Synnefo

.. _NEWS:

Unified NEWS file for Synnefo versions >= 0.13

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Since v0.13 all Synnefo components have been merged into a single repository.

.. _NEWS-0.14.2:

v0.14.2

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Released: UNRELEASED

.. _NEWS-0.14:

v0.14

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Released: Tue Jun 25 14:01:19 EEST 2013

Synnefo-wide

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* Standardize URLs for Synnefo Components:

  * impose structure and naming conventions to all URL related settings. Make

    each component deployable under a user-configurable <COMPONENT>_BASE_URL.

    Each API (compute, image, etc.) is deployable under a

    developer-configurable prefix beneath BASE_URL.

* Branding customization support across synnefo frontend components:

  * ability to adapt the Astakos, Pithos and Cyclades Web UI to a company’s

    visual identity. This is possible using the snf-branding component, which

    is automatically installed on the nodes running the API servers for

    Astakos, Pithos and Cyclades.

* Create a JSON-exportable definition document for each Synnefo Components

  (Astakos, Cyclades, Pithos, etc.) that consolidates APIs (services),

  resources, and other standardized properties (e.g. default URL prefixes).

* Implement common client for communication with Astakos and proper error

  handling.

Astakos

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* Redesign of the accounting system (quotaholder) and integration into

  Astakos.

* Implemented the keystone API call POST /tokens

  * Specified the API call allong with a procedure to register a Synnefo

    component (e.g. cyclades) along with the services it provides (e.g.

    compute, plankton) and the resources it handles (e.g. vm, cpu).

* All API calls are moved under '/account/v1.0'.

* Support API calls for quotas, commissions and resources.

* Improved user activation process

* Improve limit of pending applications by making it a quotable resource.

* Added fine grain user auth provider's policies.

* Overhauling of Astakos management commands for usability and uniformity.

Cyclades

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* Speed up private network creation, by creating a network to a Ganeti backend

  only when a server connects to that network.

* Rename management commands for commissions and resources for uniformity with

  other services.

* Synchronize Cyclades API with Openstack Compute v2.0 API.

.. _NEWS-0.13:

v0.13

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Released: Wed Apr 10 18:52:50 EEST 2013

Synnefo-wide

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* Support for pooling throughout Synnefo

  * Pooled Django DB connections, Pithos backend connections, HTTP

    connections using single `objpool` package

* Improved management commands

  * Unified codebase for output of tables in JSON, CSV

* Bring most of Synnefo code inside a single, unified repository

  * support automatic Python and Debian package builds for individual commits

  * with automatic version generation

* Overhauling of Synnefo settings: renames and refactoring, for increased

  uniformity (in progress)

* Deployment: Standardize on gunicorn, with gevent-based workers

  and use of Green threads throughout Synnefo

* Documentation: New scale-out guide, with distinct node roles,

  for mass Synnefo deployments

Astakos

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* Support multiple authentication methods

  * Classic (username/password), Shibboleth, LDAP/Active Directory,

    Google, Twitter, LinkedIn

  * Users can enable/disable auth methods, and switch between them

* Introduce a UUID as a global identifier for users, throughout Synnefo

  * The UUID remains constant as the user enables/disables login methods

* Allow users to modify their email address freely

* Per-user, per-resource accounting mechanism (quotaholder)

* Full quota support, with per-user, per-resource quotas, based on quotaholder

* Projects: Users can create and join Projects

  * Projects grant extra resources to their members

* UI Enhancements for quotas and projects

  * distinct Usage tab, showing usage of individual resources

  * Project management UI

  * New Overview page

Cyclades

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* Commission resources on quotaholder/Astakos

* Support mass creation of flavors

* Support for the ExtStorage disk template in Ganeti

* Query and report quotas in the UI

* Pass VM configuration parameters over a VM-side API (`vmapi`)

  * Do not pass sensitive data as Ganeti OS parameters

  * Keep sensitive data in memory caches (memcached) and

    never allow them to hit the disk

* Display additional backend information in helpdesk machines list

* Allow helpdesk users to search for an account using a known machine id

* Helpdesk actions are now logged using the synnefo's common login

  infrastructure

Pithos

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* Support storage of blocks on a RADOS backend, for Archipelago

* Rewritten support for public URLs, with admin-selectable length

Tools

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* Extend snf-burnin to include testing of Pithos functionality