Metro Automation Engine Release Notes

Release 3.0.0

Add Docker usage documentation
Add copy ssh id action
Increase retries for VSTAT bringup
Improve error message for schema validation
Remove restriction for SELinux operation
Add NSGv bootstrap support in Croxley
Add yum proxy support
Add check for SSH connectivity to KVM target servers
Change VCIN RAM u/m from KB to GB. Add warning about changing ssh public key default path.
Change nsgv RAM to GB. Refactor vmWare autostart exception handling
Change VRS deploy certificate management
Add AWS credentials to inventory
Allow creation of two VSTATs in SA mode
Add vCenter parameters
Add absolute file and directory support to encrypt tool
Add METROAE_PASSWORD environment variable support to encrypt tool
Improve encryption support
Add script to vault new encrypt credentials file
Add support for vault-encrypted passwords
Fix the ability to parse vault-encrypted variables
Fix Python executable strings to be portable
Add encrypt property to credentials schema
Disable logs for commands that display sensitive information
Add GUI workflow for health check
Change RAM from KB to GB

Fix the key generation and copying to only do what is required
Use target_server_user instead of compute username for VRS deploy
Change metroae script to handle deployment passwords with spaces and missing credentials file
Fix VRS predeploy prerequisite step
Fix VM name variable name
Disable logs that display credentials
Fix deployment names with spaces
Fix VSTAT nfs server

Removal of build_vars.yml There is no longer a single monolithic configuration file for MetroÆ. Configuration is specified through deployments. A tool is provided to convert an obsolete build_vars.yml file to a deployment. See CUSTOMIZE.md for details on deployments.
Removal of build The user no longer needs to issue the build playbook. This will be handled automatically and seamlessly by the MetroÆ tool. MetroÆ also tracks changes and will skip steps not required if configuration is unmodified.
Schema validation of deployment data All configuration specified in a deployment is automatically validated against json-schema.org schemas. This ensures that all required fields are set and every field has the correct syntax. Any error will be found as early as possible and a specific error message will call out the exact problem.
Workflows instead of playbooks To simplify usage, the concept of a playbook is being replaced by a workflow. The .yml extension is no longer required. Thus, issue vsd_deploy instead of vsd_deploy.yml. The MetroÆ tool is renamed from metro-ansible to metroae. It now supports different arguments, including --list which displays all supported workflows.
Cleanup of repo The MetroÆ repository has been cleaned. Only tools useful for users are present in the root directory. The internal workings of the tool have been moved to sub-directories like src/.

The following components/operations are not supported in the beta release.