[katello-devel] Katello 1.4 Released!

[Partha Aji]

Hello Everyone,

It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of Katello 1.4
(Quadrupel).

* Full release notes can be found here (Please read before installing):
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/ReleaseNotes14

* For fresh installations, please use steps from: ​
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/Install

* To upgrade your installation, please follow steps from: ​
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/Upgrade


The download locations are
    ​http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.4/RHEL/6Server/x86_64/
    ​http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.4/Fedora/19/x86_64/ 

with client repositories under:
    ​http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.4-client/RHEL/6Server/x86_64/
    ​http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.4-client/Fedora/19/x86_64/ 



Major features and changes:
   * System/Consumer Registration
    * Systems can now be registered directly to Library and consume contents available in the library
    * No need to promote content, or publish a view to consume content 
    * Systems will recieve updates as soon as they are synced

   * Software update
    * Upgraded software stack to Ruby 2.0/Rails 3  for Fedora 19.
    * Now using Pulp 2.3 

   * Puppet - Katello's content management now includes Puppet modules. In Katello 1.4 one can do the following..
    * Create a repository 
    * Sync the repository 
    * Associate the repository with a content view definition 
    * Publish a content view from the definition 
    * Promote the content view to an environment 
    * Upload  puppet modules via cli or web UI
    * Checkout https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/Feature/PuppetContent for more details.

  * Katello Disconnected - simple tool for syncing Red Hat content to a staging server:
    * Checkout https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/GuideKatelloDisconnected

  * Package Uploads -  
    * One can now upload rpms via cli to a repository.
  * Other Enhancements
    * New User Interface for Systems, Products and more.
    * Better integration with Foreman project.
  * 320+ bugs fixed

I would like to thank all the users and developers that have helped
contribute to this release!

- Partha Aji