# Stork 0.17.0, May 7th, 2021, Release Notes Welcome to Stork 0.17.0, another monthly development release. The changes introduced in this version are: * **Backend information**: In this release, Stork is now able to show more information about leases, hosts, and config backends, such as the file location for memfile or database name and the host address for databases. If forensic logging is used and configured to use a database, this information is provided as well [#299]. * **Declined leases information**: The lease search has been expanded to cover declined leases, which are a sure sign of duplicate address problems in a network, if they appear. To search for declined leases, use `state:declined` as a filter [#510]. * **UI tweaks**: The number of machines waiting for authorization is now shown on the `Unauthorized` button, making it easier to notice [#492]. * **Documentation updates**: It is possible to configure the Stork server to run on a non-standard port. That capability is now better documented [#480]. The crypto library being used is now clearly documented [#511]. * **Work in progress**: The team also made substantial progress on three new featureswhich are expected to be available in the next release. The first feature is insight into the state of a host reservation: it will show whether the reserved address is available, in use, or expired, or if there is a conflict and someone else is currently using the address [#530]. The second feature is a more robust BIND 9 and Kea detection mechanism, which should cover cases like running in a non-standard location, on non-standard ports, etc. [#474]. The third feature is a Kea configuration browser. The current Stork version has views dedicated to the most common configuration elements: subnets, reservations, networks, etc. However, Kea has many more configuration options and thus a dedicated view is needed to show the whole configuration [#531]. Please see this link for known issues: https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/-/wikis/Known-issues. ## Release Model Stork has monthly development releases, with some exceptions. We encourage users to test the development releases and report back their findings on the stork-users mailing list, available at https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/stork-users. This text references issue numbers. For more details, visit the Stork GitLab page at https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/issues. ## License Stork is released under the Mozilla Public License, version 2.0. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0 ## Download The easiest way to install the software is to use native deb or RPM packages. They can be downloaded from: https://cloudsmith.io/~isc/repos/stork/ The Stork source and PGP signature for this release may be downloaded from: https://downloads.isc.org/isc/stork The signature was generated with the ISC code-signing key which is available at: https://www.isc.org/pgpkey ISC provides documentation in the Stork Administrator Reference Manual. It is available on ReadTheDocs.io at https://stork.readthedocs.io/en/latest/, and in source form in the docs/ directory. We ask users of this software to please let us know how it worked for you and what operating system you tested on. Feel free to share your feedback on the stork-users mailing list (https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/stork-users). We would also like to hear whether the documentation is adequate and accurate. Please open tickets in the Stork GitLab project for bugs, documentation omissions and errors, and enhancement requests. We want to hear from you even if everything worked. ## Support Professional support for Stork will become available once it reaches the 1.0 milestone. Existing ISC customers that consider themselves *very* early adopters may get involved in the development process, including roadmap, features planning, and early testing, but the software maturity level does not constitute a typical professional service before the 1.0 milestone. Free best-effort support is provided by our user community via a mailing list. Information on all public email lists is available at https://www.isc.org/mailinglists/. If you have any comments or questions about working with Stork, please share them to the stork-users list (https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/stork-users). Bugs and feature requests may be submitted via GitLab at https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/issues. ## Changes The following summarizes changes and important upgrades since the Stork 0.16.0 release. ``` * 140 [func] godfryd Added displaying number of unauthorized machines on machines page in select button. (Gitlab #492) * 139 [func] marcin New information presented in the Kea tab includes locations of a lease file, forensic logging file and the information about database backends used by the particular Kea instance. (Gitlab #299) * 138 [func] marcin Implemented declined leases search. (Gitlab #510) * 137 [func] godfryd Added system tests for new agent registration. (Gitlab #507) ``` Thank you again to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible. We look forward to receiving your feedback.