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@amitsara amitsara released this 09 Jan 01:36
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PowerShell Desired State Configuration for Linux

Release Notes

Version 1.1.1-926

Table of Contents

Release Overview

** Supported Linux operation system versions **
The following Linux operating system versions are supported for DSC for Linux.

  • CentOS 6, and 7 (x64)
  • Debian GNU/Linux 6, 7 and 8 (x64)
  • Oracle Linux 6 and 7 (x64)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 and 7 (x64)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and 12 (x64)
  • Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS (x64)

SHA256 Checksums

Package SHA256 Checksum
dsc-1.1.1-926.ssl_098.x64.deb 3C400225588F73448FCC20F089DED3D9F177F3BE82F5AEF4C71D1082F00025D2
dsc-1.1.1-926.ssl_098.x64.rpm 9C493BBECA020044A3B538561B12EDDD14E9C44FB6B215FCC069D28B72FAC750
dsc-1.1.1-926.ssl_100.x64.deb 4664D4408D2D6794DAB6EB19890FDA2CD82C71671E45FF1F526DF8EEF10524CF
dsc-1.1.1-926.ssl_100.x64.rpm DF759D67D06D14368F2C5AE4B3F4224C092E08D018DA35074DB81F5FBF6F4B79
dsc-1.1.1-926.ssl_110.x64.deb 4FB0384C1BE4C15D35BEAB401C26A5D85123C88621A233950FB8317C8A35FB8C
dsc-1.1.1-926.ssl_110.x64.rpm BFAAA8201F35089EB8FC85FBB171CC192345D8423AD93C5946FFF118139C0DCE

Requirements

The following table describes the required package dependencies for DSC for Linux.

Required package Description Minimum version
Glibc GNU C Library 2.4 - 31.30
python Python 2.4 - 3.4
omi Open Management Infrastructure 1.4.2-5
openssl OpenSSL Libraries 0.9.8e or 1.0
python-ctypes Python CTypes library Must match Python version
libcurl cURL http client library 7.15.1
unzip* De-archiver for .zip files n/a

* unzip is needed to install resource modules

Issues Resolved in this Release

Issues resolved in Prior Releases

  • Authentication with a pull server may fail due to spurious client certificate regeneration
  • SELinux settings prevent DSC consistency invoker schedule job from executing
  • nxFile: Recursive settings applied inconsistently
  • Support for OMI version 1.1.0
  • OMI version 1.0.8-4 is supported
  • Log rotation reliability is improved
  • nxUser: password expiration incorrectly handled
  • HTTP proxies not supported for Pull server operations
  • Restore-DSCConfiguration does not restore the prior configuration
  • nxPackage/nxScript: unreliable behavior is observed when the system locale is not UTF-8.
  • nxPackage: On Ubuntu and Debian, packages that prompt for user input cause, such as MySQL server, prevent successful configuration
  • nxService: in some cases, the running state of services is incorrectly detected
  • nxPackage: when Ensure = Absent, installed packages fail to remove in some cases

Known Limitations

  • In this release of Desired State Configuration for Linux, only Pull Servers based on WMF 5.0 April Preview or later are supported. To use a prior version of the Pull Server, continue to use Desired State Configuration for Linux 1.0.
  • Partial Configurations are not supported in this release.
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