Community Demo 107
Here is a summary of last week’s community demo.
This is a wiki. Please correct any misunderstandings.
It’s been a few weeks since Ron Lavi described the challenges of maintaining browser compatibility. After a few weeks to allow for discussion, it is now official that Foreman 3.3 and higher will support the latest versions of Safari, Firefox, and Edge, Chrome / Chromium browsers.
@Ron_Lavi also talked about the changes and necessary actions because of the new reports plugin. Although the old reporting method will still be used and available in Foreman 3.2, it’s advisable to start migrating old reports to prepare for the changes as soon as possible. Ron talked us through a forum post by @lzap . Lukas has documented the process here
The reports page in Foreman has a deprecation notice that guides you to that page also.
Ron also talked about plans to reuse the same reports table across community reports.
In addition to what @Ron_Lavi explained, @adiabramovitch showed us that there is a new widget that corresponds with the new host report plugin for the host details page.
It has the same functionality as the previous widgets but the data comes from the new reports plugin.
Partha demoed how it is now possible to export and import a single repository.
The procedure uses the same hammer import export endpoints you’re familiar with, and takes advantage of the Content View Version workflow to allow users to export a single repository, then import it to another Foreman/Katello instance.
To export, use the repository ID to target the repository for export.
We can now import it in a new organization in Foreman/Katello.
@cintrix84 compares and contrast the old and new module stream layout in the host’s details page. To locate the module stream tab, navigate to Hosts > All Hosts and then select a content host, and then click the Module Streams tab to view an orderly list.
Action options and filtering options will be added at a later date.
Jeremy walks us through a pretty significant workflow improvement to package installation.
Jeremy outlined the disadvantages to the currently available package installation method for content hosts. This process also includes having to know the package name and manually enter it into the UI.
In the new host details page, there’s a dedicated Packages sub-tab in the Content tab. This helps orient you as it lists what packages are already installed.
To install a new package, there’s a dedicated Install Packages button in the menu. This opens a modal where you can select from a list of possible packages to install rather than having to know and then manually enter the package name.
This tables calculates all the possible packages that you can install, and removes the list of already installed packages.
Filtering options and scoped searching is available.
When you’ve selected the package to install, the default installation method is via remote execution.
Thanks to everyone who came and demoed. Special thanks to @Ori_Rabin for covering for me.
