RHEA-2020:4809 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An update for rhel-system-roles is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1661027 - System Role for Metrics
• BZ - 1677739 - [8.3] Release Ansible Roles for RHEL Logging in rhel-system-roles
• BZ - 1763242 - Storage role can remove existing filesystems and volume groups without warning
• BZ - 1780044 - [network] logging in network module logs NetworkManager info entries as warnings
• BZ - 1780046 - 802.1X support for the "network" RHEL system role
• BZ - 1784932 - [RFE] Add support for swap volumes
• BZ - 1820117 - storage role tests: tests_lvm_errors.yml failed
• BZ - 1822158 - [8.3] Add tlog role into next RHEL8 release
• BZ - 1822173 - [RFE] [8.3] Release ansible role for setting up a tang server.
• BZ - 1822182 - [RFE] [8.3] Release ansible role for setting clevis client with a tang server.
• BZ - 1822777 - [network] Support state:down persistent_state:absent for non-existent profile
• BZ - 1823955 - [8.3] Add kernel_settings role into next RHEL8 release
• BZ - 1838224 - Add support for MD RAID to the storage role
• BZ - 1838226 - Add support for LUKS to the storage role
• BZ - 1840662 - [8.3] Add certificate role to rhel-system-roles package
• BZ - 1848250 - storage: tests_disk_errors.yml will be failed if system has SWAP configured
• BZ - 1848254 - storage: tests_raid_volume_options.yml, max_return: 3 -> disks_needed: 3
• BZ - 1848472 - Creating active bonded interface fails with the initscripts provider
• BZ - 1848742 - certificate role does not work on controller hosts which use jinja2 2.10
• BZ - 1848745 - certificate role cannot manage EL7 hosts
• BZ - 1848762 - Logging role had performance issues
• BZ - 1848763 - metrics role should handle platform dependencies, optional packages better
• BZ - 1848766 - fix idempotency, check_mode issues with nbde_client role
• BZ - 1850790 - multiple roles - fix relative path vars/tasks file include
• BZ - 1851557 - kernel_settings updates - change of format for scalar parameter removal, Invalid format for input parameters using ansible 2.7
• BZ - 1851654 - All system roles should use consistent parameter/key names for TLS parameters
• BZ - 1851804 - logging - Removing viaq and viaq-k8s inputs and unsupported test case files_elasticsearch
• BZ - 1854191 - storage: ignore null-blk when do find_unused_disk
• BZ - 1854546 - Logging - Bug fixes
• BZ - 1855424 - tlog - tlog_users_sssd variable is a list not a string
• BZ - 1855539 - metrics role incorrectly sets up multiple primary pmie processes in multi-host mode
• BZ - 1855544 - metrics role should automate the setup of Grafana datasources
• BZ - 1858316 - certificate role: With ansible-2.8 fails with No module named 'ansible.module_utils.certificate.providers.certmonger
• BZ - 1858840 - certificate role: With ansible-2.8 fails with AttributeError: module 'ansible.module_utils.six' has no attribute 'ensure_text'
• BZ - 1859547 - certificate role: The role is not idempotent in rhel7
• BZ - 1861318 - [logging role] cannot setup machine with tls
• BZ - 1861661 - EL 8 version is not defined as supported in galaxy_info
• BZ - 1862867 - storage: ext2/3/4 resize function doesn't work
• BZ - 1868378 - metrics role: pcp/pmproxy does not automatically start
• BZ - 1869389 - Package pcp-doc required by metrics role is not available on RHEL-6
• BZ - 1869390 - metrics role: redis service is not available on RHEL-7 or RHEL-6

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/index