MAAS Development Summary - Week July 3rd - 14th

[Andres Rodriguez]

Hello MAASters!
This past week, MAAS development work included:

MAAS 2.3 (current development release)

   -

   Completed Django 1.11 transition
   -

      MAAS 2.3 snap will use Django 1.11 by default.
      -

      Ubuntu package will use Django 1.11 in Artful+
      -

   Network beaconing & better network discovery
   -

      MAAS now listens for [unicast and multicast] beacons on UDP port
      5240. Beacons are encrypted and authenticated using a key
derived from the
      MAAS shared secret. Upon receiving certain types of beacons, MAAS will
      reply, confirming the sender that existing MAAS on the network
has the same
      shared key. In addition, records are kept about which interface
each beacon
      was received on, and what VLAN tag (if any) was in use on that interface.
      This allows MAAS to determine which interfaces observed the same beacon
      (and thus must be on the same fabric). This information can also
determine
      if [what would previously have been assumed to be] a separate fabric is
      actually an alternate VLAN in an existing fabric.
      -

      The maas-rack send-beacons command is now available to test the
      beacon protocol. (This command is intended for testing and support, not
      general use.) The MAAS shared secret must be installed before the command
      can be used. By default, it will send multicast beacons out all possible
      interfaces, but it can also be used in unicast mode.
      -

      Note that while IPv6 support is planned, support for receiving IPv6
      beacons in MAAS is not yet available. The maas-rack send-beacons
      command, however, is already capable of sending IPv6 beacons. (Full IPv6
      support is expected to make beacons more flexible, since IPv6
multicast can
      be sent out on interfaces without a specific IP address assignment, and
      without resorting to raw sockets.)
      -

      Improvements to rack registration are now under development, so that
      users will see a more accurate representation of fabrics upon initial
      installation or registration of a MAAS rack controller.
      -

   Bug fixes
   -

      LP: #1701056: Show correct information for a device details page as a
      normal user
      -

      LP: #1701052: Do not show the controllers tab as a normal user
      -

      LP: #1683765: Fix format when devices/controllers are selected to
      match those of machines
      -

      LP: #1684216 - Update button label from 'Save selection' to 'Update
      selection'
      -

      LP: #1682489 - Fix Cancel button on add user dialog, which caused the
      user to be added anyway
      -

      LP: #1682387 - Unassigned should be (Unassigned)


MAAS 2.2.1 Released

In the past week, the MAAS team has focused efforts on testing and
preparing MAAS 2.2.1, which has now been released and has been made
available. For a full list of issues fixed in this release please refer to:
https://launchpad.net/maas/+milestone/2.2.1 .


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