[SRU] MAAS 2.3.0

[Andres Rodriguez]

[Impact]
This is a new upstream release that addresses various issues present in 2.2 and introduces various features that improve the robustness, and feature set of MAAS.

MAAS 2.3.0 introduces the following features:

    - Add support for CentOS & Windows networking.
    - Add support for Upstream Proxy.
    - Add the ability to deploy rack controllers.
    - Add the ability to report controller versions.
    - Add HTTP boot for ephemeral images, instead of 'tgt'.
    - Add django 1.11 support.
    - Introduce beaconing for better network discovery.
    - Improve hardware testing for better usage and feedback.
    - Improves performance by improving DNS reloading performance.
    - Machine, devices & controller page re-design.

[Test Case]
MAAS testing has been done in various cases, partially documented https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MAASUpdates. This include:

1. Manual Fresh installation of MAAS
2. Manual upgrade from the previous Ubuntu Release.
3. Automated (CI) testing of MAAS install and operation as per the MAAS' CI.
4. Automated (CI) testing of MAAS install and operation against other Canonical's product (juju, Canonical OpenStack & Kubernetes) provided by the Canonical Solutions QA Team.
5. Manual split region/rack test are performed. This is to ensure that if we upgrade a MAAS Region to a newer version, the MAAS rack of the older version remains connected and operational.

All of this includes verifying normal operation, issues fixed, and ensuring that Canonical Cloud solutions can inter-operate. MAAS releases are also now vetted by the Solutions QA team.

[Regression Potential]
Minimal (For MAAS itself). MAAS is fully backwards compatible and handles upgrades from previous releases which result in the continuous operation of MAAS. Users will continue to use this new version of MAAS as they used it before.

Medium (For not tested set of hardware) - A new version of Curtin has been SRU'd, and as such, this could impact the deployment of untested hardware Paths. MAAS, in itself, has not changed the way it deploys machines, but curtin (the one in charge of network, disk & boot-order) has.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Andres, or anyone else affected,

Accepted maas into artful-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maas/2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~17.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-artful to verification-done-artful. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-artful. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Andres, or anyone else affected,

Accepted maas into zesty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maas/2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~17.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-zesty to verification-done-zesty. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-zesty. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Andres, or anyone else affected,

Accepted maas into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maas/2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Andres Rodriguez (andreserl)]

Just to confirm that the verification as per the bug description has been done!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package maas - 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

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maas (2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~16.04.1) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Stable Release Update. New upstream release, MAAS 2.3.0 (LP: #1733615):
    - Add support for CentOS & Windows networking.
    - Add support for Upstream Proxy.
    - Add the ability to deploy rack controllers.
    - Add the ability to report controller versions.
    - Add HTTP boot for ephemeral images, instead of 'tgt'.
    - Add django 1.11 support.
    - Introduce beaconing for better network discovery.
    - Improve hardware testing for better usage and feedback.
    - Improves performance by improving DNS reloading performance.
    - Machine, devices & controller page re-design.

 -- Andres Rodriguez <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:08:22 -0500

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for maas has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package maas - 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~17.04.1

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maas (2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~17.04.1) zesty-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Stable Release Update. New upstream release, MAAS 2.3.0 (LP: #1733615):
    - Add support for CentOS & Windows networking.
    - Add support for Upstream Proxy.
    - Add the ability to deploy rack controllers.
    - Add the ability to report controller versions.
    - Add HTTP boot for ephemeral images, instead of 'tgt'.
    - Add django 1.11 support.
    - Introduce beaconing for better network discovery.
    - Improve hardware testing for better usage and feedback.
    - Improves performance by improving DNS reloading performance.
    - Machine, devices & controller page re-design.

 -- Andres Rodriguez <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:08:22 -0500

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package maas - 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~17.10.1

---------------
maas (2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1~17.10.1) artful-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Stable Release Update. New upstream release, MAAS 2.3.0 (LP: #1733615):
    - Add support for CentOS & Windows networking.
    - Add support for Upstream Proxy.
    - Add the ability to deploy rack controllers.
    - Add the ability to report controller versions.
    - Add HTTP boot for ephemeral images, instead of 'tgt'.
    - Add django 1.11 support.
    - Introduce beaconing for better network discovery.
    - Improve hardware testing for better usage and feedback.
    - Improves performance by improving DNS reloading performance.
    - Machine, devices & controller page re-design.

 -- Andres Rodriguez <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:08:22 -0500