RHEL-6.9-2 AMI Release Notes

For more details on the overall new features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9, please refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 release notes:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Release_Notes/index.html

AMI Name

• On-Demand/Hourly: RHEL-6.9_HVM-20170424-x86_64-2-Hourly2-GP2
• Cloud Access Gold Image: RHEL-6.9_HVM-20170424-x86_64-2-Access2-GP2

Filesystem type

ext4

Storage

Default root volume size: 6GB
Volume type: EBS

Bootloader

GRUB 2
Partition table type: MS DOS

Supported Instance types

• General purpose: t2 (all except nano), m4, m3
• Compute optimized: c4, c3
• GPU instances: g2
• GPU compute: p2
• Memory optimized: r4, r3, x1
• Storage optimized: d2, i2

Content Sets

For instructions on how to enable or disable repositories, please reference the RHEL 6 Deployment Guide.

Supported Regions

us-east-2, ca-central-1, us-gov-west-1 (On-Demand only), eu-west-2, us-east-1, sa-east-1, eu-central-1, us-west-1, eu-west-1, us-west-2, ap-northeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-northeast-2, ap-south-1, cn-north-1 (On-Demand only)

Public/Houly AMIs

Private/Cloud Access AMIs

The following Knowledgebase Article provides instruction on how to search for the Cloud Access AMIs in AWS:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/2962171

Additional Release note Information

Bug Fixes

• CVE-2017-5461

Known issues

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 does not support Elastic Network Adapter (ENA)

Package Listing

• abrt-2.0.8
• abrt-addon-ccpp-2.0.8
• abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.8
• abrt-addon-python-2.0.8
• abrt-cli-2.0.8
• abrt-libs-2.0.8
• abrt-python-2.0.8
• abrt-tui-2.0.8
• acl-2.2.49
• acpid-1.0.10
• aic94xx-firmware-30
• alsa-lib-1.1.0
• alsa-utils-1.1.0
• at-3.1.10
• atk-1.30.0
• atlas-3.8.4
• atmel-firmware-1.3
• attr-2.4.44
• audit-2.4.5
• audit-libs-2.4.5
• audit-libs-python-2.4.5
• augeas-libs-1.0.0
• authconfig-6.1.12
• autofs-5.0.5
• avahi-libs-0.6.25
• b43-fwcutter-012
• b43-openfwwf-5.2
• basesystem-10.0
• bash-4.1.2
• bc-1.06.95
• bfa-firmware-3.2.23.0
• bind-libs-9.8.2
• bind-utils-9.8.2
• binutils-2.20.51.0.2
• biosdevname-0.7.2
• blktrace-1.0.1
• bridge-utils-1.2
• busybox-1.15.1
• bzip2-1.0.5
• bzip2-libs-1.0.5
• ca-certificates-2016.2.10
• cairo-1.8.8
• c-ares-1.10.0
• cas-0.15
• cdparanoia-libs-10.2
• certmonger-0.77.5
• checkpolicy-2.0.22
• chkconfig-1.3.49.5
• cifs-utils-4.8.1
• cloud-init-0.7.5
• cloud-utils-growpart-0.27
• ConsoleKit-0.4.1
• ConsoleKit-libs-0.4.1
• coreutils-8.4
• coreutils-libs-8.4
• cpio-2.10
• cpuspeed-1.5
• cracklib-2.8.16
• cracklib-dicts-2.8.16
• crash-7.1.0
• crash-gcore-command-1.0
• crash-trace-command-1.0
• crda-3.13_2015.10.22
• cronie-1.4.4
• cronie-anacron-1.4.4
• crontabs-1.10
• cryptsetup-luks-1.2.0
• cryptsetup-luks-libs-1.2.0
• cups-1.4.2
• cups-libs-1.4.2
• curl-7.19.7
• cvs-1.11.23
• cyrus-sasl-2.1.23
• cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.23
• cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.23
• cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.23
• dash-0.5.5.1
• db4-4.7.25
• db4-cxx-4.7.25
• db4-devel-4.7.25
• db4-utils-4.7.25
• dbus-1.2.24
• dbus-glib-0.86
• dbus-libs-1.2.24
• dbus-python-0.83.0
• dejavu-fonts-common-2.33
• dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33
• desktop-file-utils-0.15
• device-mapper-1.02.117
• device-mapper-event-1.02.117
• device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.117
• device-mapper-libs-1.02.117
• device-mapper-persistent-data-0.6.2
• dhclient-4.1.1
• dhcp-common-4.1.1
• diffutils-2.8.1
• dmidecode-2.12
• dmraid-1.0.0.rc16
• dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc16
• dosfstools-3.0.9
• dracut-004
• dracut-kernel-004
• dracut-modules-growroot-0.23
• dstat-0.7.0
• e2fsprogs-1.41.12
• e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.12
• ed-1.1
• efibootmgr-0.5.4
• eggdbus-0.6
• eject-2.1.5
• elfutils-0.164
• elfutils-libelf-0.164
• elfutils-libs-0.164
• elinks-0.12
• ethtool-3.5
• expat-2.0.1
• file-5.04
• file-libs-5.04
• filesystem-2.4.30
• findutils-4.4.2
• fipscheck-1.2.0
• fipscheck-lib-1.2.0
• fontconfig-2.8.0
• fontpackages-filesystem-1.41
• foomatic-4.0.4
• foomatic-db-4.0
• foomatic-db-filesystem-4.0
• foomatic-db-ppds-4.0
• fprintd-0.1
• fprintd-pam-0.1
• freetype-2.3.11
• gamin-0.1.10
• gawk-3.1.7
• gdbm-1.8.0
• gdbm-devel-1.8.0
• gdisk-0.8.10
• gdk-pixbuf2-2.24.1
• gettext-0.17
• ghostscript-8.70
• ghostscript-fonts-5.50
• glib2-2.28.8
• glibc-2.12
• glibc-common-2.12
• glibc-devel-2.12
• glibc-headers-2.12
• gmp-4.3.1
• gnupg2-2.0.14
• gnutls-2.12.23
• gpgme-1.1.8
• gpg-pubkey-2fa658e0
• gpg-pubkey-fd431d51
• gpm-libs-1.20.6
• grep-2.20
• groff-1.18.1.4
• grub-0.97
• grubby-7.0.15
• gstreamer-0.10.29
• gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.29
• gstreamer-tools-0.10.29
• gtk2-2.24.23
• gzip-1.3.12
• hal-0.5.14
• hal-info-20090716
• hal-libs-0.5.14
• hdparm-9.43
• hesiod-3.1.0
• hicolor-icon-theme-0.11
• hunspell-1.2.8
• hunspell-en-0.20090216
• hwdata-0.233
• hwloc-1.5
• info-4.13a
• initscripts-9.03.58
• iotop-0.3.2
• ipa-client-3.0.0
• ipa-python-3.0.0
• iproute-2.6.32
• iptables-1.4.7
• iptables-ipv6-1.4.7
• iputils-20071127
• ipw2100-firmware-1.3
• ipw2200-firmware-3.1
• irqbalance-1.0.7
• iso-codes-3.16
• ivtv-firmware-20080701
• iw-4.1
• iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1
• iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1
• iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9
• iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24
• iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1
• iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2
• iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1
• iwl6000g2a-firmware-17.168.5.3
• iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1
• jasper-libs-1.900.1
• json-c-0.11
• kbd-1.15
• kbd-misc-1.15
• kernel-2.6.32
• kernel-firmware-2.6.32
• kernel-headers-2.6.32
• kexec-tools-2.0.0
• keyutils-1.4
• keyutils-libs-1.4
• kpartx-0.4.9
• krb5-libs-1.10.3
• krb5-workstation-1.10.3
• latencytop-0.5
• latencytop-common-0.5
• latencytop-tui-0.5
• lcms-libs-1.19
• ledmon-0.79
• less-436
• libacl-2.2.49
• libaio-0.3.107
• libattr-2.4.44
• libbasicobjects-0.1.1
• libblkid-2.17.2
• libcap-2.16
• libcap-ng-0.6.4
• libcgroup-0.40.rc1
• libcollection-0.6.2
• libcom_err-1.41.12
• libcurl-7.19.7
• libdhash-0.4.3
• libdrm-2.4.65
• libedit-2.11
• libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.110.22.p23
• libevent-1.4.13
• libffi-3.0.5
• libfontenc-1.1.2
• libfprint-0.1.0
• libgcc-4.4.7
• libgcrypt-1.4.5
• libgfortran-4.4.7
• libgomp-4.4.7
• libgpg-error-1.7
• libgssglue-0.1
• libgudev1-147
• libhugetlbfs-2.16
• libhugetlbfs-utils-2.16
• libICE-1.0.6
• libidn-1.18
• libini_config-1.1.0
• libipa_hbac-1.13.3
• libjpeg-turbo-1.2.1
• libkadm5-1.10.3
• libldb-1.1.25
• libmng-1.0.10
• libnih-1.0.1
• libnl-1.1.4
• libnl3-3.2.21
• libogg-1.1.4
• liboil-0.3.16
• libpath_utils-0.2.1
• libpcap-1.4.0
• libpciaccess-0.13.4
• libpng-1.2.49
• libproxy-0.3.0
• libproxy-bin-0.3.0
• libproxy-python-0.3.0
• libref_array-0.1.4
• libreport-2.0.9
• libreport-cli-2.0.9
• libreport-compat-2.0.9
• libreport-filesystem-2.0.9
• libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9
• libreport-plugin-logger-2.0.9
• libreport-plugin-mailx-2.0.9
• libreport-plugin-reportuploader-2.0.9
• libreport-plugin-rhtsupport-2.0.9
• libreport-plugin-ureport-2.0.9
• libreport-python-2.0.9
• libselinux-2.0.94
• libselinux-python-2.0.94
• libselinux-utils-2.0.94
• libsemanage-2.0.43
• libsemanage-python-2.0.43
• libsepol-2.0.41
• libSM-1.2.1
• libss-1.41.12
• libssh2-1.4.2
• libsss_idmap-1.13.3
• libstdc++-4.4.7
• libtalloc-2.1.5
• libtar-1.2.11
• libtasn1-2.3
• libtdb-1.3.8
• libtevent-0.9.26
• libthai-0.1.12
• libtheora-1.1.0
• libtiff-3.9.4
• libtirpc-0.2.1
• libtopology-0.3
• libudev-147
• libusb-0.1.12
• libusb1-1.0.9
• libuser-0.56.13
• libutempter-1.1.5
• libuuid-2.17.2
• libvisual-0.4.0
• libvorbis-1.2.3
• libX11-1.6.4
• libX11-common-1.6.4
• libXau-1.0.6
• libxcb-1.12
• libXcomposite-0.4.3
• libXcursor-1.1.14
• libXdamage-1.1.3
• libXext-1.3.3
• libXfixes-5.0.3
• libXfont-1.5.1
• libXft-2.3.2
• libXi-1.7.8
• libXinerama-1.1.3
• libxml2-2.7.6
• libxml2-python-2.7.6
• libXrandr-1.5.1
• libXrender-0.9.10
• libxslt-1.1.26
• libXt-1.1.4
• libXtst-1.2.3
• libXv-1.0.11
• libXxf86vm-1.1.3
• libyaml-0.1.3
• logrotate-3.7.8
• lsof-4.82
• ltrace-0.5
• lua-5.1.4
• lvm2-2.02.143
• lvm2-libs-2.02.143
• lzo-2.03
• m2crypto-0.20.2
• m4-1.4.13
• mailcap-2.1.31
• mailx-12.4
• make-3.81
• MAKEDEV-3.24
• man-1.6f
• man-pages-3.22
• man-pages-overrides-6.9.1
• mdadm-3.3.4
• mesa-dri1-drivers-7.11
• mesa-dri-drivers-11.0.7
• mesa-dri-filesystem-11.0.7
• mesa-libGL-11.0.7
• mesa-libGLU-11.0.7
• mesa-private-llvm-3.6.2
• microcode_ctl-1.17
• mingetty-1.08
• mlocate-0.22.2
• module-init-tools-3.9
• mtr-0.75
• mysql-libs-5.1.73
• nano-2.0.9
• ncurses-5.7
• ncurses-base-5.7
• ncurses-libs-5.7
• net-tools-1.60
• newt-0.52.11
• newt-python-0.52.11
• nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3
• nfs-utils-1.2.3
• nfs-utils-lib-1.1.5
• nspr-4.13.1
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• nss_compat_ossl-0.9.6
• nss-softokn-3.14.3
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• ntp-4.2.6p5
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• ntsysv-1.3.49.5
• numactl-2.0.9
• numpy-1.4.1
• oddjob-0.30
• oddjob-mkhomedir-0.30
• openjpeg-libs-1.3
• openldap-2.4.40
• openssh-5.3p1
• openssh-clients-5.3p1
• openssh-server-5.3p1
• openssl-1.0.1e
• oprofile-0.9.9
• p11-kit-0.18.5
• p11-kit-trust-0.18.5
• pam-1.1.1
• pam_krb5-2.3.11
• pam_passwdqc-1.0.5
• pango-1.28.1
• parted-2.1
• passwd-0.77
• patch-2.6
• pax-3.4
• pciutils-3.1.10
• pciutils-libs-3.1.10
• pcmciautils-015
• pcre-7.8
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• perl-5.10.1
• perl-Archive-Extract-0.38
• perl-Archive-Tar-1.58
• perl-CGI-3.51
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• perl-core-5.10.1
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• perl-File-Fetch-0.26
• perl-HTML-Parser-3.64
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• perl-IO-Zlib-1.09
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• perl-Log-Message-0.02
• perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04
• perl-Module-Build-0.3500
• perl-Module-CoreList-2.18
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• popt-1.13
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• python-2.6.6
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• python-simplejson-2.0.9
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• PyYAML-3.10
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• rsyslog-5.8.10
• rt61pci-firmware-1.2
• rt73usb-firmware-1.8
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• selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19
• setools-libs-3.3.7
• setools-libs-python-3.3.7
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