.. _Changelog: Unified Changelog file for Synnefo versions >= 0.13 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Since v0.13 most of the Synnefo components have been merged into a single repository and have aligned versions. .. _Changelog-0.13next: v0.13next ========= Released: UNRELEASED * Incorporate quotaholder in astakos * obsolete settings: PITHOS_USE_QUOTAHOLDER, PITHOS_QUOTAHOLDER_URL, PITHOS_QUOTAHOLDER_TOKEN * new settins: PITHOS_ASTAKOSCLIENT_POOLSIZE Synnefo-wide ------------ * Create 'snf_django' Python package to hold common code for all Synnefo components. Astakos ------- Cyclades -------- * Remove 'CYCLADES_USER_CATALOG_URL' and 'CYCLADES_USER_FEEDBACK_URL' settings * Remove CYCLADES_USE_QUOTAHOLDER, CYCLADES_QUOTAHOLDER_TOKEN, CYCLADES_QUOTAHOLDER_URL, CYCLADES_QUOTAHOLDER_POOLSIZE settings * Rename 'cyclades-usage-verify' management command to 'reconcile-resources-cyclades'. Also, remove 'cyclades-usage-reset' command, which is equivalent to 'reconcile-resources-cyclades --fix'. * Rename 'cyclades-reconcile-commissions' management command to 'reconcile-commissions-cyclades'. * Remove obsolete 'MAX_VMS_PER_USER', 'MAX_NETWORKS_PER_USER', "VMS_USER_QUOTA" and "NETWORKS_USER_QUOTA" settings, since their usage is covered by Quotaholder. Pithos ------ * Remove PITHOS_AUTHENTICATION_USERS setting, which was used to override astakos users. * Remove 'PITHOS_USER_CATALOG_URL', 'PITHOS_USER_FEEDBACK_URL' and 'PITHOS_USER_LOGIN_URL' settings. Tools ----- .. _Changelog-0.13: v0.13 ===== Released: Wed Apr 10 18:52:50 EEST 2013 In v0.13 the code was very heavily refactored for increased uniformity since most of the Synnefo components have been merged into a single repository. Thus, **just for this version** we will not document a complete Changelog (features, fixes, improvements, issues, setting changes), but rather just copy from the `NEWS` file with minor additions wherever needed. Synnefo-wide ------------ * 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 ------- * 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 -------- * 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 ------ * Support storage of blocks on a RADOS backend, for Archipelago * new settings: PITHOS_RADOS_STORAGE, PITHOS_RADOS_POOL_BLOCKS, PITHOS_RADOS_POOL_MAPS * Rewritten support for public URLs, with admin-selectable length * new settings: PITHOS_PUBLIC_URL_SECURITY, PITHOS_PUBLIC_URL_ALPHABET * Enable pithos backend to use external quotaholder component * new settings: PITHOS_USE_QUOTAHOLDER, PITHOS_QUOTAHOLDER_URL, PITHOS_QUOTAHOLDER_TOKEN, PITHOS_QUOTAHOLDER_POOLSIZE * Moderated version debiting mechanism * new setting: PITHOS_BACKEND_FREE_VERSIONING * Proxy Astakos user-visible services * new settings: PITHOS_PROXY_USER_SERVICES, PITHOS_USER_CATALOG_URL, PITHOS_USER_FEEDBACK_URL, PITHOS_USER_LOGIN_URL Tools ----- * Extend snf-burnin to include testing of Pithos functionality