# Stork 1.3.0, May 11th, 2022, Release Notes Welcome to Stork 1.3.0, another development release. The changes introduced in this version are: **Kea Configuration Management: host reservations**. The long-term goal is for Stork to be able to manage most aspects of Kea configuration. It is now possible to create subnet-level or global host reservations in one or more Kea servers, via a button on the host reservations page [#717, #720, #729]. **Build improvements**. A substantial effort has been put into the Rake-based build system. The Rake tasks were reorganized into several namespaces; as a result, the Stork images are built faster, with a smaller footprint, and the task names are much more uniform [#709]. This substantial change also addressed several other problems. A problem with building with premium hooks has been fixed [#684]. The deploy mechanism (currently used internally by ISC) has been fixed [#719]. The Rake tasks related to testing are now consistent [#436]. There is now a way (`rake check`) to verify whether dependencies for building Stork are available [#21, #437]. The tasks have better comments [#489]. The installation using Rake (`rake install:server`, `rake install:agent`) has been redone and now installs the necessary files in the default locations [#653]. The Rake task for running an agent can now optionally use a custom port (`rake run:agent PORT=4242`) [#660]. **Restart Stork service on failure**. The systemd services are now automatically restarted on failure [#721]. Thank you to Kevin Fleming for the patch! **Documentation**. The Stork ARM and log messages have been edited for clarity and consistency [#718]. **Improved machine-dump readability**. Special characters are no longer escaped in machine dumps, for better readability [#665]. Please see this link for known issues: https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/-/wikis/Known-issues. ## Incompatible Changes **Different Rakefile tasks** The names of the Rake tasks used in development automation have changed as a result of the refactorization. Run `rake --tasks` to get the new set of tasks. ## 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 (ARM). It is available on ReadTheDocs.io at https://stork.readthedocs.io/en/latest/, and in source form in [the doc/ directory](https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/-/tree/master/doc). 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 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 1.2.0 release. * 208 [doc] marcin Added "Creating Host Reservations" section in the ARM. (Gitlab #729) * 207 [func] slawek Refactored the Rakefile responsible for running the Stork demo. The demo builds faster, uses the Docker layer caching, and produces smaller images. (Gitlab #709) * 206 [bug] marcin Disable escaping special characters in the machine dumps. It improves the dumps' readability. (Gitlab #665) * 205 [func] marcin It is now possible to create host reservations in Kea using a form on the host reservations page. (Gitlab #717, #720) * 204 [build] kpfleming Enable automatic Stork services restart with systemd on failure. (Gitlab #721) * 203 [doc] sgoldlust Editorial and grammatical corrections in docs, logs, and code comments. (Gitlab #718) * 202 [func] slawek Refactored the Rakefile responsible for building, installing, and testing Stork. It results in changes to the usage of some rake tasks and the specification of their arguments. (Gitlab #709) Thank you again to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible. We look forward to receiving your feedback.