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Version 0.2.0 of the metal-python SDK has been extended to cover all available Metal API resources! The items from v0.1.0 are still included (Metal Gateway, VRF, Interconnection, etc.). This continues to flesh out possibilities for the growing Ansible Collection for Equinix (ansible-collection-equinix).  Tags: DevRel, Engineering, Release, Metal-Python, Metal, Python, SDK 

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Version 0.7.0 of cluster-api-provider-packet, introduces metro level support vs facility level in accordance with the soon-to-be updated Metal API. Users of previous versions will want to take advantage of this immediately. The basic requirements to upgrade your existing clusters can be found here. Please work with your Equinix support team to determine the best migration path for your architecture. Assistance can also be found in the Community Slack and Community site. Read more at our Metros Quick Reference and see the facility deprecation announcement.  *Please note that if devices are already in the correct metros you’ve specified, no disruption will happen to clusters or their devices. As with any production change, test your changes before applying them to clusters in production. In addition to metro-level support, this release installs the latest cloud-provider-equinix-metal v3.6.1 by default and is built on golang version 1.19 and cluster-api 1.3.

We've released v0.7.2 to comply with the new kubernetes package repositories new key signing process. This new process prevented cluster-api installs from working at all. Please update to v0.7.2 so you can deploy new nodes again.https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-packet/releases/tag/v0.7.2

In this short Tech Talk, we review how to manage hybrid workloads in a multicloud environment using Azure Arc and Platform Equinix®. Our experts explain how to enable your business to use the power of the cloud regardless of workload location.Led by Jaime Schmidtke, Microsoft Unified Edge Specialist, Global Black Belt and Brian Petit, Equinix Global Solutions Architect, Microsoft AllianceHighlightsLearn how to leverage Azure Arc to enable the central operation and governance of diverse environments. Discover how to simplify the complexity you face when building applications and services in hybrid cloud. Understand how to maintain a secure and robust dedicated connection between on-premise and public cloud. Experience seamless, on-demand, direct access to cloud services such as Microsoft Azure. 

As of v0.2.1, the official Pulumi provider for Equinix is now listed in the Pulumi registry. This version includes a fix for a documentation bug as well as updated documentation that more accurately covers supported languages.

This is the first release of the Equinix Ansible Collection. This collection will mature to succeed the Ansible Equinix Metal collection.  The big difference with this collection is that the goal of the project is to cover all Equinix APIs over time, starting with Metal, Fabric, and Network Edge.   If you are just getting started with Ansible on Equinix, this is the project to use. Let us know which features you’ll need for your playbooks. We’ve stubbed out issues for all of the resources that will be needed to put this provider on parity with the Equinix Terraform provider which has the the most complete IaC coverage today.   Broader API coverage is being facilitated by the move away from legacy, hand-crafted, Python SDKs (packet-python).  We will favor (and produce) SDKs generated from the OpenAPI spec for each Equinix API that will be supported. Metal Python is the first of these, an SDK built for wide adoption. Its readiness to simplify the A

The 0.2.0 release of pulumi-equinix includes Pulumi SDKs generated with v1.14.1 of terraform-provider-equinix. This release includes a bug fix that improve usability of single-element set- and list-type fields; deprecation notices for facility-related fields to prepare for the deprecation of facilities in the Equinix Metal platform; and support for key types in Network Edge SSH key resources, which makes it possible to provision Arista routers in Network Edge with Pulumi.

The 1.14.0 release of terraform-provider-equinix includes code and documentation to help users identify and update Terraform configurations that are impacted by the deprecation of facilities in the Equinix Metal platform. In addition, this release adds support for the DSA key type in the equinix_network_ssh_key resource, which makes it possible to provision routers in Network Edge with Terraform.

This is the first release of the pulumi-equinix collection, a successor to the pulumi-metal collection. The new release includes Pulumi generated SDKs for various languages (.NET, Python, TypeScript, Java, and Go) that cover not only Metal, but also Network Edge, and Fabric resources. 

This is the first release of metal-python, a generated Python SDK for the Equinix Metal API and successor to our original packet-python. By taking advantage of the OpenAPI spec for the Metal API, this SDK offers far greater API coverage. Advantages over packet-python include support for Metal Gateway, VRF, Interconnection, and more. The Metal Python SDK has already been put to use, backing the new Metal modules in the Ansible Collection for Equinix (ansible-collection-equinix).

This release is v3.6.0 of the cloud-provider-equinix-metal project, which provides a Kubernetes cloud controller manager for Equinix Metal. It includes 25 changes, the most exciting change being an upgrade path for users to get the latest version of MetalLB. This means better BGP-based network load balancing across their enabled worker nodes via custom resources. A lesser but still important change is that CPEM no longer does a health check on an incorrect service if said service was created in the default namespace. Various other updates were also bundled into this version such as updating Go language dependencies and improving linting for developer code. Check out the CPEM documentation for MetalLB for more details and review a sample migration path provided by MetalLB.

This release of our experimental generated Go SDK for the Equinix Metal API adds support for additionalProperties as required in the OpenAPI v3 specification.  The new support for additionalProperties allows Go SDK clients to access properties that are included in API responses but are not documented in the API spec and improves the compatibility of the generated Go SDK with future API releases.  This release also introduces a default User-Agent header for improved usage metrics.  Finally, this helps transition us from the old Packet packngo SDK! To learn more about our generated Go SDK, visit the equinix-labs/metal-go repo on GitHub.

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