Genestack 2025-4.1 Release

Breaking Changes

• The loki service is being upgraded past version 6. This will require new helm overrides. Please review the templates in genestack/base-helm-configs/loki for suggested modifications

Notable Changes

• This release will advance OpenStack helm charts to the latest version while staying in the same release
• Longhorn upgrade to 1.9x
• Operator upgrade to latest helm charts while keeping to the same installed version
• Loki upgrade to version > 6.X
• Grafana upgrade to version 10.X
• Work has begun on standardized installation scripts. This is the first step in the automated deployment journey.
• Each service and infrastructure component will now have its own dedicated installation script. We have moved away
• from installing our exporters using the install-chart.sh script and moved them into the standardized template for service
• installation.
• Blazar Reservation service enters Tech Preview. NOTE: In Tech Preview not all features may be available and they may not be a skyline panel. API/CLI only.

What's Changed

• remove uneeded rabbit policy by @zhmarvi in #1218
• original-images.json typo fix by @zhmarvi in #1217
• Fix: Fix install script by @aedan in #1219
• fix(placement): Correct incorrect oslo_concurrency lock_path by @ycy1766 in #1220
• fix: Add freezer-keystone-service-password and v2 on non-public endpoints by @anande in #1222
• Fix: Updated envoy setup by @aedan in #1221
• hard set 1500 mtu for tenant networks in hyperconverged script by @busterswt in #1224
• fix: temp removing glance download/get image policy by @the2hill in #1225
• fix: Remove v2 on non-public endpoints by @anande in #1227
• feat: OSPC-1562: Using Openstack Blazar image from ghcr rackerlabs registry by @niti6869 in #1233
• fix(gnocchi): Quote Ceph admin key by @LukeRepko in #1235
• Fixing the postgres operator config dir by @vish6760 in #1238
• fix: move yamllint config from preconf to file by @rackerchris in #1240
• Adding LVM configuration management by @bjoernt in #1231
• Add instance introspection to the Masakari by @zhmarvi in #1232
• Remove max_queue for libvirt to autodetect by @bjoernt in #1229
• feat: Add queue for swift to post billing info to by @cblument in #1208
• fix: convert cinder backend config to an example by @rackerchris in #1243
• fix: Updating redis tag versions to v8.2.2 by @the2hill in #1246
• chore: OSPC-1581: fixing yamllint error: [brackets] forbidden flow sequence by @niti6869 in #1247
• feat: [OSPC-1571] Use images from ghcr rackerlabs registry for Freezer by @anande in #1245
• fix: placement doesnt use rabbit by @rackerchris in #1241
• Added support for Talos Linux by @aedan in #1249
• fix: Updating octavia_preconf with optional post_deploy tags by @the2hill in #1248
• feat: Add Zaqar helm overrides by @Gaurav-t in #1251
• Fix: Cleanup work on install scripts by @aedan in #1253
• Upgrade MariaDB Operator Helm Chart to 0.38.1 and Galera Kustomize Patch by @vish6760 in #1250
• fix: resolving markdown bugs by @cloudnull in #1254
• chore: document exclude-from-external-load-balancers by @cloudnull in #1260
• Update Ironic Helm Overrides and Conductor HPA Resource Configuration by @vish6760 in #1259
• chore: use kube-ovn from genestack-images by @cloudnull in #1258
• fix: adjust metadata ratelimit by @cloudnull in #1256
• chore: set the VPNaaS target openstack-network-node by @cloudnull in #1262
• Remove nginx by @cloudnull in #1261
• chore: Add zaqar doc by @Gaurav-t in #1265
• Update Freezer image tags to 2025.1-latest by @anande in #1271
• feat: move prometheus-snmp-exporter to install script by @rackerchris in #1267
• chore: Add gateway-api listener file for zaqar by @Gaurav-t in #1275
• OSPC-1482: Added the ttlSecondsAfterFinished as a patch for the completed jobs by @jitendramahari in #1272
• fix: doc format by @cloudnull in #1269
• fix: RPCOS-271: Using masakari image for masakari db_sync pod by @pram0596 in #1270
• fix: fix bin/install-prometheus-snmp-exporter.sh typos by @awfabian-rs in #1278
• feat: auto generate product matrix by @rackerchris in #1268
• OSPC-1482: Made cleanup-openstack-completed-jobs.sh executable by @jitendramahari in #1281
• fix install-fluentbit.sh script to install fluentbit from openstack-helm repo by @puni4220 in #1273
• feat(bootstrap): Add --no-wait-cloud-init flag by @LukeRepko in #1282
• chore: update Prometheus blackbox exporter install etc by @awfabian-rs in #1280
• chore: remove extraneous lines from prometheus blackbox exporter over… by @awfabian-rs in #1283
• Separate skyline secret creation and Update docs by @reet8598 in #1266
• fix: Redis service uri in zaqar conf by @Gaurav-t in #1288
• fix: Updating create-skyline-secrets for use with hyperconverged lab by @the2hill in #1286
• Updating nova-compute Ironic HPA, Octavia amphora image config.. by @vish6760 in #1289
• Tech Preview: Add Manila to Genestack by @dwith in #1284
• Fix: Manila install-manila.sh overrides_args by @dwith in #1291
• feat: convert services to new install script template by @rackerchris in #1276
• chore: Update lab installation and setup script by @Gaurav-t in #1294
• fix: use global variable over static path by @rackerchris in #1296
• fix: update the observabilitiy arch diagram by @rackerchris in #1293
• chore: Updates zaqar doc and add its reference by @Gaurav-t in #1295
• chore: Add missing freezer configurations/docs by @anande in #1300
• support local collection installation, file-server Helm install and includes nova-compute-ironic in kustomization by @vish6760 in #1298
• fix: remove secondary sql connection for cinder by @rackerchris in #1301
• feat: push kubespray to v2.29.0 by @rackerchris in #1302
• feat: update base k8s to 1.33.5 by @rackerchris in #1303
• fix: Update setup-infra script to remove label breaking metallb for lab by @the2hill in #1297
• fix: Reverting envoy resource removal by @the2hill in #1304
• fix: Add zaqar doc reference into deployment guide by @Gaurav-t in #1306
• chore: Add zaqar reference by @Gaurav-t in #1307
• feat (nova): allow for nested virtualization in the hyperconverged lab by @rackerchris in #1308
• fix: (docs) correct installation script documentation for some exporters by @rackerchris in #1311
• Fix: Update Masakari Chart version for Introspection Addition by @zhmarvi in #1309
• Fix: Update cinder-volume default release/branch in Ansible playbooks by @dwith in #1310
• Fix: Manila component specific images by @dwith in #1312
• OSPC-1636: Added changes to make ACME_EMAIL to default email by @jitendramahari in #1314
• chore: fix docs for new references by @cloudnull in #1315
• fix: update all of the monitoring docs by @cloudnull in #1316
• chore: Add tech preview banner by @Gaurav-t in #1317
• feat: add script to manage hpa by @rackerchris in #1318
• feat: add install_kubectl.sh ops script by @rackerchris in #1319
• fix: correct octavia docs so they're functional by @cloudnull in #1320
• fix: remove -n command line arg by @rackerchris in #1321
• docs: Restore Galera cluster deployment documentation by @aedan in #1324
• Loki changes by @rackerchris in #1323
• fix: pin helm to v3.14.3 in github workflows by @rackerchris in #1328
• fix: correct service usage in helm-cinder by @rackerchris in #1329
• feat(policy): allow readers to retrieve QoS specs in Cinder by @sowm9802 in #1326
• fix: update helm-chart-versions to rollup release by @rackerchris in #1331

New Contributors

• @joew7456 made their first contribution in #955
• @VijayKovvuri made their first contribution in #956
• @Gaurav-t made their first contribution in #970
• @alexiscarbillet made their first contribution in #994
• @jitendramahari made their first contribution in #1021
• @talk2gw made their first contribution in #1033
• @ycy1766 made their first contribution in #1093
• @vish6760 made their first contribution in #1238
• @pram0596 made their first contribution in #1270
• @reet8598 made their first contribution in #1266

Full Changelog: release-2025.2.1...release-2025.4.1