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# Release Workflow
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Print this document.
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Specify the release version.
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VERSION=2.6.3
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## Issues
Check issues at https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2
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## Backport Commits
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For minor versions you need to manually backports any and all commits from the
master branch which should be part of this release.
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## Authors
Update the [.mailmap](.mailmap) and [AUTHORS](AUTHORS) files:
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$ git checkout master
$ git log --use-mailmap | grep ^Author: | cut -f2- -d' ' | sort | uniq > AUTHORS
## Version
Update the version number in the following file:
* [icinga2.spec]: Version: (.*)
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Example:
gsed -i "s/Version: .*/Version: $VERSION/g" icinga2.spec
## Changelog
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Update the [ChangeLog](ChangeLog), [doc/1-about.md](doc/1-about.md) files. Also generate HTML
for the wordpress release announcement.
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## Git Tag
Commit these changes to the "master" branch:
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$ git commit -v -a -m "Release version $VERSION"
For minor releases: Cherry-pick this commit into the "support" branch.
Create a signed tag (tags/v<VERSION>) on the "master" branch (for major
releases) or the "support" branch (for minor releases).
GB:
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$ git tag -u EE8E0720 -m "Version $VERSION" v$VERSION
MF:
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$ git tag -u D14A1F16 -m "Version $VERSION" v$VERSION
Push the tag.
$ git push --tags
For major releases: Create a new "support" branch:
$ git checkout master
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$ git checkout -b support/2.6
$ git push -u origin support/2.6
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For minor releases: Push the support branch, cherry-pick the release commit
into master and merge the support branch:
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$ git push -u origin support/2.6
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$ git checkout master
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$ git cherry-pick support/2.6
$ git merge --strategy=ours support/2.6
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$ git push origin master
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# External Dependencies
## Build Server
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* Verify package build changes for this version.
* Test the snapshot packages for all distributions beforehand.
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* Build the newly created Git tag for Debian/RHEL/SuSE.
* Build the newly created Git tag for Windows.
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## Release Tests
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* Test DB IDO with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
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* Provision the vagrant boxes and test the release packages.
* Test the [setup wizard](http://packages.icinga.com/windows/) inside a Windows VM.
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* Start a new docker container and install/run icinga2.
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Example for CentOS7:
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$ docker run -ti centos:latest bash
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# yum -y install http://packages.icinga.com/epel/7/release/noarch/icinga-rpm-release-7-1.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
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# yum -y install icinga2
# icinga2 daemon -C
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# systemctl start icinga2
# tail -f /var/log/icinga2/icinga2.log
## GitHub Release
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Create a new release for the newly created Git tag.
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https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases
## Chocolatey
Navigate to the git repository on your Windows box which
already has chocolatey installed. Pull/checkout the release.
Create the nupkg package:
cpack
Install the created icinga2 package locally:
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choco install icinga2 -version 2.6.3 -fdv "%cd%" -source "'%cd%;https://chocolatey.org/api/v2/'"
Upload the package to [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/upload).
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## Online Documentation
SSH into the web box, navigate into `icinga2-latest/module/icinga2`
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and pull the current support branch.
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## Announcement
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* Create a new blog post on www.icinga.com/blog
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* Send announcement mail to icinga-announce@lists.icinga.org
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* Social media: [Twitter](https://twitter.com/icinga), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/icinga), [G+](http://plus.google.com/+icinga), [Xing](https://www.xing.com/communities/groups/icinga-da4b-1060043), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Icinga-1921830/about)
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* Update IRC channel topic
# After the release
* Add new minor version
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* Close the released version
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* Update Redmine filters for the next major/minor version