From ef9bcfb9e37ae6b0a88b1944a8714c10be539710 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Faulkner Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 13:58:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Cycle highlights for Ironic Change-Id: I9009cc99a6c891acae1b9ea9da95b91cf541acf1 --- deliverables/caracal/ironic.yaml | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff --git a/deliverables/caracal/ironic.yaml b/deliverables/caracal/ironic.yaml index 503c3a1e5a..eed8946169 100644 --- a/deliverables/caracal/ironic.yaml +++ b/deliverables/caracal/ironic.yaml @@ -20,3 +20,38 @@ branches: location: 23.1.0 - name: bugfix/24.0 location: 24.0.0 +cycle-highlights: + - Ironic has enabled RBAC support by default by changing the default + values of ``[oslo_policy]enforce_scope`` and + ``[oslo_policy]enforce_new_defaults`` to ``True``. Additionally, we + added ``[DEFAULT]rbac_service_project_name`` to define a project where + users in that project are treated as having a service role. + Please see Ironic release notes for full details. + - Ironic has added the ability to drain active tasks from a conductor + before shutdown. Sending a ``SIGUSR2`` signal to an ironic-conductor + will now attempt to complete running tasks with a timeout of + ``[DEFAULT]drain_shutdown_timeout``. No new tasks will be started on + the conductor while it's draining. + - Ironic now has basic testing for OVN-based deployments, using the OVN + DHCP service. This includes lightly tested support for OVN VTEP switches. + Operators considering use of this support should read + `Ironic OVN documentation `_ + for more information and details on limitations. + - Several Ironic drivers have been deprecated in favor of more modern, + redfish-based drivers. The ``ibmc``, ``xclarity``, and ``idrac-wsman`` + drivers will be removed during a future development cycle. Operators + utilizing these drivers are encouraged to use the redfish hardware type + instead. Additionally, users of the ``ilo`` hardware type on newer ILO6-based + hardware will now be prompted to use ``redfish`` instead. + - Ironic now supports UEFI HTTP mode booting. The ``http`` boot interface is + based upon the ``pxe`` interface, and ``http-ipxe`` is based upon ``ipxe``. + - Ironic now supports in-band inspection and node auto-discovery without an + additional ironic-inspector service. An online data migration was added which + migrates inspection interface on idle nodes to ``agent`` if inspector-based + inspection is disabled, and agent-based inspection is enabled. + - Ironic will now reserve a small number of worker threads for user-interactive + API usage. Previously, an overloaded Ironic cluster could fail API calls if many + nodes performed provisioning actions at the same time. + - Ironic now supports pulling down images from a web server authenticated + using basic auth. This permits standalone Ironic users to secure their + external image repositories. \ No newline at end of file