- Issued:
- 2021-02-16
- Updated:
- 2021-02-16
RHBA-2021:0583 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
new Firefox Flatpak container image
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
New Firefox Flatpak container image is now available in the Red Hat Container Registry.
Description
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
Flatpak is a system for running graphical applications as containers.
Installing an application as a Flatpak rather than as an individual package
allows it to be installed and updated independently of the host operating
system.
This update adds the Flatpak Container image of Firefox to the Red Hat
Container Registry.
Solution
To install and use Red Hat Enterprise Linux Flatpak content available in the the Red Hat Container Catalog, make sure that you have the latest version of the Flatpak client installed on your system:
yum update flatpak
After updating the Flatpak packages, add the Flatpak remote to your system:
flatpak remote-add rhel https://flatpaks.redhat.io/rhel.flatpakrepo
Provide the credentials for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux account:
podman login registry.redhat.io
Podman only saves credentials until the user logs out. To save your credentials permanently, run:
cp $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers/auth.json $HOME/.config/flatpak/oci-auth.json
To enable the RHEL Flatpak remote for a set of workstations within an organization, you should use a Registry Service Account. Credentials can be installed system-wide at /etc/flatpak/oci-auth.json.
Then, you can install the Firefox Flatpak container image:
flatpak install rhel org.firefox.Firefox
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1921802 - rebuild of firefox-flatpak-container 8.3
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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