v4.5.1

New to v4.5.1 is the TNF Config Generator introduced in #1506. This allows users to build a complete TNF config file without having to touch YAML.

There has been a bunch of documentation written about this tool as well so be sure to check that out here.

TNF Config Updates

• config: add info and a quick demo of the CNF Config Generator by @jmontesi in #1520
• config: allow interative svg image for the CNF Config Generator demo by @jmontesi in #1526
• config: fix path for the CNF Config Generator demo image by @jmontesi in #1527
• cmd/tnf: new tool to generate the CNF config file with user input by @jmontesi in #1506
• config: delete unused struct definitions by @jmontesi in #1514
• config: add two more options to the CNF config generator by @jmontesi in #1523
• config: update documentation by @jmontesi in #1525

Test Improvements

• check for local storage provisioners for SNO clusters by @edcdavid in #1507
• Making the lifecycle-pod-scheduling test optional in telco scenarios by @edcdavid in #1521

Claim Compare Tool

• Official documentation for the claim compare tool. by @greyerof in #1533

Dependency Updates

• Update -preflight to v1.7.0 by @sebrandon1 in #1496
• Update operator-sdk to v1.32.0 by @sebrandon1 in #1505
• Update Go to v1.21.2 by @sebrandon1 in #1504
• Bump ubi8/ubi from 8.8-1067 to 8.8-1067.1696517599 by @dependabot in #1512
• Bump ubi8/ubi-minimal from 8.8-1072 to 8.8-1072.1696517598 by @dependabot in #1511
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 by @dependabot in #1531
• Bump github.com/test-network-function/privileged-daemonset from 1.0.10 to 1.0.12 by @dependabot in #1542
• Bump helm.sh/helm/v3 from 3.13.0 to 3.13.1 by @dependabot in #1538
• Bump github.com/test-network-function/test-network-function-claim from 1.0.27 to 1.0.28 by @dependabot in #1537
• Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.12.1 to 2.13.0 by @dependabot in #1536
• Bump k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver from 0.28.2 to 0.28.3 by @dependabot in #1539

CI Improvements

• Send gchat alert message to dev team if unstable image creation failed. by @greyerof in #1500
• Fix for rhcos_versions.sh script. by @greyerof in #1502
• Send gchat alert message to dev team if release image creation failed. by @greyerof in #1503
• depends-on-action: no need for changes in Makefile anymore by @fredericlepied in #1509
• Removed local certdb and use it from OCT. by @greyerof in #1513
• Disable DEBUG_TNF flag in QE runs by @sebrandon1 in #1510
• Enable flaky retries for QE by @sebrandon1 in #1528
• Added to CI tests sanity checks for the collector by @shirmoran in #1365

Full Changelog: v4.5.0...v4.5.1