Release 0.13.2

Features

• Support Python 3 services in chutes.
• Enable console login for virtual machines, devices with a display, or serial port access.
• Partial support for running Paradrop with Python 3 and full support for pdtools.

Bug Fixes

• Updated dependencies (PyYAML, requests, urllib3) to fix vulnerabilities.

Release 0.13.0

Features

• Enable multi-arch support for light chutes.
  • Light chutes that were developed on x86_64 can now be installed on ARMv7 systems.
• Implement node self-provisioning.
• Enable strict confinement for the snap by moving privileged operations to a separate snap.
  • Future releases will be eligible for automatic update through the snap store.

Security

• Updated dependency versions to address vulnerabilities in old versions of pyOpenSSL, requests, and urllib3.

Release 0.12.1

Features

• Enable chutes to install multiple services (e.g. a webserver and a database) as separate containers.
• Major rework of chute configuration syntax to support composing. Please refer to https://paradrop.readthedocs.io/en/v0.12.1/api/chute-configuration.html for details about the new syntax.
• Enable listing of devices connected to LAN bridge (e.g. a wired security camera).
• Enable multiple users to access a node with different permission sets.
• Add ownership information to installed chutes and enforce user access rights.
• Add a trusted user role that can install, update, and remove chutes as long as the changes do not impact another user's chute.
• Enable downloading chute source from git over SSH to work with Paradrop-hosted private repositories.
• Add a settings file for configuration variables that were previously only exposed through environment variables.
• Enable concurrency during the chute build process to provide a better experience when multiple users are sharing access to a node.
• Block chutes from creating monitor mode WiFi interfaces due to continued stability issues. Device owners can override this change in the settings file.

Release 0.11.1

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash due to libpulsecommon-8.0.so not being found in the built snap.

Release 0.11.0

Features

• Restructure pdtools commands for easier discoverability with many new commands.
• Add audio system management for hardware that supports it.
• Add "auto" LAN address selection to avoid conflict with WAN interface (experimental).

Bug Fixes

• Fix reboot on missing WiFi for dual-card systems.
• Fix for slow boot times.
• Fix handling of zero-length strings in configuration values.

Release 0.10.3

Bug Fixes

• Fix lingering network interfaces and WiFi networks after a chute is removed.

Release 0.10.2

Bug Fixes

• Fix processing of empty string values in configuration objects.
• Make sure all API sections appear in the documentation.
• Return proper 404 errors for missing chute resources.
• Fixed a race condition where API calls could fail during chute uninstallation.

Release 0.10.1

Bug Fixes

• Fix building of public documentation.
• Accept device address in URL format for pdtools.
• Fix bug preventing clean up after failed chute installation.

Release 0.10.0

Features

• Introduce streaming log messages through pdtools command for various long-running operations including chute installation.
• Support more WiFi encryption settings, including properly supporting CCMP for better security.
• Support fulfilment of chute hardware requirements including requests for 2.4 GHz vs. 5 GHz WiFi bands.
• Chutes with web-services now keep their dynamic port bindings across chute updates for a better developer experience.
• Implement storing authentication tokens for pdtools interactions with the host API.
• Optimization to speed up light chute updates when the code changed but not the package dependencies.
• Add documentation for local API and JSON object schemas.
• Add hostapd control interface, which provides, among other functionality, asynchronous notifications on station association/dissociation.
• Add API functions to get and set chute configuration without reinstalling the chute.

Bug Fixes

• Fix chute inconsistencies caused by stopping and starting again.
• Fix failure of haproxy to start caused by lingering pid file.
• Fix configuration failures that are caused by spaces in certain string fields.

Release 0.9.0

Features

• Paradrop snap is ready to be automatically updated through the Ubuntu Snap Store.
• Added many new commands to pdtools in order to support chute development and testing.
• Added experimental APIs for Airshark (http://wings-www.cs.wisc.edu/projects/airshark/) spectrum analysis.
• Adapted pdtools for use as a Python library in chutes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a memory leak related to sockjs connections.
• Fixed an issue that prevented creating multiple virtual interfaces on WLE600VX cards.