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    <p>Dear Rudder community,<br>
       <br>
      We are very proud to announce that we have just released a new
      version: Rudder 6.1.0.</p>
    <p>Here a small summary of new major features:<br>
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            <p>In addition to existing node properties, we added group
              properties, and improved global
              parameters. This allows powerful hierarchic variable
              definition, with easy
              overrides.</p>
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            <p>Several improvements for techniques created with the
              technique editor:</p>
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                  <p>Technique description is now rendered as markdown
                    in the directive form, allowing to document
                    the technique for its users.</p>
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                  <p>The technique parameter now have a description
                    field, to help the user fill the form, like already
                    existed
                    for build-in techniques.</p>
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                  <p>You can chose the category you put your techniques
                    in directly from the editor.</p>
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            <p>New generic methods for file edition using <a
                href="https://augeas.net/">Augeas</a>.</p>
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            <p>The groups page has been redesigned with a much cleaner
              interface.</p>
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            <p>In node details, the system policies have moved from the
              "Compliance"
              to a a new "System status" tab for improved readability.</p>
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            <p>The resource manager in the technique editor has been
              improved.</p>
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            <p>New useful commands:</p>
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                  <p><code>rudder server create-user</code> to create
                    admin users,</p>
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                  <p><code>rudder agent policy-server</code> to manage
                    an agent’s policy server.</p>
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        <p>The API documentation has been migrated to OpenAPI and its
          content was updated and improved.</p>
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    <p><br>
      This version of Rudder is a final release. We have tested it
      thoroughly and believe it to be free of any major bugs.<br>
       <br>
      More details and installation/upgrade procedures can be found in
      the changelog:<br>
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      We look forward to your feedback on:<br>
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        moz-do-not-send="true">https://chat.rudder.io</a> (or #rudder on
      freenode)<br>
        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
        href="https://issues.rudder.io" moz-do-not-send="true">https://issues.rudder.io</a>
      (for bug reports)<br>
       <br>
      Wishing you a pleasant day,<br>
      <br>
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            <td colspan="4" style="font-size:11.0pt;"> Vincent Membré </td>
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            <td style="text-align: right;">T:</td>
            <td colspan="3" style="font-weight:normal">+33 1 84 16 06 00</td>
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            <td style="text-align: right;">M:</td>
            <td colspan="3" style="font-weight:normal">+33 6 10 14 76 78</td>
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            <td colspan="2"> Continuous Audit & Configuration
              software<br>
              <span style="font-weight:normal; font-style: italic">DRM:
                Developper & Release Manager</span> </td>
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