Synopsis

fluentd bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

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

Fixes

• BZ - 1487530 - Upgrade fluentd to 0.12.39

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Virtualization 4.1

SRPM
fluentd-0.12.39-2.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: 00767bd3a2fe9c2b2b50091b47170f595b0587fc25ed48040b90c10d542bdac0
x86_64
fluentd-0.12.39-2.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 94e6853a11be28c07e5897f4d9703271fa4610799b39900e15df8b61902c97e7
fluentd-doc-0.12.39-2.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f9685024e83f88e0ac7021271259234105bf256809530ce51ede6e19ebebee3a

Red Hat Virtualization 4

SRPM
fluentd-0.12.39-2.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: 00767bd3a2fe9c2b2b50091b47170f595b0587fc25ed48040b90c10d542bdac0
x86_64
fluentd-0.12.39-2.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 94e6853a11be28c07e5897f4d9703271fa4610799b39900e15df8b61902c97e7
fluentd-doc-0.12.39-2.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f9685024e83f88e0ac7021271259234105bf256809530ce51ede6e19ebebee3a

Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4

SRPM
fluentd-0.12.39-2.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: 00767bd3a2fe9c2b2b50091b47170f595b0587fc25ed48040b90c10d542bdac0
ppc64le
fluentd-0.12.39-2.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 94e6853a11be28c07e5897f4d9703271fa4610799b39900e15df8b61902c97e7
fluentd-doc-0.12.39-2.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f9685024e83f88e0ac7021271259234105bf256809530ce51ede6e19ebebee3a

Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.1

SRPM
fluentd-0.12.39-2.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: 00767bd3a2fe9c2b2b50091b47170f595b0587fc25ed48040b90c10d542bdac0
x86_64
fluentd-0.12.39-2.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 94e6853a11be28c07e5897f4d9703271fa4610799b39900e15df8b61902c97e7
fluentd-doc-0.12.39-2.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f9685024e83f88e0ac7021271259234105bf256809530ce51ede6e19ebebee3a