OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest

A busy week with significant inventory-service foundational work, fru-tracker polish, and a fresh ochami v0.7.0 release.

Highlights#

• ochami v0.7.0 released: ochami v0.7.0 ships this week, building on the v0.6.x line.
• inventory-service foundational work: shunr-hpe lands a batch of PRs setting up the service: a Debian-based Dockerfile, a rename from SmdV2 to Csm in function names, REST tests for the remaining APIs, and an extended Redfish endpoints post handler. A solid base to build on.
• fru-tracker polish: bmcdonald3 ships five fru-tracker PRs this week — a collector demo and tutorial, new-field support, intent reword for clarity, import fixes, and the collector code into demo dir.
• Configurable hostname policy lands in coresmd: coresmd PR #47 from davidallendj implements the configurable-hostname-policy feature for DHCPv4, addressing the long-running coresmd #46 discussion.
• ochami README + Makefile refresh: ochami PR #71 from synackd cleans up the README and Makefile — a quality-of-life win for new contributors.
• kube-deploy updates: rainest landed PR #7 updating the demo workflow, while cjh1’s #4 (argocd repo add) and #5 (ochami config path) tightened the deploy story.
• Cabinet discovery in ex-bootstrap: new PR ex-bootstrap #4 from PowellTravis adds cabinet discovery and configuration.

New & Notable PRs#

• Configurable Hostname Policy for DHCPv4 (coresmd #47) by davidallendj
• Debian-based Dockerfile (inventory-service #7) by shunr-hpe
• REST tests for remaining APIs (inventory-service #5) by shunr-hpe
• README and Makefile cleanup (ochami #71) by synackd
• Tutorial/demo for the go collector (fru-tracker #11) by bmcdonald3
• Cabinet discovery and configuration (ex-bootstrap #4) by PowellTravis

Issues to Watch#

• Omnibus things to fix for HSPF (kube-deploy #6) — rainest’s running list of HSPF cleanup items.

Releases#

• ochami v0.7.0

Contributor Thanks#

• shunr-hpe — five inventory-service PRs this week setting the stage for the service.
• bmcdonald3 — fru-tracker quality and demo improvements.
• synackd — ochami DX improvements.
• davidallendj — DHCPv4 hostname policy in coresmd, closing a long-standing issue.
• cjh1, rainest — kube-deploy work.
• PowellTravis — kicking off cabinet discovery in ex-bootstrap.

What’s next?#

• Land ex-bootstrap PR #4 and continue the cabinet-discovery thread.
• Pick up the kube-deploy omnibus and start chipping at it.
• Continue inventory-service hardening on the foundations shunr-hpe laid.

Proposed Blog Titles#

1. “From SmdV2 to Csm: How inventory-service Is Taking Shape”
2. “Configurable Hostname Policy: Flexible DHCPv4 in coresmd”
3. “Inside fru-tracker: The Go Collector and How to Extend It”
4. “ochami v0.7.0: What’s in This Release”