RHEA-2021:1909 - 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 8.4 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 8.8 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 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 - 1650550 - rhel-system-roles should not package symlinks to role in tests
• BZ - 1865990 - storage: tests_luks.yml partition case failed with nvme disk
• BZ - 1889484 - Logging - Support RELP secure transport in the logging role configuration
• BZ - 1893696 - [8.4] [RFE] Release Ansible role for sshd in rhel-system-roles
• BZ - 1893699 - [8.4] [RFE] Release Ansible role for crypto policies in rhel-system-roles
• BZ - 1893712 - [8.4] [RFE] Release Ansible role for ssh client in rhel-system-roles
• BZ - 1893743 - [8.4] [RFE] Release Ansible role for cluster HA in rhel-system-roles
• BZ - 1893906 - [8.4] Package rhel-system-roles in the collection format in addition to the legacy role format
• BZ - 1893908 - release SQL server configuration support in the metrics role
• BZ - 1893957 - RFE: [network] Embrace Inclusive language
• BZ - 1893959 - RFE: [network] Support of DNS with options
• BZ - 1893961 - RFE: [network] Support of Ethtool coalesce
• BZ - 1894647 - storage: pool metadata usage must be accounted for by the user
• BZ - 1894651 - storage: omitted parameters on existing pool/volume is interpreted as "use the default"
• BZ - 1894676 - storage: must list disks in order to identify an existing pool
• BZ - 1895188 - [8.4] [RFE] add exporting-metric-data-to-elasticsearch functionality in the metrics role
• BZ - 1895472 - tlog - Add exclude_users and exclude_groups support
• BZ - 1917219 - add a new version of the test to involve the upstream fix for EPEL on RHEL6 issue
• BZ - 1926947 - selinux - Merged fix incorrect default value (there is no variable named "present")
• BZ - 1927006 - kdump - Get rid of the extra final newline in string
• BZ - 1927392 - network/tests_unit.yml cd: /root/.ansible/collections: No such file or directory in collection format
• BZ - 1927417 - confusing names of subroles in a collection format
• BZ - 1927943 - Logging - Integrating ELK with RHV-4.4 fails as RHVH is missing 'rsyslog-gnutls' package.
• BZ - 1931568 - tests: certificate tests fail due to wrong dependency
• BZ - 1931931 - Remove inclusive language leftover from README.md

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.4_release_notes/index