Synopsis

rhel-guest-image bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhel-guest-image packages that fix several bugs and add one enhancement
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The rhel-quest-image packages provide a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 KVM Guest Image for cloud instances. This image is provided as a minimally configured system image which is available for use as-is or for configuration and customization as required by end users.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file was not created properly due to a missing End of Line (EOL) return. Consequently, the sshd daemon start failed with an error message. The writing of the sequence to /etc/ssh/sshd_config has been corrected, and sshd start no longer fails in this scenario. (BZ#912475, BZ#952280)
  
• Previously, the persistent udev rule was not removed from the guest image when the virtual machine (VM) was shut down. Consequently, when the VM was booted again and a different network card media access control (MAC) address was assigned to it, the udev rule caused the Network Interface Controller (NIC) to be set as eth1 instead of eth0. This incorrect configuration caused the instance to boot with no network support. This update adds the /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules file, and the VM configuration works as expected in the described scenario. (BZ#912801)
  
• The Red Hat Enterprise Linux guest image did not make use of the ttyS0 serial port by default, so tools that monitor the serial console log did not capture any information. This update adds a console log feature to the boot loader, and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux guest image now prints boot messages on the ttyS0 serial port and the standard console. (BZ#969487)
  
• Metadata access is handled by the network node, and the cloud-init service uses the metadata at startup time. Previously, the cloud-init service did not have the "NOZEROCONF=yes" stanza configured. Consequently, access to the subnet 169.254.0.0/16 range was not routed to the network node, so the cloud-init service failed to work. This update adds "NOZEROCONF=yes" to cloud images in the /etc/sysconfig/network file. Users should avoid turning on the zeroconf route in these images. To disable the zeroconf route at system boot time, edit the /etc/sysconfig/network file as root and add "NOZEROCONF=yes" to a new line at the end of the file. (BZ#983611)
  
• Previously, the /etc/fstab file contained unnecessary entries. Consequently, file systems mounting did not work properly when updating the kernel and grub installation. With this update, the unnecessary entries have been removed and file systems mounting now works as expected in this scenario. (BZ#1006883)
  
• Previously, a dhclient configuration option was missing in the ifcfg-eth0 configuration file. As a consequence, the network connectivity was lost if Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) failed. This update adds the “PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1” configuration option to the ifcfg-eth0 configuration file. Now, if the Network Interface Controller (NIC) is unable to negotiate a DHCP address, it retries. (BZ#1011013)
  

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• The virtual-guest image now includes a profile for the "tuned" daemon that is activated by default. This helps improve performance of the guest in most situations. (BZ#974554)
  

Users of rhel-guest-image are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 912475 - SSHD fails to start after nova reboot $instanceid with "Bad configuration option: restorecon"
• BZ - 969487 - the openstack cloud image should print boot messages also on ttyS0
• BZ - 970820 - Update cloud-init on cloud image to support config disk
• BZ - 974554 - RFE: set virtual-guest tuned profile by default
• BZ - 983611 - Cloud guest images needs to have "NOZEROCONF=yes" in /etc/sysconfig/network
• BZ - 1006883 - wrong /etc/fstab entries
• BZ - 1011013 - add PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1 to ifcfg-eth0
• BZ - 1012384 - Missing some packages for nfs/rhn/acpi/selinux functions
• BZ - 1028889 - wrong version in /etc/redhat-release
• BZ - 1030847 - packages under rhel-guest-image have not signed

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
rhel-guest-image-6.5-20131115.0.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 84dbe19a53b69461a505a2483fb89fd2e0fb715e9bfa6988b80354099ecea712
x86_64
rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131115.0.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e005e1ae0e205517bbeaebfa9b2154feab83af20cd5d0250d0c4c1b058c88dd1
i386
rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131115.0.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e005e1ae0e205517bbeaebfa9b2154feab83af20cd5d0250d0c4c1b058c88dd1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
rhel-guest-image-6.5-20131115.0.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 84dbe19a53b69461a505a2483fb89fd2e0fb715e9bfa6988b80354099ecea712
s390x
rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131115.0.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e005e1ae0e205517bbeaebfa9b2154feab83af20cd5d0250d0c4c1b058c88dd1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
rhel-guest-image-6.5-20131115.0.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 84dbe19a53b69461a505a2483fb89fd2e0fb715e9bfa6988b80354099ecea712
ppc64
rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131115.0.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e005e1ae0e205517bbeaebfa9b2154feab83af20cd5d0250d0c4c1b058c88dd1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
rhel-guest-image-6.5-20131115.0.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 84dbe19a53b69461a505a2483fb89fd2e0fb715e9bfa6988b80354099ecea712
x86_64
rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131115.0.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e005e1ae0e205517bbeaebfa9b2154feab83af20cd5d0250d0c4c1b058c88dd1
i386
rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131115.0.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: e005e1ae0e205517bbeaebfa9b2154feab83af20cd5d0250d0c4c1b058c88dd1