1.2.0

This release has changed how passwords are handled. Passwords are no longer predefined and they are required to be populated before executing playbooks.

Minor Changes

• Comply with Security regulations #79
  • Remove all hardcoded passwords
  • Add validation for placeholder and empty passwords to fail playbook at beginning.
  • Update readme with warnings and explanations for password usage.
  • Add recommended steps to use Ansible Vault.

Bugfixes

• Change few variables with 'true' to true where it was required (identified during testing).
• Fix readme typo with incorrect role name.

1.1.3

Bugfixes

• all: Remove executable flag from yml files and fix typos in interactive mode #77

1.1.2

Minor Changes

• New scenario sap_s4hana_sandbox_syscopy #71
• Placeholder variable validation, Rsync destination regex and usability improvements #72
• Enable PR linting, noqa for placeholder checks and add sap_infrastructure 1.1.3 bastion variable #73
• action: Add rsync checksum and improve output verbosity #75

1.1.1

Minor Changes

• Update existing hosts extravars files, Azure comments and inventory comments #68

1.1.0

Major Changes

• Interactive prompts for end-user, across all supported scenarios and target platforms
• Simplified variable files, structure and comments

Minor Changes

• Add github action for publishing stage to main #58
• all: Add author to publish action and update ansible_requirements #62
• all: Default SAP HANA master password and readme update explaining S-user #64

Developer Major Changes

Reduce code duplication, through fragment files and automation.

• all: Add fragments with Interactive prompts, platform images and vars #57

  • New Interactive Mode supporting all non-experimental platforms and scenarios. Full documentation is present at common_fragments/tasks/interactive/README.md
  • New folder common_fragments that will be used for re-used variables and tasks, shared across all scenarios.
  • New platform variable fragments for separate management of OS images and Platform variables.

• Add github action for publishing stage to main #58

  • New github action automation that will be used for distributing common_fragments across scenarios.

• all: Update all scenarios with new fragments and new workflow #59

  • All scenario extravars are split into fragments
    • _base that contains scenario specific variables
    • _spec that contains host specification
  • Playbook is updated to:
    • Include new interactive mode from #57
    • Simplify var lookup to reduce long lines and reuse them
    • Move some functionality from sap_vm_provision to playbook to reduce dependencies and enable existing_hosts
  • Replaced hana and swpm dictionaries (sap_swpm_templates_install_dictionary) with one common for both sap_software_install_dictionary in order to simplify playbooks
    • Move wildcards into sap_software_install_dictionary
    • Move distributed system entries one level lower so we can make lookup easier - all will be under product, not product+group
  • Added comments to all variables in extravars files

1.0.7

• Update SAP Software download tasks in playbook with newly released release 1.2.0 of sap_launchpad

1.0.6

• Restructure each scenario's subdirectory
  • Create separate extravars file for each target infrastructure platform
  • Merge leftover scenario/optional/extravars_noninteractive.yml to the main scenario/ansible_extravars.yml file
• Upgrade requirements for each scenario's Ansible Playbook
  • community.sap_install Ansible Collection version 1.5.3
  • community.general Ansible Collection
  • fedora.linux_system_roles Ansible Collection
  • azure.azcollection Ansible Collection
  • google.cloud Ansible Collection
  • ovirt.ovirt Ansible Collection
  • openstack.cloud Ansible Collection
  • vmware.vmware_rest Ansible Collection

1.0.5

• Add Ansible Playbook for SAP Business Suite (ECC) with IBM Db2, Distributed installation (with HA)
• Upgrade Ansible Playbook requirements
  • community.sap_infrastructure Ansible Collection version 1.1.0
  • community.sap_install Ansible Collection version 1.5.0
  • cloud.common Ansible Collection
  • cloud.terraform Ansible Collection
  • fedora.linux_system_roles Ansible Collection
  • amazon.aws Ansible Collection
  • community.aws Ansible Collection
  • azure.azcollection Ansible Collection
  • ibm.cloudcollection Ansible Collection
• Update GH Action with additional search/replace wildcards
• Update OS Images for Hyperscaler Cloud Service Providers (inc. BYOL/BYOS for SLES)
• Update SAP installation media
• Fix SAP installation media copy/paste errors for ppc64le in SAP BW/4HANA Ansible Playbooks
• Fix host specifications storage tier mistake for IBM Power VS
• Fix handling for SAP HANA Scale-Out nodes (use regex)

1.0.4

• Hotfix for incorrect documentation regarding SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP (SLES4SAP) compatibility

1.0.3

• Upgrade to sap_infrastructure Ansible Collection version 1.0.1
  • Includes short hostname not longer than 13 characters check, Private DNS in separate Resource Group (MS Azure, IBM Cloud), use Key Pair Name in MS Azure, no_log for secrets protection, and more
• Update OS Images for Hyperscaler Cloud Service Providers
• Update Host Specification Plans and documentation on host/s sizing
• Bug fix for vars[] vs lookup(vars)