RHBA-2018:1677 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated OpenStack Compute packages that resolve various issues are now
available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 (Pike) for RHEL 7.

Description

Red Hat OpenStack Platform provides the facilities for building, deploying
and monitoring a private or public infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud
running on commonly available physical hardware. This advisory includes
packages for:

• OpenStack Compute service

OpenStack Compute (nova) launches and schedules large networks of virtual
machines, creating a redundant and scalable cloud computing platform.
Compute provides the software, control panels, and APIs required to
orchestrate a cloud, including running virtual machine instances and
controlling access through users and projects.

Solution

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

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5.

The Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 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, and Known Issues.
• The channels required for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12, including which

channels need to be enabled and disabled.

The Release Notes are available at:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-openstack-platform/

This update is available through 'yum update' on systems registered through
Red Hat Subscription Manager. For more information about Red Hat
Subscription Manager, see:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Subscription_Management/1/html/RHSM/index.html

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power 12 ppc64le
• Red Hat OpenStack 12 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1570611 - [RHOS-12] RFE: add ability to configure extra CPU flags for named CPU models
• BZ - 1576806 - [RHOS-12] Make `cpu_model_extra_flags` case-insensitive
• BZ - 1577093 - [RHOS-12] Lift the restriction on choices for `cpu_model_extra_flags` config attribute

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)