Release Notes
orcharhino 6.10.0 is here!
Tech Update VideoA short overview of the new features introduced in orcharhino 6.10
Customers are happily migrating to SCA to manage their subscriptions. With orcharhino 6.10, it is now easy to count the number of subscriptions in use for all managed hosts. This change helps customers to report numbers for internal purpose or to report the current count to Linux vendors to validate their subscriptions.
Do you need to manage an alternative hypervisor? orcharhino 6.10 introduces you a renewed User Interface for the Proxmox integration. This rework helps you to make the management of Proxmox easier than ever before. For more information: Provisioning virtual machines in Proxmox
orcharhino 6.10 introduces a database optimization for Debian/Ubuntu repository publishing. With orcharhino 6.10, you can save up to 25% of the time required to publish large repositories, reducing both waiting time and the necessary compute resources.
With orcharhino, you can run multiple Linux distributions in parallel. The orcharhino team is dedicated to keeping the list of supported distributions up to date. With orcharhino 6.10, support for SLES 15 SP6 is now available, enabling the deployment and management of the latest SUSE SLES release. For more information: Registering hosts and setting up host integration.
Managing distributed environments is important for most enterprises operating across multiple geographic regions. orcharhino Proxy facilitates the setup of branches and copies of package repositories. With orcharhino Proxy in 6.10, it is now possible to disable ‘content count updates’ to achieve faster content synchronization for updates. For more information: Importing content
Using encryption in the data center is a challenge in terms of scaling. To avoid the manual tracking and handling of secrets, a central store for the secrets and a safe way to access them is required. HashiCorp Vault provides a central way to store and retrieve secrets. With the release of orcharhino 6.10, it is now possible to connect to a HashiCorp Vault system using Ansible, enabling the efficient retrieval of stored secrets. For more information: Configuring Hosts Using Ansible
Keeping systems secure, even if they are on a long lifecycle, is becoming increasingly challenging. orcharhino 6.10 supports Errata for Ubuntu Extended Security Maintenance (ESM), allowing users to maintain the security of their systems using the same mechanism as for other Linux distributions. For more information: Importing content
Host registration template: orcharhino 6.11 provides the ability to add multiple dependency repositories for registration. This can be used to deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and other guests that need multiple repositories. Example for AlmaLinux: Registering hosts by using global registration