Automation v4.8 for OCP 4.8.x stable releases

What's Changed

• Remove domain name from config by @yussufsh in #31
• Support online wildcard DNS domains by @yussufsh in #32
• Update ocp4-playbooks tag to include RSCT by @yussufsh in #33
• Add comment on wildcard domain by @bpradipt in #34
• Not download bootp files by @yussufsh in #35
• Remove domain name setting on hosts by @yussufsh in #36
• updating ocp4-playbook tag for named hotfix by @Prajyot-Parab in #39
• Changes for enabling chrony by @yussufsh in #38
• Update minimalistic cluster config by @bpradipt in #41
• Skip health check for bastion by @yussufsh in #46
• version constraint on providers and terraform binary by @Prajyot-Parab in #48
• Remove public network data source by @yussufsh in #49
• Fix default route issue when network is already configured by @yussufsh in #50
• Increase timeout for subscription-manager by @bpradipt in #51
• Output location of cluster auth details by @bpradipt in #52
• Use bastion resource instead of data source for external IP by @yussufsh in #54
• Revert "Use bastion resource instead of data source for external IP" by @bpradipt in #55
• Use bastion resource instead of data source for external IP by @yussufsh in #56
• Add instructions on release branches by @yussufsh in #58
• Start using Terraform 0.13 by @yussufsh in #59
• Support for OCP 4.6 installation by @yussufsh in #61
• Update playbook tag to fix chrony conf file overwrite issue by @yussufsh in #63
• Update install playbook tag to the latest by @yussufsh in #64
• Improve documentation by @bpradipt in #68
• Update cluster access details by @bpradipt in #70
• prevent bash expansion in password var by @clnperez in #78
• Add ignition fetch timeout by @yussufsh in #81
• Support non-multipath SCSI disks for nfs volume by @yussufsh in #80
• Move automation host setup to separate doc by @bpradipt in #83
• Set DNS servers on public network by @yussufsh in #90
• Add TOC and README update by @bpradipt in #89
• Set mtu on public network to 1450 by @yussufsh in #92
• Add default route when network is already up by @yussufsh in #94
• Not wait for long to timeout during bastion destroy by @yussufsh in #97
• moving secrets off var.tfvars file and to command line args by @miyamotoh in #86
• README warning about the README by @clnperez in #100
• promoting error bullets to sections to HTML anchors work by @miyamotoh in #103
• Update vars to use ocp 4.6 binary and image by @yussufsh in #104
• Remove section for ibmcloud plugin which is not needed by @yussufsh in #105
• Use the latest ibm provider plugin v1.13.0 and use the community ignition plugin v2.1 by @yussufsh in #110
• Fix interpolation-only warnings by @yussufsh in #113
• Support bastion HA with external vip by @yussufsh in #114
• Fix the bastion count check by @yussufsh in #119
• Remove route fix script as route issue is fixed in latest plugin by @yussufsh in #120
• Remove dhcp hotfixes as not needed by @yussufsh in #121
• Allow multiple clusters (dhcpd) on same shared network by @yussufsh in #122
• Support minimalistic 3-node OCP config by @yussufsh in #126
• Correct the worker count check for helpernode by @yussufsh in #128
• Remove stale repo fix and improve subscription check by @yussufsh in #130
• Use hostnames instead of IP in inventory by @yussufsh in #129
• Update SSH keys path to use data directory by @yussufsh in #135
• doc firewall cfg by @clnperez in #132
• Clarify use of master branch for latest OCP pre-release versions by @bpradipt in #138
• Doc changes by @bpradipt in #139
• IBM Cloud DirectLink support by @Prajyot-Parab in #144
• Minor doc modifications by @bpradipt in #145
• Fix DHCP configuration issue with network interface by @yussufsh in #148
• Use external VIP from the public network port by @yussufsh in #149
• Documentation updates by @sudeeshjohn in #154
• update helpernode commit by @Prajyot-Parab in #155
• validation and type check on variables #935 by @Elayaraja-Dhanapal in #133
• Increase the default memory for master nodes by @yussufsh in #159
• fix pull-secret path by @Prajyot-Parab in #162
• minor fix for DL by @Prajyot-Parab in #167
• Update python script link by @dpkshetty in #161
• Bump up default min by @bpradipt in #171
• Misc doc fixes by @bpradipt in #170
• Fix the install playbook failure due to default chrony config by @yussufsh in #173
• workaround for RHEL 8.3 access bug by @Prajyot-Parab in #174
• Use external VIP for bastion_ssh_command and add dns_entries output variable by @yussufsh in #177
• Update doc to use dns_entries output by @yussufsh in #180
• Change Ansible installation to use yum by @yussufsh in #186
• Cluster upgrade using stable versions by @yussufsh in #191
• Update var.tfvars-doc.md by @rpsene in #194
• trigger for upgrade resource by @Prajyot-Parab in #195
• Handle install after bootstrap is deleted by @yussufsh in #202
• Allow adding and deleting worker nodes by @yussufsh in #205
• Add actiovationkey support for RHEL subscription by @cs-zhang in #210
• update helpernode and install-playbook tags by @Prajyot-Parab in #212
• Create Terraform vars for test/dev cluster, CP4D, etc by @aishwaryabk in #216
• Add variable to set default CNI network provider by @pravin-dsilva in #220
• Add variable for bastion health_status by @yussufsh in #227
• Support using catalog/stock images from PowerVS by @yussufsh in #232
• Update README.md by @rpsene in #230
• Update the doc for Power support #239 by @cs-zhang in #240
• Support specify cluster_id without prefix by @cs-zhang in #241
• Added a reviewer and removed an appover by @yussufsh in #248
• Auto set volume type from the RHEL and RHCOS images by @yussufsh in #255
• Configure SNAT on bastion by @yussufsh in #247
• Add doc for SNAT and update offload settings to be used by @bpradipt in #262
• Format using terraform fmt by @yussufsh in #258
• Timeout added while removing worker node by @yussufsh in #270
• IBM Cloud services for DNS and LB by @yussufsh in #275
• Move mtu settings to pre_install resource by @yussufsh in #279
• Enable SNAT and disable Squid - default behavior by @Prajyot-Parab in #276
• Fix Squid Proxy True PowerVS jobs are failing by @cs-zhang in #286
• Add zone info to instance name by @cs-zhang in #271
• multipath fix for SAP netweaver image by @Prajyot-Parab in #289
• Improvements to load balacer topology by @Prajyot-Parab in #290
• Update IBM Cloud services authentication by @Prajyot-Parab in #297
• Update pre-req to include new steps for network connectivity by @bpradipt in #303
• Add region info to cluster node's hostname by @cs-zhang in #304
• Disable rx feature across reboots by @yussufsh in #312
• Update links to refer to OCP 4.8 version by @bpradipt in #313
• Update references to 4.8 by @yussufsh in #315
• [release-4.8] Hostname change resolution by @ppc64le-cloud-bot in #318
• [release-4.8] ability to provide VPC region info by @ppc64le-cloud-bot in #324

New Contributors

• @clnperez made their first contribution in #78
• @miyamotoh made their first contribution in #86
• @Elayaraja-Dhanapal made their first contribution in #133
• @dpkshetty made their first contribution in #161
• @rpsene made their first contribution in #194

Full Changelog: v1.0...v4.8