Hi all,

Its been a while since we got a new Foreman release out, just to keep you updated, a new release will come up shortly, in the meanwhile, here are the highlights – for a full list – checkout http://theforeman.org/versions/show/7

Release Notes for 0.1-5¶

Web interface¶

Most of the pages have been rewritten, there are many changes:

Search options

• Hosts (filter based on facts, based on host groups etc
• Facts (all hosts with fact x or with value y etc)
• Reports (show me all failed reports in the last 3 months etc)
• Audits (per user, per type – e.g. all hosts, per action – e.g. delete)

Improved Graphs for dashboard and per host

Host edit page now has a lot of logic

• Class selection depends on your chosen environment
• Class selection breaks down into modules, making it easy to navigate
• Inherited classes (via hostgroups), are also visible.
• Unattended settings will only show selection based on the os (e.g. no debian disk templates will be shown to redhat based os etc).
• Clone existing hosts (instead of choosing all of the options again)

Perform changes on many hosts at once

• change a parameter for many hosts
• change host group for many hosts
• change environment for many hosts

Import new puppetclasses from the interface

Unattended installations¶

• added support for dynamic disk layout
• added kickstart/preseed compatibility with Ubuntu 10.04, RHEL6 beta, Fedora 13
• support for customized kickstart files (e.g. if you use a package like rpm, you can create your own kickstart which will not be replaced on next update).
• medias can now be shared with many operating systems (e.g. with replacing variables for $arch or $version)
• x-rhn-provisioning headers support for booting from other devices than eth0

Query interface¶

• added verbose mode, which will return all of hosts classes, facts and external node parameters.
• added query based on a hostgroup

Others¶

• Host ownership (via a user or a user group) base infrastructure for per host authorization (e.g. who can change what) and sending the reports to the right people.
• Speed optimization when keeping many reports in the db

• Puppetdoc integration
  • Foreman can generate puppetdoc (via a rack task, so you can add it to your repo post commits scripts), and links to the docs via the puppet classes page.

• Improved PRM packaging
  • added startup script for foreman (uses webrick)
  • moved all config files to /etc/foreman and /etc/sysconfig/foreman
  • moved log files to /var/log
  • moved db files state dir
  • ...

Please try out the latest develop branch (or nighty snapshot) for any feedback before the official release

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