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v5.1.0 Breaking

This release includes 3 breaking changes for platform teams planning a safe upgrade.

Published 7mo Configuration Management
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✓ No known CVEs patched in this version

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Summary

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Minimum Ruby version bumped from 2.5 to 3.2, gem renamed to openbolt, and Bolt Server removed.

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What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

  • Bump minimal required Ruby from 2.5->3.2 by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/6
  • Rename gem to openbolt by @jessereynolds in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/11
  • Remove Bolt Server by @jessereynolds in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/24
  • Switch from puppet to openvox by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/14
  • Remove orchestrator_client / pcp transport by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/45

New Features 🎉

  • Allow json 2.x by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/41
  • Allow hiera-eyaml 4.x by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/38
  • Allow minitar 1.x by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/39
  • Allow ruby_smb 2.x and 3.x by @smortex in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/40
  • rack-test: Allow 2.x by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/72
  • openvox-strings: Allow 6.x by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/71
  • mocha: Allow 2.x by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/74
  • r10k: Allow 5.x by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/73
  • puppetlabs/apt: Update 9.4.0->11.1.0 & puppetlabs/puppet_agent: Update 4.21.0->4.25.0 & Add puppetlabs/powershhell 6.0.2 by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/109

Bug Fixes 🐛

  • Ruby error: Adjust pattern matching to newer ruby/rubygems by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/70
  • Use minitar 0.x on windows by @sebastianrakel in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/81
  • CI: Fix apply job setup & Make Linux vs Windows setup easier & Fix Linux apply tests for Ruby 3.4 by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/85
  • CI: Run docker transport tests on all changes by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/86
  • Validate module dependencies & puppetlabs/puppet_agent: Add missing deps by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/107
  • CI: Regenerate fixture TLS certificates & Use os matrix for cache builds by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/124

Dependency Updates ⬆️

  • Update dependency puppetlabs-service to v3.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/104
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-facts to v1.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/97
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-package to v3.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/98
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-bash_task_helper to v2.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/96
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-puppet_agent to v4.25.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/99
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-sshkeys_core to v2.5.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/95
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-scheduled_task to v4.0.3 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/94
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-puppet_conf to v2.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/100
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-ruby_plugin_helper to v0.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/103
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-reboot to v5.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/102
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-puppet_conf to v2.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/119
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-ruby_plugin_helper to v0.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/120
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-package to v3.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/118
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-stdlib to v9.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/105
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-python_task_helper to v0.6.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/101
  • Update dependency puppetlabs-scheduled_task to v4.0.3 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/115

Other Changes

  • CI: Drop unsupported Rubies for unit tests by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/12
  • bolt: Bump version from 5.0.0-rc2->5.1.0 by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/56
  • CI: Cleanup linux integration tests by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/59
  • Revert "Allow ruby_smb 2.x and 3.x" by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/58
  • CI: update module cache in central job by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/64
  • CI: Move apply tests to central workflow by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/66
  • Use OpenBolt in help text and welcome message by @austb in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/80
  • WinRM tests: disable fail-fast by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/84
  • CI: Move BoltSpec tests to central workflow & always use Ubuntu 24.04/Windows 2025 by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/67
  • CI: List existing modules by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/87
  • Add renovate for Puppetfile by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/89
  • voxpupuli-rubocop: Update 4.2.0->5.0.0 by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/106
  • Revert "Update dependency puppetlabs-puppet_agent to v4.25.0" by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/110
  • Revert "Update dependency puppetlabs-puppet_conf to v2.1.0" by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/112
  • Revert "Update dependency puppetlabs-package to v3.1.0" by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/113
  • Revert "Update dependency puppetlabs-scheduled_task to v4.0.3" by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/114
  • Revert "Update dependency puppetlabs-ruby_plugin_helper to v0.3.0" by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/117
  • CI: Move windows checks to global config by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/116
  • CI: Restart WinRM after Setup in ci.ps1 by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/123
  • CI: Display existing bolt tasks by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/122
  • CI: Unify workflows & reduce r10k calls by @bastelfreak in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/125

New Contributors

  • @bastelfreak made their first contribution in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/1
  • @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/4
  • @jessereynolds made their first contribution in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/11
  • @OpenVoxProjectBot made their first contribution in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/21
  • @smortex made their first contribution in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/41
  • @austb made their first contribution in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/61
  • @sebastianrakel made their first contribution in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/81
  • @renovate[bot] made their first contribution in https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/pull/104

Full Changelog: https://github.com/OpenVoxProject/openbolt/compare/4.0.0...5.1.0

Breaking Changes

  • Minimum required Ruby version increased from 2.5 to 3.2
  • Gem renamed from bolt to openbolt
  • Bolt Server removed
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Orchestration tool to run orchestration workflows or one-off tasks/scripts to automate the provisioning and management of nodes. Community fork of the last open source version of Puppet Bolt.

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