RHEA-2016:1742 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

New rhevm-guest-agent-docker packages are now available.

Description

The rhevm-guest-agent-docker package provides the guest agent for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host virtual machines. The guest agent allows the Red Hat Virtualization Manager to receive internal guest events and retrieve information such as the IP address and list of installed applications from the guest. Additionally the guest agent allows the Manager to execute specific commands, such as shut down or reboot, on guest virtual machines.

Changes to the rhevm-guest-agent-docker component:

• This enhancement provides support for guest agents on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host virtual machines. (BZ#1201516)

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 Virtualization 4.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1201516 - [RFE] Provide ovirt-guest-agent for RHEL Atomic Host

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal