RHBA-2019:0226 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

This is the final notification for the End Of Life (EOL) for the following versions of Red Hat Proxy 5:

• Red Hat Proxy 5.6
• Red Hat Proxy 5.7

Description

The RHN service for Proxy 5.7, 5.6, and earlier versions of Red Hat Proxy 5 will exit the existing Limited Maintenance Release phase and be permanently shut down on January 31, 2019.

After this date, for the affected Red Hat Proxy 5 versions:

• No content will be available from RHN. System level updates will be stopped as a result.
• As per the life-cycle support policy for Red Hat Proxy, Red Hat will discontinue technical support services as well as software maintenance services.
• New bug fixes, security updates, and product enhancements will no longer be provided.

Details of the Red Hat Proxy support policy can be found at:

https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite/

Notes:

1) Red Hat will continue to support Red Hat Satellite and Proxy version 5.8.

2) Red Hat Proxy 5.6 and Red Hat Proxy 5.7 will be EOL on January 31, 2019. They will have to be upgraded.

How to proceed:

• Plan to upgrade to a newer version prior to January 31, 2019. You are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Red Hat Proxy 5.8 immediately, which will be supported through May 31, 2020.
• If you have a Technical Account Manager, consider contacting that person immediately to assist with your upgrade plans. Otherwise, contact Red Hat support for assistance at https://www.redhat.com/en/services/support
• Alternatively, Red Hat Consulting can be engaged to assist with a smooth upgrade, or migration to Satellite 6, see https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/consulting-offering-transition-to-satellite-6-datasheet

Details of the Red Hat Satellite life cycle can be found at https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite/

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.7 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1667116 - Proxy 5.7 and prior end of life - final warning

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)