<s>
Foreman	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
The	O
Foreman	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
complete	O
life	O
cycle	O
systems	B-Application
management	I-Application
tool	O
for	O
provisioning	O
,	O
configuring	O
and	O
monitoring	O
of	O
physical	O
and	O
virtual	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foreman	B-Application
has	O
deep	O
integration	O
to	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
software	O
,	O
with	O
Ansible	B-Language
,	O
Puppet	B-Application
,	O
Chef	B-Application
,	O
Salt	B-Application
and	O
other	O
solutions	O
through	O
plugins	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
automate	O
repetitive	O
tasks	O
,	O
deploy	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
change	O
to	O
deployed	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foreman	B-Application
provides	O
provisioning	O
on	O
bare-metal	O
(	O
through	O
managed	O
DHCP	B-Protocol
,	O
DNS	B-Application
,	O
TFTP	B-Device
,	O
and	O
PXE-based	O
unattended	B-Application
installations	I-Application
)	O
,	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
and	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foreman	B-Application
provides	O
comprehensive	O
,	O
auditable	O
interaction	O
facilities	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
web	O
frontend	O
,	O
a	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
robust	O
REST	O
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
development	O
on	O
Foreman	B-Application
started	O
in	O
July	O
2009	O
under	O
a	O
different	O
project	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foreman	B-Application
is	O
targeted	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
but	O
users	O
reported	O
successful	O
installations	B-Application
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
Foreman	B-Application
team	O
maintains	O
repositories	O
for	O
various	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
:	O
Fedora	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
and	O
derivatives	O
such	O
as	O
CentOS	O
)	O
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foreman	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
freely	O
available	O
plugins	O
to	O
increase	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
plugins	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Date	O
Version	O
Changes	O
and	O
additions	O
14	O
October	O
2013	O
1.3.0	O
Improvements	O
were	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
installation	B-Application
process	O
,	O
API	B-Application
,	O
scalability	O
,	O
existing	O
hosts	O
mapping	O
to	O
compute	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
30	O
January	O
2014	O
1.4.0	O
New	O
compute	O
profiles	O
feature	O
,	O
improved	O
plugin	O
registration	O
and	O
web	O
UI	O
extensibility	O
,	O
Kerberos	B-Protocol
authentication	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
smart	O
proxy	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
9	O
May	O
2014	O
1.5.0	O
Config	O
groups	O
feature	O
for	O
Puppet	B-Application
management	O
,	O
integration	O
with	O
FreeIPA	B-Language
,	O
improved	O
authorization	O
system	O
and	O
image	O
provisioning	O
on	O
oVirt	B-Language
,	O
libvirt	B-Language
and	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
ESX	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
11	O
September	O
2014	O
1.6.0	O
Plugin	O
support	O
for	O
Foreman	B-Application
's	O
Smart	O
Proxy	O
,	O
new	O
API	B-Application
version	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
or	O
Kerberos	B-Protocol
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2	O
December	O
2014	O
1.7.0	O
New	O
features	O
for	O
Foreman	B-Application
's	O
smart	O
class	O
matchers	O
supplying	O
data	O
to	O
Puppet	B-Application
,	O
more	O
advanced	O
networking	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
build	O
health	O
checker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
23	O
December	O
2015	O
1.10.0	O
Various	O
host	O
management	O
user	O
interface	O
enhancements	O
,	O
DNS	B-Application
plugin	O
support	O
in	O
Foreman	B-Application
's	O
Smart	O
Proxy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
April	O
2016	O
1.11.0	O
Parameter	O
management	O
improvements	O
,	O
new	O
Smart	O
Proxy	O
user	O
interfaces	O
,	O
DHCP	B-Protocol
plugin	O
support	O
in	O
the	O
Smart	O
Proxy.8	O
July	O
20161.12.0Puppet	O
4	O
support	O
,	O
New	O
OS	O
support	O
(	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Xenial	O
,	O
Fedora	O
24	O
)	O
5	O
October	O
20161.13.0IPv6	O
addressing	O
and	O
partial	O
orchestration	O
support	O
,	O
Support	O
for	O
different	O
PXE	B-Device
boot	O
loaders	O
for	O
UEFI	O
booting	O
,	O
ISC	O
DHCP	B-Protocol
performance	O
improvement	O
,	O
Compute	O
resource	O
enhancements	O
,	O
Facter	O
structured	O
facts	O
support16	O
January	O
20171.14.0Automatic	O
IPv6	O
addressing	O
for	O
hosts	O
in	O
compute	O
resources	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
exporting	O
templates	O
and	O
see	O
help	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
create	O
them	O
,	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
enhancements	O
to	O
support	O
putting	O
users	O
in	O
organizations/locations	O
12	O
May	O
20171.15.0Default	O
owner	O
for	O
new	O
hosts	O
,	O
notifications	O
drawer	O
,	O
templates	O
and	O
roles	O
locking	O
,	O
import	O
hosts	O
that	O
are	O
in	O
compute	O
resources	O
,	O
SSH	O
keys	O
deployed	O
differently	O
depending	O
on	O
who	O
creates	O
the	O
host	O
.	O
</s>
