fixes to the cluster-merge tool, but it still cannot merge
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  multi-node groups (currently it is not recommended to use this tool)
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Improvements
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- Improved network configuration for the KVM hypervisor
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- Added e1000 as a supported NIC for Xen-HVM
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- Improved the lvmstrap tool to also be able to use partitions, as
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  opposed to full disks
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- Improved speed of disk wiping (the cluster parameter
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  ``prealloc_wipe_disks``, so that it has a low impact on the total time
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  of instance creations
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- Added documentation for the OS parameters
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- Changed ``gnt-instance deactivate-disks`` so that it can work if the
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  hypervisor is not responding
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- Added display of blacklisted and hidden OS information in
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  ``gnt-cluster info``
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- Extended ``gnt-cluster verify`` to also validate hypervisor, backend,
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  NIC and node parameters, which might create problems with currently
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  invalid (but undetected) configuration files, but prevents validation
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  failures when unrelated parameters are modified
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- Changed cluster initialisation to wait for the master daemon to become
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  available
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- Expanded the RAPI interface:
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  - Added config redistribution resource
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  - Added activation/deactivation of instance disks
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  - Added export of console information
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- Implemented log file reopening on SIGHUP, which allows using
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  logrotate(8) for the Ganeti log files
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- Added a basic OOB helper script as an example
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Version 2.4.0 beta1
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*(Released Fri, 14 Jan 2011)*
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User-visible
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- Fixed timezone issues when formatting timestamps
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- Added support for node groups, available via ``gnt-group`` and other
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  commands
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- Added out-of-band framework and management, see :doc:`design
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  document <design-oob>`
589
- Removed support for roman numbers from ``gnt-node list`` and
590
  ``gnt-instance list``.
591
- Allowed modification of master network interface via ``gnt-cluster
592
  modify --master-netdev``
593
- Accept offline secondaries while shutting down instance disks
594
- Added ``blockdev_prefix`` parameter to Xen PVM and HVM hypervisors
595
- Added support for multiple LVM volume groups
596
- Avoid sorting nodes for ``gnt-node list`` if specific nodes are
597
  requested
598
- Added commands to list available fields:
599

    
600
  - ``gnt-node list-fields``
601
  - ``gnt-group list-fields``
602
  - ``gnt-instance list-fields``
603

    
604
- Updated documentation and man pages
605

    
606
Integration
607
~~~~~~~~~~~
608

    
609
- Moved ``rapi_users`` file into separate directory, now named
610
  ``.../ganeti/rapi/users``, ``cfgupgrade`` moves the file and creates a
611
  symlink
612
- Added new tool for running commands on many machines,
613
  ``tools/ganeti-listrunner``
614
- Implemented more verbose result in ``OpInstanceConsole`` opcode, also
615
  improving the ``gnt-instance console`` output
616
- Allowed customisation of disk index separator at ``configure`` time
617
- Export node group allocation policy to :doc:`iallocator <iallocator>`
618
- Added support for non-partitioned md disks in ``lvmstrap``
619
- Added script to gracefully power off KVM instances
620
- Split ``utils`` module into smaller parts
621
- Changed query operations to return more detailed information, e.g.
622
  whether an information is unavailable due to an offline node. To use
623
  this new functionality, the LUXI call ``Query`` must be used. Field
624
  information is now stored by the master daemon and can be retrieved
625
  using ``QueryFields``. Instances, nodes and groups can also be queried
626
  using the new opcodes ``OpQuery`` and ``OpQueryFields`` (not yet
627
  exposed via RAPI). The following commands make use of this
628
  infrastructure change:
629

    
630
  - ``gnt-group list``
631
  - ``gnt-group list-fields``
632
  - ``gnt-node list``
633
  - ``gnt-node list-fields``
634
  - ``gnt-instance list``
635
  - ``gnt-instance list-fields``
636
  - ``gnt-debug locks``
637

    
638
Remote API
639
~~~~~~~~~~
640

    
641
- New RAPI resources (see :doc:`rapi`):
642

    
643
  - ``/2/modify``
644
  - ``/2/groups``
645
  - ``/2/groups/[group_name]``
646
  - ``/2/groups/[group_name]/assign-nodes``
647
  - ``/2/groups/[group_name]/modify``
648
  - ``/2/groups/[group_name]/rename``
649
  - ``/2/instances/[instance_name]/disk/[disk_index]/grow``
650

    
651
- RAPI changes:
652

    
653
  - Implemented ``no_install`` for instance creation
654
  - Implemented OS parameters for instance reinstallation, allowing
655
    use of special settings on reinstallation (e.g. for preserving data)
656

    
657
Misc
658
~~~~
659

    
660
- Added IPv6 support in import/export
661
- Pause DRBD synchronization while wiping disks on instance creation
662
- Updated unittests and QA scripts
663
- Improved network parameters passed to KVM
664
- Converted man pages from docbook to reStructuredText
665

    
666

    
667
Version 2.3.1
668
-------------
669

    
670
*(Released Mon, 20 Dec 2010)*
671

    
672
Released version 2.3.1~rc1 without any changes.
673

    
674

    
675
Version 2.3.1 rc1
676
-----------------
677

    
678
*(Released Wed, 1 Dec 2010)*
679

    
680
- impexpd: Disable OpenSSL compression in socat if possible (backport
681
  from master, commit e90739d625b, see :doc:`installation guide
682
  <install-quick>` for details)
683
- Changed unittest coverage report to exclude test scripts
684
- Added script to check version format
685

    
686

    
687
Version 2.3.0
688
-------------
689

    
690
*(Released Wed, 1 Dec 2010)*
691

    
692
Released version 2.3.0~rc1 without any changes.
693

    
694

    
695
Version 2.3.0 rc1
696
-----------------
697

    
698
*(Released Fri, 19 Nov 2010)*
699

    
700
A number of bugfixes and documentation updates:
701

    
702
- Update ganeti-os-interface documentation
703
- Fixed a bug related to duplicate MACs or similar items which should be
704
  unique
705
- Fix breakage in OS state modify
706
- Reinstall instance: disallow offline secondaries (fixes bug related to
707
  OS changing but reinstall failing)
708
- plus all the other fixes between 2.2.1 and 2.2.2
709

    
710

    
711
Version 2.3.0 rc0
712
-----------------
713

    
714
*(Released Tue, 2 Nov 2010)*
715

    
716
- Fixed clearing of the default iallocator using ``gnt-cluster modify``
717
- Fixed master failover race with watcher
718
- Fixed a bug in ``gnt-node modify`` which could lead to an inconsistent
719
  configuration
720
- Accept previously stopped instance for export with instance removal
721
- Simplify and extend the environment variables for instance OS scripts
722
- Added new node flags, ``master_capable`` and ``vm_capable``
723
- Added optional instance disk wiping prior during allocation. This is a
724
  cluster-wide option and can be set/modified using
725
  ``gnt-cluster {init,modify} --prealloc-wipe-disks``.
726
- Added IPv6 support, see :doc:`design document <design-2.3>` and
727
  :doc:`install-quick`
728
- Added a new watcher option (``--ignore-pause``)
729
- Added option to ignore offline node on instance start/stop
730
  (``--ignore-offline``)
731
- Allow overriding OS parameters with ``gnt-instance reinstall``
732
- Added ability to change node's secondary IP address using ``gnt-node
733
  modify``
734
- Implemented privilege separation for all daemons except
735
  ``ganeti-noded``, see ``configure`` options
736
- Complain if an instance's disk is marked faulty in ``gnt-cluster
737
  verify``
738
- Implemented job priorities (see ``ganeti(7)`` manpage)
739
- Ignore failures while shutting down instances during failover from
740
  offline node
741
- Exit daemon's bootstrap process only once daemon is ready
742
- Export more information via ``LUInstanceQuery``/remote API
743
- Improved documentation, QA and unittests
744
- RAPI daemon now watches ``rapi_users`` all the time and doesn't need a
745
  restart if the file was created or changed
746
- Added LUXI protocol version sent with each request and response,
747
  allowing detection of server/client mismatches
748
- Moved the Python scripts among gnt-* and ganeti-* into modules
749
- Moved all code related to setting up SSH to an external script,
750
  ``setup-ssh``
751
- Infrastructure changes for node group support in future versions
752

    
753

    
754
Version 2.2.2
755
-------------
756

    
757
*(Released Fri, 19 Nov 2010)*
758

    
759
A few small bugs fixed, and some improvements to the build system:
760

    
761
- Fix documentation regarding conversion to drbd
762
- Fix validation of parameters in cluster modify (``gnt-cluster modify
763
  -B``)
764
- Fix error handling in node modify with multiple changes
765
- Allow remote imports without checked names
766

    
767

    
768
Version 2.2.1
769
-------------
770

    
771
*(Released Tue, 19 Oct 2010)*
772

    
773
- Disable SSL session ID cache in RPC client
774

    
775

    
776
Version 2.2.1 rc1
777
-----------------
778

    
779
*(Released Thu, 14 Oct 2010)*
780

    
781
- Fix interaction between Curl/GnuTLS and the Python's HTTP server
782
  (thanks Apollon Oikonomopoulos!), finally allowing the use of Curl
783
  with GnuTLS
784
- Fix problems with interaction between Curl and Python's HTTP server,
785
  resulting in increased speed in many RPC calls
786
- Improve our release script to prevent breakage with older aclocal and
787
  Python 2.6
788

    
789

    
790
Version 2.2.1 rc0
791
-----------------
792

    
793
*(Released Thu, 7 Oct 2010)*
794

    
795
- Fixed issue 125, replace hardcoded "xenvg" in ``gnt-cluster`` with
796
  value retrieved from master
797
- Added support for blacklisted or hidden OS definitions
798
- Added simple lock monitor (accessible via (``gnt-debug locks``)
799
- Added support for -mem-path in KVM hypervisor abstraction layer
800
- Allow overriding instance parameters in tool for inter-cluster
801
  instance moves (``tools/move-instance``)
802
- Improved opcode summaries (e.g. in ``gnt-job list``)
803
- Improve consistency of OS listing by sorting it
804
- Documentation updates
805

    
806

    
807
Version 2.2.0.1
808
---------------
809

    
810
*(Released Fri, 8 Oct 2010)*
811

    
812
- Rebuild with a newer autotools version, to fix python 2.6 compatibility
813

    
814

    
815
Version 2.2.0
816
-------------
817

    
818
*(Released Mon, 4 Oct 2010)*
819

    
820
- Fixed regression in ``gnt-instance rename``
821

    
822

    
823
Version 2.2.0 rc2
824
-----------------
825

    
826
*(Released Wed, 22 Sep 2010)*
827

    
828
- Fixed OS_VARIANT variable for OS scripts
829
- Fixed cluster tag operations via RAPI
830
- Made ``setup-ssh`` exit with non-zero code if an error occurred
831
- Disabled RAPI CA checks in watcher
832

    
833

    
834
Version 2.2.0 rc1
835
-----------------
836

    
837
*(Released Mon, 23 Aug 2010)*
838

    
839
- Support DRBD versions of the format "a.b.c.d"
840
- Updated manpages
841
- Re-introduce support for usage from multiple threads in RAPI client
842
- Instance renames and modify via RAPI
843
- Work around race condition between processing and archival in job
844
  queue
845
- Mark opcodes following failed one as failed, too
846
- Job field ``lock_status`` was removed due to difficulties making it
847
  work with the changed job queue in Ganeti 2.2; a better way to monitor
848
  locks is expected for a later 2.2.x release
849
- Fixed dry-run behaviour with many commands
850
- Support ``ssh-agent`` again when adding nodes
851
- Many additional bugfixes
852

    
853

    
854
Version 2.2.0 rc0
855
-----------------
856

    
857
*(Released Fri, 30 Jul 2010)*
858

    
859
Important change: the internal RPC mechanism between Ganeti nodes has
860
changed from using a home-grown http library (based on the Python base
861
libraries) to use the PycURL library. This requires that PycURL is
862
installed on nodes. Please note that on Debian/Ubuntu, PycURL is linked
863
against GnuTLS by default. cURL's support for GnuTLS had known issues
864
before cURL 7.21.0 and we recommend using the latest cURL release or
865
linking against OpenSSL. Most other distributions already link PycURL
866
and cURL against OpenSSL. The command::
867

    
868
  python -c 'import pycurl; print pycurl.version'
869

    
870
can be used to determine the libraries PycURL and cURL are linked
871
against.
872

    
873
Other significant changes:
874

    
875
- Rewrote much of the internals of the job queue, in order to achieve
876
  better parallelism; this decouples job query operations from the job
877
  processing, and it should allow much nicer behaviour of the master
878
  daemon under load, and it also has uncovered some long-standing bugs
879
  related to the job serialisation (now fixed)
880
- Added a default iallocator setting to the cluster parameters,
881
  eliminating the need to always pass nodes or an iallocator for
882
  operations that require selection of new node(s)
883
- Added experimental support for the LXC virtualization method
884
- Added support for OS parameters, which allows the installation of
885
  instances to pass parameter to OS scripts in order to customise the
886
  instance
887
- Added a hypervisor parameter controlling the migration type (live or
888
  non-live), since hypervisors have various levels of reliability; this
889
  has renamed the 'live' parameter to 'mode'
890
- Added a cluster parameter ``reserved_lvs`` that denotes reserved
891
  logical volumes, meaning that cluster verify will ignore them and not
892
  flag their presence as errors
893
- The watcher will now reset the error count for failed instances after
894
  8 hours, thus allowing self-healing if the problem that caused the
895
  instances to be down/fail to start has cleared in the meantime
896
- Added a cluster parameter ``drbd_usermode_helper`` that makes Ganeti
897
  check for, and warn, if the drbd module parameter ``usermode_helper``
898
  is not consistent with the cluster-wide setting; this is needed to
899
  make diagnose easier of failed drbd creations
900
- Started adding base IPv6 support, but this is not yet
901
  enabled/available for use
902
- Rename operations (cluster, instance) will now return the new name,
903
  which is especially useful if a short name was passed in
904
- Added support for instance migration in RAPI
905
- Added a tool to pre-configure nodes for the SSH setup, before joining
906
  them to the cluster; this will allow in the future a simplified model
907
  for node joining (but not yet fully enabled in 2.2); this needs the
908
  paramiko python library
909
- Fixed handling of name-resolving errors
910
- Fixed consistency of job results on the error path
911
- Fixed master-failover race condition when executed multiple times in
912
  sequence
913
- Fixed many bugs related to the job queue (mostly introduced during the
914
  2.2 development cycle, so not all are impacting 2.1)
915
- Fixed instance migration with missing disk symlinks
916
- Fixed handling of unknown jobs in ``gnt-job archive``
917
- And many other small fixes/improvements
918

    
919
Internal changes:
920

    
921
- Enhanced both the unittest and the QA coverage
922
- Switched the opcode validation to a generic model, and extended the
923
  validation to all opcode parameters
924
- Changed more parts of the code that write shell scripts to use the
925
  same class for this
926
- Switched the master daemon to use the asyncore library for the Luxi
927
  server endpoint
928

    
929

    
930
Version 2.2.0 beta0
931
-------------------
932

    
933
*(Released Thu, 17 Jun 2010)*
934

    
935
- Added tool (``move-instance``) and infrastructure to move instances
936
  between separate clusters (see :doc:`separate documentation
937
  <move-instance>` and :doc:`design document <design-2.2>`)
938
- Added per-request RPC timeout
939
- RAPI now requires a Content-Type header for requests with a body (e.g.
940
  ``PUT`` or ``POST``) which must be set to ``application/json`` (see
941
  :rfc:`2616` (HTTP/1.1), section 7.2.1)
942
- ``ganeti-watcher`` attempts to restart ``ganeti-rapi`` if RAPI is not
943
  reachable
944
- Implemented initial support for running Ganeti daemons as separate
945
  users, see configure-time flags ``--with-user-prefix`` and
946
  ``--with-group-prefix`` (only ``ganeti-rapi`` is supported at this
947
  time)
948
- Instances can be removed after export (``gnt-backup export
949
  --remove-instance``)
950
- Self-signed certificates generated by Ganeti now use a 2048 bit RSA
951
  key (instead of 1024 bit)
952
- Added new cluster configuration file for cluster domain secret
953
- Import/export now use SSL instead of SSH
954
- Added support for showing estimated time when exporting an instance,
955
  see the ``ganeti-os-interface(7)`` manpage and look for
956
  ``EXP_SIZE_FD``
957

    
958

    
959
Version 2.1.8
960
-------------
961

    
962
*(Released Tue, 16 Nov 2010)*
963

    
964
Some more bugfixes. Unless critical bugs occur, this will be the last
965
2.1 release:
966

    
967
- Fix case of MAC special-values
968
- Fix mac checker regex
969
- backend: Fix typo causing "out of range" error
970
- Add missing --units in gnt-instance list man page
971

    
972

    
973
Version 2.1.7
974
-------------
975

    
976
*(Released Tue, 24 Aug 2010)*
977

    
978
Bugfixes only:
979
  - Don't ignore secondary node silently on non-mirrored disk templates
980
    (issue 113)
981
  - Fix --master-netdev arg name in gnt-cluster(8) (issue 114)
982
  - Fix usb_mouse parameter breaking with vnc_console (issue 109)
983
  - Properly document the usb_mouse parameter
984
  - Fix path in ganeti-rapi(8) (issue 116)
985
  - Adjust error message when the ganeti user's .ssh directory is
986
    missing
987
  - Add same-node-check when changing the disk template to drbd
988

    
989

    
990
Version 2.1.6
991
-------------
992

    
993
*(Released Fri, 16 Jul 2010)*
994

    
995
Bugfixes only:
996
  - Add an option to only select some reboot types during qa/burnin.
997
    (on some hypervisors consequent reboots are not supported)
998
  - Fix infrequent race condition in master failover. Sometimes the old
999
    master ip address would be still detected as up for a short time
1000
    after it was removed, causing failover to fail.
1001
  - Decrease mlockall warnings when the ctypes module is missing. On
1002
    Python 2.4 we support running even if no ctypes module is installed,
1003
    but we were too verbose about this issue.
1004
  - Fix building on old distributions, on which man doesn't have a
1005
    --warnings option.
1006
  - Fix RAPI not to ignore the MAC address on instance creation
1007
  - Implement the old instance creation format in the RAPI client.
1008

    
1009

    
1010
Version 2.1.5
1011
-------------
1012

    
1013
*(Released Thu, 01 Jul 2010)*
1014

    
1015
A small bugfix release:
1016
  - Fix disk adoption: broken by strict --disk option checking in 2.1.4
1017
  - Fix batch-create: broken in the whole 2.1 series due to a lookup on
1018
    a non-existing option
1019
  - Fix instance create: the --force-variant option was ignored
1020
  - Improve pylint 0.21 compatibility and warnings with Python 2.6
1021
  - Fix modify node storage with non-FQDN arguments
1022
  - Fix RAPI client to authenticate under Python 2.6 when used
1023
    for more than 5 requests needing authentication
1024
  - Fix gnt-instance modify -t (storage) giving a wrong error message
1025
    when converting a non-shutdown drbd instance to plain
1026

    
1027

    
1028
Version 2.1.4
1029
-------------
1030

    
1031
*(Released Fri, 18 Jun 2010)*
1032

    
1033
A small bugfix release:
1034

    
1035
  - Fix live migration of KVM instances started with older Ganeti
1036
    versions which had fewer hypervisor parameters
1037
  - Fix gnt-instance grow-disk on down instances
1038
  - Fix an error-reporting bug during instance migration
1039
  - Better checking of the ``--net`` and ``--disk`` values, to avoid
1040
    silently ignoring broken ones
1041
  - Fix an RPC error reporting bug affecting, for example, RAPI client
1042
    users
1043
  - Fix bug triggered by different API version os-es on different nodes
1044
  - Fix a bug in instance startup with custom hvparams: OS level
1045
    parameters would fail to be applied.
1046
  - Fix the RAPI client under Python 2.6 (but more work is needed to
1047
    make it work completely well with OpenSSL)
1048
  - Fix handling of errors when resolving names from DNS
1049

    
1050

    
1051
Version 2.1.3
1052
-------------
1053

    
1054
*(Released Thu, 3 Jun 2010)*
1055

    
1056
A medium sized development cycle. Some new features, and some
1057
fixes/small improvements/cleanups.
1058

    
1059
Significant features
1060
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1061

    
1062
The node deamon now tries to mlock itself into memory, unless the
1063
``--no-mlock`` flag is passed. It also doesn't fail if it can't write
1064
its logs, and falls back to console logging. This allows emergency
1065
features such as ``gnt-node powercycle`` to work even in the event of a
1066
broken node disk (tested offlining the disk hosting the node's
1067
filesystem and dropping its memory caches; don't try this at home)
1068

    
1069
KVM: add vhost-net acceleration support. It can be tested with a new
1070
enough version of the kernel and of qemu-kvm.
1071

    
1072
KVM: Add instance chrooting feature. If you use privilege dropping for
1073
your VMs you can also now force them to chroot to an empty directory,
1074
before starting the emulated guest.
1075

    
1076
KVM: Add maximum migration bandwith and maximum downtime tweaking
1077
support (requires a new-enough version of qemu-kvm).
1078

    
1079
Cluster verify will now warn if the master node doesn't have the master
1080
ip configured on it.
1081

    
1082
Add a new (incompatible) instance creation request format to RAPI which
1083
supports all parameters (previously only a subset was supported, and it
1084
wasn't possible to extend the old format to accomodate all the new
1085
features. The old format is still supported, and a client can check for
1086
this feature, before using it, by checking for its presence in the
1087
``features`` RAPI resource.
1088

    
1089
Now with ancient latin support. Try it passing the ``--roman`` option to
1090
``gnt-instance info``, ``gnt-cluster info`` or ``gnt-node list``
1091
(requires the python-roman module to be installed, in order to work).
1092

    
1093
Other changes
1094
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1095

    
1096
As usual many internal code refactorings, documentation updates, and
1097
such. Among others:
1098

    
1099
  - Lots of improvements and cleanups to the experimental Remote API
1100
    (RAPI) client library.
1101
  - A new unit test suite for the core daemon libraries.
1102
  - A fix to creating missing directories makes sure the umask is not
1103
    applied anymore. This enforces the same directory permissions
1104
    everywhere.
1105
  - Better handling terminating daemons with ctrl+c (used when running
1106
    them in debugging mode).
1107
  - Fix a race condition in live migrating a KVM instance, when stat()
1108
    on the old proc status file returned EINVAL, which is an unexpected
1109
    value.
1110
  - Fixed manpage checking with newer man and utf-8 charachters. But now
1111
    you need the en_US.UTF-8 locale enabled to build Ganeti from git.
1112

    
1113

    
1114
Version 2.1.2.1
1115
---------------
1116

    
1117
*(Released Fri, 7 May 2010)*
1118

    
1119
Fix a bug which prevented untagged KVM instances from starting.
1120

    
1121

    
1122
Version 2.1.2
1123
-------------
1124

    
1125
*(Released Fri, 7 May 2010)*
1126

    
1127
Another release with a long development cycle, during which many
1128
different features were added.
1129

    
1130
Significant features
1131
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1132

    
1133
The KVM hypervisor now can run the individual instances as non-root, to
1134
reduce the impact of a VM being hijacked due to bugs in the
1135
hypervisor. It is possible to run all instances as a single (non-root)
1136
user, to manually specify a user for each instance, or to dynamically
1137
allocate a user out of a cluster-wide pool to each instance, with the
1138
guarantee that no two instances will run under the same user ID on any
1139
given node.
1140

    
1141
An experimental RAPI client library, that can be used standalone
1142
(without the other Ganeti libraries), is provided in the source tree as
1143
``lib/rapi/client.py``. Note this client might change its interface in
1144
the future, as we iterate on its capabilities.
1145

    
1146
A new command, ``gnt-cluster renew-crypto`` has been added to easily
1147
replace the cluster's certificates and crypto keys. This might help in
1148
case they have been compromised, or have simply expired.
1149

    
1150
A new disk option for instance creation has been added that allows one
1151
to "adopt" currently existing logical volumes, with data
1152
preservation. This should allow easier migration to Ganeti from
1153
unmanaged (or managed via other software) instances.
1154

    
1155
Another disk improvement is the possibility to convert between redundant
1156
(DRBD) and plain (LVM) disk configuration for an instance. This should
1157
allow better scalability (starting with one node and growing the
1158
cluster, or shrinking a two-node cluster to one node).
1159

    
1160
A new feature that could help with automated node failovers has been
1161
implemented: if a node sees itself as offline (by querying the master
1162
candidates), it will try to shutdown (hard) all instances and any active
1163
DRBD devices. This reduces the risk of duplicate instances if an
1164
external script automatically failovers the instances on such nodes. To
1165
enable this, the cluster parameter ``maintain_node_health`` should be
1166
enabled; in the future this option (per the name) will enable other
1167
automatic maintenance features.
1168

    
1169
Instance export/import now will reuse the original instance
1170
specifications for all parameters; that means exporting an instance,
1171
deleting it and the importing it back should give an almost identical
1172
instance. Note that the default import behaviour has changed from
1173
before, where it created only one NIC; now it recreates the original
1174
number of NICs.
1175

    
1176
Cluster verify has added a few new checks: SSL certificates validity,
1177
/etc/hosts consistency across the cluster, etc.
1178

    
1179
Other changes
1180
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1181

    
1182
As usual, many internal changes were done, documentation fixes,
1183
etc. Among others:
1184

    
1185
- Fixed cluster initialization with disabled cluster storage (regression
1186
  introduced in 2.1.1)
1187
- File-based storage supports growing the disks
1188
- Fixed behaviour of node role changes
1189
- Fixed cluster verify for some corner cases, plus a general rewrite of
1190
  cluster verify to allow future extension with more checks
1191
- Fixed log spamming by watcher and node daemon (regression introduced
1192
  in 2.1.1)
1193
- Fixed possible validation issues when changing the list of enabled
1194
  hypervisors
1195
- Fixed cleanup of /etc/hosts during node removal
1196
- Fixed RAPI response for invalid methods
1197
- Fixed bug with hashed passwords in ``ganeti-rapi`` daemon
1198
- Multiple small improvements to the KVM hypervisor (VNC usage, booting
1199
  from ide disks, etc.)
1200
- Allow OS changes without re-installation (to record a changed OS
1201
  outside of Ganeti, or to allow OS renames)
1202
- Allow instance creation without OS installation (useful for example if
1203
  the OS will be installed manually, or restored from a backup not in
1204
  Ganeti format)
1205
- Implemented option to make cluster ``copyfile`` use the replication
1206
  network
1207
- Added list of enabled hypervisors to ssconf (possibly useful for
1208
  external scripts)
1209
- Added a new tool (``tools/cfgupgrade12``) that allows upgrading from
1210
  1.2 clusters
1211
- A partial form of node re-IP is possible via node readd, which now
1212
  allows changed node primary IP
1213
- Command line utilities now show an informational message if the job is
1214
  waiting for a lock
1215
- The logs of the master daemon now show the PID/UID/GID of the
1216
  connected client
1217

    
1218

    
1219
Version 2.1.1
1220
-------------
1221

    
1222
*(Released Fri, 12 Mar 2010)*
1223

    
1224
During the 2.1.0 long release candidate cycle, a lot of improvements and
1225
changes have accumulated with were released later as 2.1.1.
1226

    
1227
Major changes
1228
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1229

    
1230
The node evacuate command (``gnt-node evacuate``) was significantly
1231
rewritten, and as such the IAllocator protocol was changed - a new
1232
request type has been added. This unfortunate change during a stable
1233
series is designed to improve performance of node evacuations; on
1234
clusters with more than about five nodes and which are well-balanced,
1235
evacuation should proceed in parallel for all instances of the node
1236
being evacuated. As such, any existing IAllocator scripts need to be
1237
updated, otherwise the above command will fail due to the unknown
1238
request. The provided "dumb" allocator has not been updated; but the
1239
ganeti-htools package supports the new protocol since version 0.2.4.
1240

    
1241
Another important change is increased validation of node and instance
1242
names. This might create problems in special cases, if invalid host
1243
names are being used.
1244

    
1245
Also, a new layer of hypervisor parameters has been added, that sits at
1246
OS level between the cluster defaults and the instance ones. This allows
1247
customisation of virtualization parameters depending on the installed
1248
OS. For example instances with OS 'X' may have a different KVM kernel
1249
(or any other parameter) than the cluster defaults. This is intended to
1250
help managing a multiple OSes on the same cluster, without manual
1251
modification of each instance's parameters.
1252

    
1253
A tool for merging clusters, ``cluster-merge``, has been added in the
1254
tools sub-directory.
1255

    
1256
Bug fixes
1257
~~~~~~~~~
1258

    
1259
- Improved the int/float conversions that should make the code more
1260
  robust in face of errors from the node daemons
1261
- Fixed the remove node code in case of internal configuration errors
1262
- Fixed the node daemon behaviour in face of inconsistent queue
1263
  directory (e.g. read-only file-system where we can't open the files
1264
  read-write, etc.)
1265
- Fixed the behaviour of gnt-node modify for master candidate demotion;
1266
  now it either aborts cleanly or, if given the new "auto_promote"
1267
  parameter, will automatically promote other nodes as needed
1268
- Fixed compatibility with (unreleased yet) Python 2.6.5 that would
1269
  completely prevent Ganeti from working
1270
- Fixed bug for instance export when not all disks were successfully
1271
  exported
1272
- Fixed behaviour of node add when the new node is slow in starting up
1273
  the node daemon
1274
- Fixed handling of signals in the LUXI client, which should improve
1275
  behaviour of command-line scripts
1276
- Added checks for invalid node/instance names in the configuration (now
1277
  flagged during cluster verify)
1278
- Fixed watcher behaviour for disk activation errors
1279
- Fixed two potentially endless loops in http library, which led to the
1280
  RAPI daemon hanging and consuming 100% CPU in some cases
1281
- Fixed bug in RAPI daemon related to hashed passwords
1282
- Fixed bug for unintended qemu-level bridging of multi-NIC KVM
1283
  instances
1284
- Enhanced compatibility with non-Debian OSes, but not using absolute
1285
  path in some commands and allowing customisation of the ssh
1286
  configuration directory
1287
- Fixed possible future issue with new Python versions by abiding to the
1288
  proper use of ``__slots__`` attribute on classes
1289
- Added checks that should prevent directory traversal attacks
1290
- Many documentation fixes based on feedback from users
1291

    
1292
New features
1293
~~~~~~~~~~~~
1294

    
1295
- Added an "early_release" more for instance replace disks and node
1296
  evacuate, where we release locks earlier and thus allow higher
1297
  parallelism within the cluster
1298
- Added watcher hooks, intended to allow the watcher to restart other
1299
  daemons (e.g. from the ganeti-nbma project), but they can be used of
1300
  course for any other purpose
1301
- Added a compile-time disable for DRBD barriers, to increase
1302
  performance if the administrator trusts the power supply or the
1303
  storage system to not lose writes
1304
- Added the option of using syslog for logging instead of, or in
1305
  addition to, Ganeti's own log files
1306
- Removed boot restriction for paravirtual NICs for KVM, recent versions
1307
  can indeed boot from a paravirtual NIC
1308
- Added a generic debug level for many operations; while this is not
1309
  used widely yet, it allows one to pass the debug value all the way to
1310
  the OS scripts
1311
- Enhanced the hooks environment for instance moves (failovers,
1312
  migrations) where the primary/secondary nodes changed during the
1313
  operation, by adding {NEW,OLD}_{PRIMARY,SECONDARY} vars
1314
- Enhanced data validations for many user-supplied values; one important
1315
  item is the restrictions imposed on instance and node names, which
1316
  might reject some (invalid) host names
1317
- Add a configure-time option to disable file-based storage, if it's not
1318
  needed; this allows greater security separation between the master
1319
  node and the other nodes from the point of view of the inter-node RPC
1320
  protocol
1321
- Added user notification in interactive tools if job is waiting in the
1322
  job queue or trying to acquire locks
1323
- Added log messages when a job is waiting for locks
1324
- Added filtering by node tags in instance operations which admit
1325
  multiple instances (start, stop, reboot, reinstall)
1326
- Added a new tool for cluster mergers, ``cluster-merge``
1327
- Parameters from command line which are of the form ``a=b,c=d`` can now
1328
  use backslash escapes to pass in values which contain commas,
1329
  e.g. ``a=b\\c,d=e`` where the 'a' parameter would get the value
1330
  ``b,c``
1331
- For KVM, the instance name is the first parameter passed to KVM, so
1332
  that it's more visible in the process list
1333

    
1334

    
1335
Version 2.1.0
1336
-------------
1337

    
1338
*(Released Tue, 2 Mar 2010)*
1339

    
1340
Ganeti 2.1 brings many improvements with it. Major changes:
1341

    
1342
- Added infrastructure to ease automated disk repairs
1343
- Added new daemon to export configuration data in a cheaper way than
1344
  using the remote API
1345
- Instance NICs can now be routed instead of being associated with a
1346
  networking bridge
1347
- Improved job locking logic to reduce impact of jobs acquiring multiple
1348
  locks waiting for other long-running jobs
1349

    
1350
In-depth implementation details can be found in the Ganeti 2.1 design
1351
document.
1352

    
1353
Details
1354
~~~~~~~
1355

    
1356
- Added chroot hypervisor
1357
- Added more options to xen-hvm hypervisor (``kernel_path`` and
1358
  ``device_model``)
1359
- Added more options to xen-pvm hypervisor (``use_bootloader``,
1360
  ``bootloader_path`` and ``bootloader_args``)
1361
- Added the ``use_localtime`` option for the xen-hvm and kvm
1362
  hypervisors, and the default value for this has changed to false (in
1363
  2.0 xen-hvm always enabled it)
1364
- Added luxi call to submit multiple jobs in one go
1365
- Added cluster initialization option to not modify ``/etc/hosts``
1366
  file on nodes
1367
- Added network interface parameters
1368
- Added dry run mode to some LUs
1369
- Added RAPI resources:
1370

    
1371
  - ``/2/instances/[instance_name]/info``
1372
  - ``/2/instances/[instance_name]/replace-disks``
1373
  - ``/2/nodes/[node_name]/evacuate``
1374
  - ``/2/nodes/[node_name]/migrate``
1375
  - ``/2/nodes/[node_name]/role``
1376
  - ``/2/nodes/[node_name]/storage``
1377
  - ``/2/nodes/[node_name]/storage/modify``
1378
  - ``/2/nodes/[node_name]/storage/repair``
1379

    
1380
- Added OpCodes to evacuate or migrate all instances on a node
1381
- Added new command to list storage elements on nodes (``gnt-node
1382
  list-storage``) and modify them (``gnt-node modify-storage``)
1383
- Added new ssconf files with master candidate IP address
1384
  (``ssconf_master_candidates_ips``), node primary IP address
1385
  (``ssconf_node_primary_ips``) and node secondary IP address
1386
  (``ssconf_node_secondary_ips``)
1387
- Added ``ganeti-confd`` and a client library to query the Ganeti
1388
  configuration via UDP
1389
- Added ability to run hooks after cluster initialization and before
1390
  cluster destruction
1391
- Added automatic mode for disk replace (``gnt-instance replace-disks
1392
  --auto``)
1393
- Added ``gnt-instance recreate-disks`` to re-create (empty) disks
1394
  after catastrophic data-loss
1395
- Added ``gnt-node repair-storage`` command to repair damaged LVM volume
1396
  groups
1397
- Added ``gnt-instance move`` command to move instances
1398
- Added ``gnt-cluster watcher`` command to control watcher
1399
- Added ``gnt-node powercycle`` command to powercycle nodes
1400
- Added new job status field ``lock_status``
1401
- Added parseable error codes to cluster verification (``gnt-cluster
1402
  verify --error-codes``) and made output less verbose (use
1403
  ``--verbose`` to restore previous behaviour)
1404
- Added UUIDs to the main config entities (cluster, nodes, instances)
1405
- Added support for OS variants
1406
- Added support for hashed passwords in the Ganeti remote API users file
1407
  (``rapi_users``)
1408
- Added option to specify maximum timeout on instance shutdown
1409
- Added ``--no-ssh-init`` option to ``gnt-cluster init``
1410
- Added new helper script to start and stop Ganeti daemons
1411
  (``daemon-util``), with the intent to reduce the work necessary to
1412
  adjust Ganeti for non-Debian distributions and to start/stop daemons
1413
  from one place
1414
- Added more unittests
1415
- Fixed critical bug in ganeti-masterd startup
1416
- Removed the configure-time ``kvm-migration-port`` parameter, this is
1417
  now customisable at the cluster level for both the KVM and Xen
1418
  hypervisors using the new ``migration_port`` parameter
1419
- Pass ``INSTANCE_REINSTALL`` variable to OS installation script when
1420
  reinstalling an instance
1421
- Allowed ``@`` in tag names
1422
- Migrated to Sphinx (http://sphinx.pocoo.org/) for documentation
1423
- Many documentation updates
1424
- Distribute hypervisor files on ``gnt-cluster redist-conf``
1425
- ``gnt-instance reinstall`` can now reinstall multiple instances
1426
- Updated many command line parameters
1427
- Introduced new OS API version 15
1428
- No longer support a default hypervisor
1429
- Treat virtual LVs as inexistent
1430
- Improved job locking logic to reduce lock contention
1431
- Match instance and node names case insensitively
1432
- Reimplemented bash completion script to be more complete
1433
- Improved burnin
1434

    
1435

    
1436
Version 2.0.6
1437
-------------
1438

    
1439
*(Released Thu, 4 Feb 2010)*
1440

    
1441
- Fix cleaner behaviour on nodes not in a cluster (Debian bug 568105)
1442
- Fix a string formatting bug
1443
- Improve safety of the code in some error paths
1444
- Improve data validation in the master of values returned from nodes
1445

    
1446

    
1447
Version 2.0.5
1448
-------------
1449

    
1450
*(Released Thu, 17 Dec 2009)*
1451

    
1452
- Fix security issue due to missing validation of iallocator names; this
1453
  allows local and remote execution of arbitrary executables
1454
- Fix failure of gnt-node list during instance removal
1455
- Ship the RAPI documentation in the archive
1456

    
1457

    
1458
Version 2.0.4
1459
-------------
1460

    
1461
*(Released Wed, 30 Sep 2009)*
1462

    
1463
- Fixed many wrong messages
1464
- Fixed a few bugs related to the locking library
1465
- Fixed MAC checking at instance creation time
1466
- Fixed a DRBD parsing bug related to gaps in /proc/drbd
1467
- Fixed a few issues related to signal handling in both daemons and
1468
  scripts
1469
- Fixed the example startup script provided
1470
- Fixed insserv dependencies in the example startup script (patch from
1471
  Debian)
1472
- Fixed handling of drained nodes in the iallocator framework
1473
- Fixed handling of KERNEL_PATH parameter for xen-hvm (Debian bug
1474
  #528618)
1475
- Fixed error related to invalid job IDs in job polling
1476
- Fixed job/opcode persistence on unclean master shutdown
1477
- Fixed handling of partial job processing after unclean master
1478
  shutdown
1479
- Fixed error reporting from LUs, previously all errors were converted
1480
  into execution errors
1481
- Fixed error reporting from burnin
1482
- Decreased significantly the memory usage of the job queue
1483
- Optimised slightly multi-job submission
1484
- Optimised slightly opcode loading
1485
- Backported the multi-job submit framework from the development
1486
  branch; multi-instance start and stop should be faster
1487
- Added script to clean archived jobs after 21 days; this will reduce
1488
  the size of the queue directory
1489
- Added some extra checks in disk size tracking
1490
- Added an example ethers hook script
1491
- Added a cluster parameter that prevents Ganeti from modifying of
1492
  /etc/hosts
1493
- Added more node information to RAPI responses
1494
- Added a ``gnt-job watch`` command that allows following the ouput of a
1495
  job
1496
- Added a bind-address option to ganeti-rapi
1497
- Added more checks to the configuration verify
1498
- Enhanced the burnin script such that some operations can be retried
1499
  automatically
1500
- Converted instance reinstall to multi-instance model
1501

    
1502

    
1503
Version 2.0.3
1504
-------------
1505

    
1506
*(Released Fri, 7 Aug 2009)*
1507

    
1508
- Added ``--ignore-size`` to the ``gnt-instance activate-disks`` command
1509
  to allow using the pre-2.0.2 behaviour in activation, if any existing
1510
  instances have mismatched disk sizes in the configuration
1511
- Added ``gnt-cluster repair-disk-sizes`` command to check and update
1512
  any configuration mismatches for disk sizes
1513
- Added ``gnt-master cluste-failover --no-voting`` to allow master
1514
  failover to work on two-node clusters
1515
- Fixed the ``--net`` option of ``gnt-backup import``, which was
1516
  unusable
1517
- Fixed detection of OS script errors in ``gnt-backup export``
1518
- Fixed exit code of ``gnt-backup export``
1519

    
1520

    
1521
Version 2.0.2
1522
-------------
1523

    
1524
*(Released Fri, 17 Jul 2009)*
1525

    
1526
- Added experimental support for stripped logical volumes; this should
1527
  enhance performance but comes with a higher complexity in the block
1528
  device handling; stripping is only enabled when passing
1529
  ``--with-lvm-stripecount=N`` to ``configure``, but codepaths are
1530
  affected even in the non-stripped mode
1531
- Improved resiliency against transient failures at the end of DRBD
1532
  resyncs, and in general of DRBD resync checks
1533
- Fixed a couple of issues with exports and snapshot errors
1534
- Fixed a couple of issues in instance listing
1535
- Added display of the disk size in ``gnt-instance info``
1536
- Fixed checking for valid OSes in instance creation
1537
- Fixed handling of the "vcpus" parameter in instance listing and in
1538
  general of invalid parameters
1539
- Fixed http server library, and thus RAPI, to handle invalid
1540
  username/password combinations correctly; this means that now they
1541
  report unauthorized for queries too, not only for modifications,
1542
  allowing earlier detect of configuration problems
1543
- Added a new "role" node list field, equivalent to the master/master
1544
  candidate/drained/offline flags combinations
1545
- Fixed cluster modify and changes of candidate pool size
1546
- Fixed cluster verify error messages for wrong files on regular nodes
1547
- Fixed a couple of issues with node demotion from master candidate role
1548
- Fixed node readd issues
1549
- Added non-interactive mode for ``ganeti-masterd --no-voting`` startup
1550
- Added a new ``--no-voting`` option for masterfailover to fix failover
1551
  on two-nodes clusters when the former master node is unreachable
1552
- Added instance reinstall over RAPI
1553

    
1554

    
1555
Version 2.0.1
1556
-------------
1557

    
1558
*(Released Tue, 16 Jun 2009)*
1559

    
1560
- added ``-H``/``-B`` startup parameters to ``gnt-instance``, which will
1561
  allow re-adding the start in single-user option (regression from 1.2)
1562
- the watcher writes the instance status to a file, to allow monitoring
1563
  to report the instance status (from the master) based on cached
1564
  results of the watcher's queries; while this can get stale if the
1565
  watcher is being locked due to other work on the cluster, this is
1566
  still an improvement
1567
- the watcher now also restarts the node daemon and the rapi daemon if
1568
  they died
1569
- fixed the watcher to handle full and drained queue cases
1570
- hooks export more instance data in the environment, which helps if
1571
  hook scripts need to take action based on the instance's properties
1572
  (no longer need to query back into ganeti)
1573
- instance failovers when the instance is stopped do not check for free
1574
  RAM, so that failing over a stopped instance is possible in low memory
1575
  situations
1576
- rapi uses queries for tags instead of jobs (for less job traffic), and
1577
  for cluster tags it won't talk to masterd at all but read them from
1578
  ssconf
1579
- a couple of error handling fixes in RAPI
1580
- drbd handling: improved the error handling of inconsistent disks after
1581
  resync to reduce the frequency of "there are some degraded disks for
1582
  this instance" messages
1583
- fixed a bug in live migration when DRBD doesn't want to reconnect (the
1584
  error handling path called a wrong function name)
1585

    
1586

    
1587
Version 2.0.0
1588
-------------
1589

    
1590
*(Released Wed, 27 May 2009)*
1591

    
1592
- no changes from rc5
1593

    
1594

    
1595
Version 2.0 rc5
1596
---------------
1597

    
1598
*(Released Wed, 20 May 2009)*
1599

    
1600
- fix a couple of bugs (validation, argument checks)
1601
- fix ``gnt-cluster getmaster`` on non-master nodes (regression)
1602
- some small improvements to RAPI and IAllocator
1603
- make watcher automatically start the master daemon if down
1604

    
1605

    
1606
Version 2.0 rc4
1607
---------------
1608

    
1609
*(Released Mon, 27 Apr 2009)*
1610

    
1611
- change the OS list to not require locks; this helps with big clusters
1612
- fix ``gnt-cluster verify`` and ``gnt-cluster verify-disks`` when the
1613
  volume group is broken
1614
- ``gnt-instance info``, without any arguments, doesn't run for all
1615
  instances anymore; either pass ``--all`` or pass the desired
1616
  instances; this helps against mistakes on big clusters where listing
1617
  the information for all instances takes a long time
1618
- miscellaneous doc and man pages fixes
1619

    
1620

    
1621
Version 2.0 rc3
1622
---------------
1623

    
1624
*(Released Wed, 8 Apr 2009)*
1625

    
1626
- Change the internal locking model of some ``gnt-node`` commands, in
1627
  order to reduce contention (and blocking of master daemon) when
1628
  batching many creation/reinstall jobs
1629
- Fixes to Xen soft reboot
1630
- No longer build documentation at build time, instead distribute it in
1631
  the archive, in order to reduce the need for the whole docbook/rst
1632
  toolchains
1633

    
1634

    
1635
Version 2.0 rc2
1636
---------------
1637

    
1638
*(Released Fri, 27 Mar 2009)*
1639

    
1640
- Now the cfgupgrade scripts works and can upgrade 1.2.7 clusters to 2.0
1641
- Fix watcher startup sequence, improves the behaviour of busy clusters
1642
- Some other fixes in ``gnt-cluster verify``, ``gnt-instance
1643
  replace-disks``, ``gnt-instance add``, ``gnt-cluster queue``, KVM VNC
1644
  bind address and other places
1645
- Some documentation fixes and updates
1646

    
1647

    
1648
Version 2.0 rc1
1649
---------------
1650

    
1651
*(Released Mon, 2 Mar 2009)*
1652

    
1653
- More documentation updates, now all docs should be more-or-less
1654
  up-to-date
1655
- A couple of small fixes (mixed hypervisor clusters, offline nodes,
1656
  etc.)
1657
- Added a customizable HV_KERNEL_ARGS hypervisor parameter (for Xen PVM
1658
  and KVM)
1659
- Fix an issue related to $libdir/run/ganeti and cluster creation
1660

    
1661

    
1662
Version 2.0 beta2
1663
-----------------
1664

    
1665
*(Released Thu, 19 Feb 2009)*
1666

    
1667
- Xen PVM and KVM have switched the default value for the instance root
1668
  disk to the first partition on the first drive, instead of the whole
1669
  drive; this means that the OS installation scripts must be changed
1670
  accordingly
1671
- Man pages have been updated
1672
- RAPI has been switched by default to HTTPS, and the exported functions
1673
  should all work correctly
1674
- RAPI v1 has been removed
1675
- Many improvements to the KVM hypervisor
1676
- Block device errors are now better reported
1677
- Many other bugfixes and small improvements
1678

    
1679

    
1680
Version 2.0 beta1
1681
-----------------
1682

    
1683
*(Released Mon, 26 Jan 2009)*
1684

    
1685
- Version 2 is a general rewrite of the code and therefore the
1686
  differences are too many to list, see the design document for 2.0 in
1687
  the ``doc/`` subdirectory for more details
1688
- In this beta version there is not yet a migration path from 1.2 (there
1689
  will be one in the final 2.0 release)
1690
- A few significant changes are:
1691

    
1692
  - all commands are executed by a daemon (``ganeti-masterd``) and the
1693
    various ``gnt-*`` commands are just front-ends to it
1694
  - all the commands are entered into, and executed from a job queue,
1695
    see the ``gnt-job(8)`` manpage
1696
  - the RAPI daemon supports read-write operations, secured by basic
1697
    HTTP authentication on top of HTTPS
1698
  - DRBD version 0.7 support has been removed, DRBD 8 is the only
1699
    supported version (when migrating from Ganeti 1.2 to 2.0, you need
1700
    to migrate to DRBD 8 first while still running Ganeti 1.2)
1701
  - DRBD devices are using statically allocated minor numbers, which
1702
    will be assigned to existing instances during the migration process
1703
  - there is support for both Xen PVM and Xen HVM instances running on
1704
    the same cluster
1705
  - KVM virtualization is supported too
1706
  - file-based storage has been implemented, which means that it is
1707
    possible to run the cluster without LVM and DRBD storage, for
1708
    example using a shared filesystem exported from shared storage (and
1709
    still have live migration)
1710

    
1711

    
1712
Version 1.2.7
1713
-------------
1714

    
1715
*(Released Tue, 13 Jan 2009)*
1716

    
1717
- Change the default reboot type in ``gnt-instance reboot`` to "hard"
1718
- Reuse the old instance mac address by default on instance import, if
1719
  the instance name is the same.
1720
- Handle situations in which the node info rpc returns incomplete
1721
  results (issue 46)
1722
- Add checks for tcp/udp ports collisions in ``gnt-cluster verify``
1723
- Improved version of batcher:
1724

    
1725
  - state file support
1726
  - instance mac address support
1727
  - support for HVM clusters/instances
1728

    
1729
- Add an option to show the number of cpu sockets and nodes in
1730
  ``gnt-node list``
1731
- Support OSes that handle more than one version of the OS api (but do
1732
  not change the current API in any other way)
1733
- Fix ``gnt-node migrate``
1734
- ``gnt-debug`` man page
1735
- Fixes various more typos and small issues
1736
- Increase disk resync maximum speed to 60MB/s (from 30MB/s)
1737

    
1738

    
1739
Version 1.2.6
1740
-------------
1741

    
1742
*(Released Wed, 24 Sep 2008)*
1743

    
1744
- new ``--hvm-nic-type`` and ``--hvm-disk-type`` flags to control the
1745
  type of disk exported to fully virtualized instances.
1746
- provide access to the serial console of HVM instances
1747
- instance auto_balance flag, set by default. If turned off it will
1748
  avoid warnings on cluster verify if there is not enough memory to fail
1749
  over an instance. in the future it will prevent automatically failing
1750
  it over when we will support that.
1751
- batcher tool for instance creation, see ``tools/README.batcher``
1752
- ``gnt-instance reinstall --select-os`` to interactively select a new
1753
  operating system when reinstalling an instance.
1754
- when changing the memory amount on instance modify a check has been
1755
  added that the instance will be able to start. also warnings are
1756
  emitted if the instance will not be able to fail over, if auto_balance
1757
  is true.
1758
- documentation fixes
1759
- sync fields between ``gnt-instance list/modify/add/import``
1760
- fix a race condition in drbd when the sync speed was set after giving
1761
  the device a remote peer.
1762

    
1763

    
1764
Version 1.2.5
1765
-------------
1766

    
1767
*(Released Tue, 22 Jul 2008)*
1768

    
1769
- note: the allowed size and number of tags per object were reduced
1770
- fix a bug in ``gnt-cluster verify`` with inconsistent volume groups
1771
- fixed twisted 8.x compatibility
1772
- fixed ``gnt-instance replace-disks`` with iallocator
1773
- add TCP keepalives on twisted connections to detect restarted nodes
1774
- disk increase support, see ``gnt-instance grow-disk``
1775
- implement bulk node/instance query for RAPI
1776
- add tags in node/instance listing (optional)
1777
- experimental migration (and live migration) support, read the man page
1778
  for ``gnt-instance migrate``
1779
- the ``ganeti-watcher`` logs are now timestamped, and the watcher also
1780
  has some small improvements in handling its state file
1781

    
1782

    
1783
Version 1.2.4
1784
-------------
1785

    
1786
*(Released Fri, 13 Jun 2008)*
1787

    
1788
- Experimental readonly, REST-based remote API implementation;
1789
  automatically started on master node, TCP port 5080, if enabled by
1790
  ``--enable-rapi`` parameter to configure script.
1791
- Instance allocator support. Add and import instance accept a
1792
  ``--iallocator`` parameter, and call that instance allocator to decide
1793
  which node to use for the instance. The iallocator document describes
1794
  what's expected from an allocator script.
1795
- ``gnt-cluster verify`` N+1 memory redundancy checks: Unless passed the
1796
  ``--no-nplus1-mem`` option ``gnt-cluster verify`` now checks that if a
1797
  node is lost there is still enough memory to fail over the instances
1798
  that reside on it.
1799
- ``gnt-cluster verify`` hooks: it is now possible to add post-hooks to
1800
  ``gnt-cluster verify``, to check for site-specific compliance. All the
1801
  hooks will run, and their output, if any, will be displayed. Any
1802
  failing hook will make the verification return an error value.
1803
- ``gnt-cluster verify`` now checks that its peers are reachable on the
1804
  primary and secondary interfaces
1805
- ``gnt-node add`` now supports the ``--readd`` option, to readd a node
1806
  that is still declared as part of the cluster and has failed.
1807
- ``gnt-* list`` commands now accept a new ``-o +field`` way of
1808
  specifying output fields, that just adds the chosen fields to the
1809
  default ones.
1810
- ``gnt-backup`` now has a new ``remove`` command to delete an existing
1811
  export from the filesystem.
1812
- New per-instance parameters hvm_acpi, hvm_pae and hvm_cdrom_image_path
1813
  have been added. Using them you can enable/disable acpi and pae
1814
  support, and specify a path for a cd image to be exported to the
1815
  instance. These parameters as the name suggest only work on HVM
1816
  clusters.
1817
- When upgrading an HVM cluster to Ganeti 1.2.4, the values for ACPI and
1818
  PAE support will be set to the previously hardcoded values, but the
1819
  (previously hardcoded) path to the CDROM ISO image will be unset and
1820
  if required, needs to be set manually with ``gnt-instance modify``
1821
  after the upgrade.
1822
- The address to which an instance's VNC console is bound is now
1823
  selectable per-instance, rather than being cluster wide. Of course
1824
  this only applies to instances controlled via VNC, so currently just
1825
  applies to HVM clusters.
1826

    
1827

    
1828
Version 1.2.3
1829
-------------
1830

    
1831
*(Released Mon, 18 Feb 2008)*
1832

    
1833
- more tweaks to the disk activation code (especially helpful for DRBD)
1834
- change the default ``gnt-instance list`` output format, now there is
1835
  one combined status field (see the manpage for the exact values this
1836
  field will have)
1837
- some more fixes for the mac export to hooks change
1838
- make Ganeti not break with DRBD 8.2.x (which changed the version
1839
  format in ``/proc/drbd``) (issue 24)
1840
- add an upgrade tool from "remote_raid1" disk template to "drbd" disk
1841
  template, allowing migration from DRBD0.7+MD to DRBD8
1842

    
1843

    
1844
Version 1.2.2
1845
-------------
1846

    
1847
*(Released Wed, 30 Jan 2008)*
1848

    
1849
- fix ``gnt-instance modify`` breakage introduced in 1.2.1 with the HVM
1850
  support (issue 23)
1851
- add command aliases infrastructure and a few aliases
1852
- allow listing of VCPUs in the ``gnt-instance list`` and improve the
1853
  man pages and the ``--help`` option of ``gnt-node
1854
  list``/``gnt-instance list``
1855
- fix ``gnt-backup list`` with down nodes (issue 21)
1856
- change the tools location (move from $pkgdatadir to $pkglibdir/tools)
1857
- fix the dist archive and add a check for including svn/git files in
1858
  the future
1859
- some developer-related changes: improve the burnin and the QA suite,
1860
  add an upload script for testing during development
1861

    
1862

    
1863
Version 1.2.1
1864
-------------
1865

    
1866
*(Released Wed, 16 Jan 2008)*
1867

    
1868
- experimental HVM support, read the install document, section
1869
  "Initializing the cluster"
1870
- allow for the PVM hypervisor per-instance kernel and initrd paths
1871
- add a new command ``gnt-cluster verify-disks`` which uses a new
1872
  algorithm to improve the reconnection of the DRBD pairs if the device
1873
  on the secondary node has gone away
1874
- make logical volume code auto-activate LVs at disk activation time
1875
- slightly improve the speed of activating disks
1876
- allow specification of the MAC address at instance creation time, and
1877
  changing it later via ``gnt-instance modify``
1878
- fix handling of external commands that generate lots of output on
1879
  stderr
1880
- update documentation with regard to minimum version of DRBD8 supported
1881

    
1882

    
1883
Version 1.2.0
1884
-------------
1885

    
1886
*(Released Tue, 4 Dec 2007)*
1887

    
1888
- Log the ``xm create`` output to the node daemon log on failure (to
1889
  help diagnosing the error)
1890
- In debug mode, log all external commands output if failed to the logs
1891
- Change parsing of lvm commands to ignore stderr
1892

    
1893

    
1894
Version 1.2 beta3
1895
-----------------
1896

    
1897
*(Released Wed, 28 Nov 2007)*
1898

    
1899
- Another round of updates to the DRBD 8 code to deal with more failures
1900
  in the replace secondary node operation
1901
- Some more logging of failures in disk operations (lvm, drbd)
1902
- A few documentation updates
1903
- QA updates
1904

    
1905

    
1906
Version 1.2 beta2
1907
-----------------
1908

    
1909
*(Released Tue, 13 Nov 2007)*
1910

    
1911
- Change configuration file format from Python's Pickle to JSON.
1912
  Upgrading is possible using the cfgupgrade utility.
1913
- Add support for DRBD 8.0 (new disk template ``drbd``) which allows for
1914
  faster replace disks and is more stable (DRBD 8 has many improvements
1915
  compared to DRBD 0.7)
1916
- Added command line tags support (see man pages for ``gnt-instance``,
1917
  ``gnt-node``, ``gnt-cluster``)
1918
- Added instance rename support
1919
- Added multi-instance startup/shutdown
1920
- Added cluster rename support
1921
- Added ``gnt-node evacuate`` to simplify some node operations
1922
- Added instance reboot operation that can speedup reboot as compared to
1923
  stop and start
1924
- Soften the requirement that hostnames are in FQDN format
1925
- The ``ganeti-watcher`` now activates drbd pairs after secondary node
1926
  reboots
1927
- Removed dependency on debian's patched fping that uses the
1928
  non-standard ``-S`` option
1929
- Now the OS definitions are searched for in multiple, configurable
1930
  paths (easier for distros to package)
1931
- Some changes to the hooks infrastructure (especially the new
1932
  post-configuration update hook)
1933
- Other small bugfixes
1934

    
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