Blog Posts for 2020

February

Embedded Ansible — Part 3, Ansible in an Automation Workflow

Part one of this series described the functionality for using built-in roles to perform tasks with Ansible playbooks rather than Ruby methods in Fine. Part two of this series looked at how host lists and input parameters can be passed to embedded Ansible playbook services and methods. This article will discuss how a playbook method can form part of a larger automation workflow by interacting with the ManageIQ Automate workspace.

March

Announcing Ivanchuk-3

We’ve just built Ivanchuk-3. This release contains bug fixes, UI tweaks, and stabilization. Here are just a few of the things added since the Ivanchuk-2 release:

Milestones, Release Cadence, Kasparov

ManageIQ is getting ready to release an alpha version of the Jansa release. Additionally, we are moving to a faster release cadence - approximately once every 3 months to keep up with the rate of change of all the providers that ManageIQ interacts with. We hope to release Jansa GA by June and the K-release by September. You will notice new milestones in the ManageIQ community to help us keep track of the features being planned for a particular release. The milestones and the roadmap should help keep us all on track!

Announcing Ivanchuk-4

We’ve just built Ivanchuk-4. This release contains bug fixes, UI tweaks, and stabilization. Here are just a few of the things added since the Ivanchuk-4 release:

Announcing Jansa Alpha Release

The first alpha release of ManageIQ Jansa is here! It has a bunch of interesting new stuff that you can see in the roadmap. There are 2 major changes that I want to draw your attention to.

June

Announcing Jansa Beta Release

The first beta release of ManageIQ Jansa is here! It has a bunch of interesting new stuff that you can see in the roadmap. When we announced Jansa Alpha, we highlighted Podification and VMware VimBroker Removal. Today, I want to draw your attention to other enhancements included in the Jansa Beta release.

Announcing Ivanchuk-5

We have built Ivanchuk-5. This release contains bug fixes, UI tweaks, and stabilization. Here are just some of the things added since the Ivanchuk-4 release:

CloudForms blog is moving to ManageIQ

In the next few weeks, and with the goal of better aligning this content with the upstream ManageIQ, we will migrate all relevant content to the upstream blog before shutting down this blog platform. You’ll be able to find all your favorite tips and tricks at (<manageiq.org/blog/>)

July

Announcing Ivanchuk-6

ManageIQ Ivanchuk-6 is now available. This release contains bug fixes, UI tweaks, and stabilization. Here are just some of the things added since the Ivanchuk-5 release:

August

Announcing Ivanchuk-7 and Jansa-1 RC2

ManageIQ Ivanchuk-7 and Jansa-1 RC2 are now available. These releases are primarily security fix releases, after extensive security testing. Many thanks goes to the IBM Security team for finding and reporting these vulnerabilities.

September

October

Announcing Jansa-2

ManageIQ Jansa-2 is now available. This release is primarily a stabilization release and contains a number of bug fixes and performance fixes.

December

Announcing Kasparov Alpha Release

The first alpha release of ManageIQ Kasparov is here! It has a bunch of interesting new stuff that you can see in the roadmap. Here are the major highlights for this new release: