Changelog📝

2023.12.0 (2023-11-13)

#399: GPU management methods.

2023.11.0 (2023-11-16)

#395: CI/CD pre-commit hook updates
#396: Add set_vm_memory_reservation
#397: CI/CD moving to Token auth for test.pypi.org

2023.10.0 (2023-10-23)

#392: Restore VM method restore_vm.
#393: VM restore points improvements get_vm_restore_points.

v2023.9.0 (2023-09-27)

#384: Get VM GPU with get_vm_gpu.
#385: Get VM restore points get_vm_restore_points.
#386: Get Restore Requests get methods.
#387: Update inline vss-wiki documentation invalid links.
#389: Decouple stor, dev and test requirements.
#390: Add missing sphinxcontrib.jquery to docs/config.py.
#391: Update pipeline with new sphinx command: sphinx-build.

v2023.6.0 (2023-06-22)

#379: Deprecate Virtual Machine Remote Console (VMRC) Settings.
#380: CI/CD Rename Gitlab CI variable CI_BUILD_REF_NAME -> CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME.
#381: Manage ubuntu pro for vms.
#382: Get message of the day.

v2023.2.1 (2023-02-24)

#371: Add AUTHORS.md and AUTHORS.rst file with authors/maintainers/contributors.
#376: Add enable_vm_secure_boot/disable_vm_secure_boot.
#377: update_vm_storage_type missing kwargs.

v2023.2.0 (2023-02-16)

#364: Contribution doc is out of date.
#369: Addressing docs/changelong.rst sphinx warnings.
#370: Set minimal required python version to 3.7.5.
#372: Add methods to manage VSS Preferences.
#373: upgrade requests to 2.28.2.
#374: upgrade pyjwt to 2.6.0.

v2022.10.0 (2022-10-07)

#362: Add update_vm_storage_type and get_vm_storage_type.

v2022.9.0 (2022-09-27)

#359: Add storage_type to deployment methods.
#361: Support for python 3.10.

v2022.8.1 (2022-08-16)

#356 Method get_vm_vbs queries incorrect resource
#357 Add tpm to deployment methods.

v2022.8.0 (2022-08-15)

#353: VBS management modules: get_vm_vbs, enable_vm_vbs and disable_vm_vbs.
#354: Floppy management methods create_vm_floppy and delete_vm_floppies.

v2022.6.0 (2022-06-15)

#351: TPM management modules: get_vm_tpm, create_vm_tpm and delete_vm_tpm.

v2022.5.0 (2022-05-25)

#349: deploy_vm_from_clib_item support additional_parameters.

v2022.4.0 (2022-04-26)

#345: get_vm_disk_capacity KeyError exception.
#347: Cleanup unused constants.
#348: Update pre-commit hook black to 22.3.0.

v2022.3.1 (2022-03-24)

#342: Replace webdavclient with minio for vskey-stor ops.
#343: missing change log v2022.3.0.

v2022.3.0 (2022-03-18)

#338: Manage virtual machine disk notes.
#339: Upgrade requests to 2.27.1.
#340: Standardize update_vm_disk methods to use unit instead of disk arg.

v2022.2.0 (2022-02-14)

#336: add prune arg to delete_vm.

v2021.12.0 (2021-12-17)

#331: create_vm_snapshot to support with_memory parameter.
#332: docs/removing outdated badges.

v2021.11.2 (2021-11-29)

#331: Improve exception definition and handling VssError.

v2021.11.1 (2021-11-04)

#329: disable_totp_confirm method for completely disable mfa.

v2021.11.0 (2021-11-01)

#321: MFA/TOTP methods to enable, disable, request token and generate access token.
#322: User method to get totp settings.
#323: CI/Revert #317 move pipeline to local images.
#324: docker/update base image to local repository.
#325: Update stor lib webdavclient to 3.14.6.
#326: Update dev/test requirements.
#328: Drop support for python 3.6 and 3.7.

v2021.8.0 (2021-08-18)

#313: Deploy/Create vm methods to support complex cpu payload.
#314: VM/CPU set_vm_cpu to support cores_per_socket.
#315: Deploy VM methods to support converting to template in payload.

v2021.6.0 (2021-06-10)

#308: Cloning virtual machines include vmtools extra-config.
#309: Ignore extra_config if empty in create_vm* and deploy_vm* methods.
#310: Deprecate high_io in create_vm* and deploy_vm* methods.
#311: Update create_vm method to support new payload format for scsi.
#311: Update create_vms method to support new payload format for scsi.
#311: Update create_vm_from_image method to support new payload format for scsi.
#311: Update create_vm_from_clone method to support new payload format for scsi.
#311: Update create_vms_from_clone method to support new payload format for scsi.
#311: Update deploy_vm_from_template method to support new payload format for scsi.
#311: Update deploy_vms_from_template method to support new payload format for scsi.

v2021.5.0 (2021-05-05)

#304: Moving from semver to calver: Calendar versioning.
#305: Vm Retirement methods to manage retirement requests.
#306: Deploy/Create vm methods to support retirement in payload.

v0.18.1 (2021-04-08)

#297: Content library browsing methods.
#298: Fetch Virtual Machine build processes from API.
#299: Content library deployment method deploy_vm_from_clib_item.
#300: Set alternate webdav server with VSS_API_WEBDAV_SERVER env var.
#302: Allow snapshot_id in create_vm_from_clone and create_vms_from_clone.

v0.17.2 (2021-03-04)

#292: Gitlab/CI deployment on internal repo.
#293: get_vm_change_requests method to provide crs by VM.
#295: Giltab/CI Docker image missing dependency: Job Failed #39505.
#296: GitlabCI/Missing rust and cargo dependency to build cryptography.

v0.17.1 (2020-11-18)

#289: Support firmware in vm deployment methods (efi, bios).
#290: update_vm_firmware to update VM firmware type (efi, bios).

v0.17.0 (2020-11-16)

#280: GitlabCI/move docker images to local hub.eis..
#281: Docker/base image to local due to recent docker hub limits.
#282: Methods to manage vmdk files: get_user_vmdks, sync_user_vmdks, get_vmdk_sync_requests and get_vmdk_sync_request.
#283: Update create_vm_disk to support backing_vmdk.
#284: Add support for Python 3.9.
#285: Lib/update requests from 2.24.0 to 2.25.0.
#286: Update vm extra_cfg methods to support new structure.
#287: Update create_vm related methods to support extra_cfg new structure.

v0.16.0 (2020-10-27)

#273: Add validate_vm_disk_backing_sharing method.
#273: Add update_vm_disk_backing_sharing method.
#273: Add get_supported_disk_sharing method.
#274: Update create_vm method to support new payload format for disks.
#274: Update create_vms method to support new payload format for disks.
#274: Update create_vm_from_image method to support new payload format for disks.
#274: Update create_vm_from_clone method to support new payload format for disks.
#274: Update create_vms_from_clone method to support new payload format for disks.
#274: Update deploy_vm_from_template method to support new payload format for disks.
#274: Update deploy_vms_from_template method to support new payload format for disks.
#275: Add update_vm_scsi_device_sharing method.
#275: Add get_supported_scsi_sharing method.
#275: Add validate_vm_scsi_controller_sharing method.
#275: Update validate_vm_scsi_controller_sharing method.
#276: Update create_vm_scsi_device to support new payload for scsi controllers.
#276: Update validate_scsi_controllers to support new payload for scsi controllers.
#277: Fix docstirng issues in pyvss.manager.VssManager issues.
#278: Fix black pre-commit hook issue.

v0.15.1 (2020-09-25)

#271: add delete_vm_template method.

v0.15.0 (2020-08-04)

#266: Add dry_run flag to verify payload, url and headers to be sent to the API.
#267: Adding/Updating pre-commit hooks.
#268: Compliance with flake8-docstrings.
#269: libs/update requests from 2.23.0 to 2.24.0.

v0.14.4 (2020-06-04)

#259:get_vm_memory throws exception
#260: libs/update requests to latest from 2.21.0 to 2.23.0
#262: get_user_groups update to latest api changes.
#263: get_group, get_group_members methods recently added to api.
#265: docker image broken due to missing dependency (man) in alpine.

v0.14.2 (2020-05-06)

#257: is_powered_on_vm and is_powered_off_vm do not look for vm properly

v0.14.1 (2020-04-27)

#255: add migrate_vm_vss_ha_group method to migrate uuid based to moref based

v0.14.0 (2020-04-24)

#252: Method get_vm_vsphere_link to get vsphere client direct link to vm
#253: Rename param uuid to vm_id in order to support both uuid and moref (breaking change)

v0.13.1 (2020-04-09)

#250: Set consolidate to True by default in create_vm_snapshot
#249: Add power_on argument to create_vm, create_vm_from_clone, deploy_vm_from_template, create_vm_from_image

v0.13.0 (2020-02-05)

#243: Add suspend to update_vm_state
#244: Add get_supported_vss_options to provide supported options
#245: Fix README/docs build image broken link
#246: Add suspend_vm
#247: Implement wheels packaging

v0.12.1 (2020-01-30)

#239: get_vm_scsi_devices KeyError ‘_links’ exception
#240: get_vm_controllers KeyError scsi exception when no device is found
#241: get_vm_scsi_device KeyError exception when no device is found

v0.12.0 (2020-01-23)

#233: create_vm_snapshot to support consolidate parameter
#234: Add method delete_vm_vss_ha_group
#235: Drop support for python 2.7
#236: Add support for python 3.8
#238: GitlabCI/release dist step fails due to missing os requirement

v0.11.0 (2019-11-14)

#231: get_vm_disk_capacity get disk capacity in gb
#230: needs_consolidation check if vm requires disk consolidation
#229: update_vm_disk_capacity validate if vm needs consolidation and size gt target /
#228: Replace bill_dept with client attribute when deploying a VM.
#227: validate_vm_vmx_version throws exception

v0.10.0 (2019-11-08)

#224: extend_snapshot_request does not work properly
#225: add vscode exceptions to .gitignore

v0.9.43 (2019-10-24)

#216: methods to enable/disable Copy/Paste between VMRC client and vm
#217: missing kwargs in methods enable** disable**
#218: rename_vm docstring typo
#219: update webdavclient3 to v0.12
#220: core/webdavclient dependency moved to extras
#221: methods to get vmx versions from api and validate
#223: update get_domain, get_domains and get_vms_by_domain

v0.9.42 (2019-10-11)

#210: Add get_supported_scsi_controllers and validate_vm_scsi_controller_type
#211: Add get_supported_disk_backing_modes and validate_vm_disk_backing_mode
#212: Add repr method to VssManager class
#213: Add create_vms_from_clone to deploy multiple vms from a virtual machine
#214: Update create_vms_from_clone rename arg source_vm to source

v0.9.41 (2019-09-18)

#203: Update create_vm_nic to support adapter type in payload
#204: Update get_os method to handle properly api resource
#205: Update update_vm_nic_type to validate supported nics
#206: Update docstrings and code to support snake_case implementation
#207: Support new network adapter payload in create_vm methods
#208: Update create_inventory_file to support new transfer attribute in payload

v0.9.40 (2019-09-03)

#201: Image management method improvements
#198: CI/Check in version and git SHA on VSS API

v0.9.39 (2019-08-13)

#199: missing get_template method
#197: adding changelog to documentation

v0.9.38 (2019-07-25)

#195: methods to query by hostname, ip address and name
#194: update method get_vms to support filtering and sorting
#193: update vm disk backing mode

v0.9.36 (2019-07-18)

#191: error when updating floppy update_vm_floppy
#190: update VM disk SCSI controller
#189: rename VM SCSI methods
#188: add VM SCSI management methods
#187: add get_folder_children to get children objects of a given folder
#186: update method get_folders, get_vms_by_folder to support filtering and sorting

v0.9.35 (2019-07-09)

#184: update method get_networks, get_vms_by_network to support filtering and sorting

v0.9.34 (2019-06-25)

#182: create_vm_cd methods to add cd/dvd units to vm

v0.9.33 (2019-05-24)

#180 update_vm_cd validates iso path incorrectly

v0.9.32 (2019-05-14)

#179 get_vm_console does not send query params needed to generate the link

v0.9.31 (2019-05-13)

#173 Ci/Pipeline improvements
#175 docker/docs update documentation with a single image
#176 extra-config in create vm methods
#177 get_vm_console to take client param to specify whether to generate a flash, html5 or vmrc URL
#172 Documentation Improvement: Add vss-service info to py-vss main docs
#174 vm/extra-config methods

v0.9.30 (2019-03-30)

#165 core/adopting vss-cli project structure
#167 ci/update build_pages job to implement python setup.py build_sphinx
#168 ci/gitlab-ci issue template updates
#169 core/improving python workflow using pre-commits
#170 core/add enums34 for python2.7 installs

v0.9.29 (2019-03-26)

#163 Expose request.timeout setting as VSS_API_TIMEOUT
#164 VSS Service methods

v0.9.28 (2019-02-08)

#161 get_inventory_properties to List available inventory properties
#160 Replace webdavclient with webdavclient3

v0.9.27 (2018-01-25)

#158 Methods to manage VSS options
#159 Include filters in create inventory report

v0.9.26 (2018-12-07)

#157 VssManager code improvements
#156 VM/Controller resource list
#155 docker image issue when removing library

v0.9.25 (2018-09-28)

#152 download_inventory_result fails when no file has been created
#153 Update requests module to 2.19.1
#155 docker image issue when pulling

v0.9.24 (2018-07-27)

#147 Rename docker/2.7 to docker/2 and docker/3.6 to docker/3
#148 Set Default Docker image to python 3 instead of python 2
#149 get_token throws 404 error
#151 Update gitlab issue template VersionRelease.md

v0.9.23 (2018-07-20)

#145 Add methods to manage user ssh-keys

v0.9.22 (2018-07-09)

#143 Update create_inventory_file and remove uuid, name properties since they are no longer needed
#142 Expose new disk backing as get_vm_disk_backing

v0.9.21 (2018-06-01)

#139 Implement bumb2version to handle version management and update in multiple files
#140 Implement delete folder method

v0.9.20 (2018-05-22)

#135 Exception thrown when call update_user_request_notification_settings
#136 enable_user_message_digest and disable_user_message_digest are not working properly
#137 Missing get_user_message_digest method in class

v0.9.18 (2018-05-18)

#132 Add/Update User notification and digest settings
#128 Upgrade docker/2.7 image to python 2.7.15
#134 Changelog improvements: add release date

v0.9.17 (2018-05-04)

#125 Use twine to deploy to PyPI
#126 Decommission python 3.5 Image
#127 Update update_vm_cd to improve usability
#129 Upgrade docker/3.6 image to python 3.6.5
#131 Remove docker/3.5/Dockerfile from gitlab issue template version release

v0.9.16 (2018-04-27)

#122 Update Repository documentation from RST to MD
#124 Update User email settings to enable submission and completion

v0.9.15 (2018-04-20)

#117 Update VM memory hot add setting
#116 Update VM cpu hot add/remove setting
#119 Update User email settings to enable/disable digests
#121 Update PyPI package metadata

v0.9.13 (2018-04-13)

#113 VMX updates update_vm_version and update_vm_version_policy

v0.9.12 (2018-03-29)

#111 Error installing on environments where Python 3 thinks are restricted to ASCII data

v0.9.11 (2018-02-28)

#108 Expose API user message methods
#110 manager._get_objects fails when empty data body is returned

v0.9.10 (2018-02-22)

#106 User Agent structure improvements #106

v0.9.9 (2018-02-09)

#103 Re-Branding EIS Virtual Cloud to ITS Private Cloud
#104 Update docker/3.5 image to 3.5.5

v0.9.8 (2018-02-02)

#98 Method reboot_vm invalid return attribute
#99 Update Python 3.6 Docker image to 3.6.4
#100 Add GitLab issue templates
#101 Handle authentication credentials in get_vm_console
#102 Add get_vm_guest to obtain guest os attributes

v0.9.7.1 (2018-01-26)

#89 Update create_vm_nic to support multiple NIC creation
#93 Update create_vm_disk to support multiple Disk creation
#90 Doc/Reference update VSS Wiki links
#91 Update requests module to 2.18.4
#92 Warnings when building documentation
#96 New method to delete multiple disks
#95 New method to delete multiple NICs
#97 request_v2 DELETE method do not send a valid payload

v0.9.6 (2017-11-28)

Docker: Remove Maintainer from Dockerfile since it’s been deprecated #88
CI: Replace PEP8 python library with Pycodestyle #87
get_images lists public ISOs instead of VM images #86
Reprocess failed new and change requests #85

v0.9.5 (2017-11-20)

Sort for folders and networks #84
Methods to manage ImageSyncRequests: sync personal image store #83
Adapt new personal and global image stores: advanced sorting and filtering #82
Dump response headers if an exception occurs: debug flag for troubleshooting #81

v0.9.4 (2017-10-25)

Create virtual nic without unit #80
Create virtual disk without unit #79
VM sorting query string parameters #78
ISO/Image/Floppy filter and sorting query string parameters #77
GitLab CI general improvements for build optimization #76

v0.9.3 (2017-10-12)

New customization specification improvements #74

v0.9.2 (2017-10-11)

New customization specification is introduced in version 3.2 of the RESTful API #73
CI deploy docs to eis.utoronto.ca/~vss/pyvss #72

v0.9.1 (2017-10-04)

Update Docker images with latest python version #71

v0.9.0 (2017-09-14)

get_vm_vss_description & update_vm_vss_description to get and set vm description #69
get_vm_notes & update_vm_notes to get and set vm client custom notes #70

v0.8.8 (2017-07-21)

get_vm_vss_client & update_vm_vss_client to obtain and set vm client #67
support for different endpoints #68

v0.8.7 (2017-04-20)

Compatibility issues between python versions #66
Relative import error in python 3 #65
Handle properly unicode in authentication credentials #64

v0.8.6 (2017-03-31)

get_user_group to obtain user group info and members #63

v0.8.5 (2017-03-25)

Error cloning virtual machine create_vm_from_clone #62

v0.8.4 (2017-03-17)

get_vm_alarm to obtain given alarm info #61
extend_snapshot_request does not return a valid object #60

v0.8.3 (2017-03-07)

Download inventory file from API #56
Improvements in processing responses #57

v0.8.2 (2017-02-23)

New method deploy_vm_from_template allow individual specification #54
GetToken method generates token based on env vars and user/pass params #50
create_vms_from_template renamed to deploy_vms_from_template #55
5xx errors from API need to be properly handled #49
create_vms_from_templates adds suffix _n if one vm is deployed #52

v0.8.1 (2017-02-13)

New virtual machine request method exposing new attribute meta_data #44
New virtual machine request method exposing new attribute custom_spec #45
New virtual machine request method exposing new attribute user_data #46
Create virtual machine custom spec for guest os reconfiguration #47
Documentation improvements
Install instructions from source should let users know public key is required when cloning via ssh #43
Executing manager.py throws import error #48

v0.8.0 (2017-02-06)

Display permissions in objects #31
Upgrade Docker images to latest python #32
Extend and improve create_vm method #35
Display HA group of a given VM #38
Manage VM VSS HA Group #39
Guest OS Customization Specification #41
Get Operating System method improvements #29
VM updating custom notes payload #30
Update backend URL to https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca #34
pyvss.exceptions.VssError does not provide any feedback but the status code #36
PATCH method not supported error in revert_vm_snapshot #40

v0.7.1 (2017-01-02)

Implement Bearer Authorization Header #28
Error when renaming vm #27

v0.7 (2016-12-07)

Delete VM method check for power state != on #26
Remove webdav client dependency #24
Method not supported update_vm_vss_admin #25
Usage parameter is ignored in create_vm, create_vms and create_vm_from_image #23

v0.6.1 (2016-11-16)

User resource methods #16
Virtual Machine floppy management #18
Get available Floppy images #19
Helper method to hash strings using SHA-512 #22
Docker Image build and deployed to internal registry #15
Docker Image build for python 2.7 and 3.5 #17
Documentation theme and contents updated #21
Helper methods not working properly on python3 #20

v0.5 (2016-10-31)

Querying Request management with pagination #14
Method to update change request scheduled #12
Module to interact with VSKEY-STOR from within PyVSS #11
New method to extend snapshots for a given number of hours. #10
Add helper module to store support functions #9
Add get extra_config method #8
Get user tokens improvements #13