We are happy to announce the release of LinchPin v1.6.3! (Hear, Hear!) 
 
This release has the following enhancements:

* Read IP address from correct registered variable (libvirt remote host) #673
* Add `--no-hooks` and `--ignore-failed-hooks` flags to CLI #689
* Add ability to validate layouts #662
* Allow auth_driver to read from vault #663

This release contains the following documentation updates:

* Update/improve linchpin validate documentation #686
* Remove linchpin validate from advanced topics #716 (Fixes #676)

This release fixes the following bugs/regressions:

* Updated linchpin inventory generation to use relative/absolute paths #696 (Fixes #617)
* Fix small regression when creating random new dir #710 (Fixes #705)
* Add auto_ip back to os_server provisioning #667 (Fixes #596)
* Updated PinFile path to use workspace when mentioned #720 (Fixes #718)
* Update flags ordering and add metavars #725 (Fixes #724)

This release adds testing:

* Add integration tests for linchpin validate command #687
* Add unit tests for linchpin validate #688
* Move unit tests from travis to jenkins #692

The official release notes are available at https://github.com/CentOS-PaaS-SIG/linchpin/releases/tag/v1.6.3

This update is available via PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/linchpin/

If you discover any errors or regressions, please open a Github issue (https://github.com/CentOS-PaaS-SIG/linchpin/issues).

Cheers,

Clint Savage, Release Manager
Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat
twitter: @herlo, github: herlo, IRC: herlo, #linchpin (freenode)