Content Comparison

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Release Components

Identify components to be released, verify tests pass, push annotated tags, update SIMP release confluence page. https://simp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributors_guide/maintenance/Tagging_and_Releasing_Components.html

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1-1

Identify components to release

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1-2

Release components

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2

Update simp-core pre-release tests with release-specific changes

Update simp-core default, ipa, install_from_tar, and simp_lite acceptance test suites for release-specific changes. This includes updating the nodesets and .gitlab-ci.yml for any changes to the supported OSs.

simp-core

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Tests will be executed for the appropriate OSs permutations in the nodeset, but separate tickets per OS should not be created.

2-1

Update tests and nodesets

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2-2

Review updates

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Update simp-packer with release-specific changes

Update simp-packer for release-specific changes. Be sure to tag the previous simp-packer version, if the updates will break testing functionality built for the prior SIMP release.

simp-packer

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3-1

Update code and documentation

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3-2

Review changes

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Update simp-core with released components

Update simp-core files (Puppetfile.pinned, metadata.json, src/assets/simp/build/simp.spec) and verify ISOs can be built and the default and ipa acceptance test suites pass.

simp-core

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4-1

Update files, build ISOs and execute tests

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4-2

Review updates

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5

Create ISOs, validate and publish the ISOs and tar files

simp-core

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Only the child should be replicated for OSs for which we build an ISO

5-1

Build ISO

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5-2

Publish artifacts to simp-project.com

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Validate ISO by building packer boxes

Use simp-packer to build SIMP server packer boxes. Basic bootstrap validation is done as part of the packer build.

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These are split into a small number of subtasks because they are automated.

6-1

Build packer boxes BIOS boot

Boxes to build: FIPS enabled with encrypted disk, FIPS enabled with unencrypted disk, FIPS disabled with encrypted disk, not FIPS disabled with unencrypted disk

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6-2

Build packer boxes UEFI boot

Boxes to build: FIPS enabled with encrypted disk, FIPS enabled with unencrypted disk, FIPS disabled with encrypted disk, not FIPS disabled with unencrypted disk

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7

Verify installation from RPM (tarball)

Run simp-core’s install_from_tar test

simp-core

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Only the child should be replicated for OSs for which there is a nodeset for the install_from_tar test

Depending upon changes made from Alpha to RC1 and from RC1 to Final, we may not have to execute these tests with each interim release.

7-1

Execute test

See https://github.com/simp/simp-core/blob/master/spec/acceptance/suites/README.md for description of environment variables that can be set to point to the tar file

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8

Create upgrade instructions

Document any steps that are needed outside of the generic upgrade instructions. 

simp-doc

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First time we deliver an EL8 ISO, we will only have upgrade instructions for EL7

Manual tests for now. Will migrate to simp-integration_test for automated upgrade test.

8-1

Manually execute upgrade with FIPS enabled

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8-2

Manually execute upgrade with FIPS disabled

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8-2

Write upgrade instructions

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8-3

Review instructions

Review the instructions for clarity, grammar, spelling, formatting, etc. Verification will be done in a separate ticket

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9

Verify upgrade instructions

Verify upgrade instructions and make any necessary adjustments to them.

simp-doc

8

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9-1

Execute instructions

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9-2

Update instructions

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10

Create initial SIMP changelog

simp-doc

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10-1

Create changelog

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10-2

Review changes

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Identify release-specific tests

Based on the initial Changelog for the release, identify integration tests that must be done with a fully configured SIMP server and (if necessary) clients. These should be tests that are not adequately tested in component acceptance tests.

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11-1

Determine release-specific manual tests

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11-2

Create tickets for each

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12

Update Changelog for bug fixes

simp-doc

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12-1

Identify bug fixes and update changelog

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Review changes

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PXE boot UEFI

Manually verify clients can PXE boot (UEFI) from a SIMP-managed tftpboot server

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PXE boot UEFI testing is complicated because it cannot be done with VirtualBox. It has to be done with libvirt or real hardware. This needs to be documented in simp-doc (there is a ticket for this!)

These are split into numerous subtasks because they are not yet automated.

13-1

PXE boot (UEFI) FIPs enabled, disk encrypted, same OS as tftpboot server

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PXE boot (UEFI) FIPs enabled, disk unencrypted, same OS as tftpboot server

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PXE boot (UEFI) FIPs disabled, disk encrypted, same OS as tftpboot server

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PXE boot (UEFI) FIPs disabled, disk unencrypted, same OS as tftpboot server

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PXE boot (UEFI) FIPs enabled, disk encrypted, clients from tftpboot server of different OS

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PXE boot BIOS

Manually verify clients can PXE boot (BIOS) from a SIMP-managed tftpboot server

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These are split into numerous subtasks because they are not yet automated.

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PXE boot (BIOS) FIPs enabled, disk encrypted, same OS as tftpboot server

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PXE boot (BIOS) FIPs enabled, disk unencrypted, same OS as tftpboot server

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PXE boot (BIOS) FIPs disabled, disk encrypted, same OS as tftpboot server

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PXE boot (BIOS) FIPs disabled, disk unencrypted, same OS as tftpboot server

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PXE boot (BIOS) FIPs enabled, disk encrypted, clients from tftpboot server of different OS

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Verify non-standard ISO UEFI boot options

Manually verify the choose your own partitions and minimum installation ISO boot options

15-1

Verify the choose your own partitions option

15-2

Verify the minimum installation option

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Verify non-standard ISO BIOS boot options

Manually verify the ‘choose your own partitions' and ‘minimum installation’ ISO boot options

16-1

Verify the choose your own partitions option

16-2

Verify the minimum installation option

17

Dogfood released modules and RPMs

Use released modules in development environments that exercise as many of the modules as possible

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Y

Y

17-1

Deploy modules and RPMs to development environments

17-2

Examine logs for issues

18

Verify simp/simp_core meta module

Verify that the simp/simp_core meta module has appropriate dependencies and its dependencies have all been published to PuppetForge by running the install_from_core_module test suite.

18-1

Update the install_from_core_module test with any release-specific changes

18-2

Execute check for PuppetForge publication

Execute ‘bundle exec rake puppetfile:check’ and examine output to identify any modules that have not been published to PuppetForge

18-4

Publish any missing modules to PuppetForge

18-2

18-5

Execute the install_from_core_module test

19

Announce release

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Verify RPMs have been uploaded to packagecloud simp-project.com

20-1