Katello 1.4 Released!
Hello Everyone,
It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of Katello 1.4
(Quadrupel).
* Full release notes can be found here (Please read before installing):
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/ReleaseNotes14
* For fresh installations, please use steps from:
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/Install
* To upgrade your installation, please follow steps from:
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/Upgrade
The download locations are
http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.4/RHEL/6Server/x86_64/
http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.4/Fedora/19/x86_64/
with client repositories under:
http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.4-client/RHEL/6Server/x86_64/
http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.4-client/Fedora/19/x86_64/
Major features and changes:
* System/Consumer Registration
* Systems can now be registered directly to Library and consume contents available in
the library
* No need to promote content, or publish a view to consume content
* Systems will recieve updates as soon as they are synced
* Software update
* Upgraded software stack to Ruby 2.0/Rails 3 for Fedora 19.
* Now using Pulp 2.3
* Puppet - Katello's content management now includes Puppet modules. In Katello 1.4
one can do the following..
* Create a repository
* Sync the repository
* Associate the repository with a content view definition
* Publish a content view from the definition
* Promote the content view to an environment
* Upload puppet modules via cli or web UI
* Checkout https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/Feature/PuppetContent for more
details.
* Katello Disconnected - simple tool for syncing Red Hat content to a staging server:
* Checkout https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/GuideKatelloDisconnected
* Package Uploads -
* One can now upload rpms via cli to a repository.
* Other Enhancements
* New User Interface for Systems, Products and more.
* Better integration with Foreman project.
* 320+ bugs fixed
I would like to thank all the users and developers that have helped
contribute to this release!
- Partha Aji