RHEA-2017:3132 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated fluentd packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

The fluentd package is an open source data collector designed to scale and simplify log management. It can collect, process, and ship many data types in near real-time.

Changes to the fluentd component:

• This update includes the following highlights, important fixes, or notable enhancements:

Bug fixes:

• Reverted version 0.12.38 changes to avoid being unable to shut down.

New features / Enhancements:

• in_syslog: Added the allow_without_priority and default_priority parameters.
• in_syslog: More characters are now available in the tag part of the syslog format.
• in_syslog: Added the resolve_hostname and source_address_key parameters.
• filter_grep: Added support for config_section configuration.

Bug fixes

• log: Captures more fluentd log events during shutdown (BZ#1487530)

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/2974891

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4 for RHEL 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1487530 - Upgrade fluentd to 0.12.39

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)