Release notes ============= This document describes major installer-related changes in Fedora releases. A guide on adding new entries is in the release documentation. Fedora 40 ######### Changes in the graphical interface ---------------------------------- Dir and image installations run only in the non-interactive text mode now ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anaconda now requires a fully defined kickstart file for installations into a local image (via the ``--image`` cmdline option) or a local directory (via the ``--dirinstall`` cmdline option) and these installations can run only in a non-interactive text-based user interface. The ``anaconda`` and ``livemedia-creator`` tools can be used for these types of installations with the following changes: - If a user requests a dir or image installation, Anaconda runs in the text mode. - If the user doesn't specify a kickstart file, Anaconda reports an error and aborts. - If the specified kickstart file is incomplete, Anaconda reports an error and aborts. - All options for specifying the user interface are ignored. See also: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Anaconda_dir_and_image_installations_in_automated_text_mode - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5447 Remove support for additional repositories from GUI ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The widget that allowed users to specify and edit additional repositories for the package installation was removed from the "Installation Source" screen of the GTK-based graphical user interface. Use the kickstart support or the ``inst.addrepo`` boot option to specify additional repositories. See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5448 Redesign the Time & Date spoke in GUI ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The timezone map was removed from the Time & Date spoke in the GTK-based user interface and the spoke was redesigned to accommodate the changes. The installer no longer depends on the the ``libtimezonemap`` package. See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/issues/5404 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/discussions/5355 Remove support for the LUKS version selection from GUI ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All widgets for the LUKS version selection were removed from the "Manual Partitioning" screen of the GTK-based graphical user interface. The installer will use the ``luks2`` version by default for all new devices and keep the LUKS version of existing ones. Use the kickstart support or Blivet GUI to select the LUKS version. See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5395 Remove libgnomekbd ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The library used by Anaconda to display the keyboard preview widget, was switched from libgnomekdb to Tecla. libgnomekdb is stuck in GTK 3 and X11 (libxklavier). See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5417 Remove screenshot support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It was previously possible to take a screenshot of the Anaconda GUI by pressing a global hotkey. This was never widely advertised & rather hard to use for anything useful, as it was also necessary to manually extract the resulting screenshots from the installation environment. Furthermore, with many installations happening in VMs, it is usually more convenient to take a screenshot using the VM software anyway. By dropping screenshot support, we can remove dependency on the ``keybinder3`` library as well as the necessary screenshot code in the GUI. See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5255 Changes in kickstart support ---------------------------- Remove support for NVDIMM namespaces ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All additional support for NVDIMM is being deprecated and removed, especially the support for the namespace reconfiguration. However, namespaces configured in the block/storage mode can be still used for the installation. The ``nvdimm`` kickstart command is deprecated and will be removed in future releases. See also: - https://github.com/storaged-project/blivet/pull/1172 - https://github.com/pykickstart/pykickstart/pull/469 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5353 The installation program now correctly processes the proxy configuration (#2177219) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, the installation program did not correctly process the ``--proxy`` option of the ``url`` Kickstart command or ``inst.proxy`` kernel boot parameter. As a consequence, you could not use the specified proxy to fetch the installation image. With this update, the issue is fixed and proxy works as expected. See also: - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2177219 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4828 Remove and deprecate selected kickstart commands and options ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following deprecated kickstart commands and options are removed: - ``autostep`` - ``method`` - ``logging --level`` - ``repo --ignoregroups`` The following kickstart options are deprecated: - ``timezone --isUtc`` - ``timezone --ntpservers`` - ``timezone --nontp`` - ``%packages --instLangs`` - ``%packages --excludeWeakdeps`` See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5436 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5438 - https://github.com/pykickstart/pykickstart/pull/475 Changes in Anaconda configuration files --------------------------------------- Architecture and hardware support changes ----------------------------------------- General changes --------------- Remove the ``inst.nompath`` boot option ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The ``inst.nompath`` boot option was deprecated in Fedora 36. It is now marked as removed. See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5439 Preliminary support for bootable ostree containers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anaconda can now correctly detect and use the bootupd bootloader used in bootable ostree containers. When the installed container includes the ``bootupctl`` tool, it is used instead of installing the ``grub2`` bootloader by Anaconda. See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5342 Discoverable GPT partitions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anaconda now creates discoverable GPT partitions. This means that the partitions use correct type UUIDs according to the Discoverable Partitions Specification. This behavior can be controlled using the new ``gpt_discoverable_partitions`` configuration option in the ``Storage`` section, which defaults to ``True``. See also: - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2178043 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160074 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4974 - https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/ - https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.html Remove all support of the built-in help system ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The support of the built-in help accessible from spokes and hubs of all user interfaces is removed. The ``help_directory`` Anaconda configuration option is deprecated and removed. The ``anaconda-user-help`` package will be deprecated and removed. Anaconda will aim to make user interfaces self-descriptive and encourage users to use the official documentation of specific Linux distributions available on-line. See also: - https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/getting-started/ - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/ - https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/anaconda-user-help/ Fedora 39 ######### Changes in the graphical interface ---------------------------------- Use keyboard layout configuration from the Live system ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Until now, users had to specify keyboard layout for the Live environment manually in Anaconda. With this change, live system itself is responsible for the keyboard configuration and Anaconda just reads the configuration from the live system for the installed system. The live keyboard layout is used automatically only if the user does not specify it manually. At this moment, only Gnome Shell environment is supported. This is proper fix for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016613 which was resolved by a workaround in the past. It is also a step forward to resolve https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1955025. See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4976 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016613 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1955025 Changes in kickstart support ---------------------------- New kickstart options to control DNS handling ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There are several new options for the ``network`` kickstart command to control handling of DNS: - The ``--ipv4-dns-search`` and ``--ipv6-dns-search`` allow manual setting of DNS search domains. These options mirror their respective NetworkManager properties, for example:: network --device ens3 --ipv4-dns-search example.com,custom-intranet-domain.biz (...) - ``--ipv4-ignore-auto-dns`` and ``--ipv6-ignore-auto-dns`` allow ignoring DNS settings from DHCP. These options do not take any arguments. All of these ``network`` command options must be used together with the ``--device`` option. See also: - https://github.com/pykickstart/pykickstart/pull/431 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4519 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1656662 Changes in Anaconda configuration files --------------------------------------- Deprecated configuration options are now removed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following deprecated configuration file options are now removed: - ``kickstart_modules`` - ``addons_enabled`` See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4764 Allow to turn off geolocation for language selection ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ New ``Localization`` section with ``use_geolocation`` option is added to Anaconda configuration. The option allows to turn off geolocation for language selection. See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4719 Architecture and hardware support changes ----------------------------------------- Add support for compressed kernel modules ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Support for Driver Discs containing compressed kernel modules has been added. Support for compressed kernel modules is limited to file extensions .ko.bz2, .ko.gz, .ko.xz and .ko.zst. See also: - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2032638 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5041 Wait 5 secs during boot for OEMDRV devices (#2171811) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Because disks can take some time to appear, an additional delay of 5 seconds has been added. This can be overridden by boot argument ``inst.wait_for_disks=`` to let dracut wait up to additional seconds (0 turns the feature off, causing dracut to only wait up to 500ms). Alternatively, if the ``OEMDRV`` device is known to be present but too slow to be autodetected, the user can boot with an argument like ``inst.dd=hd:LABEL=OEMDRV`` to indicate that dracut should expect an ``OEMDRV`` device and not start the installer until it appears. See also: - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2171811 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4586 General changes --------------- New Runtime module ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anaconda now has a new D-Bus module called ``Runtime``. This module stores run-time configuration of the installer and provides methods for the overall installer flow control. Warning: This module must always run, or anaconda crashes. Users of the following configuration file entries must adapt to this change: - ``kickstart_modules`` - ``activatable_modules`` - ``forbidden_modules`` - ``optional_modules`` See also: - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4730 Make the EFI System Partition at least 500MiB in size ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The minimum size of the EFI System Partition (ESP) created by Anaconda has changed from 200 MiB to 500 MiB. The maximum size, which is used in most cases, remains at 600 MiB. The reasons for this change include: - This partition is used to deploy firmware updates. These updates need free space of twice the SPI flash size, which will grow from 64 to 128 MiB in near future and make the current partition size too small. - The new minimum is identical with what Microsoft mandates OEMs allocate for the partition. See also: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BiggerESP - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4711 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5081 Respect preferred disk label type provided by blivet (#2092091, #2209760) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In Fedora 37, anaconda was changed to always format disks with GPT disk labels, so long as blivet reported that the platform supports them at all (even if blivet indicated that MBR labels should be preferred). This was intended to implement a plan to prefer GPT disk labels on x86_64 BIOS installs, but in fact resulted in GPT disk labels also being used in other cases. Now, we go back to respecting the preferred disk label type indicated by blivet, by default (a corresponding change has been made to blivet to make it prefer GPT labels on x86_64 BIOS systems). The inst.disklabel option can still be used to force a preference for gpt or mbr if desired. See also: - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2092091 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209760 Install an image using systemd-boot rather than grub (#2135531) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ With this release, systemd-boot can be selected as an alternative boot loader for testing and development purposes. This can be done with ``inst.sdboot`` from the grub/kernel command line or with ``--sdboot`` in a kickstart file as part of the bootloader command. The resulting machine should be free of grub, shim, and grubby packages, with all the boot files on the EFI System Partition (ESP). This may mean that it is wise to dedicate the space previously allocated for ``/boot`` to the ESP in order to assure that future kernel upgrades will have sufficient space. For more information, refer to the anaconda and systemd-boot documentation. See also: - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2135531 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/4368 Fedora 38 ######### Changes in the graphical interface ---------------------------------- Modernized welcome screen on Live CD ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The welcome screen on Live CD has been changed to follow the current design patterns, as well as fit better into the surrounding GTK4-based interface. See the pull request `#4616 `__ for more information. Improved configuration of additional repositories in GUI ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Configuration of additional repositories in the graphical user interface has been improved. The protocol selection is now replaced with a drop-down menu of source actions. The screen also shows only configuration options relevant to the selected source action. See the pull request `#4498 `__ for more details. Installation source errors are visible again ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, errors related to contents of the Installation Source screen did not cause the error message bar to appear at the bottom of the screen. As a consequence, users could not review the error messages and immediately correct the errors on the screen. The error message bar now appears correctly when errors occur. As a result, users can immediately notice errors in the Installation Source screen and correct them. See the pull request `#4501 `__. Japanese translation fits the whole screen ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, using Anaconda in Japanese caused the main screen elements to use larger font than in other languages. As a consequence, the user settings were hidden outside the visible screen area and required scrolling. The sizing has been corrected, and Japanese users can now see the user settings icon and description even on the smallest supported screen sizes again. See the pull request `#4325 `__. Architecture and hardware support changes ----------------------------------------- Do not pass the `rd.znet` boot argument on to the installed system unconditionally ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ With this change, the `rd.znet` boot argument is no longer passed on to the installed system unconditionally on IBM Z systems and the network device is configured and activated after switchroot by udev/NetworkManager. When networking is needed early in initramfs (like in a case of the root file system on iSCSI), `rd.znet` is automatically added to the kernel command line of the installed via a different mechanism. See the pull request `#4303 `__. The dmraid and nodmraid boot options are removed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The ``inst.dmraid`` and ``inst.nodmraid`` boot options have been removed. These options no longer controlled any functionality, after Anaconda started using ``mdadm`` instead of ``dmraid``. See the pull request `#4517 `__ and the related `Fedora Change `__. Biosboot partition verification ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The biosboot partition is now verified on all installation target disks. This improves support for booting from an array. See the pull request `#4277 `__. Multiple bootloader devices on the Manual Partitioning screen ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ With this change, the graphical interface displays correctly all bootloader devices on the Manual Partitioning screen. See the pull request `#4271 `__. Payload changes ----------------- Add support for OSTree native containers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fedora is adding a new enhanced container support for the (rpm-)ostree stack to natively support OCI/Docker containers as a transport and delivery mechanism for operating system content. Anaconda now supports these containers by a new kickstart command `ostreecontainer`. See the pull request `#4617 `__, `Fedora Change `__ and `Pykickstart `__. rpm-ostree now validates checksums for local repositories ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, rpm-ostree installations verified checksums only for installations from a remote repository, while installations from local repositories did not verify the checksums. As a consequence, rpm-ostree installations from local repositories could install corrupted data without any indication. This behavior is now unified, and Anaconda verifies checksums for all rpm-ostree repositories. As a result, all rpm-ostree installations are now protected against installing corrupted data. See the pull request `#4357 `__ for more information. Kickstart support ----------------- Creating hibernation swap from kickstart ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The new ``autopart (...) --hibernation`` kickstart option creates a swap partition with an automatically determined size that is big enough for hibernation. See the pull request `#4275 `__. General changes --------------- Faster core dumps ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, Anaconda used a custom setup for handling tracebacks and saving core dumps. This is now realized by using the ``faulthandler`` Python module and the ``systemd-coredump`` service. As a result, the same debugging data is still available, while the installation environment becomes responsive significantly sooner after tracebacks. As a side effect, the logs from Anaconda and the installation environment now contain different error messages. See the pull request `#4350 `__ for more information. The Web UI of Anaconda is now packaged in Fedora ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anaconda team is working for some time on the new Web UI frontend for the installer and to make this in development Web UI more accessible to people we decided to add this as a new package to Fedora repositories. To be able to consume this Web UI, you need to build ISO with the Web UI package and add kernel boot arguments `inst.webui`. This package is not included in the existing Fedora images by default. See the pull request `#4269 `__. Fedora 37 ######### General changes --------------- GPT is the default disk label type ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fedora Linux systems installed on legacy x86 BIOS systems will get GPT partitioning by default instead of legacy MBR partitioning. This should be a new default for all products. See the `Fedora Change `__ for more info. Read-only /sysroot on RPM OSTree systems ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The RPM OSTree installations set the ``/sysroot`` mount point as read-only instead of read-write to make the newly installed systems more robust. Users and administrators are not expected to directly interact with the content available there and should use the available interfaces to manage their system. See the `pull request `__ and the `Fedora Change `__. Anaconda doesn't copy /etc/resolv.conf to systems ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anaconda does not copy the ``/etc/resolv.conf`` file from the installation environment to the installed system anymore. Creating the file is a business of ``systemd-resolved`` or the Network Manager. Anaconda is not going to interfere into this process anymore. Currently the file is created by ``systemd-resolved`` package during the installation. See the pull requests `#3814 `__ and `#3818 `__. Correct SELinux contexts on existing home directories ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, the installer set incorrect SELinux contexts on home directory contents when reusing home directory from previous installation. The contexts are now set correctly. See the `pull request `__. Enabled hibernation on arm64 with swap ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, the installer enabled resume from hibernation by adding kernel command line option ``resume=swap_device`` only on the x86 architecture family. With this change, the same is done also for the arm64 architecture. As a result, devices of the arm64 architecture are now able to correctly resume from hibernation. See the `pull request `__. Changed default swap size for large-memory systems ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The default swap size on systems with 64 GiB or more RAM is 32 GiB now. Previously, it was 4 GiB. See the `pull request `__. Removed some scripts provided by Anaconda ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following undocumented installed scripts were removed from `anaconda` packages: - ``/usr/bin/analog`` - ``/usr/bin/restart-anaconda`` The following unused development scripts were removed from the Anaconda repository: - ``run_boss_locally.py`` - ``anaconda-read-journal`` - ``list-screens`` - ``make-sphinx-docs`` See the pull requests `#3839 `__ and `#3838 `__. Changes in the graphical interface ---------------------------------- The media verification dialog is improved ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Previously, the media verification dialog indicated a good or bad media check result using the same sentence, differing only in presence of a single "not". Additionally, the dialog did not visually change much upon completion of the check. Consequently, it was not easy to interpret the result of the media check, or even see if it was finished. The dialog now uses a large icon to signal whether the media is good or not, and while the check is running, this icon is absent. As a result, it is now possible to easily tell the state of the media check. See the `pull request `__ and the `screenshot `__. Improved calculation of the space estimation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ During automatic partitioning the disk spoke estimates the space required for the installation and if there isn't enough free space it display a warning dialog suggesting more space should be reclaimed. This estimate included the recommended swap size even when swap wasn't configured to be created. See the bug `2068290 `__. The zFCP dialog supports NPIV-enabled devices ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The "Add zFCP" dialog supports NPIV-enabled zFCP devices. NPIV-enabled devices are activated just by using the device ID. The kernel module will detect the WWPNs and LUNs and bring all the devices up automatically. This means the user doesn't have to provide the WWPN and LUN IDs. See the `pull request `__. The timezone map doesn't show borders ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anaconda is not showing timezone borders in the Time & Date spoke. The map is white now. See the bug `2103657 `__ Changes in the kickstart support -------------------------------- Prompt for a missing passphrase in GUI ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If the kickstart file defines a partitioning that requires a passphrase, the graphical user interface shows a dialog that allows users to provide the missing passphrase. The installation automatically continues after the passphrase is provided. It works the same way in the text user interface. See the `pull request `__. ``rootpw --allow-ssh`` is supported ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Use the ``--allow-ssh`` option of ``rootpw`` kickstart command to allow remote logins of the root user via SSH using only the password. This is disabled by default for the security reasons, so be aware of risks. See the `pull request `__ and the `Fedora Change `__ for the default behaviour. ``zfcp --devnum=`` is supported ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The ``zfcp`` kickstart command supports NPIV-enabled zFCP devices. NPIV-enabled devices are activated just by using the device ID. The kernel module will detect the WWPNs and LUNs and bring all the devices up automatically. This means the user doesn't have to provide the WWPN and LUN IDs:: zfcp --devnum= See the `pull request `__ for more info. Changes in Anaconda options --------------------------- ``inst.gpt`` is deprecated ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Use the ``inst.disklabel`` boot option to specify a preferred disk label type. Specify ``gpt`` to prefer creation of GPT disk labels. Specify ``mbr`` to prefer creation of MBR disk labels if supported. The ``inst.gpt`` boot option is deprecated and will be removed in future releases. See the `pull request `__. Changes in Anaconda configuration files --------------------------------------- The ``gpt`` option is replaced ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The default value of the preferred disk label type is specified by the ``disk_label_type`` option in the Anaconda configuration files. The ``gpt`` configuration option is no longer supported. See the `pull request `__. The ``decorated_window`` option is removed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The ``decorated_windows`` option is removed from Anaconda's configuration files. It was never requested and we have no evidence that it was used. See the `pull request `__. The ``enable_ignore_broken_packages`` option is removed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The ``enable_ignore_broken_packages`` option in Anaconda's configuration files is removed. The pykickstart decides whether the ``%packages --ignorebroken`` feature is supported or not. See the `pull request `__. The ``blivet_gui_supported`` option is removed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The support for Blivet-GUI will be disabled automatically if it is not installed. Use the ``hidden_spokes`` option of the ``User Interface`` section to disable it explicitly. See the `pull request `__. The ``can_detect_unsupported_hardware`` and ``can_detect_support_removed`` options were removed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The support for detection of unsupported hardware is no longer available. See the `pull request `__ for more info. Fedora 36 ######### General changes --------------- The help support is unified ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The help support on RHEL and Fedora uses new mapping files with a unified format. The mappings files are located in the root of the help directory. For example for RHEL, they are expected to be at:: /usr/share/anaconda/help/rhel/anaconda-gui.json /usr/share/anaconda/help/rhel/anaconda-tui.json The mapping files contain data about the available help content. The UI screens are identified by a unique screen id returned by the ``get_screen_id`` method, for example ``installation-summary``. The help content is defined by a relative path to a help file and (optionally) a name of an anchor in the help file. For example:: { "_comment_": [ "This is a comment", "with multiple lines." ], "_default_": { "file": "default-help.xml", "anchor": "", }, "installation-summary": { "file": "anaconda-help.xml", "anchor": "", }, "user-configuration": { "file": "anaconda-help.xml", "anchor": "creating-a-user-account" } } The ``default_help_pages`` configuration option is removed. The ``helpFile`` attribute is removed from the UI classes. See the `pull request`_ for more info. .. _pull request: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3575 Changes in the graphical interface ---------------------------------- Users are administrators by default ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In the User spoke, the "Make this user administrator" checkbox is now checked by default. This improves installation experience for users who do not know and need to rely on the default values to guide them. See the `Users are admins by default`_ change. .. _Users are admins by default: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Users_are_admins_by_default_in_Anaconda Keyboard configuration is disabled on Live media with Wayland ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The keyboard switching in the Anaconda installer on the Live media did not behave as expected on Wayland based environments (`#2016613`_). When users changed the keyboard layout configuration that configuration was reflected in the Live environment. However, if users pressed modifier keys (CTRL or SHIFT) the keyboard specified by the Anaconda installer was changed back for the Live environment. That is the result of how the Wayland protocol handles keyboard layout. To avoid this unexpected behavior Anaconda will no longer control keyboard layout configuration of the Live systems on Wayland Live environment. The keyboard configuration set by Anaconda on the Live environment will be reflected only to the installed system. This means that users have to pay attention that their passwords are written by the correct layout in the installer running inside the Live environment to be able to use the password in the system after installation. .. _#2016613: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2016613 Changes in the kickstart support -------------------------------- The `%anaconda` section is removed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The support for the deprecated `%anaconda` section is removed. Use `Anaconda configuration files`_ instead. .. _Anaconda configuration files: https://anaconda-installer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration-files.html `ANA_INSTALL_PATH` is deprecated ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The `ANA_INSTALL_PATH` environment variable is deprecated. The support for this variable will be removed in future releases. Use the `/mnt/sysroot` path in your kickstart scripts instead. See the `Installation mount points`_ documentation. .. _Installation mount points: https://anaconda-installer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mount-points.html Changes in Anaconda options --------------------------- `inst.nompath` is deprecated ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The `inst.nompath` boot option is deprecated. It has not been doing anything useful for some time already. Changes in Anaconda configuration files --------------------------------------- Saving Anaconda's data to target system ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Anaconda configuration file format now includes additional options to control what is saved to the target system. The options are:: # Should we copy input kickstart to target system? can_copy_input_kickstart = True # Should we save kickstart equivalent to installation settings to the new system? can_save_output_kickstart = True # Should we save logs from the installation to the new system? can_save_installation_logs = True The default values above cause no change in behavior, the new options are only another way to configure the behavior. Fedora 35 ######### General changes --------------- Limited support for braille devices ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Server image (boot.iso) now contains the `brltty` accessibility software. This means that some braille output devices can be automatically detected and used. This feature works only in text mode, started with the `inst.text` boot option. See `the bug `_. Visible warnings in initrd ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Installation shows critical warnings raised in Dracut/initrd again when Anaconda is starting or when Dracut starts to timeout. This should help users to resolve installation issues by avoiding that the important message was scrolled out too fast. See `the bug `_. Changes in the graphical interface ---------------------------------- New look of the NTP server dialog ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The NTP server dialog has been redesigned. The new look uses more traditional approach to management of lists (such as in `hexchat`). See `the pull request `_. - The set of controls to add a new server is no longer present. Instead, a "blank" new server is added by clicking an "add" button. The details can be filled in by editing the server in the list, as was already possible. - The method to remove a server is now more intuitive. Users can simply click the "remove" button and the server is instantly removed from the list. Previously, users had to uncheck the "Use" checkbox for the server in the list and confirm the dialog. New look of the root configuration screen ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The root configuration screen has been redesigned and is no longer ambiguous. All root account options are visible only if root account is enabled. The new layout also contains text to let users understand their choices. See `the pull request `_. Changes in the text interface ----------------------------- The packaging log in ``tmux`` tabs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Add a new tab to the ``tmux`` session starting the Anaconda installer. This new tab will follows the ``/tmp/packaging.log`` log file. This change should make it easier for users to spot software installation errors. See `the pull request `_. Changes in Anaconda configuration files --------------------------------------- Replacement of product configuration files ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The support for the product configuration files was removed and replaced with profiles. See `the Fedora change `_ and `the documentation `_. Each profile can be identified by a unique id and it can define additional options for the automated profile detection. The profile will be chosen based on the ``inst.profile`` boot option, or based on the ``ID`` and ``VARIANT_ID`` options of the os-release files. The profile configuration files are located in the ``/etc/anaconda/profile.d/`` directory. The ``inst.product`` and ``inst.variant`` boot options are deprecated. Options for Anaconda DBus module activation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have introduced new configuration options that affect the detection and activation of the Anaconda DBus modules. Use the ``activatable_modules`` option to specify Anaconda DBus modules that can be activated. Use the ``forbidden_modules`` option to specify modules that are not allowed to run. Use the ``optional_modules`` to specify modules that can fail to run without aborting the installation. The DBus modules can be specified by a DBus name or by a prefix of the name that ends with an asterisk. For example:: org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.Modules.Timezone org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.Addons.* The ``addons_enabled`` and ``kickstart_modules`` options are deprecated and will be removed in the future. See `the pull request `_.