IAG 4.3.0 feature announcement
This page contains information for new features, improvements, and fixes in Itential Automation Gateway 4.3 (IAG), as well as announcements that are part of this release.
Introducing IAG 4.3
IAG 4.3 allows you to run Ansible Playbooks on any version of Ansible you choose. This frees your automation teams to develop Playbooks in their preferred version of Ansible and deploy them to the same installation of IAG without worrying about Ansible version compatibility.
Itential has changed the version number scheme for the Itential Automation Gateway (IAG) application from date-based versioning to semantic versioning. For an explanation of semantic versioning, visit semver.org. The latest release of IAG (as of August 2024) is IAG 4.3.0.
The change in the version number scheme provides clarity for customers who want to understand how future releases of IAG are backwards compatible with earlier releases. All future releases of IAG will follow the scheme MAJOR.MINOR.MTCE:
MAJOR: a change of the major number indicates incompatible API changes.
MINOR: a change of the minor number indicates a release with added functionality and a backwards compatible API.
MTCE: a change of the MTCE number indicates a bug-fix release.
IAG release 4.3 is fully backwards compatible with all currently supported IAG releases, which includes IAG 2022.1, IAG 2023.1, IAG 2023.2, and IAG 2023.3.
IAG feature release notes [4.3.0]
Support of multiple Ansible versions
IAG 4.3 gives customers the ability to specify which installed version of Ansible should be used to execute a particular Ansible Playbook in IAG; this can be configured on a per-Playbook basis. This capability leverages the existing IAG Python vEnv capability released in IAG 2023.3. If no specific Ansible version is selected for a Playbook, that Playbook will execute in the default version of Ansible configured for IAG.
For more information, see Support of multiple Ansible versions.
Expanded support for authenticating to HashiCorp Vault using AppRole authentication
IAG 4.3 expands support for authenticating to HashiCorp Vault for retrieving secrets using the AppRole authentication mechanism. Support for retrieving secrets from HashiCorp Vault has not changed.
