openQRM - Cloud Computing Platform Files

Changelog - openQRM 5.1

Community/Base:

- Appliance ==> Server rename
- virtualization plugin merge
- new design, much enhanced usability, easier workflows
- much enhanced kvm support
- much enhanced vmware support
- new libvirt plugin
- native Gluster/GlusterFS integration for KVM - http://raobharata.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/qemu-glusterfs-native-integration/
- new much enhanced Hybrid-Cloud funtionalities
	- WebSSHTerm for instances login via webrowser
	- Automated Application deployment via puppet
	- Automated Monitoring via Nagios
	- Self-Service via the openQRM Cloud - easy option to "re-sell" EC2 as private Cloud resource

base:
- base: enhanced Server wizard / skip steps if possible (openqrm image+kernel, local-vm kernel)
- base: improved boot-service configuration, the boot-services now can also be configured through the openqrm commandline utility
- base: implemented to also update the configuration files in plugin boot-services during make update
- base: enhanced update to automatically update the openQRM initrds for network-deployment
- base: enhanced packaging (deb/rpm), implemented robust package update
- base: enhanced virtual-resource-command hook allowing to shutdown Hosts via their custom API

plugins:
- lcmc: updated lcmc to 1.5.4
- local-storage: rename local-storage -> clonezilla
- cloud: added option to specify the Loadbalancing Algorithm for finding the next available Cloud Virtualization Host
- cloud: added option to specify a VM Provisioning delay in the Cloud
- cloud: added option in the openQRM Cloud to dynamically change resource parameter (cpu/memory) in the Cloudrequest
- dhcpd: enhanced dhcpd plugin
   - supporting any type of network classes for the openQRM Management Network now
   - added support for a multi-homed setup with several managed networks
- sshterm: patched bug in webshell (sshterm plugin) to work with python 2.7
- kvm: implemented option to set the VNC keymapping for KVM and KVM-Storage VMs
- kvm: enhanced VM monitoring for local-deployment VMs
- kvm: enhanced VM update
- kvm: using qemu-img now to create kvm volume providing different qemu disk formats (raw, cow, qcow, qcow2)
- kvm: supports now snapshot action for blockfiles (kvm-bf-deployment and kvm-gluster-deployment)
- kvm: now supports native Gluster integration -> new deployment type kvm-gluster-deployment
	-> http://raobharata.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/qemu-glusterfs-native-integration/
- kvm - added option to automatic shutdown the openQRM management interface after deployment and startup of VMs
- hybrid-cloud: now talking transparently to AWS EC2 and Eucalyptus
- all-plugins: added and enhanced documentation

new plugins Community Edition:
- new device-manager plugin provides easy LVM pre-configuration for Storages
- new network-manager plugin provides easy Network + Bridging pre-configuration for Virtualization Host
- new development plugin automatically self-documenting the REST API, templates, translations, css and js of openQRM
- new template plugin implementing all available plugin-hooks in openQRM with noop -> template for creating own custom plugin
- new libvirt plugin - integrating libvirt as additional resource provider


Bugfixes:
- fixed critical: only allow openQRM's update-stats trigger the plugin hooks
- fixed critical bug in iframe, not allowing any remote urls
- fixed cirtical bug in [plugin]-action.php - not allowing remote access to the stat directories
- fixed several typos
- fixed nfs-storage with manual NAS/NFS configuration


Enterprise Edition:
- new Event-Mailer Plugin sending events to openQRM Adminstrators
- new Role-Administration plugin for detailed adjustment of openQRM Adminstrator permissions
	- allows to map the business topology against openQRM Roles


deprecated:
- deprecated coraid-storage equallogic-storage, netapp-storage, vbox and zfs-storage
  -> those plugin will stay available and working in their current state, we just not yet plan to further enhance them.