Release process.
Note: The first release candidate is rc0. The following documented process assumes rc0, but replace it with the appropriate rc number as required.
Creating a release branch
Create a branch for a release using branch-<version> as the name of the branch. Make sure once the branch is created the version is set using:
mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=<version>
Checkout the release branch
git checkout branch-X.Y.Z
Create a Release Tag from the release branch
git tag -a release-X.Y.Z-rc0 -m 'Ambari X.Y.Z RC0' git push origin release-X.Y.Z-rc0
Create a tarball
# create a clean copy of the source cd ambari-git-X.Y.Z git clean -f -x -d cd .. cp -R ambari-git-X.Y.Z apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src # create ambari-web/public by running the build instructions per https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Development # once ambari-web/public is created, copy it as ambari-web/public-static cp -R ambari-git-X.Y.Z/ambari-web/public apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src/ambari-web/public-static # make sure apache rat tool runs successfully cp -R apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-ratcheck cd apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-ratcheck mvn clean apache-rat:check cd .. # if rat check fails, file JIRAs and fix them before proceeding. # tar it up, but exclude git artifacts tar --exclude=.git -zcvf apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src
Sign the tarball
gpg2 --armor --output apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz.asc --detach-sig apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz
Generate MD5 checksums:
md5sum apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz > apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz.md5 sha1sum apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz > apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz.sha1
or
openssl md5 apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz > apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz.md5 openssl sha1 apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz > apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-src.tar.gz.sha1
Upload the artifacts to your apache home:
The artifacts then need to be copied over to
public_html/apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-rc0
Call for a vote on the dev@ambari.apache.org mailing list with something like this:
I have created an ambari-** release candidate.
GIT source tag (r***)
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/ambari/repo?p=ambari.git;a=log;h=refs/tags/release-x.y.z-rc0
Staging site: http://people.apache.org/user_name/apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-rc0
PGP release keys (signed using 8EE2F25C) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x0DFF492D8EE2F25C
One can look into the issues fixed in this release at https://issues.apache.org/jira/**
Vote will be open for 72 hours.
[ ] +1 approve
[ ] +0 no opinion
[ ] -1 disapprove (and reason why)
Once the vote passes/fails, send out an email with subject like "[RESULT] [VOTE] Apache Ambari x.y.z rc0" to dev@ambari.apache.org. For the vote to pass, 3 +1 votes are required.
After the vote passes:
Verify your PGP key is provided to Apache. Apache verifies that distributions are correctly signed.
- Login to https://id.apache.org and verify the fingerprint of PGP key used to sign above is provided. (gpg --fingerprint)
- Upload your PGP public key only to /home/<user>/.pgpkey
Publish the release as below:
svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/ambari ambari cd ambari mkdir ambari-X.Y.Z scp ~/public_html/apache-ambari-X.Y.Z-rc0/* ambari-X.Y.Z svn add ambari-X.Y.Z svn commit -m "Committing Release X.Y.Z"
Create the release tag:
git tag -a release-X.Y.Z -m 'Ambari X.Y.Z' git push origin release-X.Y.Z
Note that it takes 24 hours for the changes to propagate to the mirrors.
Wait 24 hours and verify that the bits are available in the mirrors before sending an announcement.
Update Ambari Website and Wiki
http://ambari.apache.org is checked in Git in /ambari/docs/src/site folder.
svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ambari/site mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=X.Y.Z # Make necessary changes, typically to pom.xml, site.xml, index.apt, and whats-new.apt mvn clean site
Examine the changes under /ambari/docs/target folder.
Once content has been verified, copy contents of /ambari/docs/target into SVN repository location https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ambari/site and commit.
This should update the http://ambari.apache.org website.
Update the wiki to add pages for installation of the new version. Usually you can copy the pages for the last release and make the URL changes to point to new repo/tarball location.
Send out Announcement to dev@ambari.apache.org and user@ambari.apache.org.
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Ambari X.Y.Z.
The Apache Ambari team is proud to announce Apache Ambari version X.Y.Z
Apache Ambari is a tool for provisioning, managing, and monitoring Apache Hadoop clusters. Ambari consists of a set of RESTful APIs and a browser-based management console UI.
The release bits are at: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/ambari/ambari-X.Y.Z.
To use the released bits please use the following documentation:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Installation+Guide+for+Ambari+X.Y.Z
We would like to thank all the contributors that made the release possible.
Regards,
The Ambari Team