Hi all,

We are happy to announce that LinchPin v1.2.0 has been released. This is an enhancement release, which has the following updates:

runDB - Provides a centralized json (tinydb) database for tracking provisioning transactions - A run_id is now assigned to each transaction - A 'unique-ish' hash is assigned to each transaction, some providers use this in the naming of the instances - The the most recent 'up' transaction in the database is used on any destroy actions - A --run-id (-r) flag can be passed to idempotently provision, or destroy any specific transaction

Deprecate output_writer role. Use gather_resources role, which refers to runDB as appropriate. The libvirt module has multiple improvements - Enhanced schema to enable cloud_config for cloud-init functionality - Libvirt functionality can now be run on a remote system - SSH keys can be passed using the cloud-init ssh-import-id functionality - Keys can be copied from the local system or from remote locations - This supports downloading keys from github and launchpad - Enabled virt console for troubleshooting issues - May require privilege escalation to copy images and keys

Linchpin Journal - provides output from the runDB for each transaction

Openstack can now boot from an image

Docker images now perform integration testing

Installation documentation improvements

The official release notes are available at https://github.com/CentOS-PaaS -SIG/linchpin/releases/tag/v1.2.0

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

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

Cheers and enjoy!  Clint Savage LinchPin Maintainer Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat twitter: @herlo, github: herlo, IRC: herlo, #linchpin