ASF VCL 2.4.2 Dependency changes: No dependency changes for any components in this release. Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.4.2 ** Improvement * [VCL-850] - Prevent 3D video from being enabled by default in VMware .vmx files ** Bug * [VCL-847] - Computer left in reserved state if user deletes cluster request * [VCL-849] - makeproduction state not processed correctly for cluster requests * [VCL-855] - JSON Perl module missing from install_perl_libs.pl * [VCL-856] - iptables.pm generates an error under old versions of Perl ** Task * [VCL-845] - Remove blockRequest.admingroupid column ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.4.1 Dependency changes: No dependency changes for any components in this release. Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.4.1 ** Improvement * [VCL-842] - Warnings appear in vcld.log if managementnode.keys is not populated ** Bug * [VCL-841] - VMware.pm::configure_vmhost_dedicated_ssh_key may fail * [VCL-839] - Problems occur when "localhost" is used for a management node name * [VCL-836] - cluster_info file may contain incorrect IP addresses ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.4 Dependency changes: VCL web server PHP modules: * removed php-sysvsem and php-process (only one of these was required, depending on platform) VCL Database: * MariaDB 5.0 or later now listed as a supported option VCL Management Node: * CentOS/RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.x no longer listed as supported Required packages moved to required Perl modules: * perl-Archive-Tar * perl-CPAN * perl-DBD-MySQL * perl-DBI * perl-Digest-SHA1 * perl-IO-String * perl-MailTools * perl-Net-Netmask * perl-Net-SSH-Expect * perl-RPC-XML * perl-Text-CSV_XS * perl-XML-Simple * perl-YAML Added required Perl modules: * Frontier::Client * LWP::Protocol::https * JSON * Mo:builder * Time::HiRes * perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA Removed required Perl modules: * Crypt-SSLeay * Devel-StackTrace * Exception-Class * HTML-Parser * IO-Compress * libwww-perl * XML-Parser Changes to Conditional Requirements * dropped support for xCAT 1.3 for bare metal provisioning * vSphere SDK - no longer needed for ESX/ESXi; still needed for vCenter * additional modules for Jabber no longer listed (assumed to be pulled in as dependencies) Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.4 ** New Feature * [VCL-5] - multiple web servers * [VCL-170] - option to power off blades after reservation - new reload module * [VCL-174] - NAT Support * [VCL-178] - enable checkuser flag for per reservation instead of image only * [VCL-562] - Automatically disable user accounts known to be insecure stored in Windows images * [VCL-564] - Run custom scripts during various reservation stages * [VCL-580] - Add support for Fedora 16 * [VCL-590] - Openstack Module * [VCL-593] - Documentation Links on VCL Home Page * [VCL-617] - new XML-RPC methods * [VCL-722] - OpenNebula module * [VCL-770] - Windows 8.x and Server 2012 Support * [VCL-771] - VMware ESXi 5.5 support * [VCL-783] - Add support for 64-bit cygwin * [VCL-810] - 2.4 install script ** Improvement * [VCL-16] - Enhance cluster reservation process * [VCL-50] - Moving machines from Maintenance to VMhost INuse * [VCL-133] - poor flow of pages for new reservation that's not currently available for image owner with multiple revisions * [VCL-179] - image creation - confirm node is on * [VCL-229] - add something browser specific to continuations data * [VCL-237] - improve wording in error message about extending a reservation to overlap with a concurrently limited image * [VCL-280] - only fail computers for computer related failures * [VCL-289] - Consolodate image retrieval subroutines for provisioning modules * [VCL-291] - Move OS response checking from provisioning to OS modules * [VCL-322] - Add code to check that the static public address is set for all new/reload reservations, even if computer is not reloaded * [VCL-366] - as needed add throttling to new vmware modules * [VCL-374] - Set password requirements before attempting to set passwords during image capture * [VCL-392] - Add option to rename computer separate from Sysprep * [VCL-409] - Improvements to vcld -setup * [VCL-428] - Make get_*_info() subroutines consistent and improve queries * [VCL-430] - reservation extension can allow an invalid time to be submited * [VCL-442] - Reduce time between user clicking Connect and RDP being opened * [VCL-503] - Add timeout to hung SSH processes * [VCL-531] - additions to dashboard * [VCL-538] - time server option per management node * [VCL-552] - create an easy way to view deleted computers * [VCL-555] - need a way to give users access to add management nodes * [VCL-559] - convert pages with large tables to use dojo datagrids * [VCL-568] - refresh current reservations page 15 minutes after a reservation becomes available * [VCL-570] - Ubuntu support * [VCL-581] - check for whitespace in image name during image creation * [VCL-582] - Linux.pm remove rc.local dependence * [VCL-584] - Extend features of Server loads * [VCL-585] - Migrate time source variable to variable table * [VCL-586] - Remove code using imagemeta.usergroupid * [VCL-592] - honor user preference to only show user groups matching user's affiliation on server profile pages * [VCL-596] - privilege tree - image list bubble/pop-up shows deleted images * [VCL-604] - get_currentimage info - start using imageid and imagerevisionid instead of imagename * [VCL-605] - change labels for advanced options for VM images * [VCL-608] - XMLRPC interface inaccessible to Shibboleth-authenticated users * [VCL-636] - Allow vCenter folder to be specified in VM profile * [VCL-637] - linux updating hostname * [VCL-638] - Add support for vSphere distributed switch * [VCL-640] - block allocation fixes * [VCL-655] - Manage groups - create a default or none user group * [VCL-669] - ssh identity keys for end-users * [VCL-678] - Reduce unnecessary output written to vcld.log * [VCL-682] - Consolidate xCAT provisioning modules, retire xCAT 1.x support * [VCL-683] - Retire utils.pm::_sshd_status * [VCL-684] - Remove retrieve_user_data from DataStructure.pm * [VCL-685] - VMware improvements for VCL 2.4 * [VCL-687] - Problems occur if /etc/issue.net is configured in Linux images * [VCL-690] - There is no default selection on Manage computer * [VCL-695] - Change newimages membership if image owner is changed via website * [VCL-696] - Improve resource group deletion options and information * [VCL-698] - Linux.pm delete_user may fail to detect network mounted home directory and to clean sudoers * [VCL-702] - Rework code to use new subroutines and objects & general code cleanup for VCL 2.4 * [VCL-703] - Delete home directory when Linux user is deleted * [VCL-711] - Move check_image_os from State.pm to xCAT.pm * [VCL-713] - Add ability to turn off certain types of logging in the database * [VCL-714] - HTML cleanup * [VCL-717] - Prevent multiple failed image creation messages being sent to user * [VCL-726] - Child processes are not killed when a vcld state process is killed * [VCL-727] - xCAT commands may timeout - make multiple attempts * [VCL-732] - disable user_connected checks for request >= 24 hr * [VCL-734] - set requests to pending state earlier when processing * [VCL-744] - image retrieval can fail in some cases to find image across different management node * [VCL-748] - Linux.pm get_firewall_configuration /etc/services * [VCL-751] - Linux.pm reserve create_user * [VCL-757] - partimageng script fails if computer has additional USB drive * [VCL-758] - VCL timings - make various timings to be variables and edited by admin * [VCL-759] - check user group access to image when creating block allocations * [VCL-760] - user based post reservation script * [VCL-763] - Add missing constraints to database tables * [VCL-764] - Database changes for VCL 2.4 * [VCL-766] - Add message argument to image.pm's reservation_failed subroutine * [VCL-767] - Allow dynamic private IP addresses, remove /etc/hosts requirement * [VCL-769] - VMware vim-cmd fails if services fail * [VCL-772] - remove node_status from provisioning sub-modules * [VCL-773] - Dashboard View Update * [VCL-774] - _get_file_info is unnecessarily slow for vSphere provisioning * [VCL-776] - rework resource code to have a base class for all resources and inheriting classes for each resource type * [VCL-778] - add graph for seeing historical usage of block allocations * [VCL-779] - add method to dashboard for restarting failed imaging reservations * [VCL-780] - combine new reservation and current reservations pages * [VCL-781] - Add ability for provisioning modules to retrieve minimum hardware requirements for a particular OS * [VCL-782] - utils.pm update_request_state generated unnecessary critical messages * [VCL-797] - system admin setting for randomly generated passwords * [VCL-799] - cluster reservations - update OS firewall to allow nodes of cluster to communicate * [VCL-813] - Disable Windows "Select a location for the network" prompt * [VCL-814] - Reservation ready email should be sent as close as possible to when the Connect button appears * [VCL-816] - Nmap is very slow due to DNS * [VCL-817] - pgrep command arguments have changed with RHEL/CentOS 7.x ** Task * [VCL-457] - VCL new provisioning module: CCMP module (Provisioning virtual machines inside IBM Cloud) * [VCL-606] - viewdocs interface removal ** Sub-task * [VCL-122] - Reload reservations setting ending state for user request when it shouldn't * [VCL-647] - Warning generated if vmprofile.rsakey is not defined * [VCL-677] - xCAT2.pm displays "Use of uninitialized value in concatenation" warnings * [VCL-686] - vSphere_SDK.pm::_get_file_info slow * [VCL-798] - Password complexity ** Bug * [VCL-22] - run_ssh_command may produce unexpected results if invalid identity key path is specified * [VCL-27] - SQL statement error Level_1.pm * [VCL-60] - image copy lock file for shared image library * [VCL-86] - reserved.pm does not correctly check for user connection for Linux imaging standalone reservations * [VCL-144] - Imaging reservations may fail and not be put into maintenance if initialize() sub in State.pm fails * [VCL-308] - Computer load log does not account for images that have to be transferred to another management node * [VCL-560] - cleartext password stored in VMProfile table * [VCL-594] - xCAT changes * [VCL-607] - 'default' skin hard-coded in initialization function when it should use the global DEFAULTTHEME * [VCL-610] - minor HTML errors * [VCL-613] - output from init.d startup scripts are slightly amiss * [VCL-619] - usenls may be undefined in _() function in requests.js * [VCL-623] - Invalid public IP address may be presented on Connect page * [VCL-624] - getUserlistID should be passed a user's full login string, not just a unityid * [VCL-627] - image type fields on VM Host Profile page do not get updated * [VCL-628] - check for duplicate image name not correctly performed when specified name is the same as the base image * [VCL-630] - currentimage.txt name may conflict with imagerevision name, causing unnecessary reloads * [VCL-646] - Ubuntu.pm doesn't set userid when creating a user account * [VCL-664] - hard coded references to "Local Account" * [VCL-665] - nmap routine output missing variable * [VCL-667] - Administrator is always passed as the userid in RDP files for imaging reservations, even if it is for xRDP * [VCL-668] - VMware fails to copy image under ESXi 5.1 * [VCL-672] - privilege page does not handle user groups with the same name but different affiliations correctly * [VCL-673] - imaging reservation for an image with subimages prompts for revisions for each subimage * [VCL-676] - OS.pm::remove_lines_from_file not escaping characters correctly * [VCL-679] - utils.pm:get_computer_info using image.name to retrieve imagerevision info * [VCL-681] - Failure to detect if SSH is available on VMware - timed out during banner exchange * [VCL-688] - Image retrieval may fail to detect image residing on another management node * [VCL-691] - utils.pm::get_production_imagerevision_info fails if image name argument is not the production revision * [VCL-692] - server request and vcl_post_reserve * [VCL-693] - VCL Cluster Reinstall Fails * [VCL-694] - problem with conditional in editOrAddComputer - $data['compid'] can be used when adding a computer * [VCL-697] - image capture state overwritten * [VCL-699] - Process may die if $self->mn_os isn't defined and get_computer_private_ip_address is called * [VCL-700] - tovmhostinuse requests may fail if automatic VM host provisioning isn't configured * [VCL-701] - Fedora 18 support * [VCL-704] - Changes in user preferences not applied until vcld is restarted * [VCL-707] - Improve ability to parse vcld.log * [VCL-712] - Ubuntu module checks for iptables service when it should be checking for ufw * [VCL-719] - add/edit resource group when no user groups to be listed * [VCL-723] - Chrome has problems with the Virtual Hosts->VM Host Profiles page * [VCL-725] - utils.pm run_command does not consistently return exit status * [VCL-729] - utils.pm::mail will display errors if $RETURNPATH is not defined * [VCL-730] - cannot update image revision comments under Edit Image * [VCL-731] - printSelectInput should match the image name instead of the id for the $skip argument * [VCL-733] - editing a block allocation recreates past block time entries * [VCL-735] - UnixLab.pm updates * [VCL-736] - notify user on console * [VCL-737] - reboot option can set reservation to failed * [VCL-739] - predictive module Level 1 not using computer.nextimageid * [VCL-740] - Deletion of Block allocations not removing reload reservations * [VCL-741] - a tomaintenance reservation can be created right after another tomaintenance reservation * [VCL-742] - server reservations cannot be modified if they cannot be extended * [VCL-743] - run_ssh_command fails if SSH key permissions are incorrect * [VCL-745] - Windows.pm user_logged_in does not check for imaging requests * [VCL-746] - Windows.pm get_service_configuration may hang * [VCL-747] - editOrAddGroup can have $ownerid undefined for add mode * [VCL-752] - block allocated nodes count toward max concurrent usage of image even for users in that block allocation * [VCL-754] - server reservation Admin access and User access user groups * [VCL-755] - Add 'if defined' checks for all get_management_node_info calls * [VCL-756] - Run custom vcl_post_load scripts last * [VCL-761] - Incorrect repository path used for images retrieved from another management node for a KVM hypervisor * [VCL-765] - get_computer_ids may return deleted computers * [VCL-768] - Linux.pm's logoff_user displays a warning if the user is not logged in * [VCL-775] - Request may fail due to timing issue in computer_not_being_used and get_request_by_computerid * [VCL-793] - Repeated vcld processes are forked for 'deleted' processes which fail to initialize * [VCL-794] - Make sure computer_not_being_used in new.pm always returns an explicit value * [VCL-795] - Request processes are continuously created after end time is reached if request state is 'inuse' and process initialization fails * [VCL-800] - Reservations insert log.ending = failed when they shouldn't * [VCL-811] - server requests for owned user groups show up in reservation list * [VCL-812] - Windows is not always activated on load * [VCL-815] - Problems with update_cluster in OS.pm * [VCL-834] - Disable timeout for disconnected users is meaningless for imaging reservations ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.3.2 Dependency changes: No dependency changes for any components in this release. Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.3.2 ** Bug * [VCL-666] - Administrator is always passed as the userid in RDP files for imaging reservations, even if it is for xRDP * [VCL-671] - VMware may delete VM assigned to another reservation when reclaiming disk space on the host * [VCL-674] - problem adding a user group to the privilege with cascade checked * [VCL-675] - deleting a hierarchy of 3 or more privilege nodes throws an error ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.3.1 Dependency changes: No dependency changes for any components in this release. Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.3.1 ** Bug * [VCL-451] - Cannot add deleted computers * [VCL-603] - reboot hard does not work for hung windows machines * [VCL-607] - 'default' skin hard-coded in initialization function when it should use the global DEFAULTTHEME * [VCL-609] - Reservations fail if cat command returns non-zero exit status when retrieving contents of /etc/hosts on management node * [VCL-610] - minor HTML errors * [VCL-613] - output from init.d startup scripts are slightly amiss * [VCL-616] - update_cygwin.cmd fails to generate keys with current version of Cygwin * [VCL-619] - usenls may be undefined in _() function in requests.js * [VCL-620] - libvirt.pm does not remove VMs when unassigned from host via website * [VCL-621] - confirm_public_ip_address does not detect public ip address correctly for reloads * [VCL-622] - reservation_failed Linux.pm Windows.pm * [VCL-623] - Invalid public IP address may be presented on Connect page * [VCL-624] - getUserlistID should be passed a user's full login string, not just a unityid * [VCL-625] - Image retrieval may attempt to copy multiple copies of the same file, does not retrieve VMware reference vmx file. * [VCL-626] - Name RDP file download after server reservation name * [VCL-627] - image type fields on VM Host Profile page do not get updated * [VCL-628] - check for duplicate image name not correctly performed when specified name is the same as the base image * [VCL-630] - currentimage.txt name may conflict with imagerevision name, causing unnecessary reloads * [VCL-631] - imagerevision.datedeleted not getting set * [VCL-632] - vSphere_SDK.pm set_file_permissions does not work * [VCL-633] - Change of vmprofile.vmdisk value can cause image capture to fail due to insufficient space * [VCL-634] - Cluster reservations fail if node_status returns POST_LOAD * [VCL-641] - VCL fails to properly trim whitespace from `virsh list --all` * [VCL-642] - colons should not be allowed in resource group names * [VCL-643] - VM Limit can be decreased to below the current number of assigned VMs * [VCL-648] - blockRequests re-processed at end time for skipped block time entries * [VCL-649] - Images may fail to load if renamed in database by VMware code * [VCL-650] - VCL breaks with PHP 5.4 * [VCL-651] - libvirt to vmware entry missing from provisioningOSinstalltype table * [VCL-652] - xCAT nodeset failure * [VCL-653] - editing a federated user group sets the affiliation of the group that of the user editing the group * [VCL-654] - Sysprep fails for 32-bit Windows 7 * [VCL-656] - VIM_SSH.pm times out too early when removing snapshots from a VM * [VCL-657] - Prevent benign warning messages from appearing in vcld.log ** Improvement * [VCL-608] - XMLRPC interface inaccessible to Shibboleth-authenticated users * [VCL-615] - make default adminUsers group have the same level of access as the default admin user * [VCL-629] - update ownership of existing /home/$username * [VCL-639] - server loads - reinstall * [VCL-640] - block allocation fixes ** New Feature * [VCL-617] - new XML-RPC methods ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.3 Dependency changes: Web frontend: -removed dependency on mcrypt -php-process - this is an added requirement only on RHEL/CentOS 6 because php semaphore locking was separated out into this package -php-gettext - this was added for multilingualization database: -none backend vcld: -additional required perl modules: -perl-Net-SSH-Expect -the following modules have been required for at least one previous release, but were not properly listed and are listed below for completeness -perl-CPAN -perl-DBI -perl-DBD-MySQL -perl-Digest-SHA1 -perl-MailTools -perl-Net-Netmask -perl-RPC-XML -perl-XML-Simple -perl-YAML Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.3 ** Sub-task * [VCL-319] - API LDAP authentication problem with servers where DN must be looked up * [VCL-339] - Add the KVM support for VCL * [VCL-419] - allow private IP address to be set and modified for computers ** Bug * [VCL-114] - catch-22 with new installs for creating a vmprofile * [VCL-154] - run_scp_command() is not catching some errors * [VCL-192] - xCAT21.pm - does_image_exist routine * [VCL-225] - no user groups to select from when adding a new user group * [VCL-230] - duplicate entries created in userpriv table * [VCL-297] - Windows code is using the private IP address from the database rather than the hosts file * [VCL-328] - shibboleth sp logout URL not using SSL * [VCL-342] - problem selecting image revision id when making a cluster reservation with identical subimages * [VCL-344] - local admin account make sure has full access * [VCL-345] - check for whitespace in add computers IP address field * [VCL-348] - Setting privileges in web gui -- Slightly broken * [VCL-387] - xcat 1.3 getmac regex not account for A-F * [VCL-396] - vmprofiles displayed as 'Array' when changing a computer to vmhostinuse on computer utilities * [VCL-400] - virtual hosts page shows all unassigned vms instead of checking which ones the user can access * [VCL-420] - Linux code not setting static IP address correctly * [VCL-422] - Windows image capture may hang when cleanmgr.exe is executed or the utility may not be installed * [VCL-427] - for block allocations, setting the managing user group to none means no one can edit it if a normal user created it * [VCL-429] - Windows code does not always detect the correct public network interface * [VCL-433] - new revisions can be captured of kickstart images * [VCL-447] - Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 0 in .../vcl/.ht-inc/utils.php on line 3206 * [VCL-452] - Linux.pm get_file_size does not handle thinly-provisioned files correctly * [VCL-456] - groupwasnone variable is not properly initialized * [VCL-458] - $virtual undefined in utils.php line 3678 * [VCL-464] - SSH password authentication not enabled for Linux images * [VCL-466] - Support for Cygwin 1.7 * [VCL-467] - Members of a group from one affiliation have access to groups with the same name from other affiliations * [VCL-468] - health_check update * [VCL-469] - Windows.pm may fail to return public IP address if the same interface also has a non-public IP address bound * [VCL-470] - The vSphere module does not implement the get_total_space subroutine * [VCL-471] - Problem copying vmware files from a datastore to a management node using the vSphere API * [VCL-472] - xCAT.pm fails if boot image mounts storage from a host other than the management node * [VCL-473] - query in findManagementNode in utils.php doesn't have conditional to join tables * [VCL-474] - recent versions of mysql don't accept double quotes to signify strings in where clauses * [VCL-475] - addShibUser in shibauth.php returns an array when it should be returning a user id * [VCL-476] - manage block allocation page may show incorrect next start time * [VCL-478] - Windows 6.x Sysprep code results in incorrect root password * [VCL-480] - XMLRPCproccessBlockTime can throw an error about VMhostCheck table already existing * [VCL-482] - scheduler does not order VMs properly when no VMs are preloaded with the selected image * [VCL-483] - RPC::XML fails with latest version of libwww-perl * [VCL-484] - Requests in the inuse and image states may be changed to failed * [VCL-486] - Measures against cross site scripting on the Login form * [VCL-487] - Problem in screen transition after successful login authentication * [VCL-488] - Injected user's UID is hardcoded * [VCL-492] - edit computer info for VM in maintenance state * [VCL-494] - Typo in testsetup.php * [VCL-500] - tomaintenance requests may start too early or fail if scheduled in the future * [VCL-501] - Linux.pm does not set the default gateway in the ifcfg file for statically assigned addresses * [VCL-507] - Deleted VMs appear in the list of unassigned VMs * [VCL-508] - Modifying reservations to overlap past max causes hang * [VCL-509] - error when adding computer with no groups selected * [VCL-510] - insert correct architecture in image table when adding new entry * [VCL-511] - Errors in vcl.sql connectmethodmap * [VCL-512] - Linux.pm does not determine correct block size for some versions of Linux * [VCL-519] - New-line control bug in an Edit Image page * [VCL-522] - Error in vcl.sql line 1694 * [VCL-523] - Windows code does not set scheduled task credentials when changing user passwords * [VCL-524] - Windows get_network_configuration may return an empty hash * [VCL-529] - invalid IP addresses are marked as valid in the is_public_ip_address * [VCL-530] - Database field for computer.RAM is limited to 65535 * [VCL-533] - error when trying to download dhcp data when private IP address was not entered * [VCL-534] - $cluster not reset in for loop in viewRequests * [VCL-536] - xCAT partimage and image_architecture x86_64 * [VCL-540] - manageMapping not added to update-vcl.sql and vcl.sql files * [VCL-541] - Remove "return 0" from all subroutines which normally return an array or hash * [VCL-546] - OS.pm does not determine the correct public interface name * [VCL-547] - removing site maintenance entry from .ht-inc/maintenance directory doesn't fully remove site from maintenance * [VCL-548] - server reservations not owned by a user count toward that user's overlapping reservation count * [VCL-549] - AJAX error when creating a new schedule * [VCL-556] - edit schedule groups code not doing permissions correctly * [VCL-558] - vcld_cron_check uses incorrect name of VCL Daemon * [VCL-563] - DHCP is not enabled during image capture * [VCL-567] - image profile page does not reflect owner change after changing the owner * [VCL-569] - Incorrect public IP address being used if value in database does not match computer's actual IP address * [VCL-573] - Reservations which alter default imagemeta values may affect other reservations * [VCL-574] - reinstall option not happening when detecting inuse state * [VCL-588] - Windows may retrieve network configuration before all network interfaces are initialized * [VCL-589] - Windows 7 and 2008 Sysprep not working ** Improvement * [VCL-82] - Add additional information to notify() messages * [VCL-92] - modify predictive loading algorithm level 1 to have 2 computers loaded with an image * [VCL-141] - allow users to delete images that are set as currentimage * [VCL-168] - Windows Media Player shortcut gets added to desktop for all users * [VCL-219] - Improve VMware disk cleanup - add checks for reservations * [VCL-234] - give error when block reservations requests more resources than concurrent use of image * [VCL-236] - make Groups first tab on Manage Computers page * [VCL-249] - denote which management node fields are required * [VCL-276] - log Block reservation data * [VCL-311] - add more fields to edit computer page * [VCL-313] - need a way to set computers as vmhosts without a bare metal provisioning engine * [VCL-321] - user lookup tool doesn't show user group affiliation * [VCL-354] - View Computers Table - State Coloring * [VCL-358] - Improve VMware Windows image loading speed * [VCL-360] - Allow users to delete images preloaded on computers which aren't being used * [VCL-376] - mark imagerevisions deleted when user deletes image. * [VCL-379] - alert user if reservation has timed out when they click Connect or Get RDP File * [VCL-381] - Move firewall_compare_update to OS modules * [VCL-383] - make future reservations that would be part of a block allocation included in the block allocation * [VCL-384] - Remove MAC addresses from ifcfg-eth* files for Linux images during capture * [VCL-385] - Hide noimage from showing in the list of images in Edit Image Profiles * [VCL-390] - Prevent auto-generated or invalid public IP address from being displayed to user * [VCL-391] - Windows Server 2003 shutdown and reboot fails * [VCL-393] - Handle Windows computers going to sleep * [VCL-398] - make block allocations tie up concurrent usage of image * [VCL-402] - Login screensaver not needed for VMs * [VCL-404] - Prevent and/or remove color code escape characters from SSH output * [VCL-407] - Add makesshgkh check in gen_node_key.sh * [VCL-408] - Imaging reservations that fail very early on may not be put into the maintenance state * [VCL-410] - Update and improve install_perl_libs.pl script for VCL 2.3 * [VCL-413] - Management node OS object * [VCL-418] - simplify adding LDAP authentication * [VCL-421] - Update Windows code to work with Cygwin 1.7 * [VCL-423] - Suppress unnecessary warning messages from vcld.log * [VCL-432] - auto capture for imaging and long-term reservations * [VCL-435] - Add support for ESXi 4.1 scripted installs * [VCL-438] - allow new users to be added to VCL when shibboleth authentication is used without LDAP * [VCL-441] - getPossibleRecentFailures in isAvailable can end up removing only available machine * [VCL-444] - time delay the display of the Get RDP File button to allow vcld to grant access * [VCL-446] - End of reservation notices * [VCL-450] - Backend VMware improvements for 2.3 release * [VCL-453] - iptables * [VCL-455] - put alt text with a image generated by textimage.php * [VCL-460] - Send critical notification if KMS or MAK activation fails * [VCL-461] - Color depth is limited when connecting to Windows images via RDP * [VCL-462] - Remove Windows service pack installation files during image capture * [VCL-479] - remove dependency on mcrypt * [VCL-489] - allow dhcp and hosts info to be downloaded about computers any time instead of just when adding * [VCL-490] - restrict fields when adding computers * [VCL-491] - adding multiple computers - confusing error messages when incorrect count entered * [VCL-495] - Allow change of vmprofile for an active vmhost * [VCL-496] - DataStructure.pm does not implement a set_computer_private_ip_address subroutine * [VCL-497] - dedup eppn * [VCL-498] - simplify group time inputs * [VCL-499] - support for controlling VMware vCenter infrastructure through the vSphere SDK * [VCL-502] - allow aspects of automatic user groups to be managed through UI * [VCL-504] - Multiple critical messages are generated if inuse process fails to initialize * [VCL-505] - Dojo is slow to load, especially on pages with many ancillary class files * [VCL-506] - Retrieve accurate computer hardware specs and update the computer table * [VCL-513] - allow block allocation control per affiliation * [VCL-514] - decrease the number of queries done by the frontend * [VCL-515] - suggest available time when selection not available instead of showing time table * [VCL-517] - Linux udev net-persistent rule * [VCL-520] - Improving display control, on an detailed information of an image * [VCL-521] - An OS image named in japanese 2byte characters doesn't run * [VCL-528] - customizing image capture flow using vcl_exclude_list * [VCL-543] - OSX under ESXi 4.1 * [VCL-544] - Linux systemd services * [VCL-553] - Make OS.pm wait_for_reboot arguments consistent with other wait_* subroutines * [VCL-554] - Add check to image capture to determine if user shutdown computer * [VCL-557] - xCAT2 reset node to boot state on DESTROY * [VCL-565] - Convert code which directly accesses $ENV{management_node_info} * [VCL-575] - Improvements to gen-node-key.sh * [VCL-578] - Improve how inuse reservations which aren't responding to SSH are handled ** New Feature * [VCL-30] - additional user access methods for connecting to reserved compute node * [VCL-323] - ESX provisioning modules - based on snapshots * [VCL-367] - make Connect and Get RDP File buttons check for reservation being timed out * [VCL-399] - add a dashboard where admins can see current state of VCL system * [VCL-417] - Provisioning module for VirtualBox * [VCL-463] - add ability to deploy images as servers * [VCL-477] - add caching of statistics data * [VCL-485] - Multilingualization of Web UI * [VCL-527] - Allow users to reinstall newer revisions * [VCL-545] - Libvirt Provisioning Module * [VCL-550] - Add post_reserve functionality to Windows code ** Task * [VCL-443] - update XMLRPC example to use API v2 * [VCL-576] - Finalizing for 2.3 release ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.2.2 Dependency changes: No dependency changes for any components in this release. Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.2.2 ** Bug * [VCL-328] - shibboleth sp logout URL not using SSL * [VCL-342] - problem selecting image revision id when making a cluster reservation with identical subimages * [VCL-348] - Setting privileges in web gui -- Slightly broken * [VCL-400] - virtual hosts page shows all unassigned vms instead of checking which ones the user can access * [VCL-433] - new revisions can be captured of kickstart images * [VCL-447] - Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 0 in .../vcl/.ht-inc/utils.php on line 3206 * [VCL-456] - groupwasnone variable is not properly initialized * [VCL-458] - $virtual undefined in utils.php line 3678 * [VCL-467] - Members of a group from one affiliation have access to groups with the same name from other affiliations * [VCL-473] - query in findManagementNode in utils.php doesn't have conditional to join tables * [VCL-475] - addShibUser in shibauth.php returns an array when it should be returning a user id * [VCL-476] - manage block allocation page may show incorrect next start time * [VCL-480] - XMLRPCproccessBlockTime can throw an error about VMhostCheck table already existing * [VCL-482] - scheduler does not order VMs properly when no VMs are preloaded with the selected image * [VCL-486] - Measures against cross site scripting on the Login form * [VCL-487] - Problem in screen transition after successful login authentication * [VCL-492] - edit computer info for VM in maintenance state * [VCL-494] - Typo in testsetup.php * [VCL-507] - Deleted VMs appear in the list of unassigned VMs * [VCL-509] - error when adding computer with no groups selected * [VCL-510] - insert correct architecture in image table when adding new entry * [VCL-533] - error when trying to download dhcp data when private IP address was not entered * [VCL-547] - removing site maintenance entry from .ht-inc/maintenance directory doesn't fully remove site from maintenance * [VCL-549] - AJAX error when creating a new schedule * [VCL-556] - edit schedule groups code not doing permissions correctly * [VCL-674] - problem adding a user group to the privilege with cascade checked * [VCL-675] - deleting a hierarchy of 3 or more privilege nodes throws an error ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.2.1 Dependency changes: No dependency changes for any components in this release. Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.2.1 ** Bug * [VCL-113] - inconsistances with "None" user group * [VCL-116] - manage groups interface doesn't correctly handle user groups with editusergroupid set to NULL * [VCL-152] - problem removing vm from vmhost when vm in reloading state without a reservation * [VCL-361] - Error is displayed on pages showing image list if last used image is deleted * [VCL-395] - cannot add new vmprofiles * [VCL-397] - Hostname not set on Linux computers if DNS is not configured remotely * [VCL-411] - Legacy VCL logon and logoff scripts may not be deleted during capture causing immediate user logoff * [VCL-412] - clicking on tomaintenance reload reservation in timetable gives an error * [VCL-436] - Predictive Level_1 reload module - can select wrong image for computer * [VCL-437] - delete image/reservation bug * [VCL-439] - trailing commas in statistics.js keeps graphs from showing in IE on stats page * [VCL-440] - dashboard last 12 hours of reservations graph not positioned correctly in IE in compatibility mode ** Improvement * [VCL-140] - General variable table * [VCL-310] - remove jpgraph dependency * [VCL-312] - remove View Mode and any uses of user.adminlevelid * [VCL-373] - Enable Windows Server 2008 RDP audio - it's disabled by default * [VCL-394] - Backend VMware improvements for 2.2.1 release * [VCL-414] - modify XMLRPCaddUserGroup to accept a paramter specifying value for custom field * [VCL-424] - Remove unused variables from subroutines in backend modules * [VCL-425] - modify scheduler to be aware of RAM allocated to VMs on each VM host * [VCL-426] - modify scheduler to not give user same computer if user had very recent, short reservation and other computers are available ** New Feature * [VCL-232] - add way to delete multiple computers * [VCL-401] - add manageMapping resource attribute to control resource mapping * [VCL-403] - make the scheduler aware of image and machine types so that virtual and bare images and computers can be mixed * [VCL-405] - create provisioningOSinstalltype table to map provisioning methods to OSinstalltypes * [VCL-406] - add some charts to see how machines are allocated to block allocations ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.2 Dependency changes: Web frontend: No dependency changes database: - none backend vcld: No dependency changes Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.2 ** Bug * [VCL-121] - special characters in API passwords not handled correctly * [VCL-150] - Pages do not display correctly with IE8 * [VCL-154] - run_scp_command() is not catching permission denied errors * [VCL-158] - utils.pm setstaticaddress() does not work correctly for Windows * [VCL-159] - xCAT.pm is not always waiting long enough for ssh to respond on load * [VCL-160] - Sysprep is overwriting DevicePath key after spdrvscn.exe runs * [VCL-165] - Fix syntax bugs cause reservation processes to die * [VCL-181] - VCL desktop request tool - use API to make reservations * [VCL-189] - cannot add a computer in maintenance state * [VCL-193] - IP address field not large enough for 15-characters * [VCL-194] - Marking new computer to be "maintenance" status causes indexing error * [VCL-197] - _is_user_added routine * [VCL-210] - getdynamicaddress returns 127.0.01 for missing public adapter * [VCL-214] - Windows modules don't always disable autoadminlogon * [VCL-215] - reservation_failed sub in State.pm may change state of computer currently in maintenance * [VCL-220] - VMs in the available state which aren't assigned to a VM host may be reserved * [VCL-221] - Add check to make sure post_load tasks have run before reserving a computer * [VCL-227] - deleting user group that owns a resource group * [VCL-233] - all calls to simpleAddRequest need to check for all return codes * [VCL-241] - detailed loading summary does not compute times correctly for future reservations that are preloaded * [VCL-242] - currentimage.txt permissions incorrect set * [VCL-245] - esx.pm - always reloads * [VCL-250] - authentication for XML RPC X-User doesn't properly check to see if no authtype was found * [VCL-258] - cluster loads - cluster_info file * [VCL-260] - Problems occur if root is not the owner of /home/root for Windows images * [VCL-261] - Windows.pm filesystem_entry_exists() subroutine may return true even if output contains "file not found" * [VCL-262] - Windows capture may remove "Log on as a service" right for existing accounts * [VCL-265] - Linux adduser cmd - remove uid parameter if uid not defined in user table * [VCL-266] - New process detects another reload process being complete before it should * [VCL-267] - cluster loads listing wrong parent and child addresses cluster_info file * [VCL-269] - Windows.pm logoff_users() does not detect disconnected users * [VCL-273] - Single quotes in image pretty name can cause image capture to fail * [VCL-299] - shib users may have incorrect full name and email address. * [VCL-300] - shib users always have email notices turned off * [VCL-303] - tomaintenance reservations inserting wrong image revision * [VCL-306] - Web GUI code has hard coded Eastern Time Zone information - breaks in other time zones * [VCL-307] - add empty post_reserve routine UnixLab.pm OS module * [VCL-317] - scheduler doesn't take imagerevision into account * [VCL-318] - API error if invalid affiliation is used * [VCL-325] - removing a subimage from a cluster can result in all subimages getting removed * [VCL-327] - set_computer_name.vbs causes Sysprep to hang if certain applications are installed * [VCL-329] - DataStructure.pm get_computer_private_ip_address() not handling all valid formats in /etc/hosts * [VCL-331] - Windows code does not handle special characters in Scheduled Task names when changing passwords * [VCL-332] - cannot delete block requests once the start date has passed * [VCL-333] - DataStructure %ENV hash not get detected in _initialize routine * [VCL-334] - numeric userids are not handled correctly * [VCL-337] - Windows.pm delete_files_by_pattern may delete unintended files if an environment variable isn't defined * [VCL-338] - vmprofiles that are in use can be deleted * [VCL-340] - cannot change name of vmprofile * [VCL-346] - getdynamicaddress routine regex issue * [VCL-347] - cluster connect page rdp file * [VCL-349] - sql insert queries for image and imagerevision tables * [VCL-353] - vmware.pm inserting new images - if original name is not in proper format $oldname does not get set correctly. * [VCL-356] - vmware esx pm - vmware image directories * [VCL-362] - vmware.pm power command output not detected under ESX 3.5 * [VCL-363] - Passwords for existing Linux accounts are reset when the root password is set * [VCL-364] - vmhostid removed when vm put in maintenance state * [VCL-368] - pre-capture and post load linux steps correct sed cmd line options * [VCL-370] - Reservation ID not defined errors occur for cluster reservations * [VCL-371] - Private IP address is not being found in /etc/hosts under some circumstances * [VCL-377] - multiple clicks on Create Reservation button gives multiple reservations * [VCL-378] - reservation can be extended into a block allocation for user not in block group * [VCL-382] - vmware.pm incorrectly handles free server with network datastores * [VCL-386] - older vmware.pm module not removing vmhostid from vm ** Improvement * [VCL-2] - migrate preferredimage to nextimage * [VCL-9] - Update reclaim.pm to use DataStructure methods * [VCL-11] - Update blockrequest.pm to use database subroutines * [VCL-31] - rename conf.php and secrets.php to include -default in the name * [VCL-32] - modify XMLRPCaddRequest to allow an end time to be specified * [VCL-93] - LDAP part of a login to fail silently on errors when Shibboleth authentication is used * [VCL-94] - Rework image capture flow * [VCL-98] - upgrade all of dojo-0.4.0 code to recent version of dojo * [VCL-125] - Add ability to control whether or not users have root/administrator access * [VCL-137] - Update vmware.pm to use provisioning module interface subroutine names * [VCL-145] - Store product keys in the database * [VCL-148] - Add management node to current reservations view for ADMIN_DEVELOPER * [VCL-149] - Prevent multiple vcld processes * [VCL-153] - Update interface subroutines in xCAT21.pm to match xCAT.pm * [VCL-155] - Decrease initial Current Reservation page refresh interval * [VCL-161] - remove xmlrpcKey table from vcl.sql * [VCL-162] - create structure to add throttling to provisioning modules * [VCL-163] - move throttle variable from vcld.conf to managment node table * [VCL-164] - Make installation and configuration easier * [VCL-200] - add edit node name option in Privilege tree * [VCL-204] - remove private ssh identity keys from known locations- post load / pre-capture routines * [VCL-206] - Alphabetize list of virtual hosts * [VCL-211] - image creation mode - administrator timeout * [VCL-223] - Remove information user should not be able to access on post_load * [VCL-224] - Move settings from vcld.conf to database except for database connection settings * [VCL-244] - Staticics page - show number of failed loads per image * [VCL-248] - Update provisioning modules' node_status to return READY if SSH works but ping doesn't * [VCL-251] - Make "Later" reservation time default to a time in the future. * [VCL-252] - XMLHttpTransport Error * [VCL-254] - block request improvements * [VCL-255] - xmlrpc_call routine add better error control * [VCL-271] - clean out unused routines * [VCL-272] - block request form * [VCL-275] - Predictive reloading level_1 module * [VCL-284] - vmware.pm power_reset sub does not catch error if VMware tools are not running * [VCL-286] - post_linux load operation - set hostname that matches public IP address * [VCL-288] - Add Global affiliation to schema * [VCL-293] - check for remote ldap server being up before connecting to it * [VCL-295] - Combine normal new reservation and imaging new reservation code * [VCL-302] - provide feedback to users about block reservation status * [VCL-305] - update code to work with php 5.3 * [VCL-314] - change Documentation link to have links to ASF docs * [VCL-320] - random selection of computer for reservations * [VCL-326] - Shutdown Event Tracker causes autologin to fail * [VCL-335] - max allowed ram for computers needs to be increased * [VCL-357] - create update sql script to upgrade to the latest schema * [VCL-359] - Remove DHCP and static IP configuration sections from provisioning modules ** New Feature * [VCL-134] - Add ability to control whether or not users have root/administrator access * [VCL-142] - Add KMS activation server configuration per affiliation * [VCL-146] - add linux support for all VMWare modules * [VCL-180] - add power_X(off,on,reset,status) routines to provisioning modules * [VCL-182] - Linux virtual machine support * [VCL-195] - Add support for Windows Server 2008 * [VCL-196] - Add support for 64-bit Windows * [VCL-201] - Add support for Windows Vista VMware images * [VCL-208] - Ability to easily put the VCL site into a maintenance state to prevent user access * [VCL-239] - xcat 2.X module * [VCL-268] - OS table - create additional OS ids * [VCL-278] - Add setup mechanism to vcld * [VCL-279] - Add post_load_custom script functionality for Linux images * [VCL-292] - option to save selected authentication method in cookie * [VCL-294] - create a login log * [VCL-298] - Add support for VMware Server 2.x and ESXi 4.x * [VCL-301] - Add support for Windows 7 * [VCL-351] - extend vm profile to have more virtualswitches * [VCL-352] - Add additional pre-capture steps for Linux OS * [VCL-365] - change select box for environment on new reservation page to dojo filteringselect ** Task * [VCL-138] - remove antiquated vcldquery support * [VCL-139] - make users' names optional * [VCL-274] - check for SQL injection / XSS ================================================================================ ASF VCL 2.1 Dependency changes: web frontend: -no testing with PHP 4 was done. VCL may work under PHP 4, but PHP 5 was assumed during development. database: none backend: Perl modules - Class-Data-Inheritable-0.08 - Devel-StackTrace-1.20 - Exception-Class-1.26 - Object-InsideOut-3.52 - Module-Build-0.30 - XML-Stream-1.22 - YAML-0.68 - RPC-XML-0.64 - XML-Parser-2.36 - Crypt-SSLeay-0.57 - Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.020 - IO-Compress-2.020 - libwww-perl-5.827 - HTTP-Headers Bug/Feature issues exported from JIRA ** Sub-task * [VCL-67] - Allow OS, provisioning engine, and other module objects to access each other ** Bug * [VCL-14] - xCAT.pm's capture_monitor output always displays "attempt 1/80" * [VCL-26] - get_reservation_remote_ip subroutine redefined warning * [VCL-34] - When adding computers, missing requirement for the provisioning module * [VCL-51] - user groups that have a name that is a number cause problems on the privilege page * [VCL-54] - disable LDAP referrals for all LDAP connections to handle firewalls * [VCL-55] - processBulkComputerInput in computers.php not always setting startpripaddress, endpripaddress, startmac * [VCL-61] - blockrequest and the reload state * [VCL-62] - Calls to _rpower in Windows.pm cause reservation processes to die * [VCL-64] - EmptyRecycleBin.exe utility causes problems during image capture * [VCL-69] - Unknown column 'af.shibonly' in 'field list' * [VCL-71] - Reservation processes being killed unexpectedly * [VCL-73] - new.pm::computer_not_being_used hangs occasionally * [VCL-74] - Reservation may fail if user's UID value is null * [VCL-75] - Bug in Perl 5.8.0 causes exit status to be reported incorrectly * [VCL-76] - form tags outside of td tags on Edit Image Profiles page * [VCL-79] - error in how the end time for schedule times is computed * [VCL-81] - Image retrieval does not verify if it was successful * [VCL-85] - watchInFlight error appears if image description contains special characters * [VCL-88] - vclreload account assumed to match the default affiliation * [VCL-90] - Image reservation for sub-image with "nousercheckout" flag set * [VCL-91] - edit reservation allows saving/updaing image for cluster reservations * [VCL-96] - < and > in user's passwords not handled properly * [VCL-101] - forimaging flag causes wrong user when imaging linux in reserved.pm * [VCL-103] - vclreload account has invalid curiculumid * [VCL-108] - apostrophe in image name causes AJAX updates to privilege page to break * [VCL-109] - viewing requests from timetable not using continuations * [VCL-111] - missing default values for vmtype table * [VCL-119] - Reservations insert log.ending = EOR when they shouldn't * [VCL-126] - get_new_dbh() doesn't return correct value if different database is specified * [VCL-129] - LockerWrtUser doesn't work with usernames containing underscores * [VCL-131] - utils getdynamicaddress routine - bad regex * [VCL-136] - missing perlpackage for id 6 in module table * [VCL-143] - need to drop allowing new reservations to take priority over reload reservations * [VCL-151] - apostrophe in last name can cause an error when adding user to database * [VCL-166] - Windows firewall subs not catching "Object already exists" in netsh.exe output * [VCL-167] - run_ssh_command not catching host key differs warning messages * [VCL-172] - xCAT21.pm - xcat database is locked at dbdimp.c error * [VCL-186] - Windows images losing default gateway * [VCL-187] - Ubuntu.pm - not completed * [VCL-191] - path changes in vshpere SDK vmware perl toolkit * [VCL-207] - Predictive reload modules not accounting for machines in block computers table * [VCL-213] - Bug in retrieve_image sub in vmware.pm and xCAT.pm calls next instead of return * [VCL-218] - vmware.pm may delete image being captured by cleanup process * [VCL-226] - Windows reboot fails - processing another action error * [VCL-238] - Linux.pm pre-capture routine not shuting down OS * [VCL-240] - utils.pm - insert_reload_request * [VCL-246] - READY flag check for VMware and xCAT is being thrown off by other processes running on machines * [VCL-247] - computer with shortname only in database not being reloaded after being used * [VCL-263] - Linux.pm - add default vcl user group ** Improvement * [VCL-3] - clean up database * [VCL-6] - update healthcheck.pl to use modularized code * [VCL-15] - modify blockrequest module to use frontend API for scheduling * [VCL-20] - Configuration of sshd port for image retrieval * [VCL-23] - Modularize Windows OS code * [VCL-63] - Remove critical notification if image is configured with a user group containing 0 members * [VCL-65] - Remove pagefile from all drives during image capture * [VCL-72] - die and warning signals are not handled by the backend code * [VCL-84] - Prevent users from starting create image until computer is in inuse state * [VCL-105] - an image cannot have itself as a subimage * [VCL-106] - mail notifications notify routine * [VCL-107] - User email notifications * [VCL-110] - 2 second deley in vcld may cause problems with imaging * [VCL-112] - Provide access to image affiliation data via DataStructure.pm * [VCL-115] - allow user groups with the same name but different affiliations * [VCL-118] - Add delay to run_ssh_command() & run_scp_command() retry attempts * [VCL-120] - Add subroutine to set IE's runonce registry keys so user isn't presented with it * [VCL-124] - locally affiliated users need a way to change their password * [VCL-128] - Update reclaim.pm * [VCL-132] - vcld check_time * [VCL-156] - insert current_image.txt file on kickstart based nodes * [VCL-157] - Add support for xCAT 2.1 partimage format * [VCL-173] - add power_off,power_on,power_reset,power_status routines to xCAT21 module * [VCL-175] - Set virtual switch 0 from database value for VMware GSX * [VCL-176] - Prevent vmware.pm from looping 15 times before checking ssh during load * [VCL-177] - Remove Windows OS post-load configuration tasks from vmware.pm * [VCL-183] - DataStructure.pm contains duplicate subroutines: get_computer_private_ip and get_computer_private_ip_address * [VCL-184] - Update database schema for 2.1 release * [VCL-185] - Modularize Linux OS Code * [VCL-188] - Document Windows tools dependencies * [VCL-190] - Add time configuration and synchronization commands to Windows post_load * [VCL-205] - allow esx provisioing module to set MAC addresses * [VCL-212] - Add code to set SysprepStatus registry keys for Windows 6 * [VCL-217] - xcat modules - Throttle control * [VCL-228] - Windows image capture fails to delete user profiles because file is open ** New Feature * [VCL-1] - xCAT 2.0 module * [VCL-4] - add support for Shibboleth authentication * [VCL-7] - modify healthcheck.pl to monitor vms * [VCL-18] - allow dynamic change of predictive loading module * [VCL-19] - add configuration of v2 fields for management nodes * [VCL-21] - add check for existance of image libraries * [VCL-29] - author an ESX and ESX 3i provisioning module (using netboot) * [VCL-33] - add user group management to XML RPC API * [VCL-78] - API for backend to allocate computers for block reservations via the frontend * [VCL-123] - add Ubuntu Support using the new OS Module framework * [VCL-209] - create a page that will test for required php modules and correct configuration ** Task * [VCL-70] - Create a basic helloworld.pm provisioning module * [VCL-95] - Set Subversion properties for files in repository * [VCL-135] - remove all references to ncsu * [VCL-198] - Release tasks * [VCL-264] - VCL 2.1 RC2 todo items