GUI

• Set default symbol theme to "Affinity-square-blue"
• Fix creating a custom Ethernet switch template
• Update decorative symbols (for Wizards etc.)
• Use generic symbol names
• Set raw image param when uploading an image from the appliance wizard
• Checks for valid hostname on server side for Dynamips, IOU, Qemu and Docker nodes
• Support compression levels
• Add zstandard compression
• Remove Qemu binary requirement
• Use controller API to list images
• Use new API endpoints to create/resize Qemu disk images.
• Image management dialog
• Drop Python 3.6 support and require Python >= 3.7
• Improvements when connecting and updating computes
• Use current directory when searching for images. Fixes #3198
• Refactor server settings and wizard
• Disable local server and GNS3 VM preferences
• Image uploading to controller and project export
• HTTP client refactoring
• Handle empty compute_id in preferences. Ref #3265
• Remove direct upload to compute
• Send JWT token in query string when connecting to websocket. Ref https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/pull/1992
• Remove traceng code
• Option to delete orphaned image files from disk when template is removed. Fixes #3249
• Remove Qemu legacy networking code
• Isolate and unisolate support. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/3190
• Support authentication using JWT tokens
• Providing the path to create a project is now deprecated.
• Client to use version 3 of the API.
• Change Qemu disk descriptions. Fixes #3035
• Edit only text mode config files
• Hide config import/export when configFiles attribute is empty
• Qemu disk interfaces must be set to "none" by default. Ref #3035
• Do not allow image to be configured on Qemu VM secondary slave disk if create config disk option is enabled.
• Add explicit option to automatically create or not the config disk. Off by default.
• Auxiliary console support for Qemu. Ref #2873 Improvements for auxiliary console support for Docker and Dynamips.
• Support to reset all console connections. Ref https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/1619
• Support to reset links. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/1620
• Fix bug when recent files cannot be seen in the new project dialog.
• Wait for the controller to be online before allowing actions like creating or opening a project. Fixes #2907
• Show progress dialog immediately when connecting to server. Ref #2907
• QEMU config disk - enable QEMU config import/export
• Add total RAM, CPUs and disk size to servers summary as well as disk usage in percent. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/1532
• Resource constraints for Docker VMs.
• Support for "usage" for "Cloud" nodes. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2887 Allow "usage" for all builtin nodes (not exposed in Ui).
• Markdown support in project Readme. Fixes #2550 #2289 Allow project README to be edited from "File->Edit project". Fixes #2829

Server

• Bundle gns3-web-ui v3.0.0a1
• Use default symbol theme if none is provided when loading appliances
• Allow default symbol theme to be configured in config file
• Optionally allow Qemu raw images
• Ignore image detection for IOU user libraries in image directory
• Don't show optional token param in API docs
• Fix check for 32-bit in ELF header
• Checks for valid hostname on server side for Dynamips, IOU, Qemu and Docker nodes
• Only check files (not directories) when looking for new images on file system.
• Support user defined loader/libraries to run IOU
• Make 'vendor_url' and 'maintainer_email' optional for template validation.
• Allow auth token to be passed as a URL param
• HTTP middleware create issues when streaming project archive
• Add zstandard compression support for project export
• Make sure that the temporary image file is removed after uploading an image
• Do not cache to md5sum file in some situations
• Detect new images added to the default image directory. * Images can be present before the server starts or while it is running * Images are recorded in the database
• Support delete Qemu disk image from API Return the real disk image name in the 'hdx_disk_image_backed' property for Qemu VMs
• Handle creating Qemu disk images and resizing
• Finish to clean up local setting usage. Ref #1460
• "Local" command line parameter is only for stopping a server that has been started by the desktop GUI
• Fix AsyncSession handling after breaking changes in FastAPI 0.74.0 See https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/releases/tag/0.74.0 for details.
• Detect image type instead of requesting it from user
• Drop Python 3.6 support and require Python >= 3.7
• Drop Windows support
• Add connect endpoint for computes Param to connect to compute after creation Report compute unauthorized HTTP errors to client
• Replace CORS origins by origin regex
• Change default config settings
• Update Docker image for tests
• Fix calls to static methods in server.py
• Do not require the local server param to open a .gns3 file. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2421 Ref #1460
• Do not automatically install appliance after uploading image
• Ignore OSError when closing websocket
• Allow empty compute_id. Ref #1657
• Secure controller to compute communication using HTTP basic authentication
• Secure websocket endpoints
• Fix issue when updating a template
• Allocate compute when compute_id is unset
• Return the current controller hostname/IP from any compute
• Remove Qemu legacy networking support
• Add a custom version to an appliance
• Appliance management refactoring: * Install an appliance based on selected version * Each template have unique name and version * Allow to download an appliance file
• Finalize image management refactoring and auto install appliance if possible
• Sqlite doesn't allow BigInteger to be used as an primary key with autoincrement
• Add isolate and unisolate endpoints. Ref https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/3190
• Small db tables adjustments
• Add index for "name" field in role table
• Allow images to be stored in subdirs and used by templates.
• Option to prune images when deleting template.
• Associate images when creating or updating a template.
• Add prune images endpoint. Use many-to-many relationship between images and templates.
• Check if user has the right to add a permission
• Only use the necessary HTTP methods for default permissions
• Add /permissions/prune to delete orphaned permissions
• Check a permission matches an existing route before it is allowed to be created.
• Remove busybox and copy system busybox in setup.py
• Save image size + start to automatic template creation based on image checksum.
• Upgrade dependencies
• Fix "-machine accel=tcg" check
• Allow logged in user to change some of its data. Administrators can lock users using the is_active field.
• Symbols endpoints (except upload) don't require authentication.
• Update to the udhcpc wrapper script. Ref #1890
• Fix link style merge
• Start refactoring for images management
• Allow controller to be reloaded using the API. Fixes #1743
• Use a stock BusyBox for the Docker Integration
• Move "/{project_id}/templates/{template_id}" endpoint.
• Add last login info for users.
• Change RBAC field names from builtin to is_builtin
• Add user permissions + RBAC tests.
• Add description for user permission.
• Save/restore appliances Etag.
• Allow to set the initial super admin username / password in server config file. Ref #1857
• Require authentication for get_user_memberships endpoint.
• Change method to prevent forbidden directory traversal. Ref #1894
• Add user groups support.
• Add delete cascade on foreign keys for appliance table
• Enable SQL foreign key support for SQLite
• Add missing CORS origins.
• Show topology path when check topology schema fails.
• Protect controller notification endpoints. Ref #1888 (WebSocket endpoint is not secured, it takes an optional token).
• Use uuid5 to create new compute_id. Fixes #1641 #1887
• Protect the API and add alternative authentication endpoint.
• Secure users API and handle manual password recovery.
• Add default super admin account in controller db.
• Complete type annotations for API endpoints.
• Detect the app is exiting and avoid reconnecting to computes.
• Move schemas between compute and controller subpackages
• Remove traceng code.
• Move error responses to API routers.
• Wait for local compute to be started. Don't reconnect to local compute when server is being stopped.
• Rename ssl and auth configuration file settings. Add enable SSL config validator. Strict configuration file validation: any error will prevent the server to start. Core server logic moved to a Server class.
• Generate new config for each test. Fixes tests.
• Use Pydantic to validate the server config file.
• Add symbol dimensions endpoint and SSL support for packet capture with remote HTTPS server.
• Save computes to database
• Generate a new list in template schema defaults.
• Generate JWT secret key if none is configured in the config file. Change location of the database.
• User authentication with tests.
• Refactor tests and start work on database integration.
• Move endpoints to routes & preparations to use a database.
• Providing the path to create a project is now deprecated.
• Add back script to create a self-signed SSL certificate.
• Make sure all HTTP exceptions return JSON with a "message" field instead of "detail"
• Make Swagger Ui the default for API documentation
• Move to version 3 of the REST API. Rename packet capture endpoints.
• Use pydantic for data validation (instead of jsonschema) Fix/improve various pydantic schema models.
• Automate API documentation publishing.
• Publish API documentation generated by FastAPI.
• Overwrite uvicorn loggers.
• Do not automatically connect to local compute.
• Add HTTP client to reuse the aiohttp session where needed. Remove unnecessary aiohttp exceptions.
• Warn not to use the private compute API. Fixes #1593.
• Migrate PCAP streaming code to work with FastAPI.
• Refactor WebSocket console code to work with FastAPI. Fix endpoint routes.
• Use dependencies and group common HTTP responses in endpoints.
• Migration to FastAPI
• Prioritize the config disk over HD-D for Qemu VMs. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/3036
• Create config disk property false by default for Qemu templates
• Set default disk interface type to "none". Fail-safe: use "ide" if an image is set but no interface type is configured. Use the HDA disk interface type if none has been configured for HDD.
• Add explicit option to automatically create or not the config disk. Off by default.
• Auxiliary console support for Qemu. Ref #2873 Improvements for auxiliary console support for Docker and Dynamips.
• Fix AUX console not allocated for Dynamips IOS routers.
• Disallow to rename a running node. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2499
• Support to reset all console connections. Ref https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/1619
• Support to reset links. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/1620
• Add maxcpus property for Qemu VMs. Ref #1674
• QEMU config disk support
• Read folder structure correctly for custom symbols. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2856
• Add total RAM, CPUs and disk size to servers summary as well as disk usage in percent. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/1532
• Resource constraints for Docker VMs.
• Update IOUtools. Ref #1627
• Use parent directory as working directory for project duplication and snapshots. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2909
• Support for "usage" for "Cloud" nodes. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2887 Allow "usage" for all builtin nodes (not exposed in Ui).