Foreman 1.9.0 RC1 发布，此版本主要优化了 Web UI；增强了日志记录功能；使用 Libvirt (KVM) 提供镜像；新邮件通知等等。
下载：https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/archive/1.9.0-RC1.zip。
更新内容
API
Add vm_compute_attributes API call to retrieve compute attributes for a host (#10720)
Add template_combinations API calls beneath host groups and environments (#9031)
Add FOREMAN_APIPIE_LANGS languages override for development environments (#10815)
Change unversioned API access from version 1 to version 2 (#10167)
Change build_pxe_default API call method to POST from GET (#6976)
Accept lowercase BMC provider names in host interfaces API (#10382)
Fix validation and requirement for override_values to have a match and value (#9812)
Fix build_pxe_default API call to return JSON response (#10715)
Fix fact_values API call with a non-admin user (#9793)
Fix compute resource brand names in compute resource documentation (#9632)
Authentication and Authorization
Add debug logging to authorized resource lookups under permissions logger (#10736)
Collect Foreman access log from Apache in foreman-debug (#10945)
Fix authorization check for viewing compute resource VMs (#10683)
Fix permission for "All users" checkbox to be displayed on org/location edit (#7335)
Fix permission names to be globally unique (#10492)
CLI
Add foreman-debug configuration file (#10701)
Change foreman-debug to be non-interactive (#10284)
Fix foreman-debug options -u and -a to be exclusive (#10699)
Compute resources and Hosts creation
Add support for image provisioning on Libvirt with userdata and cloud-init disk (#10072)
Add Cisco NX-OS POAP provisioning support (#10526)
Change Windows installation media handling to use wimboot (#9299)
Update fog to 1.32.0 (#10470)
Change websockify proxy port to be randomized within 5910-5930 (#10703)
Check presence of and restore DHCP records on host build (#1536)
Validate presence of BMC smart proxy when adding managed BMC interface (#10727)
Change root password and partition table to optional on hosts not in build mode (#9993)
Fix creation of hosts with volumes on Google Compute Engine (#4551)
Fix vSphere resource pool retrieval when cluster name and path differ (#10151)
Fix configuration of alias interfaces during provisioning (#10666)
Fix matching of virtual interfaces on compute resources, only match physicals (#10664)
Installer and packaging
Improve error message generated by smart proxy registration failure (#10466)
Update to scoped_search 3.x (#8502)
Installer modules have been updated, see their respective changelogs for more detailed notes:
Proxy and Services
Add debug logging to all IPMI calls (#9709)
Add API call to test BMC connection to IPMI (#9710)
Extend BMC API to show available providers etc. (#9711)
Add new startup script for the service under Windows (#9713)
Add mechanism to support config file migrations (#10003)
Add TFTP and DHCP options support for provisioning Cisco POAP (#10527)
Add dhcp_omapi_port setting to change ISC dhcpd OMAPI port (#10264)
Add smart proxy project README (#9121)
Move smart_proxy_chef request classes to the plugin itself (#10895)
Fix missing Windows gem dependencies in bundler (#10320)
Fix BMC API to respond with 501 when provider API is not implemented (#9840)
Fix parsing of request body in BMC API to pass additional options (#10116)
Fix error handler to print stacktrace at debug level (#10639)
Fix logging of template proxy operations (#10769)
Fix spelling of "nonexistent" in messages (#10801)
Fix DNS lookup hang during trusted host tests (#9919)
Puppet and Puppet integration
Add outofsync_interval setting to control expected out of sync duration of reports (#10337)
Change Puppet environment field on hosts to be optional (#9301)
Prevent validation of default values when a class parameter uses the Puppet default (#9187)
Fix association of OS and architecture during facts import (#10633)
Fix duplicate interfaces created during import with bond interfaces (#10607)
Fix assignment of bond interfaces with blank identifiers on import (#10888)
Security
Disallow users with edit_users permission to change admin user passwords (CVE-2015-3235, #10829)
Add audits email summary for a regular report of audit events (#1213)
Add host build completion email notification (#1510)
Encrypt LDAP auth source passwords when stored at rest in database (#10263)
Change default root password hash from MD5 to SHA256 (#10289)
Fix SELinux module building on EL7.1 with apache_content_template macro (#9791)
Refactor require_ssl code to use Rails force_ssl feature (#10471)
Web Interface
Add new select box styling to enable searching on every dropdown menu (#10641)
Change dashboard to store widgets in the DB and support minimizing (#8106)
Add full screen edit button to parameter override text boxes (#3856)
Add button to show full fact values for easy copying (#9194)
Add axis labels and reposition legends on charts (#9454)
Add caps lock warning to password fields (#8898)
Rearrange overrides section in smart class parameters and host parameters pages (#8214, #8217)
Rearrange hosts and provisioning menus to follow usual configuration order (#9334)
Reorganize setting categories to be more logical (#8566)
Fix host delete confirmation box to include hostname and VM deletion warning (#9879)
Fix error during second run of orchestration from Discovery (#9424)
Fix display of long org/location names in current context (#8861)
Fix display of messages on smart proxy errors on Certificates pages (#9674)
Fix highlight of error message when Puppet classes are not available in environment (#10738)
Fix ambiguity in token_duration setting help text (#10194)
Rename "mail" to "email" across the user interface for consistency (#8525)
Fix sending of template parameters in form submissions (#10849)
Fix activation of second autocomplete field on pages (#10817)
Fix failed login notification from remaining on login screen (#10729)
Fix quickstart URL in README (#10518)
Fix parameter name "spaces" error message to be consistent (#9439)
Fix typo in build PXE default confirmation box (#9806)
Fix 404 error when selecting Puppet environment on host group form (#9444)
Refactor template full screen mode for reusability (#10638)
Various fixes and features
Add custom logger capabilities and extended logging configuration (#10487)
Add debug-level logging of LDAP calls and queries (#10406)
Add consistent deprecation warnings for internal and external APIs (#10635)
Change trends to aggregate and reduce data points (#10439)
Change logging of backtraces to regular log levels and remove truncation (#10713)
Change Fog library loading to only load providers in active use (#8516)
Allow locations and organizations with the same names (#10660)
Update documentation for reports expiry rake task (#10513)
Allow configuration of logging level from settings.yaml (#6524)
Fix audit records being created on counter updates (#10656)
Fix audit records being created on Puppet class host changes (#10288)
Fix slow report fetch SQL query under PostgreSQL on dashboard (#10879)
Fix unnecessary SQL queries when orgs/locations are disabled (#6332)
Fix N+1 SQL query on host and host group forms (#9969)
Fix uniq calls to run in database (#10583)
Fix sort.uniq call ordering to improve performance (#10584)
Fix accessible host groups to remove unnecessary sorting (#3016)
Fix in-memory attribute fetches with more specific database calls (#9593)
Fix wrapping of host parameter table headers in Japanese (#7532)
Fix unlocalized period in org/locations help page (#7454)
Fix formatting of Puppet error email notifications (#9998)
Fix foreman_url setting to be mandatory (#9613)
Fix validation of unattended_url field to check protocols (#5649)
Fix user groups to disallow empty names (#3711)
Fix grammatical mistakes in foreman-rake man page (#10921)
Fix seeding of org/locations when one already exists (#10695)
Fix Ruby deprecation warning in LDAP auth source (#4769)
Fix warnings from duplicate keys in hashes (#10437)
Fix intermittent database deadlock during integration tests (#10507)
Fix running of auth source tests (#9957)
Fix password crypt tests when running on OS X (#9551)
Various internal refactorings
Add test to check trends reduce task idempotency (#10439)
Add helper method to check if a smart proxy has a feature (#10287)
Add helper factory for host group provisioning (#10780)
Change partition tables to be a type of provisioning template (#7096)
Refactorings for Rails 4 compatibility (#10409)
Refactor link_to confirm option for Rails 4 compatibility (#7574)
Refactor boolean conversion logic into common class (#10402)
Refactor host managed logic in NIC models (#10442)
Refactor host OS access for consistency (#9397)
Remove deprecated smart proxy scopes (#10899)
Remove unused columns from hosts table (#10861)
Remove setting cache clear debug logging (#10887)
Foreman是一个集成的数据中心生命周期管理工具,提供了服务开通,配置管理以及报告 功能,和Puppet Dahboard一样,Foreman也是一个Ruby on Rails程序.Foreman和 Dashboard不同的地方是在于,Foreman更多的关注服务开通和管理数据中心的能力,例如和引导工具,PXE启动服务器,DHCP服务器及服务 器开通工具进行集成.
Foreman 机器统一管理平台
Foreman可以与Puppet集成使用,通常是作为puppet的前端接入.
Foreman takes care of provisioning until the point puppet is running, allowing Puppet to do what it does best.(太难翻了 -_-!!)
Foreman能够通过Facter组件显示系统目录信息,并且可以从Puppet主机报表中提供实时信息
Foreman能够准备你管理新机器的所有工作.它的设计目标是能够自动化的完成所有手工管理的工作,通过Foreman可以重新配置机器.
Foreman能够管理大规模(当然也包括小规模)的,企业级的的网络,可能有很多域,子网和很多puppet master节点.Foreman也可以实现配置版本的回溯.
软件详情：http://projects.theforeman.org/rb/release/35
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