v2.7

Full Changelog: v2.6...v2.7

Features

• add menu entry to interactiove ISO install UI to enable STIG hardening
• add more progress status messages
• add btrfs-progs and xfsprogs to Dockerfile
• add installer-param to getopt
• use bash arrays for passing --param from scripts
• add Dockerfile-open-vmdk-tot
• add 'packagelist_files' option (multiple package list files)
• add tdnf_cachedir option
• add option to install docker images
• add a script to create a repo wth cherry picked packages from a paren…
• add 'upstream-repos' option tp packes list file
• photon_installer/mk-setup-grub.sh: add support for user command line
• kickstart: Use platform provided config by default

Bug Fixes

• use a blacklist instead of whitelist for disk devices, and refactor r…
• move ansible before postinstall (modules)
• use 'text=True' for subprocess.Popen() to avoid using 'decode()' in C…
• create-image-util: use 'docker inspect' to test for image, fixes name…
• set rpmdb according to Photon release
• clear VGs early and once to fix LVM with multiple disks
• set fs_options also in /etc/fstab
• mount cgroup for docker daemon
• isoBuilder: Extend validation to support a dev release

v2.6

Full Changelog: v2.5...v2.6

Features

• Introduction of POI in a Container
• add stig-hardening to iso initrd packages

Bug Fixes

• handle LVM on the host
• fstrim via partition table, and filter for supported filesystems
• cleaning up mounts for ostree
• fix flake8 errors, but ignore E501,E303
• fix merge error (dup setup() method)
• several fixes for ostree

Documentation

• POI in a Container
• CLI create-image-util

v2.5

Full Changelog: v2.4...v2.5

Bug Fixes

• ostreeinstaller: Fix tmp mountpoint cc4ecce

Code Refactor

• refactor packages files for iso builder ecc3b67

Documentation and Examples

• poi: Adding lvm sample ks for fips dae8c2d

v2.4

Full Changelog: v2.3...v2.4

Features

• Introduction of TDNF class 4edaf0b
• YAML parser 20b0bee
• Multiple disks support 662b736
• isoBuilder: yaml based config file support 27789ec
• isoBuilder: Add option --repo-paths for the repository paths b5f4b2b
• isoBuilder: remote config file support 5ca66b3
• isoBuilder: Option to set ISO name c68d895

Bug Fixes

• run fstrim on filesystems just before unmounting d95737c
• fix error 'too many values to unpack' when iterating disks 7c5476b
• handle LVM on the host 9b3b1fb
• Add architecture specific settings for linux_flavor and packages 2d8f505
• file repositories were not mounted to the container edab1f1
• fix flake8 errors and warnings 7e876f3 4dd7903
• use sgdfisk -Z to clear out MBR and GPT for disk reusage 8f358f0
• isoBuilder: Check options.config f72c8b6
• isoBuilder: make *-primary.xml.gz symlink relative cb33770
• fix getting 'setup_grub_script' from install_config e5e3391
• make 'linux' flavor the default d530c4b
• isoBuilder: use shutil.copy instead of shutil.copyfile to copy ks file 95f4d3d

Documentation and Examples

• lvm sample kick start file 34c0aa2
• sample_ks: Multiple fixes c15fe00
• sample_ks: Fix the field length to get the disk name cee4d01

v2.3

Full Changelog: v2.2...v2.3

Bug Fixes

• Fix grub.cfg 7768fa8
• Use --privileged when running commands in docker 919105f
• isoBuilder.py: Multiple Fixes ccdcf6c
• clear the VG'S and associated LVM'S before clearing the disk 3753e6b

Documentation and Examples

• Add sample kickstart for btrfs, xfs ce6307f
• Fix baseurl path 2b28619

v2.2

Full Changelog: v2.1...v2.2

Features

• create abupdate.conf 589e184
• Add disk size percentages 6ddb52f
• Add support for rpm-ostree based iso and custom artifact dc0dac9
• Multiple repositories support for installer 1d56234

Bug Fixes

• Set default value of "live" to True. db09319
• Raise exception in case installer fails. b42ba1c
• Remove rpmdb files from the installer image, not needed in installer. 0e8f8e0
• fix a few network issues e4e1247
• Fix post install arbitrary script execution a4a1b9b
• Raise exception with proper description for mount media failure edf2252
• Use photon_release_version from installer object as key doesn't exist in 'known_keys'. e1acdba
• progressbar: Fix installer UI 76713b3
• Fix 'preinstall' dynamic value parsing f0724df
• Check cdrom availibility before mounting. ac1324a

Documentation and Examples

• Adding docs and sample_ks directory 0d9d6f4
• add network examples b4a3de7

v2.1

Full Changelog: v2.0...v2.1

Features

• support filesystem options 9121b47
• add support for preinstall script 233d5ab
• add support for customInitrd and customIso aa0357d
• support for ab partitions 475ecf6
• python package improvements 9d913c8
• add executable photon-iso-builder to python package
• new more flexible network configuration 63edd85
• add support for /dev/disk/by-path f4b08b6
• support xfs and btrfs filesystem 8a3c0c0
• ostree: Use photon_release_version and arch from install config c40a529

Bug Fixes

• display appropriate error if no block device found d6e56f8
• fix installroot commands 2c0c50e
• refresh devices in retries if mount fails 861b6c6
• check if host rpm supports sqlite backend db bb6daaa
• removed insecure_installation and photon_release_version from ks 26308bc
• get rpm db path using rpm -E %_dbpath 1795c0f
• remove use of cache dir as repo dir and refactor tdnf in docker invocation fe1c3be

v2.0

What's Changed

Features

• isoInstaller.py: Added support for secondary ks device. by @gpiyush-dev in 7574836
• Add Xen/XCP block device by @andrewheberle in #7
• installer: Add support for insecure_installation by @prashant1221 in #5

Bug Fixes

• netconfig.py: iso_config.py: installer.py: insecure randomness by @gpiyush-dev in cca2147
• custompartition.py: selectdisk.py: Initialize devices during display by @gpiyush-dev in 42b9289
• photon-os-installer: Added --releasever to tdnf install by @gpiyush-dev in 02fb97a
• isoInstaller.py: User specified mount media by @gpiyush-dev in 41a3a08
• Add version to installer with git commit hash info by @sshedi in 198c831
• ITS: Fixed terminologies as suggested by ITS scanner. by @gpiyush-dev in 2ede1cc
• ostreeserverselector.py: Allow option while selecting menu items. by @gpiyush-dev in 871dc56

New Contributors

• @andrewheberle made their first contribution in #7
• @prashant1221 made their first contribution in #5
• @sshedi made their first contribution in 198c831

Full Changelog: v1.0...v2.0

Initial Release v1.0

• Initial VMware Photon OS Installer Code
• This release includes:
  • Base Installer code from Photon OS 'dev' branch
  • pip support added for installer