The 2.6 release of MAAS offers improvements in:
- Performance
- Leverages HTTP for most of the PXE process
- Tracks stats and metrics with prometheus
- Networking
- Employs multiple default gateways
- Power control
- Adds support for redfish
- Adds support for OpenBMC
- ESXi
- Supports configuring datastores
- Supports registering to vCenter
- User experience
- Provides a more granular boot output
- Can dismiss/suppress failed tests
- Can clear discovered devices
- Can add a note to a machine
- Can add grouping to machine listing page
If you’re new to MAAS, take a look at Explore MAAS to get an overview of its installation and capabilities. If you need a more comprehensive review of the changes in this release, including known issues, workarounds and bug fixes, take a look at the detailed release notes in the following MAAS Discourse topics: