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Roadmap

Agama is a project under constant development and priorities are re-evaluated every few weeks. This page offers an overview on the current state of the ever-changing development plans.

Agama 13 (latest released version)​

  • Ability to define the hostname.
  • Improvements in the i18n architecture.
  • Initial support for LVM at the "Storage" section of the user interface.
  • User interface to specify file system labels.
  • Improvements at unattended installation.
    • Configuration of SUSE Customer Center extensions
    • Selection of individual software packages (beyond patterns).
    • Support for AutoYaST/SUSE-specific URLs.
    • Automatically search for the configuration (profile) at same locations as AutoYaST.
    • New configuration section analogous to the <files /> AutoYaST element.

Agama 14 (~ April 21st)​

  • Use Wayland instead of X11 at Agama-live (the default installation media).
  • Handling of self-signed certificates for RMT and SCC proxy.
  • User interface for managing extensions.
  • Revamped user interface for network configuration.
  • Enhancements on remote operation using the command-line interface.
  • Changes at LVM management
    • Improvements in the user interface.
    • Handling of the LVM devices file.
  • Improvements at unattended installation.
    • Configuration of iSCSI connections.
    • Definition of network bridges.
    • Configurable timeout and extra boot arguments for boot loader.

Agama 15 (~ May 26th)​

  • Allow to solve conflicts for patterns at the user interface.
  • Enhancements at the command-line interface
    • Implement a monitor command.
    • Finish support to interact remotely.
    • Usability improvements.
  • Improvements at unattended installation.
    • Importing ask-lists from AutoYaST profiles (at least partially).
    • Setting network VLANs.
    • Defining MD RAIDs at the storage section.
    • Configuring DASD and zFCP.
    • Managing services.

Mid term plans (~ September)​

  • Welcome screen for local installation.
  • Reorganize the commands config and profile at the command-line interface.
  • Ability to adjust some simple settings related to security.
  • Basic management of Kdump configuration.
  • Deal with multiple real-time clocks.
  • Improvements in network configuration.
    • Usability fixes of the user interface.
    • Ability to configure DNS search domains per interface.
  • Improvements at unattended installation.
    • Configure connection to NFS shares.
    • Define multi-device Btrfs file systems and Btrfs subvolumes.
  • Re-evaluate some aspects of storage handling.
    • Support for GPT IDs (fstab-less systems).
    • Reconsider version of RAID metadata.
    • Better logic for automatically calculated file system sizes.
  • iSCSI offloading and better support for iBFT.
  • Automatically import the registration code from a USB device.
  • Automatically import the SSH key from a USB device.
  • Passwords strength check.

Long term plans (after September)​

  • Introduce the concept of security profiles.
  • Extend the "Storage" section of the user interface.
    • Management of MD RAID devices.
    • Advanced handling of Btrfs.
    • Option to re-install a system (equivalent to YaST's "import mount points").
  • Rewrite some components in Rust (instead of the current Ruby).
  • Improve integration with other tools.