Razor 1.8.1 Released

[Scott McClellan]

Hey All,

I'd like to announce a release of Razor server and Razor client today: 1.8.1. Most of this release is geared toward improving how we (Puppet) can support the product going forward, namely by combining our Enterprise and open-source offerings into the same repositories. For that reason, most changes will be unnoticeable. Here are some highlights from this release:

- We've updated to JRuby 9.1.5.0 and Torquebox 3.2.0.

- We've removed the Ubuntu Lucid and Precise tasks due to their EOL. If you are using either of these tasks, feel free to copy them to your local install, but we will not be shipping updates to them.

- On the client side, if you don't supply the `-u` argument or the RAZOR_API environment variable, the client will first attempt a HEAD request to TLS-enabled localhost port 8151 (the default for the enterprise version) before falling back to 8150. This is a backwards-compatible change, but is worth calling out in case you notice that new request being made.

For a full list of updates, see both the server's NEWS.md file and the client's NEWS.md file.

If you're new to Razor, the installation page on the wiki should help you get started. Enjoy!

Download the release:

  Server:      Available from http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppet5 and

               http://apt.puppetlabs.com/

  Client:      https://rubygems.org/gems/razor-client/versions/1.8.1

  Microkernel: http://pup.pt/razor-microkernel-latest

Note: We are no longer distributing a .zip/.knob file containing the server's packages due to lack of usage in that medium.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Scott McClellan

Senior Software Engineer

Puppet