RHBA-2022:1315 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated version of Red Hat Update Infrastructure (RHUI) is now available. RHUI 4.1 introduces multiple new features and fixes several bugs.

Description

This RHUI update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when the `Gunicorn` logs were rotated by the `logrotate` utility, the main log file did not receive new entries. With this update, the issue has been fixed and the log file works as expected.
• Previously, if the `/var/lib/rhui/remote_share/rpm/` directory contained more than one version of the same package, the CDS nodes failed to install. With this update, the installation process cleans the directory before proceeding with the installation. As a result, the CDS node installations no longer fail.

In addition, this RHUI update introduces the following enhancements:

• The Pulp packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.17.3. Apart from providing a number of bug fixes and enhancements, this upgrade makes RHUI fully FIPS compliant.
• You can now use the Ceph File System to store the remote share. For information on installing RHUI with CephFS, see the product documentation.
• With this update, repositories are now automatically exported. As a result, symlinks from packages and repository metadata files to binary blobs are created even before the content is requested for the first time. Consequently, CDS nodes can provide content even if the RHUA node is inaccessible. (BZ#2027521)
• With this update, you can synchronize packages from the Red Hat CDN using a proxy server. To use this feature, you must run RHUI Installer with arguments that correspond to your proxy server configuration. For detailed instructions, see the product documentation. (BZ#2034281)
• With this update, you can store CA certificates from older RHUI installations on CDS nodes. The certificates are stored in the `/etc/pki/rhui/legacy` directory. As a result, clients with certificates signed by legacy certificate authorities can now use RHUI.

Users of RHUI are advised to upgrade to these updated packages that fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

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

Update rhui-installer. To do so, run the following command on the RHUA node:

# dnf update rhui-installer

Run RHUI installer with the `rerun` option for this update to take effect. To do so, run the following command on the RHUA node:

# rhui-installer --rerun

Update the packages that were not updated in the previous step. These are RHUI dependencies that use Python 3.6:

# dnf update

Reinstall the CDS nodes in order to apply updated templates and playbooks:

# rhui-manager --noninteractive cds reinstall --hostname <CDS1.HOSTNAME>
# rhui-manager --noninteractive cds reinstall --hostname <CDS2.HOSTNAME>

Note that you will have to log into `rhui-manager` again after this update.

For more information, please consult the product documentation at:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_update_infrastructure/4

Affected Products

• Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2027521 - RHUIv4 does not function when RHUA is unavailable
• BZ - 2034281 - Proxy support for RHUI4

CVEs

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References

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