9.0

[craig8]

This release is the culmination of a large body of work from multiple contributors in the community and includes new features, improved ease of use, and development support. The following list highlights the most notable changes included in 9.0:

New Features / Improvements

• Fixed boostrap process for newer versions of pip (New versions of pip no longer support --install-option. #3159)
• The VOLTTRON 2030.5 EndDevice agent manages communication between the VOLTTRON platform and a 2030.5 server using the IEEE 2030.5 protocol, enabling both control and monitoring of an End Device. The agent implements the 2030.5 function sets End Device Time, Distributed Energy Resources, Metering, and Metering Mirror.
• New DNP3 driver which acts as DNP3 Master and supports communication with DNP3 Outstation to read/write end device points.
• New DNP3 Outstation agent to interact with DNP3 Master. This replaces the deprecated DNP3 Outstation agent.
• New HomeAssistant driver for data collection and control of IoT devices in smart buildings.
  vcfg command now has new update-config-store function that can add multiple configuration store entries in one go (Add ability to add or update multiple entries in configuration store #3121).
• Fixed RPC calls of configuration store to go through auth layer in order to avoid security loop holes. This is fix for issue https://github.com/VOLTTRON/volttron/issues/3097. As a side effect of this change duplicate RPC calls that do same function(manage_* RPC methods) have been deprecated and will be removed in future
• Updated RMQ VOLTTRON to use pika version 1.2.0 and Rabbitmq version 3.9.29.
• Fixes to several pytests.

Known Issues:

• 2030.5 EndDevice agent has been tested with inverter simulator and not against an actual device.

The following provides an in-depth look of commits since the 8.2 release.

What's Changed

• Fix VOLTTRON_HOME substitution by @Siecje in Fix VOLTTRON_HOME substitution #3015
• hot-fix-doc/#3030There-are-two-menu-items-with-quickstart-to-two-diff… by @kefeimo in hot-fix-doc/#3030There-are-two-menu-items-with-quickstart-to-two-diff… #3032
• DataPublisher example agent by @gwenkidd in DataPublisher example agent #2962
• Releases/8.2 by @craig8 in Releases/8.2 #3046
• Remove unused imports by @Siecje in Remove unused imports #3049
• Update CodeQL to v2 by @Siecje in Update CodeQL to v2 #3052
• fix for issue 3053. Added check to determine if variable meta is a dict by @ntenney in fix for issue 3053. Added check to determine if variable meta is a dict #3054
• Sort imports by @Siecje in Sort imports #2973
• Unused imports by @Siecje in Unused imports #3051
• Refactor OpenADRVENAgent by @bonicim in Refactor OpenADRVENAgent #3059
• Fixed hardcoded value for table_catalog to use the database name (dbn… by @ntenney in Fixed hardcoded value for table_catalog to use the database name (dbn… #3080
• Use secrets for random_cookie() by @Siecje in Use secrets for random_cookie() #3074
• Simplify _calc_min_uuid_length() by @Siecje in Simplify _calc_min_uuid_length() #3075
• fix auth loops by @craig8 in fix auth loops #3087
• Remove more import * by @Siecje in Remove more import * #2939
• Remove superfluous parentheses by @Siecje in Remove superfluous parentheses #3065
• Remove unused imports by @Siecje in Remove unused imports #3064
• Simplify else: if code by @Siecje in Simplify else: if code #2919
• Fix whitespace by @Siecje in Fix whitespace #2915
• Remove more import * by @Siecje in Remove more import * #3090
• Updaed yaml.load(file) to yaml.safe_load(file). by @davidraker in Updaed yaml.load(file) to yaml.safe_load(file). #3101
• Pip fix by @ntenney in Pip fix #3094
• Remove unused imports by @Siecje in Remove unused imports #3092
• Improve imports in main.py by @Siecje in Improve imports in main.py #3091
• Dnp3 driver pr by @kefeimo in Dnp3 driver pr #3084
• Dnp3 agent pr by @kefeimo in Dnp3 agent pr #3083
• Revert "Pip fix" by @schandrika in Revert "Pip fix" #3104
• Fix for issue When authentication is turned off, creating a Connection to connect to server fails #3099 by @schandrika in Fix for issue #3099 #3105
• Fix for issue 3102 by @schandrika in Fix for issue 3102 #3107
• Remove unused imports by @Siecje in Remove unused imports #3106
• Fix for config store security issue Can bypass config store security by using rpc call rather than subsystem #3097 by @schandrika in Fix for config store security issue #3097 #3109
• minor fix for issue Authorization check fails in RMQ when user name has a period in it.  #3110 by @schandrika in minor fix for issue #3110 #3111
• minor fix for issue Config store service agent should get created with enable_store=False #3112 by @schandrika in minor fix for issue #3112 #3113
• Hot fix/cleanup obsolete dnp3 code by @kefeimo in Hot fix/cleanup obsolete dnp3 code #3115
• RMQ version update, Mongo version update, Bug fixes by @schandrika in RMQ version update, Mongo version update, Bug fixes #3118
• Fix for issue 3119 by @schandrika in Fix for issue 3119 #3120
• Updates for tests run on Docker before 9.0 release. by @davidraker in Updates for tests run on Docker before 9.0 release. #3122
• Home Assistant Driver by @riley206 in Home Assistant Driver #3089
• Added improved handling of boolean registers and default type handlin… by @davidraker in Added improved handling of boolean registers and default type handlin… #3123
• Updates to Energy Plus Agent by @davidraker in Updates to Energy Plus Agent #3126
• revivied Craig s code to resolved the issue that uuid has extra char when using vctl status by @kefeimo in revivied Craig s code to resolved the issue that uuid has extra char when using vctl status #3129
• Fix for - Add ability to add or update multiple entries in configuration store #3121 - vcfg command to set multiple configuration-store entries at a time by @schandrika in Fix for - #3121 - vcfg command to set multiple configuration-store entries at a time #3131
• Brought back working filter by @craig8 in Brought back working filter #3133
• 2030 5 anew by @craig8 in 2030 5 anew #3128
• Fixed home assistant tests by @riley206 in Fixed home assistant tests #3136
• Culmination of 9.x items. by @craig8 in Culmination of 9.x items. #3138
• don't import agent into the global space for tests. by @craig8 in don't import agent into the global space for tests. #3137
• Updates for 9 by @craig8 in Updates for 9 #3142
• fix for issue#3159 (fix for deprecated pip --install-options) by @schandrika in fix for issue#3159 (fix for deprecated pip --install-options) #3160
• handled timeout on test_historian.py by @schandrika in handled timeout on test_historian.py #3162
• New minor driver test updates by @davidraker in New minor driver test updates #3163
• Releases/9.0 by @craig8 in Releases/9.0 #3161

New Contributors

• @ntenney made their first contribution in fix for issue 3053. Added check to determine if variable meta is a dict #3054
• @riley206 made their first contribution in Home Assistant Driver #3089

Full Changelog: 8.2...9.0

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This discussion was created from the release 9.0.