RHBA-2014:1851 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated openvswitch packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0
(Havana) are now available.

Description

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform provides the facilities for building
a private or public infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud running on commonly
available physical hardware. Services provided by these packages include:

• OpenStack Block Storage service ("cinder").
• OpenStack Compute service ("nova").
• OpenStack Dashboard ("horizon").
• OpenStack Image service ("glance").
• OpenStack Identity ("keystone").
• OpenStack Networking service ("neutron").
• OpenStack Object Storage service ("swift").
• OpenStack Orchestration service ("heat").
• OpenStack Telemetry service ("ceilometer").

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform also includes these supporting
technologies:

• Foreman OpenStack Manager, a utility for deploying enterprise-level OpenStack

clouds.

• PackStack, a utility for rapidly deploying proof of concept OpenStack clouds.
• Open vSwitch, an implementation of the OpenFlow protocol for remote per flow

control of network traffic.

For information on the scope and support implications of the Technology Preview
designation applied to some included components refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview/

This update applies fixes to several outstanding bugs. Documentation for these
bug fixes is available in the Technical Notes document:
https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/4/html/Technical_Notes/index.html

This errata includes a rebase for the following component:

• openvswitch (to 2.1.2)

Solution

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4 runs on the latest available
version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4 Release Notes contain the
following:

• An explanation of the way in which the provided components interact to form a

working cloud computing environment.

• Technology Previews, Recommended Practices, Known Issues and Deprecated

Functionality.

• The channels required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4,

including which channels need to be enabled and disabled.

• Information about upgrading from the Grizzly release.

The Release Notes are available at:
https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/4/html/Release_Notes/index.html

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenStack 4.0 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1138667 - openvswitch 2.x needed for OSP 4.0.z

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)