OpenCHAMI Weekly Digest

A big week. Seven releases including inventory-service v0.1.0 (the first tag), a built-in MCP server in fabrica, a Single System Image RFD on the table, and group-membership-from-SMD in boot-service.

Highlights#

• inventory-service v0.1.0 — the first release: inventory-service v0.1.0 tags. Months of work from shunr-hpe culminates: inventory-service PR #21 adds the GitHub release workflow and goreleaser build, and PR #22 refactors and expands the SMD-compare tests.
• fabrica gets a built-in MCP server: fabrica PR #47 from alexlovelltroy lands a built-in Model Context Protocol server. Significant new direction — fabrica-based services can be discovered and interacted with by MCP-aware tools (Claude Desktop, agents, etc.) out of the box.
• fabrica releases this week: fabrica v0.4.4 and v0.4.3 ship. The release brings: PR #49 (keep fabrica from regenerating files when only the header changed), PR #44 (purely local generation bugfix), PR #45 (init path fix for agentic tools), PR #21 (SPDX line moves + authorship), PR #50 (version doc bump), and PR #52 (enhanced version display, still open).
• boot-service ships v0.1.3 and v0.1.4: boot-service v0.1.4 and v0.1.3 ship with PR #12 (group membership from SMD by travisbcotton) and PR #10 (boot profile clarification by alexlovelltroy).
• fru-tracker v0.2.2 with build automation: fru-tracker v0.2.2 ships PR #18 from alexlovelltroy: Makefile + GitHub workflow updates for proper build automation.
• Single System Image RFD: roadmap #125 from jordiblasco proposes Single System Image for cluster provisioning — a strategic direction worth deep discussion.
• OpenCHAMI installation/deployment tool proposed: release #53 from erl-hpe — a turnkey deployment tool based on the tutorials. Connects to the existing deployment-recipes work.
• cloud-init mem-store boot-time init: cloud-init PR #103 from rainest adds basic memory-store initialization at boot — improving cold-start behavior.
• Inventory Service blog post in progress: openchami.org PR #97 from shunr-hpe drafts a blog post for inventory-service, timed for the v0.1.0 release.

New & Notable PRs#

• Built-in MCP server (fabrica #47) by alexlovelltroy
• Group membership from SMD (boot-service #12) by travisbcotton
• GitHub release workflow + goreleaser (inventory-service #21) by shunr-hpe
• Refactored SMD-compare tests (inventory-service #22) by shunr-hpe
• Skip regenerating on header-only change (fabrica #49) by alexlovelltroy
• Build automation for fru-tracker (fru-tracker #18) by alexlovelltroy
• mem-store boot-time init (cloud-init #103) by rainest

Issues to Watch#

• Introduce Single System Image for cluster provisioning (roadmap #125) — RFD; strategic.
• OpenCHAMI Installation/Deployment Tool (release #53) — turnkey deployment ask.
• No cloud config from /meta-data (metadata-service #9) — looks like a meaningful bug to triage.
• Work with a nodes directory (ex-bootstrap #5) — extends the cabinet-discovery work.

Releases#

• inventory-service v0.1.0 — first release
• fabrica v0.4.4
• fabrica v0.4.3
• boot-service v0.1.4
• boot-service v0.1.3
• fru-tracker v0.2.2
• release v0.1.5

Contributor Thanks#

• shunr-hpe — inventory-service v0.1.0 first release; sustained momentum from months of work.
• alexlovelltroy — fabrica MCP server, fabrica build polish, fru-tracker automation. Big week.
• travisbcotton — group-membership-from-SMD in boot-service.
• rainest — cloud-init mem-store boot-time init.
• bmcdonald3 — fabrica init path fix for agentic tools.
• jordiblasco — Single System Image RFD.
• erl-hpe — deployment tool ask.

What’s next?#

• Open RFD discussion on Single System Image (roadmap #125).
• Triage metadata-service #9 cloud-config bug.
• Land fabrica #52 enhanced version display.
• Scope the OpenCHAMI deployment tool ask (release #53) against existing tutorials and deployment-recipes.

Proposed Blog Titles#

1. “inventory-service v0.1.0: A First Look”
2. “fabrica Speaks MCP: AI Agents Meet OpenCHAMI Services”
3. “Single System Image: A New Direction for Cluster Provisioning?”
4. “Group Membership From SMD: How boot-service Knows Who You Are”
5. “A Turnkey OpenCHAMI Installer: Early Thinking”