# 7.2.0~beta1

2022-07-18

Beta release 1 of 7.2 branch

* Architecture #17936: rudderc: handle interpolation of extern variables
* User story #18112: Implement struct definition syntax
* User story #18878: handle rudderlang types expressions in conditions
* User story #18965: Allow to create scopes in expressions
* User story #19804: Allow to skip n last paramters if they have a default value
* Bug #19866: Rudderlang must support dynamic built classes
* Bug #19867: Block definition right after a variable definition break the compiler
* Architecture #19920: root inventory is missing and need to be resent after install
* User story #20016: The Rudder language should be able to export medata in the resulting json
* Bug #20023: Rudder language can not define variables containing the dollar sign
* Bug #20247: rudderc successful outputs are misleading
* Bug #20248: Incompatibilty between rudderc and technique editor for some methods
* Bug #20603: Reports on method using iterator are wrong in the cli output
* User story #20763: Syntax hightlighing for rudder language
* Bug #20767: Error field in technique json is named $errors
* Bug #20776: Cannot use file_key_value_present_option in rudderc
* Architecture #20971: Adapt the DSC code generator to the new ncf syntax
* Architecture #21045: Update Rust toolchain for 7.2
* Architecture #21047: Move shared-files purge from crond to a task in relayd
* Bug #21048: Improve rudderc testing system
* Architecture #21059: Remove cron config from relay
* User story #21068: Add option to make user login case insensitive
* Enhancement #21072: Update the dashboard design with the new graphic charter
* Enhancement #21081: Adapt rule details to have the list of directives/nodes that appear faster
* User story #21082: List of hooks API
* User story #21083: Provide a page to list the different hooks of a Rudder server
* Architecture #21084: Create a new rudder-server package
* User story #21085: Document the use case for an external DB
* Architecture #21086: Create a package for people having an external DB
* Architecture #21087: Create transitional packages for migrating to the new rudder-server package
* Architecture #21091: Require Java 11
* Architecture #21092: Require jdk-11 - rudder part
* User story #21093: rudder-server-relay must be renamed rudder-relay in rudder repo
* Bug #21097: Cleanup package build
* Architecture #21098: Merge rudder-server postinst
* Enhancement #21099: Harmonise the color scheme used in Rudder
* User story #21101: Document new packages and installation process
* Architecture #21102: Update scala dependencies
* Architecture #21109: Make Java 11 the minimal required version
* Architecture #21110: Document the java minimum version
* Bug #21116: Cannot build 7.2 anymore
* Architecture #21117: Moving create node plugin into Rudder
* Bug #21118: Can't build 7.2 on rhel8
* Bug #21120: rudder-relay postinst fails to restart apache
* Bug #21123: rudder package cannot find version anymore
* Bug #21124: rudder package cannot find version anymore -  typo
* Bug #21128: wrong dependency on rudder-server for rpm
* Architecture #21133: Minify the javascript produced by elm
* Architecture #21134: Proper build script for elm applications
* Bug #21135: rudder server create user error
* Architecture #21136:  Minify js produced by elm - plugins
* Bug #21137: Upgrade to Jetty 10
* Architecture #21139: Update to Rust 1.61.0 and update dependencies
* Architecture #21141: Update C dependencies
* Architecture #21149: Update Javascript dependencies 
* Bug #21151: Make rudder-jetty.conf and default rudder-jetty compatible with JVM 11 and 17
* Architecture #21155: Cleanup relayd tests
* Enhancement #21162: Update Rust dev environment doc
* Bug #21180: Improve elm build consistency with plugins
* Bug #21181: Allow BSD-3-Clause dependencies for rudderc
* Architecture #21189:  Minify js produced by elm - private plugins
* Architecture #21197: Prepare new rudderc implementation
* Architecture #21201: Allow passing options to postgresql connection URL
* Bug #21218: Dependency vuln in 7.2
* Architecture #21221: Upgrade Bootstrap to 3.4.1
* Architecture #21222: Improve yaml format
* Architecture #21223: Move create node doc in rudder core
* Architecture #21224: Add generic method metadata parsing to rudderc
* Architecture #21225: Move api doc create node in rudder
* Architecture #21227: Add a model for native resources
* Enhancement #21238:  Rename "classic" and "DSC" agents to "Linux" et "Windows"
* Bug #21243: Bad webapp directory in jetty 10 
* Enhancement #21244: Add an ldap index on softwareId to improve software queries performance
* Enhancement #21246: Add an ldap index on nodeId to improve performance
* User story #21247: Add an API endpoint to export rules, directives, techniques, groups and their dependencies in an archive
* Enhancement #21249: Documentation about case-insensitive logins
* Architecture #21259: Add docs about F# dev environment
* Architecture #21266: Cleanup methods (ncf) repository
* Bug #21274: Broken 7.2 build on SLES15
* Bug #21275: Disable dwz as it fails on some rudder-relayd binaries on Debian 10
* Bug #21276:  Broken build on 7.2 for debian10 - server
* Architecture #21278: Package new rudderc in 7.2
* Bug #21280: Ignore rudderc/repos in tests
* Architecture #21281: Split the rudderc crate
* Architecture #21287: Parse native resource type information in rudderc
* Bug #21290: Fix typos in techniques API doc
* User story #21293: Allow overriding rudder-web.properties parameters with files in rudder-web.properties.d
* Architecture #21297: Add a technique for campaign-based system-update
* Architecture #21298: Update rustup
* Bug #21299: yum installs openjdk8 with rudder 7.2
* Architecture #21300: Use new rudderc binary
* Bug #21301: Java does not default to 11 even if it is installed
* Bug #21302: Wrong target for rudderc install
* Bug #21311: Wrong API url for creating nodes
* Bug #21313: Wong path used for rudderc compilation
* User story #21315: Add revision to node groups
* User story #21316: Allow "rudder package" command install multiple plugins at once
* Architecture #21319: Allow plugins to have multiple menu entries
* User story #21321: Add API endpoint to import an archive of rules/etc
* Bug #21325: rudder-relay cannot take over rudder-server-relay because of conffiles
* Bug #21327: Allow report_json in relayd
* Bug #21328: groff is necessary to build rudder server
* Bug #21329: conffiles must be restored after a divert
* User story #21330: Change default behavior from moving node inventories to archive branch to erasing them
* Bug #21331: rudder-external-db doesn't use provided database
* User story #21333: Document external DB installation
* Bug #21335: rudder-external-db doesn't use provided database -  missing postinst
* Bug #21338: external-db doesn't build for rpm
* Bug #21339: external-db doesn't build for rpm -  build fail
* Bug #21340: external-db doesn't build for rpm -  wrong password file
* Enhancement #21347: Rename "DSC" and "classic" agent to "Linux" et "Windows"  in documentation
* User story #21348: Update the css template for the integration of the system update campaigns plugin
* Bug #21350: Missing comment in configuration.properties.sample
* Bug #21351: external db should set rudder.postgresql.local to false
* Architecture #21357: Add rhel9 support to packages
* Bug #21359: Add rhel9 support to packages -  openssl 3 only
* Bug #21361: unescaped percent in specfile
* Bug #21363: unescaped percent in specfile -  too many %
* Architecture #21378: Remove rudderc integration from the webapp
* Bug #21379: yum installs external-db instead of postgresql by default
* Bug #21381: yum installs external-db instead of postgresql by default -  still the same
* Bug #21382: yum installs external-db instead of postgresql by default -   bis
* Architecture #21383: Add logic to handle campaign within Rudder
* User story #21394: Missing API documentation for import/export policies with dependencies
* Bug #21402: Restrict rights for rudder-web.properties.d
* Architecture #21407: Prepare doc for 7.2
* Architecture #21410:  Prepare API doc for 7.2