New LTS release of Puppet Enterprise version 2021.7.0 is now available!

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Aug 30, 2022, 6:06:12 PM8/30/22
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We're excited to announce the new LTS release of Puppet Enterprise, version 2021.7. This new LTS release provides many new features and enhancements to help you and your team scale your enterprise while curtailing cost. Please refer to the Release Notes HERE. The following are some highlights:

 

New features in this release include:


  • Force stop in-progress Puppet runs

  • pe_status_check module bundled with PE

  • New Orchestrator scheduling API

  • Use the RBAC API to set the disclaimer text on the console login page

  • Automatically sync LDAP user details and group membership

  • Stop LDAP users from logging in if they have no group membership

  • Metrics API v2 documentation

  • Disaster recovery support for FIPS platforms


Enhancements in this release include:


  • Orchestrator API endpoints return "total": 0 if there are no jobs

  • Activity service API /v2/events endpoint returns more information for orchestrator events

  • We are now shipping JRuby 9.3.4.0.

  • We updated the PostgreSQL driver in some PE components to address CVE-2022-31197.


This version adds support for these platforms:


Agent

  • macOS 12 M1

  • Ubuntu (General Availability kernels) 22.04 x86_64

  • Microsoft Windows 11 x86, x64

Client tools

  • Ubuntu (General Availability kernels) 22.04 x86_64

  • macOS 12 M1, M2

Patch management

  • Ubuntu (General Availability kernels) 22.04 x86_64

  • Microsoft Windows 11 x64

 

Resolved in this release:

  • Code Manager couldn't fetch code on FIPS platforms

  • An unreachable replica consumed all of the primary server's disk space

  • Orchestrator ignored _noop when passed to run_task() through a plan

  • Some RBAC endpoints returned an incorrect Content-Type

  • LDAP with anonymous binding sometimes prevented Console Services from starting or restarting

 

 

Check out the release notes for a complete list of changes and full descriptions: https://puppet.com/docs/pe/2021.7/release_notes_pe.html#release_notes_pe_x-7

 

Download PE 2021.7.0 here: https://puppet.com/try-puppet/puppet-enterprise/download/

 

As a current Puppet Enterprise user, you can update to this new version as part of your annual subscription. When updating, you must update infrastructure components first and then update agents. For detailed instructions, see the documentation.
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