Newton Series Release Notes

14.2.4

New Features

  • New variables have been added to allow a deployer to customize a glance systemd unit file to their liking.

  • The task dropping the glance systemd unit files now uses the config_template action plugin allowing deployers access to customize the unit files as they see fit without having to load extra options into the defaults and polute the generic systemd unit file with jinja2 variables and conditionals.

  • For the os_glance role, the systemd unit RestartSec value which controls the time between the service stop and start when restarting has been reduced from 150 seconds to 2 seconds to make the restart happen faster. This value can be adjusted by using the glance_*_init_config_overrides variables which use the config_template task to change template defaults.

Upgrade Notes

  • For the os_glance role, the systemd unit RestartSec value which controls the time between the service stop and start when restarting has been reduced from 150 seconds to 2 seconds to make the restart happen faster. This value can be adjusted by using the glance_*_init_config_overrides variables which use the config_template task to change template defaults.

14.0.2

Upgrade Notes

  • The variables glance_requirements_git_repo and glance_requirements_git_install_branch have been removed in favour of using the URL/path to the upper-constraints file using the variable pip_install_upper_constraints instead.

14.0.0

New Features

  • The os_glance role now supports Ubuntu 16.04 and SystemD.

  • CentOS7/RHEL support has been added to the os_glance role.

  • The os_glance role now supports the ability to configure whether apt/yum tasks install the latest available package, or just ensure that the package is present. The default action is to ensure that the latest package is present. The action taken may be changed to only ensure that the package is present by setting glance_package_state to present.

Upgrade Notes

  • The glance_apt_packages variable has been renamed to glance_distro_packages so that it applies to multiple operating systems.

  • Installation of glance and its dependent pip packages will now only occur within a Python virtual environment. The glance_venv_bin, glance_venv_enabled, glance_venv_etc_dir, and glance_non_venv_etc_dir variables have been removed.

  • The variable glance_apt_packages has been renamed to glance_distro_packages.

  • The os_glance role always checks whether the latest package is installed when executed. If a deployer wishes to change the check to only validate the presence of the package, the option glance_package_state should be set to present.

  • The database create and user creates have been removed from the os_glance role. These tasks have been relocated to the playbooks.