Agenda/Minutes are posted at: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/stx-releases Release Team Meeting - Jan 31 2023 stx.9.0 - Release/Feature Planning: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aTjYzUkExodfayt-rjTv466jE-DP8b_YjrTH... - Milestone-3 Review -- Forecast: Jan 24 - SW_VERSION Change to 24.03 - Code merged on Jan 26 - https://review.opendev.org/q/topic:%2224.03%22 - Feature Status: - 32 features are IN - K8S Upversion Duration Reduction for AIO-SX - Upversion Helm (v3.9.4) - Upversion FluxCD - Containerization Component Refresh - k8s 1.25 / 1.26 - Support for Silicom TimeSync Server Adaptor - Platform Admin Network Introduction - L3 Firewalls for all Platform Interfaces - Platform Application Upversion - FEC Operator 2.6.1 - Platform Application Upversion - FEC Operator 2.7.1 & pf-bb-config - Platform Application Upversion - Istio - Redundant / HA PTP timing clock sources - Intel Ethernet Operator StarlingX Integration - AppArmor Support - Platform Application Upversion - Vault - Platform Application Upversion - Portieris - Platform Application Upversion - oidc - Platform Application Upversion - ingress-nginx - Platform Application Upversion - cert-manager - PSP Removal in support of transition to k8s 1.25/1.26 - WAD Users sudo and local linux group assignment - K8s API CLI oidc auth with local LDAP backend - Support for LUKS encrypted filesystem with HWID-Based Passphrase - Secure k8s etcd encryption key on LUKS encrypted filesystem - Platform Upgrade Optimization - AIO-SX - Subcloud Error Root Cause Correction Action - Patch Orchestration Phase Operations - Support for long latency between SystemController & Subclouds - Distributed Cloud System Controller GEO Redundancy - Redfish Virtual Media Robustness Improvements - Containerize OpenStack application clients - Openstack services upversion: Ussuri -> Antelope - Configurable Power Manager - 26 IN features are Done (code merged / feature tested) - +2 since last week - Support for LUKS encrypted filesystem with HWID-Based Passphrase - Secure k8s etcd encryption key on LUKS encrypted filesystem - 6 IN features are still open. All have code merged and testing is planned/in progress. Forecast dates are updated. - Upversion FluxCD - Redundant / HA PTP timing clock sources - K8s API CLI oidc auth with local LDAP backend - Support for long latency between SystemController & Subclouds - Distributed Cloud System Controller GEO Redundancy - Redfish Virtual Media Robustness Improvements - 16 features are OUT - Software Upgrade/Update (Patch) Evolution - K8S Control Plane Scalability - Kata Container Runtime support (fix) in Debian - Marvell Octeon NIC Accelerator Integration - Securing/Encrypting local traffic on Platform L2 MGMT Network - QAT/GPU Device Plugin Refresh - Link Bonding for SR-IOV PF interfaces - Platform Management Network Reconfiguration for AIO-SX - Node Interface Metrics Exporter - DTLS over SCTP Support - Internal Management of ETCD Certificates - Full Disk Encryption Support via SDEs - StarlingX Container Image Updates for CVE fixes - Subcloud Install or Restore of Previous Release - Harbor Registry Integration in StarlingX - Sanity Status - Platform sanity not run yet due to lab issues; team working to address and execute this week if possible - Openstack sanity was run and results are being analyzed - Milestone Review Verdict - Feature status looks good - Sanity status is pending - Test team prepared to start release regression once the milestone is declared - Verdict: Wait until sanity results are available and deemed acceptable - stx.9.0 Press Release - Ildiko plans to use the features covered in the above stx.9.0 blog posts as the flagship features for the release - Ildiko requested additional info for the press release to showcase/highlight the importance of the above features - Use case for the features - Motivation to prioritize these feature for the 9.0 release - Why the feature matters to someone who's using or considering to use StarlingX? - Action: Blog/feature primes to provide this info closer to the stx.9.0 release date stx.10.0 - Release Planning: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FMNIfVSRSsdDuWizZzWhZvvcSfYCoiXgW-a3... - Tentative Schedule Proposed (using typical release duration) - Milestone-1 4/24/2025 - Milestone-2 5/22/2025 - Milestone-3 7/31/2025 - Feature Test Complete 8/28/2025 - Regression Test Start 8/7/2025 - Regression Test Complete 8/28/2025 - RC1 9/4/2025 - Final Regression Complete 9/18/2025 - Release 9/25/2025 - Action: PLs/TLs to start adding their feature proposals. - Content will also be discussed in the April PTG. - Folder created: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q8BXMG_EUcjvD2_GmNnaXdFRYb8ZxwFM Blogs - FEC Device Configurability (fec-operator Integration) for ACC100 & N3000 (stx.8.0) - Prime: Balendu (Mouli) Burla - Status: In progress - Pull Request: https://github.com/StarlingXWeb/starlingx-website/pull/249 - Target merge: TBD; Intel team still working on addressing the suggested comments - PTP O-RAN Compliant API Notification (stx.8.0) - Prime: Ghada Khalil / Cole Walker - Status: Confirmed / Not posted - Forecast: Jun 30 >> Oct 15 >> end-Mar 2024 - Configurable Power Management (stx.9.0) - Prime: Guilherme Batista Leite - Status: Confirmed / In progress - Pull Request: https://github.com/StarlingXWeb/starlingx-website/pull/252 - Forecast: Q1 2024 after stx.9.0 is released - Intel Ethernet Operator Integration (stx.9.0) - Prime: Rafal Lal - Status: Confirmed / Not posted - Forecast: TBD - AppArmor Support (stx.9.0) - Prime: Kailas Surkar - Status: Confirmed / Not posted - Forecast: end-Feb 2024 - Redundant / HA PTP Time Sources (stx.9.0) - Prime: Ghada Khalil / Andre Zelak - Status: Confirmed / Not posted - Forecast: end-Apr 2024