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Desired State Configuration for Linux - v1.1.1-926
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.