Recommended update for python-azure-agent

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for python-azure-agent
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2866-1
Rating: low
References: #1049480 #1050000 #1050229 #1057888 #1058974 #1058975
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-PUBCLOUD

  • An update that has 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for python-azure-agent provides version 2.2.18 and brings the
    following fixes and improvements:

    - Fix for sudoer update
    - Agent should not update outside of goal state
    - Firewall removal should not retry
    - OS.EnableFirewall=y broke load balanced sets probing.
    - The agent should retry ETIMEDOUT (110) IOErrors.
    - The agent failed to use the standard Linux environment variables for
    HTTP proxy.
    - Adjust http retry and logging.
    - Add Provisioning.SshHostKeyPairType=auto to support ssh-keygen -A.
    - Prevent bloating sudoers waagent when agent has problem.
    - HostGAPlugin used proxy while auto-updating.
    - Agent failed to clean-up PID files.
    - The agent emitted duplicate events.
    - The agent is now more gracefully with handling out-of-space disk errors
    (IOError 28).
    - Comments inline in /etc/waagent.conf caused configuration to not be read.
    - Agent failed and wasn't recoverable if an extension's log directory was
    not present.
    - Show configuration options in use.
    - Ensure VM identifier is properly ordered.
    - ')' was missing in show-configuration.
    - Didn't get to state 'Running' with Provisioning.Enabled=n.
    - Prevent the RDMA driver from re-installing if the same version is
    already installed, avoiding an endless reboot loop. (bsc#1057888)
    - Do not refresh the repository when the local RDMA kmp has been
    installed. The repository access has already failed. (bsc#1050229)
    - Remove timeout udev rules. The timeout is being set by the agent code.
    (bsc#1049480)
    - Relax de-provisioning when VM identifier changes.
    - HostGAPlugin requests should never go through proxy.
    - Fix waagent -configuration-path:/path -start.
    - Add client object for MetadataProtocol.
    - Do not execute de-provision if input is 'n'.
    - Do not remove /etc/resolv.conf if a VM base on an specialized image is
    created.
    - Remove Agent WALinuxAgent-2.2.12 from blacklist.
    - Added dependency on systemd.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-PUBCLOUD:
      zypper in -t patch pubclsp3-python-azure-agent-13328=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-PUBCLOUD (x86_64):
      • python-azure-agent-2.2.18-28.5.1

    References: