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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. |
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.. _NEWS-0.13: |
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v0.13 |
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Released: Wed Apr 10 18:52:50 EEST 2013 |
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Synnefo-wide |
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* Support for pooling throughout Synnefo |
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* Pooled Django DB connections, Pithos backend connections, HTTP |
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connections using single `objpool` package |
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* Improved management commands |
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* Unified codebase for output of tables in JSON, CSV |
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* Bring most of Synnefo code inside a single, unified repository |
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* support automatic Python and Debian package builds for individual commits |
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* with automatic version generation |
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* Overhauling of Synnefo settings: renames and refactoring, for increased |
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uniformity (in progress) |
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* Deployment: Standardize on gunicorn, with gevent-based workers |
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and use of Green threads throughout Synnefo |
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* Documentation: New scale-out guide, with distinct node roles, |
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for mass Synnefo deployments |
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Astakos |
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* Support multiple authentication methods |
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* Classic (username/password), Shibboleth, LDAP/Active Directory, |
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Google, Twitter, LinkedIn |
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* Users can enable/disable auth methods, and switch between them |
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* Introduce a UUID as a global identifier for users, throughout Synnefo |
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* The UUID remains constant as the user enables/disables login methods |
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* Allow users to modify their email address freely |
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* Per-user, per-resource accounting mechanism (quotaholder) |
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* Full quota support, with per-user, per-resource quotas, based on quotaholder |
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* Projects: Users can create and join Projects |
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* Projects grant extra resources to their members |
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* UI Enhancements for quotas and projects |
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* distinct Usage tab, showing usage of individual resources |
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* Project management UI |
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* New Overview page |
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Cyclades |
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* Commission resources on quotaholder/Astakos |
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* Support mass creation of flavors |
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* Support for the ExtStorage disk template in Ganeti |
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* Query and report quotas in the UI |
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* Pass VM configuration parameters over a VM-side API (`vmapi`) |
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* Do not pass sensitive data as Ganeti OS parameters |
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* Keep sensitive data in memory caches (memcached) and |
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never allow them to hit the disk |
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* Display additional backend information in helpdesk machines list |
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* Allow helpdesk users to search for an account using a known machine id |
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* Helpdesk actions are now logged using the synnefo's common login |
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infrastructure |
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Pithos |
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* Support storage of blocks on a RADOS backend, for Archipelago |
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* Rewritten support for public URLs, with admin-selectable length |
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Tools |
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* Extend snf-burnin to include testing of Pithos functionality |