v1.7.4

This release contains the following updates:

Other Changes

• Few more fixes to make linchpin work with python3 #1092 by samvarankashyap
• Update release notes automation to ignore release PR #1093 by 14rcole

Documentation

• Fix indentation in examples of tutorials #1052 by 14rcole
• Add credentials information to GCloud documentation #1069 by 14rcole

CI, Test Enhancements

• Implementation of builtin_hooks: check_ssh, port_up, ping #695 by samvarankashyap
• Updated resource_names with prefix ci-lp-cp- #1055 by samvarankashyap
• Update examples to use provider network w.r.to PSI infra #1056 by samvarankashyap
• Release v1.7.4 #1060 by samvarankashyap
• Automate the updating of github release notes #1065 by 14rcole

Enhancements

• Esxi on libvirt #1035 by abraverm
• Add support for libvirt root disk type #1099 by mcornea
• VMware guest support #1084 by abraverm

Bug Fixes

• bugfix: get inventory data only when inv_filter is defined #1054 by samvarankashyap
• Fix the deprecation Warning in tinydb #1096 by samvarankashyap

v1.7.3 - Enhancement Release

This release contains the following updates:

Documentation:

• Add links to tutorials in documentation #1030 by 14rcole
• Add tutorial on how to use linchpin template data #1021 by 14rcole
• Support stable tags based on the branch #1020 by p3ck
• docs: refactor setup section on installation page #1016 by wainersm
• Update openstack docs #1012 by 14rcole
• paramaterized examples #1011 by abraverm
• More examples and simplify templates #1010 by abraverm
• Add Libvirt VM tutorial #1008 by 14rcole
• Add Beaker Server tutorial documentation #1007 by 14rcole
• Add AWS EC2 tutorial documentation #1006 by 14rcole
• Openstack tutorial template #1004 by 14rcole
• Add OpenStack tutorial #1002 by 14rcole
• developer documentation documentation #995 by p3ck
• cli: improve the setup subcommand documentation #993 by wainersm
• Add linchpin container documentation #991 by 14rcole
• Update issue templates #982 by samvarankashyap

Bugfixes:

• Fix storage location #1039 by abraverm
• Fix Inventory Generation failures when var is not a string #1036 by 14rcole
• fixes to syntax errors in existing ec2-templates #1033 by samvarankashyap
• Stop treating 'cfgs' as a linchpin target during validation #1031 by 14rcole
• fix libvirt waiting for IP on net with disabled dhcp #1028 by abraverm
• Fix missing : on MessageBusTrigger job #1022 by p3ck
• Make libvirt network destroy associated nodes #1017 by 14rcole
• Prevent dicts in template from being treated as strings #1015 by 14rcole
• Fix errors in libvirt PinFile bug #1013 by 14rcole
• Adjust OpenStack instance naming #1009 by mcornea
• Do not append count when there is only one instance to be provisioned #1001 by samvarankashyap

Enhancements:

• libvirt: add custom xml option #1034 by abraverm
• Allow removing OpenStack routers with connected networks during destroy #1027 by mcornea
• Add support for Gcloud gcp compute router #1025 by samvarankashyap
• Add support for gcloud_gcp_compute_network module #1014 by samvarankashyap
• use only virsh define to bring up libvirt instances #1005 by p3ck
• Libvirt VMs disks cache support #1003 by mcornea
• Add support to gcloud_gcdns_record to provision records in gcdns zones #1000 by samvarankashyap
• Add support to gcloud_gcdns_zone module to provision dns zones #999 by samvarankashyap
• Add support to gcloud_gce_net to provision google compute engine networks #998 by samvarankashyap
• Pr/988 - updated for Upstream/Downstream jenkins master #997 by p3ck
• Libvirt optional DHCP for node network #989 by abraverm
• Introduce name_separator attribute for libvirt resource #986 by mcornea
• Add support for gcloud_gce_eip #984 by samvarankashyap

CI, Test Enhancements:

• Make linchpin releases push a container to docker hub #996 by 14rcole
• Moved out template inventory test as provider specific test for aws #992 by samvarankashyap
• Upgrade to JMS Messaging 1.1.5 #987 by johnbieren
• Prevent tests running on multiple hosts from creating conflicting resources #983 by 14rcole

v1.7.2 - Bug Fix/Enhancement Release

This release contains the following documentation updates:

• 'linchpin init' doesn't setup workspace directory structure #948
• Simple examples #879
• Updated documentation for linchpin init functionality #951
• Add READMEs to workspaces in which they did not previously exist #922

This release fixes the following bugs/regressions:

• Inventory is not correctly populated after provisioning with libvirt #540
• linchpin destroy doesn't remove the libvirt networks #940 *
• bugfix: Remove duplicate when, and add ignore_errors while resolving creds #971
• OKD Provider: Doesn't recognize .creds, clouds.yaml #921
• Malformed libvirt inventory with custom libvirt cfgs and count > 1 libvirt_node #960
• Libvirt destroy fails when _async = True #944
• Libvirt destroy is not idempotent and fails with xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError: no element found: line 1, column 0 #967
• Malformed inventory generated on a libvirt host #942
• Host Groups Wrong in Inventory #936
• Openstack async does not properly record outputs in the rundb #932
• Allow libvirt destroy when no VMs are defined #968

This release adds the following enhancements:

• Allow linchpin destroy to remove libvirt networks #978
• Allow creating bridge libvirt networks #972
• Add support to aws_ec2_elb_lb
• Add support for aws_ec2_vpc_endpoint
• Enable dns attribute in libvirt network provisioning #966
• Updated schema, template to support netmask in libvirt network provisioning #950
• Add openshift resources to linchpin.latest and outputs #963
• Intro ssh_key_file property on Beaker's topology #937
• Updated task to use first found mac address when multiple networks are involved #952
• Enable forward_mode for libvirt network #943
• Nicely cancel Beaker jobs on error #934

This release adds the following test enhancements:

• Add integration test to check for correct number of hosts in beaker #928

v1.7.1 - Bug Fix Release

This release contains the following documentation updates:

• Document workspaces #885

This release fixes the following bugs/regressions:

• JSON Inventory Filters do not support cfgs #918
• Templates do not work #919
• Inventory Incomplete with beaker when count > 1 #909
• Openstack volume with count fail with environment variables authentication #878
• Openshift metadata name is not the same as container name #876
• Shell hook context should be prefix to command #882
• Fix lack of return code for shell hooks #899

This release adds the following enhancements:

• Disable gather_facts for faster execution #893
• Allow kickstart option in beaker topology #900
• Add support for aws_ec2_vpc_net role in linchpin #907

v1.7.0 - Enhancement Release

This release has the following enhancements:

• Validate high-level components of topologies #892
• Openstack: Networking: Add support to os_network module #818
• Openstack: Networking: Add support for os_router module ansible #819
• Openstack: Networking: Add support for os_subnet module ansible #820

This release contains the following documentation updates:

• Document PinFile configs #838

This release fixes the following bugs/regressions:

• Inventory duplication ordering #866

This release adds testing enhancements:

• Add dummy provider clone 'nummy' #891

v1.6.6rc1

This release has the following enhancements:

• Openstack Networking: Add support for os_router module ansible #819 by samvarankashyap
• Openstack Networking: Add support for os_network module #818 by samvarankashyap
• Use change directory to maintain backward compatibility with git versions <1.8.5 #836 by samvarankashyap
• Deduplicate code using set_fact in os_resources #851 by samvarankashyap
• Add support for os_subnet role in linchpin topologies #855 by samvarankashyap

This release contains the following documentation updates

• Document PinFile Configs #838 by 14rcole

Bug fix and Test enhancement Release

This release has the following enhancements:

• Disable automatic releases after release merges #810 by p3ck
• Added wait timeout parameter to aws_ec2 module #808 by samvarankashyap
• Make beaker integration tests more reliable #802 by p3ck
• Remove local fetch and simplify git and web directory cases #794 by abraverm
• Add linchpin.latest files to Jenkins artifacts #793 by 14rcole
• Allow for easy release testing #792 by p3ck
• Fail faster when resource provisioning fails + switch off ignore errors in beaker api beaker bug #788 by samvarankashyap
• Replace Openshift module with upstream k8s module #783 by samvarankashyap

This release fixes the following bugs/regressions:

• Fix combination beaker names and hosts #800 by 14rcole
• Fix bracked in validate_layout() #791 by 14rcole
• Issue #785: os_keypair is failing when trying to generate an Openstack keypair #787 by ggallen
• Make linchpin validate print both layout and topology success #776 by 14rcole

This release contains the following documentation updates:

• Add documentation to libvirt provider on how to run linchpin as non-root #790 by 14rcole

This release adds testing:

• Make integration tests use individual workspaces #732
• Add integration test to check linchpin.latest output #789 by 14rcole
• Test inventory order in a unit test #784 by 14rcole

Bug fixes and Tests enhancement Release

This release has the following enhancements:

• Disable automatic releases after release merges #810 by p3ck
• Added wait timeout parameter to aws_ec2 module #808 by samvarankashyap
• Make beaker integration tests more reliable #802 by p3ck
• Remove local fetch and simplify git and web directory cases #794 by abraverm
• Add linchpin.latest files to Jenkins artifacts #793 by 14rcole
• Allow for easy release testing #792 by p3ck
• Fail faster when resource provisioning fails + switch off ignore errors in beaker api beaker bug #788 by samvarankashyap
• Replace Openshift module with upstream k8s module #783 by samvarankashyap

This release fixes the following bugs/regressions:

• Fix combination beaker names and hosts #800 by 14rcole
• Fix bracked in validate_layout() #791 by 14rcole
• Issue #785: os_keypair is failing when trying to generate an Openstack keypair #787 by ggallen
• Make linchpin validate print both layout and topology success #776 by 14rcole

This release contains the following documentation updates:

• Add documentation to libvirt provider on how to run linchpin as non-root #790 by 14rcole

This release adds testing:

• Make integration tests use individual workspaces #732
• Add integration test to check linchpin.latest output #789 by 14rcole
• Test inventory order in a unit test #784 by 14rcole

v1.6.4 - Enhancement Release

This release has the following enhancements:

• Remove duplicate task in dummy provider #729
• Make validation functions public #722
• Update openshift role to fetch creds from --creds-path #711 (#675)
• Make 'linchpin init' use 'linchpin fetch' #743

This release contains the following documentation updates:

• Make docs build in python3 #728 (Fixes #701)
• Initial getting started tutorial #758 (Addresses first part of #757)

This release fixes the following bugs/regressions:

• Fix spelling errors in linchpin up output #735
• Fix indentation of aws-sg-new target #734
• Fix workspaces/duffy PinFile #745 (Fixes bug found in #732)
• Fix error with aws teardown #744

This release adds testing:

• Make integration tests use individual workspaces #732

v1.6.3 - Regular Update Release

This release has the following enhancements:

• Read IP address from correct registered variable (libvirt remote host) #673
• Add --no-hooks and --ignore-failed-hooks flags to CLI #689
• Add ability to validate layouts #662
• Allow auth_driver to read from vault #663

This release contains the following documentation updates:

• Update/improve linchpin validate documentation #686
• Remove linchpin validate from advanced topics #716 (Fixes #676)

This release fixes the following bugs/regressions:

• Updated linchpin inventory generation to use relative/absolute paths #696 (Fixes #617)
• Fix small regression when creating random new dir #710 (Fixes #705)
• Add auto_ip back to os_server provisioning #667 (Fixes #596)
• Updated PinFile path to use workspace when mentioned #720 (Fixes #718)
• Update flags ordering and add metavars #725 (Fixes #724)

This release adds testing:

• Add integration tests for linchpin validate command #687
• Add unit tests for linchpin validate #688
• Move unit tests from travis to jenkins #692