7. I18N Progress
● Currently follows browser language selection
● Will be adding admin and user settings
● Video - Login screen demo
8. Cloud Orchestration
● Modeling PR merged (PR #899)
● In progress
○ AWS Inventory collection (PR #919)
○ Creation of Service Dialog based on Template
○ Prototype of Provisioning through automate
9. Automate Enhancements
● Specify Zone for Web Service Automation
Request
○ Usage: Pass ‘miq_zone=<zone_name>’
■ Parameter not specified: Zone of current appliance used
■ Parameter specified without value: Tasks queued with null zone;
any appliance in the region can process.
● Example: 'parameters' => ‘miq_zone=’
■ Parameter specified with value: Request runs in specified zone.
(Note: Request creation fails if zone does not exist)
Example:
savon.call(:create_automation_request, :message =>
'version' => '1.1',
'uri_parts' => "namespace=System|class=Request|instance=test|message=create",
'parameters' => ‘miq_zone=Mahwah’)
10. Automate Enhancements
● Request Message override
○ user_message= #New method available on MiqRequest instances
Example:
request = $evm.root['service_template_provision_task'].miq_request
request.user_message = “Custom User Message”
Reset to normal messaging:
request.user_message = nil
11. ● Settings and Operations Guide - 5.2.1. Creating a User
Note: If you are using LDAP, but did not enable Get User Groups from LDAP
in your server's Authentication tab, you will need to define a user.
● Enhancement allows new user logons when “Get User
Groups from LDAP” is disabled
Default Group for LDAP Authentication
12. NB: Need to review AWS Config setup
requirements and document ManageIQ
configuration
Amazon AWS Event Collection
● Worked with Amazon during closed beta to
develop
● Third of three pieces of provider functionality
● Enables event-based policies for AWS
13. Technical debt
● SmartProxy removal
○ Functionality not needed or replaced by winrm gem
○ PR #1090
● Rails backports/fork removal
○ Backport and use disable_ddl_transaction!
○ Added bigserial support for primary keys to rails,
backported and used in manageiq
○ Next: Get “areas” (tests, migrations) of manageiq
running on Rails 4.2
14. IPv6 Communications
● VMWare (done)
○ PR #1080 (includes upgrading httpclient to 2.5.3)
● RHEVM/Ovirt (in progress)
○ ManageIQ/ovirt PR #16
○ Ruby 2.0 and 2.1 backports (net/http regression)
■ https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10530
■ https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10531
○ rest-client/rest-client PR #332
○ rest-client/rest-client PR #333
● Next: Model changes/openstack
communication
15. Rest API - Accounts subcollection
● API versioning to follow Semver standard
○ i.e. v1.1 development version now set to v1.1.0-pre
● Added VM accounts subcollection queries
○ Query via GET /api/vms/#/accounts
Example: GET /api/vms/320/accounts?expand=resources
{
"name": "accounts",
"count": 3,
"subcount": 2,
"resources": [
{
"id": "http://localhost:3000/api/vms/320/accounts/3",
"name": "Alberto",
"homedir": "/home/aab",
...
}, ...]
}
○ Also via --expand parameter GET /api/vms/#?expand=accounts
16. Rest API - Software subcollection
● Added VM software subcollection queries
○ Query via GET /api/vms/#/software
Example: GET /api/vms/320/software?expand=resources
{
"name": "software",
"count": 1,
"subcount": 1,
"resources": [
{
"id": "http://localhost:3000/api/vms/320/software/1",
"name": "LibreOffice",
"vendor": "DocumentFoundation",
...
}
]
}
○ Also via --expand parameter GET /api/vms/#?expand=software
17. Rest API - VM accounts & software
● Querying both subcollection types can be done as follows:
○ Query via GET /api/vms/#?expand=accounts,software
Example: GET /api/vms/320?expand=accounts,software
{
“id”: “http://localhost:3000/api/vms/320”,
“name”: “aab-vm1”,
…
“accounts” : [
{
“id”: “http://localhost:3000/api/vms/320/accounts/3”,
...
}, ...
]
“software” : [
{
“id”: “http://localhost:3000/api/vms/320/software/1”,
...
}, ...
]
}
