1. Foreman 3.3 Release Notes
1.1. Headline Features
1.1.1. DSL Autocompletion in templates
The template editor now has embedded DSL documentation
(https://yourforeman.example.com/templates_doc) as an auto-completion feature that is similar to
modern text editors or IDEs. It allows users to list all available macros whilst
writing a new or changing an existing template. An item in the list shows the
signature of the macro, its description and examples of how to use it. Each item
can be selected to be filled automatically in the template’s body by pressing
Enter
key. The list can be shown by pressing Ctrl + Space
keys. There is
also Live Autocompletion
checkbox to examine the list whilst typing.
Autocompletion is disabled by default and can be enabled in the
editor by checking Autocompletion
checkbox.
1.2. Upgrade Warnings
1.2.1. Disabling unattended mode dropped
Running Foreman with setting unattended: false
is dropped.
Every Foreman instance is now effectively running with this setting on.
For more details and discussion read the RFC.
1.3. Deprecations
1.3.1. Running Foreman on EL 7
EL7 support is deprecated and will be dropped with Foreman 3.4. Users are advised to upgrade to EL8.
Note that this support statement refers to running Foreman and Foreman Smart Proxy themselves on EL7. Managing EL7 hosts remains supported. See the RFC for more information.
1.3.2. Running Foreman on Debian 10
Debian 10 support is deprecated and will be dropped with Foreman 3.4. Users are advised to upgrade to Debian 11.
Note that this support statement refers to running Foreman and Foreman Proxy themselves on Debian 10. Managing Debian 10 hosts remains supported. See the RFC for more information.
1.3.3. Running Foreman on Ruby 2.5
With the deprecation of Debian 10 deployments in Foreman 3.2 (and the removal of support in 3.4), there will be no supported platform with Ruby 2.5 anymore. Therefore running Foreman on Ruby 2.5 is deprecated and support will be dropped (together with Debian 10) in Foreman 3.4. Please switch to Ruby 2.7.
2. Katello 4.5 Release Notes
2.1. Headline Features
For the full list of changes, see the Changelog.
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Content view versions may now be removed from a content view in bulk via the UI.
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A new Smart Proxy Content download-policy
Streamed
has been added. This will act like a forwarding-proxy. All packages requested will be requested from the main server. This is useful if the Smart Proxy does not have enough disk-space to hold all package-contents. -
A new option to export/import just a repository.
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Alternate Content Sources (ACSs) are now available for testing. ACSs are alternative locations to download yum and file content from during syncing. Enable ACSs in the UI via the "Show Experimental Labs" setting.
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Work on the new host details page has progressed, specifically the packages and errata overview pages:
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An Installed Products card has been added to the overview.
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New host collections overview card showing the associated host collections.
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Updated content view details card to change content view and lifecycle environments associated to a host.
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Can enable/disable/install module streams.
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Can search on hosts by enabled repositories. This is useful when you want to search on hosts have a particular repository enabled.
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Over 60 bug fixes.
3. Foreman 3.3.1
A full list of changes is available via Redmine
3.1. Foreman
3.1.1. Templates
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Restart yggdrasil from kptm if it is already running - #35472
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ks= kernel parameter in Kickstart default iPXE causes RHEL9 Anaconda failure to start - #34975
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Allow setting up REX pull during provisioning and registration - #34969
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Ubuntu Autoinstall PXELinux template does not reference Smart Proxy correctly - #34941
3.1.2. Compute resources - VMware
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hammer cannot use the cluster name or id as valid input when clusters are residing inside folders and fails with error fog not found - #35438
3.1.3. Tests
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Update show_me_the_cookies dependency to 6.x - #35371
3.1.4. Settings
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Ignore calico interfaces from Foreman - #35289
3.1.5. Host creation
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Bulk rebuild hosts can not reset the build token - #35203
3.1.6. Unattended installations
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Add installation medium for Stream 9 - #35151
3.1.7. Audit Log
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Audit page shows "auditable id / Host2" for "Host1" but Host2 does not exist or deleted from the all hosts - #35132
3.1.9. Host registration
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In Global Registration, using another LANG like pt_BR.UTF-8 breaks the UUID - #35051
3.1.10. Smart Proxy
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Smart Proxy upgrade/install fails due to proxy configuration in 'HTTP(S) proxy' in settings - #34996
3.1.11. Web Interface
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Models index page does 3 same API requests - #34987
3.1.12. Organizations and Locations
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Taxonomies are being set during extlogin too early, leading to user’s default taxonomies being ignored - #34949
3.1.13. Rake tasks
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`foreman-rake permissions:reset` should show a warning that it’s required to manually update the password in 'foreman.yml' - #31966
3.3. Packaging
3.3.1. RPMs
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Sendmail binary is not present on EL8 and needs manual configuration - #35461
3.4. Smart Proxy
3.4.1. Packaging
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Declare compatible versions of Sinatra - #35507
4. Katello 4.5.0
4.1. Features
4.1.2. Hosts
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Show loading state during tracer install (#34856)
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New host detail page - 'Installed products' card (#34816, a26097ce)
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New host details - Add happy empty states (#34805, 08694c96)
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Hosts UI - Module streams - Add module stream actions (#34784, ffda83fe)
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Content view details card - Change a host’s content view (#34698, fdbc7f20)
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New host details - Host collections Add & Remove modals (#34548, fa97fa63)
4.1.3. Repositories
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Extend info box in release field of Deb repository create page in Katello GUI (#34795, 7b1bd0e3)
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Report that lists all the hosts on which a particular repository is enabled (#34711, d6d9b712)
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As a user, I can CRUD custom ACSs via the API (#34034, 71f9e497)
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As a user, I can CRUD custom ACSs via hammer (#34033)
4.1.5. Content Views
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RFE - add ouia-ID for buttons on a cv (#34749, 07d59d07, f67131e5)
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Report template support: list enabled repositories and RPM counts for content hosts (#34695, 688869a5)
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Content view filter should suggest architectures parameters in RPM rule (#34586, 96125025)
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Publish new version should redirect to "Version" tab (#34496, e4c3cc06)
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Allow bulk selections on CV UI to support bulk removing versions (#34169, 197688c0)
4.2. Bug Fixes
4.2.2. Subscriptions
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Manifest refresh randomly fails with "No such file or directory" when having multile dynflow workers (#34957)
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"Subscription - Entitlement Report" does not show correct number of subscriptions attached/consumed (#34609, cf82cbbc)
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[Bug] Custom subscriptions consumed and available quantity not correct in the CSV file (#34578, ad4c50a7)
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Add deprecation banners for traditional (non-SCA) subscription management (#34522, ad0cc6f8)
4.2.4. Web UI
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Activation key overriding broke parameters table (#34934)
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[SAT-5692] Details tab - Registration details card (#34836, b5eaf76f)
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New host detail page - sentence case fixes (#34797, b997a2f0)
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Use split button dropdown for Traces & Errata REX actions (#34721)
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Katello bookmark icon should be consistent with Foreman’s (#34659)
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[SAT-5692] Add Bookmarks to all host detail tables (#34632, 0daa8c99)
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[RFE] CV UI - Errata Filter Date doesn’t show "Start Date" & "End Date" (#34630, 05798608)
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CV UI - Patternfly update causes tabs to navigate twice on click (#34559, acf477e2)
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CV UI - Status value translations should only translate the user facing text, not params etc sent to API. (#34158, aa9592ee)
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Table row selection is slow when per_page is high (#34072, 99d0567c)
4.2.5. Repositories
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Web elements are not localized Available Button (#34933)
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Fix upstream authentication autofill issue for Katello repositories (#34818, ea78e268)
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Sync Status page does not show syncing progress bar under "Result" column when syncing a repo (#34766, f8172454)
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Add 'republish repository metadata' to Hammer (#34762, 114b12ad)
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Repositories/import_uploads API endpoint do require two mandatory parameters (#34729, 2d288ff1)
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A failed CV promote during publish or repo sync causes ISE (#34680, f0c69a1b)
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Cannot upload a package to a repository if the same package already exists in another repository, but is not downloaded (#34635, a3a856e8)
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Remotes should have username and password cleared out if a user sets them to be blank (#34619, 17a12869)
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The "Serve via HTTP" and "Verify SSL" options in Repo Discovery page does not functions at all in Satellite 7.0 (#34617, 8f76e5e9)
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Satellite/capsule 6.10 and tools 6.10 repos are listed in the Recommended Repositories for Sat 7.0 (#34577, c0cb3e25)
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Deletion of Custom repo deletes it from all versions of CV where it is included but the behavior is different for Red Hat based repos in Satellite 7.0 (#34576, 05d1d710)
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Red Hat Repositories have weird behavior if arch setting is changed (#34490, 77f6193f)
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After upgrade products with repositories that had Ignorable Content = drpm can no longer be modified (#34432, 2859ec67)
4.2.8. Content Views
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override_components don’t make it to composite CV publish step (#34905)
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Incremental CV update does not auto-publish CCV (#34676, 7424532d)
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Multi-page listing when adding repositories to Content Views confuses the number of repositories to add (#34670, 29bf01ba)
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Epoch version is missing from rpm Packages tab of Content View Version (#34633, 066d693e)
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Exclude filter may exclude errata and packages that are needed (#34437, f5a42e78)
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Incremental update with --propagate-all-composites makes new CVV but with no new content (#34383, 2b908d44)
4.2.10. Hosts
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Updating packages from the Content host’s page always tries to use katello-agent even when remote_execution_by_default set to true (#34743, 2b824a86)
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New host details tables should link to REX job page, not Foreman Tasks (#34620, a0f9140b)
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Repository Sets - Add Select All & bulk actions (#34421, 70a71857)
4.2.11. Inter Server Sync
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Repository set not showing repos after importing library and creating an ak in a disconnected satellite (#34733, 13dba28d)
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On content import failure for a repository the created version should be cleaned up (#34518, dfacc815)
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Fail to import contents when the connected and disconnected servers have different product labels for the same product (#34501, c90c4bd2)
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Misleading error message when incorrect org label is entered (#34464, cf5f9c87)
4.2.15. Container
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docker-ce fails to pull docker images (#32830)
4.2.16. Other
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Un-break Katello after Foreman settings change (#34902)
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Recurring logic does not clean up sync plan relationship when unset (#34660, 828e4f05)
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Job invocation installs all the installable errata if incorrect
Job Template
is used (#34638, bbecd8d7) -
rake katello:correct_repositories will try to re-create content in katello (#34540, 1aa4945f)
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Failed to docker pull image with "Error: image <image name> not found" error (#34530, 3963952e)
5. Foreman 3.3.0
A full list of changes is available via Redmine
5.1. Foreman
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Support EC (and other non-RSA) keys in Foreman core - #34843
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Remove the "Share your feedback" link from the new host details page - #34841
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Add a reports tab to the hosts details page - #34782
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Add developer documentation for pagelets - #34544
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Include the host comments to a host list page - #34516
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Host list page should show the owner of the host - #34515
5.1.1. Settings
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Fix the SettingValueException error message - #34921
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Settings - Issues with search - #34866
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"Sync Connect Timeout" setting takes invalid value and shows update successful but doesn’t reflect the change for invalid values - #34838
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Deprecate other than DSL setting definitions - #34603
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GraphQL is using Setting model directly - #34328
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Initialize Setting for tests without fixtures - #33782
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Move setting value collections to SettingPresenter - #30861
5.1.2. DB migrations
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Pending migrations check-in seeds does not take plugins into consideration - #34913
5.1.3. JavaScript stack
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Show error when using node 16+ - #34857
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Fix slots in system properties card - #34815
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New host detail page - sentence case fixes - #34798
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Fix host status card alignment for the new host detail page - #34755
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Adding the host parameters clears the values of the prior line - #34747
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Better handling when no key is passed to API middleware - #34745
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Remove PatternFly 3 OverlayTrigger - #34713
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Use hostFriendlyId and hostName props for host ActionBar component - #34673
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Provide helpers for dealing with global IDs returned by graphql queries - #34614
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Remove pagination deprecations - #34580
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Add ouiaId on components for easier testing - #34542
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Update to the latest foreman-js - #34481
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Create PatternFly 4 breadcrumb switcher - #34290
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useAPI infinite loop - #33236
5.1.4. Web Interface
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Change the host status icon to green - #34831
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Tabbable latest version 5.3.1 is not compatible with jest dom/ JSDom without changes to PF4. - #34802
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Breadcrumb switcher use V for selected - #34662
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Cancel host form redirects to legacy host UI - #34579
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Add pagelet mountpoints for hosts list table - #34543
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Add breadcrumbs switcher to new host page - #34511
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Breadcrumb switcher doesnt work with Katello contentt work with Katello content - #34495
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Close bookmarks dropdown after selecting a bookmark - #34228
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New host detail page shows IP address over multiple lines - #33948
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Add details tab to the host details page - #33010
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Refactor PageLayout to use PF4 components - #32991
5.1.6. Statistics
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Host - Last Checkin report template is not showing any other content host apart from Foreman itself. - #34809
5.1.10. Templates
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Use foreman request address in windows iPXE - #34710
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Harmonize preseed templates - #34658
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Ensure that the insights snippet is being called by honoring the value of host_registration_insights parameter - #34525
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AutoYaST PXE templates fail to render if http-proxy parameter is set without http-proxy-port - #34489
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Allow puppet setup to be skipped even if you set a puppet master - #34388
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AutoYaST SLES template invalid for SLES 15 SP3 - #34311
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Support unattended partitioning using crypto under Debian - #34307
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Add driverdisk support to kickstart templates - #33938
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Cannot change "local boot ipxe template" - #33937
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Templates - vgname is hardcoded to vg_sda - #33930
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Add DSL autocompletion in templates - #32035
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Request to add UEFI Grub2 for SLES/SUSE - #20265
5.1.12. Host registration
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The registration database migration could fail when the template is not available - #34661
5.1.13. Rails
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Upgrade Rails to 6.0.4.7 - #34649
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Move initialization from application.rb into initializer - #34646
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Order description syntax does not read right with Maruku - #34634
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SettingPresenter - pass kwarks in Ruby 3 compatible format - #34570
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Postpone LookupValue match validations - #34569
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Switch Rails version to 6.1 - #34526
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Add support for Rails 6.1 - #34500
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Remove usage of force_ssl in controller - #30122
5.1.15. Security
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Settings defined by DSL are not properly encrypted - #34573
5.1.17. Power management
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Disable EFI local chainloading by default - #34532
5.1.19. Users, Roles and Permissions
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Infer of permission name for isolated namespace controllers doesn’t work - #34506
5.1.22. Organizations and Locations
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Organization context fails to change in web UI - #34416
5.1.23. Plugin integration
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Facets do not allow emptying their relations through mass assignment - #34375
5.1.24. Compute resources
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Fix early load of fog_extensions - #34353
5.1.26. Compute resources - OpenStack
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Support Openstack Keystone sub-uri - #34346
5.1.28. Dashboard
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Setting all_out_of_sync_disabled has no definition warning - #34240
5.1.30. BMC
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Make setting bmc_credentials_accessible disabled by default - #31965
5.2. Installer
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Installer spams with katello-certs-check output when using custom certs - #34888
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Display the mismatched FQDN additionally rather than just showing the commands to verify the output - #34883
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Pulp: Add options to change the import and export path in /etc/pulp/settings.py - #34882
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Resetting nssdb certificate does not update private key and breaks Qpid - #34860
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Installer does not restart foreman.service when changing Puma configuration - #34824
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Puppet Agent enabled in Katello installations, even if it should not - #34819
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Rename foreman_proxy::plugin::remote_execution::ssh to foreman_proxy::plugin::remote_execution::script - #34758
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After upgrading to Katello 4.0+ ping check fails with "Some components are failing: katello_agent"
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--reset-data does not remove /var/lib/candlepin/.puppet-candlepin-rpm-version - #34686
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Drop apipie cache generation and indexing - #34640
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Detect plugin installation and trigger Puma restart - #34602
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Keytool does not work on FIPS enabled EL 8 - #34598
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Add hammer-cli-foreman-host-reports to the installer - #34505
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Add support for REX pull transport - #34239
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Warning: postgresql.service changed on disk. Run systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units.systemctl daemon-reload to reload units. to reload units. - #32323
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Make it possible to install Foremans httpd with mpm_events httpd with mpm_event - #20889
5.2.1. Foreman modules
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OS upgrade keeps original TFTP setup preventing machines to boot from the network - #34774
5.2.2. foreman-installer script
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Run Apache httpd without default modules from puppetlabs-apache - #34590
5.3. Packaging
5.3.1. Debian/Ubuntu
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Updates oauth Gem installed by puppet-agent-oauth under Debian to a newer version (0.5.1 produces lots of warnings about URI.escape) - #34681
5.3.2. RPMs
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Provide modular metadata in EL8 - #34615
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foreman.rpm pulls in nodejs - #34507
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Installer uses hostname, but that package can be absent - #34468
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Deliver EL8 repositories as modular repositories to fix dependency resolution, get automatic dependent module enablement and handle dependency resolution without module_hotfixes - #34126
Appendix A: Foreman Contributors
We’d like to thank the following people who contributed to the Foreman 3.3 release:
Adam Růžička, Adi Abramovich, Amir Fefer, Amit Upadhye, Andrew Teixeira, Anna Vítová, Antoine Beaupré, Bastian Schmidt, Ben Magistro, Bernhard Suttner, Chris Roberts, Christopher Smith, Daniel Henninger, Eric D. Helms, Erik Berg, Evgeni Golov, Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden, Gordon Bleux, Ian Ballou, Jason, Jeremy Lenz, John Mitsch, Jonathon Turel, Justin Sherrill, Leoš Stejskal, Lukáš Zapletal, Marcel Kühlhorn, Marek Hulán, Maria Agaphontzev, Markus Bucher, Melanie Corr, Nadja Heitmann, Nagoor Shaik, Oleh Fedorenko, Ondřej Ezr, Ondřej Pražák, Patrick Creech, Peter Koprda, Rahul Bajaj, Romuald Conty, Ron Lavi, Samir Jha, Sayan Das, Shimon Shtein, Shira Maximov, Tim Meusel, Tomer Brisker, William Clark, Yifat Makias
As well as all users who helped test releases, report bugs and provide feedback on the project.
Appendix B: Katello Contributors
Adam Růžička Andrew Dewar Chris Roberts Eric D. Helms Evgeni Golov Ian Ballou Jeremy Lenz Jonathon Turel Justin Sherrill Leoš Stejskal Lucy Fu Manisha Singhal Markus Bucher Nadja Heitmann Ondřej Ezr Partha Aji Quirin Pamp Ron Lavi Ryan Verdile Samir Jha William Bradford Clark