<div dir="ltr">The MAAS team is happy to announce that the new upstream (development) release has now been release.<div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Availability</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="gmail-m_1135334148327288851m_-8184664925888201611m_-2398393778250141338gmail-il">MAAS</span> <span class="gmail-m_1135334148327288851m_-8184664925888201611m_-2398393778250141338gmail-il">2</span>.<span class="gmail-m_1135334148327288851m_-8184664925888201611m_-2398393778250141338gmail-il">2</span>.0 <span class="gmail-m_1135334148327288851m_-8184664925888201611m_-2398393778250141338gmail-il">Beta</span> 4 is currently available in:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i><font color="#ff0000">ppa:<span class="gmail-m_1135334148327288851m_-8184664925888201611m_-2398393778250141338gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">maas</span></span>/next</font></i></b></div></div><div><br></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6ecdabda-1560-2c7c-ecba-a8eb476ae1af"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Release Notes</b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b>New Features</b></span></font></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Testing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MAAS 2.2 Beta 4 introduces environment tests to allow the administrator to verify that their environment is setup correctly:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Internet Connectivity test, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ensures machines can connect to the Internet.</span></p></li></ul><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NTP connectivity, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ensures that machines can connect to the configured NTP server, whether this is MAAS or an external NTP server.</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intel RSD improvements</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MAAS 2.2b4 introduces further improvements to Intel RSD usage in MAAS:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pod details page</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A pod details page has been improved by:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ability to show the composed machines (those that belong to the specific pod from its details page).</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Add the ability to show and change the power management or pod management credentials and endpoints.</span></p></li></ul><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Constraints</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ability to specify constraints to request machines based on the Pod (by type or name), providing the ability to select from a set of pods or an specific pod.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UX Improvements</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Several UI improvements have been made:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Design Change - Tabs</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Following the UX improvements from our design team, the 2.2b4 UI has now improved navigation. This includes a new Tab based approach for second level navigation items (for example, machines, devices and controllers under the Nodes tag).</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Better error surfacing</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Add error surfacing when editing node interfaces (including both Machine and devices interfaces).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Windows deployments</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Improve the ability to configure storage configuration for Windows. This includes the ability to select the root device where windows should be installed on.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Note that this ability extends to all DD images that MAAS can deploy.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Package Repositories</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MAAS 2.2 Beta 4 improves its package repositories support for Ubuntu Mirrors adding the ability to disable components. This components are Universe, Multiverse and Restricted.</span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bugs fixed in this release</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li>LP: #1650481 Fix ability to write NTP config on a Region API server.<br></li><li>LP: #1642040 [UI] Fix ability to delete Custom or Generated images via the UI<br></li><li>LP: #1673791 Fix long running tests, that caused tests to never stop after 12hrs.<br></li><li>LP: #1672354 [UI] Show IP address of the machines while 'Testing'<br></li><li>LP: #1671891 Fix deployment with AUTO IPs set as the gateway link.<br></li><li>LP: #1671048 Fix crash when getting the default gateways for a machine.<br></li><li>LP: #1673916 Fix regression that causes traceback in rack-based mDNS monitoring service.<br></li><li>LP: #1673724 Due to a potential regression in lsblk, try to ensure list of block devices is ordered correctly.<br></li><li>LP: #1674788 Fix allocate API to work with architecture wildcards<br></li><li>LP: #1671048 Node.get_default_gateways now always returns a DefaultGateways instance which contains two GatewayDefinition instances.<br></li><li>LP: #1669833 Do not add a default space when adding a subnet via the WebUI.<br></li><li>LP: #1673204 Use the retry context in web requests too.<br></li></ul><p></p></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Andres Rodriguez<div>Engineering Manager, MAAS</div><div>Canonical USA, Inc.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div>