Release notes for SUSE Manager 3 Proxy

Version 3.0.12
Thursday May 17, 2018



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Version Revision History

About SUSE Manager Proxy

SUSE Manager Proxy is an add-on to SUSE Manager Server providing mirroring proxy support. This allows for load distribution and improved scalability.

Operation is completely transparent. The SUSE Manager Proxy looks like a managed client to SUSE Manager Server and like a Server to the managed clients. Managed clients only talk to the Proxy which in turn communicates to the SUSE Manager Server.

All RPM packages that pass the Proxy are cached and subsequent client requests for these packages are resolved from the cache.

System Requirements

SUSE Manager 3 Proxy is a 64bit application. Recommended main memory is 2GB and approx 50 GB of disk space per distribution or channel.

See the Advanced Topics manual for more details on the system requirements.

SUSE Manager Proxy distribution

SUSE Manager 3 Proxy is distributed as an extension (add-on) for SLES 12 SP3 x86_64.

Installation and Setup

Installation of SUSE Manager 3 Proxy is done via the SUSE Manager 3 Server web interface.

See the Advanced Topics manual for step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring SUSE Manager 3 Proxy.

Upgrade from version 2.1

Upgrading an existing SUSE Manager 2.1 Proxy system to SUSE Manager 3 Proxy can be done by an in-place upgrade or by setting up a new system, replacing the old one.

Both approaches are described in the SUSE Manager 3 "Advanced Topics" guide, look for "Migrating SUSE Manager 2.1 Proxy to SUSE Manager 3 Proxy"

Upgrade from version 1.7 or older

Not supported. Please re-install SUSE Manager 3 Proxy from scratch.

SUSE Manager Server versions

SUSE Manager 3 Proxy can only work with SUSE Manager 3 Server.

SUSE Manager 3 Server can work with SUSE Manager 2.1 Proxy or SUSE Manager 3 Proxy

Major changes since SUSE Manager 3 Proxy GA

Features and changes

Version 3.0.12

Bugfix release.

Version 3.0.11

Bugfix release.

Version 3.0.10

Bugfix release.

Version 3.0.9

SUSE Manager Proxy enabled for SLES 12 SP3

SUSE Manager 3.0 is now based on SLES 12 SP3.

If you already have a SUSE Manager 3.0 Server or Proxy deployed, you can now initiate a service pack migration as outlined in the SLES documentation.

If you deploy a new SUSE Manager 3.0 Server or Proxy, please start with SLES 12 SP3 as the base operating system.

Release notes and documentation have been adapted to reflect this.

Version 3.0.8

Bugfix release.

Version 3.0.7

Bugfix release.

Version 3.0.6

Bugfix release.

Version 3.0.5

Security fix

This release contains a security fix (CVE-2017-7470) for spacewalk-backend where non admin or disabled user could make changes to a system using spacewalk-channel.

Version 3.0.4

Bugfix release.

Version 3.0.3

Kernel 'live patching' support

Live patching is now fully supported in SUSE Manager. You can view and apply live patches to applicable systems. Please see the best practices guide for full documentation.

Version 3.0.2

Skipped for Proxy, only applicable to SUSE Manager Server

Version 3.0.1

Changed versioning scheme

SUSE Manager 3 now has a <major>.<minor>.<micro> version number and will be referenced as SUSE Manager 3.0.

Every patch release adding features will increase the <micro> version numnber. This version number will also be displayed in the footer of the web UI.

Support for Salt minions via SUSE Manager 3 Proxy

Clients managed by Salt are now supported by SUSE Manager 3 Proxy.

This is achieved by a salt-broker daemon, routing the ZeroMQ bus between the SUSE Manager 3 Server and the managed client.

Package downloads are not affected. These are still handled by the Squid proxy.

Salt on Expanded Support Platform

Salt on clients running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support or RHEL. Only versions 6 and 7 are supported. Version 5's Python version is too old to run Salt.

New products supported

Patches

The SUSE Patch Finder is a simple online service to view released patches.

3.0.12

patterns-suse-manager:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-certs-tools:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

3.0.11

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-proxy-installer:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

3.0.10

osad:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-client-tools:

spacewalk-web:

spacewalksd:

susemanager-sls:

3.0.9

Patch 1217: SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0

jabberd:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-certs-tools:

spacewalk-client-tools:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

Patch 986: SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0

salt:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-client-tools:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

Patch 984: SUSE Manager Server, Proxy and Client Tools

zypp-plugin-spacewalk:

cobbler:

3.0.8

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-setup-jabberd:

spacewalk-web:

3.0.7

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-certs-tools:

spacewalk-proxy:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

3.0.6

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-certs-tools:

spacewalk-proxy:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

3.0.5

spacewalk-backend:

rhnlib:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-certs-tools:

spacewalk-client-tools:

spacewalk-proxy:

spacewalk-proxy-installer:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

3.0.4

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-client-tools:

spacewalk-proxy:

spacewalk-web:

spacewalksd:

susemanager-sls:

3.0.3

osad:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-certs-tools:

spacewalk-proxy:

spacewalk-web:

supportutils-plugin-susemanager-client:

susemanager-sls:

SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0 1539

This update fixes the following issues:

rhnlib:

salt:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-certs-tools:

spacewalk-client-tools:

spacewalk-proxy:

spacewalk-proxy-installer:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

susemanager-tftpsync-recv:

Patch 1217: SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0

This update for SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0 fixes the following issues:

jabberd:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-certs-tools:

spacewalk-client-tools:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

Patch 986: SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-client-tools:

spacewalk-web:

susemanager-sls:

Patch 984: SUSE Manager Server, Proxy and Client Tools

This update fixes the following issues for the SUSE Manager Server 3.0 and Client Tools:

zypp-plugin-spacewalk:

cobbler:

salt:

spacecmd:

spacewalk-backend:

spacewalk-client-tools:

Changes since 2.1

= Known Bugs ==

None.

Providing feedback to our products

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