# Stork 0.17.0, May 7th, 2021, Release Notes

Welcome to Stork 0.17.0, another monthly development release. The 
changes introduced in this version are:

* **Backend information**: In this release, Stork is now able to show 
more information about leases, hosts, and config backends, such as the 
file location for memfile or database name and the host address for 
databases. If forensic logging is used and configured to use a database, 
this information is provided as well [#299].

* **Declined leases information**: The lease search has been expanded to 
cover declined leases, which are a sure sign of duplicate address 
problems in a network, if they appear. To search for declined leases, 
use `state:declined` as a filter [#510].

* **UI tweaks**: The number of machines waiting for authorization is now 
shown on the `Unauthorized` button, making it easier to notice [#492].

* **Documentation updates**: It is possible to configure the Stork 
server to run on a non-standard port. That capability is now better 
documented [#480]. The crypto library being used is now clearly 
documented [#511].

* **Work in progress**: The team also made substantial progress on three 
new featureswhich are expected to be available in the next release. The 
first feature is insight into the state of a host reservation: it will 
show whether the reserved address is available, in use, or expired, or 
if there is a conflict and someone else is currently using the address 
[#530]. The second feature is a more robust BIND 9 and Kea detection 
mechanism, which should cover cases like running in a non-standard 
location, on non-standard ports, etc. [#474]. The third feature is a Kea 
configuration browser. The current Stork version has views dedicated to 
the most common configuration elements: subnets, reservations, networks, 
etc. However, Kea has many more configuration options and thus a 
dedicated view is needed to show the whole configuration [#531].

Please see this link for known issues: 
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/-/wikis/Known-issues.

## Release Model

Stork has monthly development releases, with some exceptions.

We encourage users to test the development releases and report back 
their findings on the stork-users mailing list, available at 
https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/stork-users.

This text references issue numbers. For more details, visit the Stork 
GitLab page at https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/issues.

## License

Stork is released under the Mozilla Public License, version 2.0.

   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0

## Download

The easiest way to install the software is to use native deb or RPM 
packages. They can be downloaded from:

   https://cloudsmith.io/~isc/repos/stork/

The Stork source and PGP signature for this release may be downloaded 
from:

   https://downloads.isc.org/isc/stork

The signature was generated with the ISC code-signing key which is 
available at:

   https://www.isc.org/pgpkey

ISC provides documentation in the Stork Administrator Reference Manual. 
It is available on ReadTheDocs.io at 
https://stork.readthedocs.io/en/latest/, and in source form in the docs/ 
directory.

We ask users of this software to please let us know how it worked for 
you and what operating system you tested on. Feel free to share your 
feedback on the stork-users mailing list 
(https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/stork-users). We would also like 
to hear whether the documentation is adequate and accurate. Please open 
tickets in the Stork GitLab project for bugs, documentation omissions 
and errors, and enhancement requests. We want to hear from you even if 
everything worked.

## Support

Professional support for Stork will become available once it reaches the 
1.0 milestone. Existing ISC customers that consider themselves *very* 
early adopters may get involved in the development process, including 
roadmap, features planning, and early testing, but the software maturity 
level does not constitute a typical professional service before the 1.0 
milestone.

Free best-effort support is provided by our user community via a mailing 
list. Information on all public email lists is available at 
https://www.isc.org/mailinglists/. If you have any comments or questions 
about working with Stork, please share them to the stork-users list 
(https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/stork-users). Bugs and feature 
requests may be submitted via GitLab at 
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/issues.

## Changes

The following summarizes changes and important upgrades since the Stork 
0.16.0 release.

```
* 140 [func] godfryd

    Added displaying number of unauthorized machines on machines
    page in select button.
    (Gitlab #492)

* 139 [func] marcin

    New information presented in the Kea tab includes
    locations of a lease file, forensic logging file and the
    information about database backends used by the particular
    Kea instance.
    (Gitlab #299)

* 138 [func] marcin

    Implemented declined leases search.
    (Gitlab #510)

* 137 [func] godfryd

    Added system tests for new agent registration.
    (Gitlab #507)
```

Thank you again to everyone who assisted us in making this release 
possible.

We look forward to receiving your feedback.