# Stork 2.1.0 Release Notes, December 11, 2024 Welcome to Stork 2.1.0, the first development release of version 2. The changes introduced in this version are: 1. **Default RNDC key detection:** BIND 9 uses the RNDC key to secure the control channel; the Stork agent reads the imports in the BIND 9 configuration file to detect its location. However, the key path is optional, and its default value points to a file in the `etc` directory. The Stork agent now handles this case from the current version and detects the RNDC key even if it isn't explicitly provided. This solves a problem when BIND 9 is installed from the official Ubuntu repository and implements such an approach in the default configuration. 2. **Improved software versions view:** In the last Stork release, we introduced a software versions view that allows you to quickly check the versions of all installed ISC software (Kea, BIND 9, and Stork) and see which ones are outdated. In this release, we introduced some improvements for a better user experience. The changes include clarifying help tips and a new feedback message severity level when the latest development release is detected. 3. **Subnet name feature:** The subnet list now includes a column with the subnet name. The `subnet-name` may be any arbitrary label that allows you to identify your subnets more straightforwardly than the subnet prefixes. The subnet name is retrieved from the subnet's user context in Kea; the Stork server reads a value associated with the `subnet-name` key and displays it. In addition, we have added a JSON viewer on the subnet page to display all of the user context information. 4. **Fixed LDAPS support:** We fixed a bug in the LDAP hook implementation that prevented Stork from establishing a connection to the LDAP server over the LDAPS protocol (a connection secured with TLS). 5. **LDAP hook in the demo:** We added support for the LDAP hook in the Stork demo. The demo now runs with an OpenLDAP server instance and loads the LDAP hook, so users may easily test its capabilities and see how external authentication works in Stork. Please see this link for known issues: https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/-/wikis/Known-issues. ## Incompatible Changes There are no incompatible changes in this release. ## Release Model Stork has bi-monthly development releases. 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, or report bugs at https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/-/issues/. 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 (ARM). It is available on ReadTheDocs.io at https://stork.readthedocs.io/en/latest/, and in source form in [the doc/ directory](https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/stork/-/tree/master/doc). 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 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 previous Stork release, version 2.0.0. * 477 [bug] slawek Fixed a bug in the LDAP hook that made connecting to the server over the LDAPS (TLS) protocol impossible. Thanks to Cameron Ditchfield for proposing a fix. (Gitlab #1488) * 476 [func] slawek The subnet's user context is now displayed on the subnet page. The "subnet-name" property value of the context is also shown on the subnet list. (Gitlab #459) * 475 [func] piotrek The "Software versions" view was updated with a list of small changes, such as corrected help tooltip text, adjusted notification message severity for development releases, and improved badge notification displayed in the top menu. (Gitlab #1571) * 474 [build] slawek The demo now loads the LDAP hook and starts the OpenLDAP server. (Gitlab #1554) * 473 [bug] tomek The Stork agent can now detect the default RNDC key of BIND 9. The parser code can now handle algorithm definitions both quoted and unquoted. (Gitlab #1590) Thank you again to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible. We look forward to receiving your feedback.