Not much in the way of changes for most sites this week. In Informatics, the campaign continues to clear out SL7 support. Here are the details of all the notable changes…

auditd

In the standard LCFG auditd component rules template – audit.rules.tt – auditing of any attempts to change the hostname has been added.

PostgreSQL

The lcfg/options/postgresql-pgdg-common.h header used to configure common settings for the PGDG postgresql packages now includes the ed/options/repos/pgdg.h header to ensure that the apt repository is always configured.

EntraID

The DICE APACHECONF_VHOST_ENTRA macros have been tweaked to use the vhostfile macros rather than a verbatim apache Include. This will change the order in which the config files for the virtual host are included. Generally, this is what you want since it makes it easier to enable EntraID authentication in other subsequently included config files.

Console Server

The DICE console servers now allow all members of the lcfg group to be able to run IPMI commands using the conserver-ipmipower scripts. This should help avoid needing to login as the root user.

SL7 package service

The DICE SL7 package service is now completely retired. Support for it has been removed from the dice/options/inf-site.h header for all profiles. The support has also been removed from the squid (rpmaccel) configuration.

LCFG server status API

The Informatics LCFG server status API is now available via GSSAPI authentication, that makes it easier to use from scripts and with functional accounts. It is accessible like this:

curl --negotiate -H 'Content-Type: text/x-json' https://lcfg.inf.ed.ac.uk/gss/status/api/list/os

(note: if you’re using an older curl, for example on Jammy, you need to also give -u dummy:dummy).

Nagios

The Informatics nagios service is now available via GSSAPI authentication, that makes it easier to use from scripts and with functional accounts. It is accessible like this:

curl --negotiate  https://nagios.inf.ed.ac.uk/gss/status.cgi?query=hostlist

Changes to headers and package lists

Members of the Informatics Computing team can browse all the changes to the headers and package lists.

Weekly Changes – 26/01/2026 / LCFG Project by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0