--- title: "MAAS Development Summary – August 21, 2017\n | Ubuntu" description: Hello MAASters! This is the development summary for the past couple of weeks:MAAS 2.3 (current development release)The team is preparing and testing the next official release, MAAS 2.3 alpha2. It is currently undergoing a heavy round of testing and will be announced separately the beginning of the upcoming week. In the past three weeks, t […] url: https://ubuntu.com/blog/maas-development-summary-august-21-2017?format=md keywords: index, follow --- 1. [Blog](https://ubuntu.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 18 August 2017 # MAAS Development Summary – August 21, 2017 --- Share the article Hello MAASters! This is the development summary for the past couple of weeks: ### MAAS 2.3 (current development release) The team is preparing and testing the next official release, MAAS 2.3 alpha2. It is currently undergoing a heavy round of testing and will be announced separately the beginning of the upcoming week. In the past three weeks, the team has: * **Support for CentOS Network configuration** We have completed the work to support CentOS Advanced Networking, which provides the ability for users to configure VLAN, bond and bridge interfaces, bringing it feature parity with Ubuntu. This will be available in MAAS 2.3 alpha 2. * **Support for Windows Network configuration** MAAS can now configure NIC teaming (bonding) and VLAN interfaces for Windows deployments. This uses the native NetLBFO in Windows 2008+. Contact us for more information [1]. * **Hardware Testing Phase 2** + Testing scripts now define a type field that informs MAAS for which component will be tested and where the resulting metrics will apply. This may be node, cpu, memory, or storage, defaults to node. + Completed work to support the definition and parsing of a YAML based description for custom test scripts. This allows the user to defined the test’s title, description, and the metrics the test will output, which allows MAAS to parse and eventually display over the UI/API. * **Network beaconing & better network discovery** + Beaconing is now fully functional for controller registration and interface updates! + When registering or updating a new controller (either the first standalone controller, or a secondary/HA controller), new interfaces that have been determined to be on an existing VLAN will not cause a new fabric to be created in MAAS. * **Switch modeling** + The basic database model for the new switching model has been implemented. + On-going progress of presenting switches in the node listing is under way. + Work is in-progress to allow MAAS to deploy a rack controller which will be utilized when deploying a new switch with MAAS. * **Minor UI improvements** + Renamed “Device Discovery” to “Network Discovery”. + Discovered devices where MAAS cannot determine the hostname now just show the hostname as “unknown” and grayed out instead of using the MAC address manufacturer as the hostname. * **Bug fixes:** + LP: #1704444 – MAAS API returns 500 internal server error instead of raising actual error. + LP: #1705501 – django warning on install + LP: #1707971 – MAAS becomes unstable after rack controller restarts + LP: #1708052 – Quick erase doesn’t remove md superblock + LP: #1710681 – Cannot delete an Ubuntu image, “Update Selection” is disabled ### MAAS 2.2.2 Released in the Ubuntu Archive! MAAS 2.2.2 has now also been released in the Ubuntu Archive. For more details on MAAS 2.2.2, please see [2]. [1]: [2]: [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Ubuntu news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Fine tune your own custom LLM with Canonical Charmed Kubeflow and Feast](https://ubuntu.com/blog/fine-tune-your-own-custom-llm-with-canonical-charmed-kubeflow-and-feast) So you want your own pet LLM huh? Knowing where to start can be quite tricky, so luckily for you I’ve put together this end-to-end guide. It’ll get you not just started; you’ll... 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