v2.2.0-beta.1 - 2024-03-20 #5458

HanlinMiao · 2024-03-20T14:07:52Z

HanlinMiao
Mar 20, 2024
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What's Changed

Added

#1 - Added new models for software versions and software image files.
#1 - Added a many-to-many relationship from Device to SoftwareImageFile.
#1 - Added a many-to-many relationship from DeviceType to SoftwareImageFile.
#1 - Added a many-to-many relationship from InventoryItem to SoftwareImageFile.
#1 - Added a many-to-many relationship from VirtualMachine to SoftwareImageFile.
#1 - Added a foreign key relationship from Device to SoftwareVersion.
#1 - Added a foreign key relationship from InventoryItem to SoftwareVersion.
#1 - Added a foreign key relationship from VirtualMachine to SoftwareVersion.
#230 - Added Contact and Team Models.
#1150 - Added environment variable support for most admin-configurable settings (ALLOW_REQUEST_PROFILING, BANNER_TOP, etc.)
#3111 - Initial work on the controller model.
#3559 - Added HardwareFamily model class. (Renamed before release to DeviceFamily.)
#3559 - Added device_family field to Device Type model class.
#4269 - Added REST API endpoint for VRFDeviceAssignment model.
#4270 - Added REST API endpoint for VRFPrefixAssignment model.
#4811 - Enabled sorting on the API endpoints for tree node models.
#5012 - Added database indexes to the ObjectChange model to improve performance when filtering by user_name, changed_object, or related_object, and also by changed_object in combination with user or user_name.
#5064 - Added job_import_button template-tag and marked import_button button template-tag as deprecated.
#5064 - Added nautobot.apps.utils.get_view_for_model utility function.
#5064 - Added can_add, can_change, can_delete, can_view, and has_serializer filters to the /api/extras/content-types/ REST API.
#5067 - Added q (SearchFilter) filter to all filtersets where it was missing.
#5067 - Added two generic test cases for q filter: test_q_filter_exists and test_q_filter_valid.
#5097 - Added a JSON Schema file for Nautobot settings (nautobot/core/settings.yaml).
#5097 - Added REST API endpoint to show the JSON Schema for authenticated users.
#5098 - Added client-side GraphQL, JSON, XML, and YAML syntax highlighting with the highlight.js library.
#5101 - Added a utility to help when writing migrations that replace database models.
#5107 - Added hyperlinked_email and hyperlinked_phone_number template tags/filters.
#5127 - Added bulk-edit and bulk-delete capabilities for Jobs.
#5129 - Implemented jobs tile view.
#5188 - Added table of related Device Families to the DeviceType detail view.
#5278 - Added permission constraint for User Token.
#5341 - Added /apps/ and /api/apps/ URL groupings, initially containing only the installed-apps/ sub-items.
#5341 - Added nautobot-apps key to the /api/status/ REST API endpoint.
#5342 - Added MigrationsBackend to health-check, which will fail if any unapplied database migrations are present.
#5347 - Added an option to the Job-based CSV import to make atomic transactions optional.
#5349 - Added REST API for vlan-to-location and prefix-to-location M2M.

Changed

#2906 - Increased max_length on all CharFields to at least 255 characters except where a shorter max_length is explicitly justified.
#4334 - Changed Prefix.location to Prefix.locations allowing multiple Locations to be associated with a given Prefix.
#4334 - Changed VLANGroup default ordering to be sorted by name alone since it is a unique field.
#4412 - Changed VLAN.location to VLAN.locations allowing multiple Locations to be associated with a given VLAN.
#4811 - Changed the behavior of tree model tables: now they are sortable, and after sorting is applied, all hierarchy indentations are removed.
#5064 - Changed CSV import functionality to run as a system Job, avoiding HTTP timeouts when importing large data sets.
#5064 - Updated JobResult main tab to render any return value from the Job as syntax-highlighted JSON.
#5126 - Rearranged Job List table row contents.
#5341 - Renamed Plugins navigation menu to Apps. Apps that add to this menu are encouraged to update their navigation.py to use the new name.
#5341 - Renamed Installed Plugins view to Installed Apps.
#5341 - Changed permissions on the Installed Apps views to be visible to all authenticated users, not just staff/superuser accounts.
#5342 - Changed default Docker HEALTHCHECK to use nautobot-server health_check CLI command.
#5405 - Changed DeviceType list view "Import" button to include a dropdown to select between JSON/YAML or CSV import formats.
#5405 - Changed DeviceType list view "Export" button to default to YAML format.
#5412 - Changed DeviceType YAML/JSON import to now map unrecognized port template type values to "other" instead of failing the import.
#5414 - Changed ImportObjects.roll_back_if_error form field help text and label.

Deprecated

#5064 - Deprecated the import_button button template-tag.
#5116 - Deprecated the nautobot.apps.exceptions.ConfigurationError class as it is no longer used in Nautobot core and is trivially reimplementable by any App if desired.
#5341 - Deprecated the plugins key under the /api/status/ REST API endpoint. Refer to nautobot-apps instead.

Removed

#5064 - Removed the requirement for ViewTestCases subclasses to define csv_data for testing bulk-import views, as this functionality is now covered by a generic system Job.
#5116 - Removed logan-derived application startup logic, simplifying the Nautobot startup code flow.

Fixed

#4334 - Fixed ordering of VLANs in the UI list view.
#5064 - Fixed an exception in Job.after_return() if a Job with an optional FileVar was executed without supplying a value for that variable.
#5116 - Fixed inability to specify a --config PATH value with the nautobot-server runserver command.
#5186 - Fixed Prefix.ip_version and IPAddress.ip_version fields to be non-nullable.
#5220 - Fixed contacts field in "Add a new team" form not populating.
#5241 - Fixed rendering of NavMenuItems that do not define any specific required permissions.
#5241 - Fixed incorrect construction of NavMenuTab and NavMenuGroup permissions.
#5241 - Fixed incorrect permissions required for Roles navigation menu item.
#5298 - Fixed a ValidationError that was being thrown when a user logged out.
#5298 - Fixed a case where viewing a completed JobResult that was missing a date_done value would cause the JobResult view to repeatedly refresh.

Dependencies

#5248 - Broadened Markdown dependency to permit versions up to 3.5.x.

Documentation

#5179 - Updated all documentation referencing the example_plugin to refer to the (renamed) example_app.
#5179 - Replaced some "plugin" references in the documentation with "App" or "Nautobot App" as appropriate.
#5248 - Removed source code excerpts from the "App Developer Guide > Code Reference" section of the documentation.
#5341 - Replaced references to "plugins" in the documentation with "Apps".

Housekeeping

#5099 - Added mkdocs-macros-plugin as a development/documentation-rendering dependency.
#5099 - Refactored documentation in optional-settings and required-settings to be generated automatically from settings.yaml schema.
#5099 - Replaced nautobot/core/settings.json with nautobot/core/settings.yaml for improved readability and maintainability.
#5105 - Added Bulk Edit functionality for ContactAssociation.
#5105 - Added Bulk Edit buttons for associated contact tables in the contacts tabs of object detail views.
#5145 - Added data migration to populate default statuses and default roles for the ContactAssociation model.
#5179 - Renamed example_plugin to example_app.
#5179 - Renamed example_plugin_with_view_override to example_app_with_view_override.
#5179 - Replaced all "plugin" terminology within the examples directory with "App", except in cases where the terminology is embedded in core code (settings.PLUGINS, plugins: and plugins-api named URLs, etc.)
#5179 - Replaced some "plugin" terminology in docstrings, comments, and test code with "app" as appropriate.
#5187 - Removed "Add Contact" button from the standard buttons in the detail views.
#5187 - Renamed "Assign Contact/Team" UI buttons text from "Create", "Create and Add Another" to "Assign" and "Assign and Add Another".
#5187 - Split out Contact/Team icons into a separate column and renamed the columns to "Type" and "Name" on AssociatedContactsTable.
#5207 - Made role attribute required on ContactAssociation Model.
#5213 - Made the default action when assigning a contact/team to an object to be the assignment of an existing contact/team.
#5214 - Fixed the bug causing Contact Tab disappear when the user navigates to the Notes and Changelog Tabs.
#5221 - Fixed the return URL from adding/assigning a contact/team from ObjectDetailView to redirect to the contacts tab instead of the main tab.
#5248 - Updated development dependencies including coverage, django-debug-toolbar, factory-boy, mkdocs-material, mkdocstrings, mkdocstrings-python, pylint, rich, ruff, selenium, splinter, towncrier, watchdog, and yamllint to their latest available versions.
#5272 - Fixed incorrectly set return urls on the edit and delete buttons of job tile view.
#5352 - Renamed HardwareFamily to DeviceFamily.

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