RHEA-2017:1321 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated Windows Azure Linux Agent package is now available in the Extras channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The Windows Azure Linux Agent supports the provisioning and running of Linux virtual machines in the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud.

The WALinuxAgent packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.2.10, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1443425)

This update also fixes this bug:

• Previously, the error code for a non-existing disk and for a disk already mounted was the same. This caused trying to use a non-existing disk. With this update, the error codes are different, and the system no longer tries to use a non-existing disk. (BZ#1428656)

This update also adds this enhancement:

• Previously, the AutoUpdate feature was disabled by default. However, this feature has been significantly improved, and is now enabled by default. (BZ#1434933)

All users who require the Windows Azure Linux Agent are advised to install this updated package. This package should be installed on Linux disk images that are built to run in the Windows Azure environment.

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 Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1428656 - [WALA][RHEL-7] Sometimes waagent fails to mount the local disk partition
• BZ - 1434933 - [WALA][RHEL-7] Enable AutoUpdate by default
• BZ - 1443425 - [WALA]Request to package WALA 2.2.10 into RHEL 7 Repo

CVEs

(none)

References

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