MAAS 2.4.0 beta 2 released!

[Andres Rodriguez]

Hello MAASters!

I'm happy to announce that MAAS 2.4.0 beta 2 is now released and is
available for Ubuntu Bionic.

*MAAS Availability*
MAAS 2.4.0 beta 2 is currently available in Bionic's Archive or in the
following PPA:

*ppa:maas/next*

MAAS 2.4.0 (beta2)New Features & ImprovementsMAAS Internals optimisation
Continuing with MAAS’ internal surgery, a few more improvements have been
made:

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   Backend improvements


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   Improve the image download process, to ensure rack controllers
   immediately start image download after the region has finished downloading
   images.
   -

   Reduce the service monitor interval to 30 seconds. The monitor tracks
   the status of the various services provided alongside MAAS (DNS, NTP,
   Proxy).



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   UI Performance optimizations for machines, pods, and zones, including
   better filtering of node types.

KVM pod improvements

Continuing with the improvements for KVM pods, beta 2 adds the ability to:


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   Define a default storage pool

This feature allows users to select the default storage pool to use when
composing machines, in case multiple pools have been defined. Otherwise,
MAAS will pick the storage pool automatically depending which pool has the
most available space.


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   API - Allow allocating machines with different storage pools

Allows users to request a machine with multiple storage devices from
different storage pools. This feature uses storage tags to automatically
map a storage pool in libvirt with a storage tag in MAAS.
UI Improvements

   -

   Remove remaining YUI in favor of AngularJS.

As of beta 2, MAAS has now fully dropped the use of YUI for the Web
Interface. The last section using YUI was the Settings page and the login
page. Both sections have now been transitioned to use AngularJS instead.


   -

   Re-organize Settings page

The MAAS settings  have now been reorganized into multiple tabs.
Minor improvements

   -

   API for default DNS domain selection

Adds the ability to define the default DNS domain. This is currently only
available via the API.


   -

   Vanilla framework upgrade

We would like to thank the Ubuntu web team for their hard work upgrading
MAAS to the latest version of the Vanilla framework. MAAS is looking better
and more consistent every day!
Bug fixes

Please refer to the following for all 37 bug fixes in this release, which
address issues with MAAS across the board:

https://launchpad.net/maas/+milestone/2.4.0beta2


-- 
Andres Rodriguez
Engineering Manager, MAAS
Canonical USA, Inc.
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