Hello MAASters!
We are happy to announce MAAS 2.6.0beta3.
Improvements
Full HTTP boot for UEFI
This release introduces HTTP boot support for the UEFI 2.5 spec. For those users having newer hardware that has this newer firmware, we please ask you to perform proper testing and report back to us in the event of any issues.
Bug fixes
For other issues or bugs fixed in this release, please refer to:
| Bug # | Description |
|---|---|
| #1820983 | [2.6a1] Support boot over HTTP |
| #1824540 | [2.6] Relax the requirement of having an SSH key to deploy a machine, but do include a warning |
| #1824971 | [UI]Event message in machine listing requires tooltip |
| #1826864 | [2.6] Can’t enlist VMs using ipxe |
| #1729844 | [2.3b3, UI] When I add an SSH key the row should be automatically expanded so that the user can see the key |
| #1822647 | [2.5 ui] Space(s) not shown in machine list |
| #1825236 | [2.6b2] There’s no info event that tells the user the machine has been deployed, nor any action post-deploy |
| #1826280 | [2.6, UI] No cue that you are under the settings page |
| #1826323 | When VMFS6 layout is applied the WS should send a filesystem for the base partitions |
| #1827238 | Machines fail to deploy because cloud-init needs to accept both netplan spellings for grat arp |
https://launchpad.net/maas/+milestone/2.6.0beta3
Availability
MAAS 2.6.0~beta3 is available in the following PPA:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:maas/next
sudo apt install maas