# LINBIT Deployment Tool — Release 1.0.2

**URL:** <https://forums.linbit.com/t/linbit-deployment-tool-release-1-0-2/1231>\
**Category:** Release Announcements\
**Tags:** drbd, linstor, drbd-reactor, deployment-tool\
**Created:** [June 23, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linbit-deployment-tool-release-1-0-2/1231 "2026-06-23T14:28:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/linbit-deployment-tool-release-1-0-2/1231/1 "2026-06-23T14:28:23Z")

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Released 2026-06-22

## What’s new

### New features

- **Backup Encryption (optional).** New toggle on the Configuration page to set up the LINSTOR master passphrase that protects S3 backup keys, LUKS volume keys, and SED drive passwords. Off by default. Includes a generate-or-enter-your-own passphrase flow with a strength meter, an optional “auto-unlock on controller restart” setting, and a one-time recovery sheet you can download or copy. The passphrase is never saved to disk by the tool or written into cluster metadata.
- **Clearer deploy log.** Ansible output is now color-coded — green for _ok_, blue for _changed_, dimmed for _skipped_, red for _failed/unreachable_ — with a color-coded final summary, so problems stand out at a glance.
- **Faster registration.** Your newest active support contract is selected automatically after login, and the cluster list defaults to “Create a new cluster.” Both are still fully over-ridable.
- **Better in-app guidance.** Tool tips added to every Deployment Profile field, and the HA Service VIP field now shows a live preview of the controller/GUI access URL.

### Changes

- **Branding and polish** across the Linux, Windows, and macOS builds (window title, icons, installer metadata).
- Tooltips no longer get clipped at the edge of the window.

### Fixes

- Custom SSH key **path** is now remembered across save/reload (passwords and passphrases are still never saved).
- Removed stray “cowsay” ASCII art that could appear in the deployment log.
- Fixed hard-to-read inline code text in light mode on the Deployment Complete / Operations screen.

## Notes

- Configurations are saved in format **v6**. Configurations from earlier versions load unchanged.
- No sensitive material (passwords, keys, passphrases) is ever written to saved configurations or cluster metadata.

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