Release Notes
1. August 2023

orcharhino 6.5.0

Next-Generation orcharhino Delivery Platform

  • With orcharhino 6.5, users will be automatically registered at the next-generation orcharhino delivery platform OCC (orcharhino Customer Center).
  • This will further improve the reliability and speed of orcharhino installations.
  • For more information, see Registering orcharhino Server to OCC in the ATIX Service Portal.

orcharhino Clients

  • New orcharhino Client for Debian 12 โ€žBookwormโ€œ
  • New orcharhino Client for SLES15 SP5
  • New orcharhino Client for Oracle Linux 8.8
  • We are introducing the concept of orcharhino Client โ€žgenerationsโ€œ to ensure graceful upgrades from now on:
    • Breaking orcharhino Client changes will only be introduced as part of a new orcharhino Client generation.
    • As a new orcharhino Client generation may include breaking changes, existing orcharhino Servers will have to change the Upstream URL or add a new orcharhino Client repository to use it.
    • After a new orcharhino Client generation has been released, the old generation remains available, but will no longer receive updates other than bug fixes and security patches.
    • New installations of orcharhino 6.5 will automatically receive orcharhino Clients โ€žgen2โ€œ.
    • Significant changes between orcharhino Clients โ€žgen1โ€œ and โ€žgen2โ€œ include:
    • orcharhino Clients for Enterprise Linux 8 and higher (excluding Oracle Linux) no longer provide subscription-manager; instead, the OS platform version of subscription-manager will be used.
    • orcharhino Clients for Oracle Linux 8 and higher now provide a separate orcharhino Client for every minor release of Oracle Linux 8 from 8.0 to 8.8. By default, the latest available Y version will be used.
    • orcharhino Clients for Debian and Ubuntu now support โ€žstructured APTโ€œ mode. For more information, see the โ€žStructured APT tech previewโ€œ below.
    • For more information, see Using orcharhino Clients gen2 in the ATIX Service Portal.

Documentation

  • We now provide the documentation on docs.orcharhino.com for multiple orcharhino versions in parallel. You can select your orcharhino version in the top right-hand corner.

Structured APT tech preview

  • In the course of the coming releases, orcharhino will transition to a new way of presenting APT content to registered hosts that mirrors the structure of the upstream APT repository that was synced to orcharhino more closely.
  • This will improve compatibility with client-side features, such as APT pinning or the โ€žapt list โ€“upgradableโ€œ command.
  • It will also allow for a significant sync performance boost once the transition is fully completed.
  • orcharhino 6.5 includes these new features as tech preview.
  • For more information, see Enabling the technical preview for structured APT content on orcharhino 6.5 in the ATIX Service Portal.

This page shows the โ€žInstalling orcharhino Serverโ€œ guide for orcharhino 6.5; โ€ždocsโ€œ always points to the latest orcharhino release; and clicking โ€ž6.4โ€œ in the top right corner brings you to the same page but for verion 6.4; the menu in the bottom left switches versions but youโ€™ll start at the โ€žhomepageโ€œ again for the selected version.

This page shows the "Installing orcharhino Server" guide for orcharhino 6.5; "docs" always points to the latest orcharhino release; and clicking "6.4" in the top right corner brings you to the same page but for verion 6.4; the menu in the bottom left switches versions but you'll start at the "homepage" again for the selected version.

orcharhino with the new orcharhino Client for Debian 12 โ€žBookwormโ€œ.

orcharhino with the new orcharhino Client for SLES 15 SP5.

orcharhino with the new orcharhino Client for SLES 15 SP5.

Changelog Features

  • Added new script to list repository changes between orcharhino versions for use during offline upgrades.
  • Added errata provisioning for the Ubuntu Bionic ESM (Expanded Security Maintenance) program.
  • orcharhino installations automatically configure the orcharhino Client for the latest minor release of Oracle Linux 8.Y. If you require a specific 8.Y version, you have to setup the repository manually. For more information, see https://atixservice.zendesk.com/hc/de/articles/9833499769116
  • Added a list of partitions and their disk usage to the hosts page for hosts using vSphere.
  • New update_packages job template will allow you to update all packages of a host by running the job without setting a package name. In addition, you can use the new โ€žrefresh_subscriptionโ€œ option to force a refresh of the subscription state before any packages are installed.
  • Improved the formatting of the answers.yaml file written by the orcharhino installer GUI.
  • Added UEFI provisioning support for AlmaLinux.
  • Added support for upgrading orcharhino Servers in a disconnected environment to orcharhino-maintain.
  • Added iPXE provisioning template for Ubuntu autoinstall (20.04.3+).

Changelog Documentation

Deprecations

  • With the release of orcharhino 6.5, we will no longer provide support for orcharhino 5.12.
  • Replaced the update_all_packages job template with the update_packages job template.
  • Removed the orcharhino_proxy_structured_sync setting in /etc/foreman/plugins/katello.yaml that was introduced with orcharhino 6.4 because it is no longer needed.

Changelog Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug causing the orcharhino-installer to fail when the salt plugin is enabled.
  • Updated Django to fix CVE-2023-23969, CVE-2023-24580, and CVE-2023-31047.
  • Updated the Ansible role used by the โ€žorcharhino Proxy Contentโ€œ job for compatibility with Ansible >= 2.14.
  • Added a parameter to orcharhino-installer to ignore changes to errata in synced Yum repositories. For more information, see https://atixservice.zendesk.com/hc/de/articles/9638418742940.
  • Fixed a bug where katello-upload-profile is not installed when using Register Host for a Debian or Ubuntu host.
  • Fixed a bug that was causing Proxmox notifications to display โ€žunknown stringโ€œ instead of the VM name.
  • Fixed a Proxmox Compute Resource bug that was changing the MAC address every time the VM was edited.
  • Fixed a bug preventing use of the VNC/remote console for Proxmox QEMU hosts. Documented how to use the VNC/remote console.
  • Fixed a Proxmox Compute Resource bug that prevented the use of image based provisioning.
  • Fixed the orcharhino proxy sync for proxies that use one network interface to communicate with the orcharhino server and another for attached hosts.
  • Fixed a bug where the lifecycle and content view association was missing from the UI when cloning a host.
  • Fixed a bug where VNC for libvirt only allows a maximum password length of 8 characters.
  • Fixed the Ansible API URL configuration needed to install Ansible content.

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