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Version revision history

  • August 2023: 4.2.14 release

  • June 21st 2023: 4.2.13 release

  • April 13th 2023: 4.2.12 release

  • March 2nd 2023: 4.2.11 release

  • November 4th 2022: 4.2.10 release

  • September 19th 2022: 4.2.9 release

  • July 27th 2022: 4.2.8 release

  • June 20th 2022: 4.2.7 release

  • April 25th 2022: 4.2.6 release

  • Feburary 2022: 4.2.5 release

  • December 3rd, 2021: 4.2.4 release

  • October 27th, 2021: 4.2.3 release

  • September 20th, 2021: 4.2.2 release

  • August 12th, 2021: 4.2.1 release

  • June 21st, 2021: 4.2 GA

About SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2

SUSE Manager Proxy provides mirroring proxy support for large and distributed environments.

Operation of the proxy 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 talk to the Proxy only, and the Proxy in turn communicates to the SUSE Manager Server.

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

System requirements

SUSE Manager Proxy is available for x86_64 architecture only. We recommend you have at least 8 GB main memory, and approximately 50 GB of disk space per distribution or channel.

Consider additional disk space required for storing images for retail terminals.

For more details on system requirements, see the Installation Guide on https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.2/.

SUSE Manager Proxy distribution

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 is provided through SUSE Customer Center and can be installed with the unified installer for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3.

Installation and setup

Installation of SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 is done with the SUSE Manager Server 4.2 Web interface.

For more details on installing and configuring SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2, see the Installation Guide on https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.2/.

Upgrade from previous version

To upgrade an existing SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 or 4.0 system to SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2, you can do an in-place upgrade, or you can set up a new system to replace the old one.

For more information about upgrading, see the Upgrade Guide on https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.2/.

SUSE Manager Server versions

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 works only with SUSE Manager 4.2 Server.

SUSE Manager Server 4.2 works with SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 and SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 but only for migration purposes. The product is not intended to be used in a mixed-version scenario in production.

Major changes since SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 GA

Features and changes

Version 4.2.14

Important Update - Last Planned Maintenance Update for SUSE Manager 4.2

4.2.14 marks the final planned maintenance update for the SUSE Manager 4.2 series. 4.2.14 includes bug fixes and stability improvements for a reliable experience.

SUSE Manager 4.2 will reach its End of Life (EOL) on October 31st. No further updates are planned, except for critical migrations or major CVEs fixes.

To ensure a smooth transition and continued security and performance benefits, we strongly recommend all users to plan and initiate migration to SUSE Manager 4.3 in timely fashion. SUSE Manager 4.3 offers improved performance, enhanced features, and an extended EOL until June 30, 2025.

Version 4.2.13

Bugfix release.

Version 4.2.12

Bugfix release.

Version 4.2.11

Salt 3000 EOL

Upstream Salt 3000 went End of life on August 31, 2021. However, because it was part of the Advanced Systems Management Module of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 and there was no bundle available for SUSE Manager 4.1, we needed to keep it supported for the life of SUSE Manager 4.1.

Salt 3000 will no longer be supported in the context of SUSE Manager now that both SUSE Manager 4.1 and the Advanced Systems Management Module of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 are End of Life. Customers are required to migrate existing Salt 3000 minions for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7, Oracle Linux 7, and Amazon Linux 2 to the Salt Bundle in order to get the support.

For more information about performing Salt 3000 to Salt Bundle migrations, please consult the Troubleshooting Clients section in the Client Configuration Guide.

IMPORTANT: The Salt 3000 will no longer receive updates or L3 support. For updates and support, all minions currently using Salt 3000 must be migrated to the Salt Bundle.

Version 4.2.10

Bugfix release.

Version 4.2.9

Bugfix release.

Version 4.2.8

Bugfix release.

Version 4.2.7

Salt 3004

Salt has been upgraded to upstream version 3004, plus a number of patches, backports, and enhancements by SUSE, for the SUSE Manager Server, Proxy, Retail Branch server and some Client Tools(where the client operating system supports Python 3.5+; otherwise Salt 3000 or 2016.11.10 are used).

Salt 3004 only works with Python 3.5+, therefore:

  • Salt 3004 is only available on SLE 15, RHEL 8 (and clones: CentOS, Oracle Linux, SLES Expanded Support and AlmaLinux), Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04, Debian 10 and Debian 11. There is no Python 2 version for Salt 3004.

  • Salt 3000 is still the version of Salt for SLE 12, RHEL 7 (and clones: CenOS, Oracle Linux, SLES Expanded Support, Amazon Linux and Alibaba Cloud Linux) and Debian 9. Only a Python 2 version is provided for Salt 3000.

  • Salt 2016.11.10 is still the version of Salt for SLE 11 SP4. Only a Python 2 version is provided.

We intend to regularly upgrade Salt to more recent versions, including those which are still on Salt 3000.

For more details, see the Salt 3004 upstream release notes.

Version 4.2.6

Bugfix release.

Version 4.2.5

Change proxy used for clients from the WebUI

It is now possible to change the proxy used by an Uyuni client using the WebUI.

This can be done from the Connection tab at the Details tab for any Salt client, using the new link Change to change the connection type.

Using System Set Manager is supported as well, and can be done from the Misc tab, and then Proxy tab.

NOTE: Changing the connection for a Proxy to move it, is not supported at this moment. The Connection tab will not show the Change link for proxies.

Version 4.2.4

New product enabled

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS

CentOS 8 support

CentOS 8 will be End of Life on 31st December 2021, and with that the SUSE Manager support for this product will end as well.

Please refer to support section for more information.

Monitoring - Prometheus Blackbox exporter

SUSE Manager 4.2.4 comes with the Blackbox exporter, which allows blackbox probing of endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, and ICMP. Please note that it needs to be installed next to the Prometheus server and not on the clients. Prometheus formula has been extended to configure blackbox exporter.

The package prometheus-blackbox_exporter has been added as recommended for the Proxy.

Version 4.2.3

Monitoring Formulas

One of the limitations of the current formulas is that they are listed against every client, even if the supported packages are not available for that OS version or service pack. While we are continuously focused on improving the formulas, for now, starting with the monitoring formulas it will be mentioned in docs if applying those formulas would actually work in the case of a particular client.

In 4.2.2, we made the Prometheus package available for SUSE Manager Proxy and Retail Branch Server but that is not the case with Grafana.

  • Prometheus is available for the client tools for SLE12/SLE15/openSUSE15/SUSE Manager proxy/Retail Branch Server

  • Grafana is available for the client tools for SLE12/SLE15/openSUSE15

Version 4.2.2

Prometheus available for SUSE Manager Proxy and Retail Branch Server

From this version, the Prometheus package will also be available for SUSE Manager Proxy and Retail Branch Server. In case you plan to use the branch server or proxy as a monitoring server with Prometheus, be aware that Prometheus demands additional hardware resources.

Ansible

The Ansible package will also be available for SUSE Manager Proxy and Retail Branch Server, which makes it possible to use SUSE Manager Proxy and Retail Branch Server as Ansible control Node.

When making SUSE Manager Proxy or Retail Branch Server an Ansible control Node, the extra load can affect the performance of this critical component. Bad performance of the Branch Server can further affect attached clients.

Version 4.2.1

Bugfix release.

Patches

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

Version 4.2.14

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.24-1

    • Update translations

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.29-1

    • Use a constant to get the product name in python code rather than reading rhn.conf (bsc#1212943)

    • Only show missing /root/.curlrc error with log_level = 5 (bsc#1212507)

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.36-1

    • Update translations

    • Fix VHM CPU and RAM display when 0 (bsc#1175823)

    • Fix parsing error when showing notification message details (bsc#1211469)

Version 4.2.13

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.23-1

    • Fix argument parsing of distribution_update (bsc#1210458)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.28-1

    • Filter CLM modular packages using release strings (bsc#1207814)

    • Add package details to reposync error logging

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Version 4.2.20-1

    • Update translations

spacewalk-ssl-cert-check:

  • Version 4.2.3-1

    • Update translations

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.35-1

    • Show loading indicator on formula details pages (bsc#1179747)

    • Increase datetimepicker font sizes (bsc#1210437)

    • Fix an issue where the datetimepicker shows wrong date (bsc#1209231)

susemanager-build-keys:

  • Version 15.3.8

    • Fix installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 RSA reserve build key

    • Add new 4096 bit RSA openSUSE build key gpg-pubkey-29b700a4.asc

spacewalk-proxy-installer:

  • Version 4.2.12-1

    • Fix squid refresh_pattern for "venv-enabled-*.txt" files to avoid serving outdated version of the file (bsc#1211956)

Version 4.2.12

mgr-daemon:

  • Version 4.2.11-1

    • Update translation strings

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.22-1

    • Display activation key details after executing the corresponding command (bsc#1208719)

    • Show targetted packages before actually removing them (bsc#1207830)

    • Fix spacecmd not showing any output for softwarechannel_diff and softwarechannel_errata_diff (bsc#1207352)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.27-1

    • Fix the mgr-inter-sync not creating valid repository metadata when dealing with empty channels (bsc#1207829)

    • fix repo sync for cloud payg connected repositories (bsc#1208772)

    • Fix issues with kickstart syncing on mirrorlist repositories

    • Do not sync .mirrorlist and other non needed files

    • reposync: catch local file not found urlgrabber error properly (bsc#1208288)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.2.23-1

    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-proxy:

  • Version 4.2.14-1

    • Avoid unnecessary debug messages from proxy backend (bsc#1207490)

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.34-1

    • Fix datetime picker appearing behind modal edge (bsc#1209703)

  • Version 4.2.33-1

    • Deprecate jQuery datepicker, integrate React datepicker (bsc#1209689)

    • Fix CLM environments UI for environment labels containing dots (bsc#1207838)

susemanager-build-keys:

  • Version 15.3.7 (jsc#PED-2777):

    • Add new 4096 bit RSA build key gpg-pubkey-3fa1d6ce-63c9481c.asc

    • Add new 4096 bit RSA reserve build key gpg-pubkey-d588dc46-63c939db.asc

    • Add 2022 2048 bit RSA PTF key suse_ptf_key-6F5DA62B.asc

    • Add new 4096 bit RSA PTF key suse_ptf_key_2023.asc

uyuni-common-libs:

  • Version 4.2.10-1

    • Allow default component for context manager.

Version 4.2.11

mgr-osad:

  • Version 4.2.9-1

rhnlib:

  • Version 4.2.7-1

    • Don’t get stuck at the end of SSL transfers (bsc#1204032)

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.21-1

    • Prevent string api parameters to be parsed as dates if not in ISO-8601 format (bsc#1205759)

    • Add python-dateutil dependency, required to process date values in spacecmd api calls

    • Correctly understand 'ssm' keyword on scap scheduling

    • Fix dict_keys not supporting indexing in systems_setconfigchannelorger

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.26-1

    • Fix reposync error about missing "content-type" key when syncing certain channels

    • Compute headers as list of two-tuples to be used by url grabber (bsc#1205523)

    • Updated logrotate configuration (bsc#1206470)

    • Add 'octet-stream' to accepted content-types for reposync mirrorlists

    • Exclude invalid mirror urls for reposync (bsc#1203826)

    • do not fetch mirrorlist when a file url is given

    • Keep older module metadata files in database (bsc#1201893)

    • Removed the activation keys report from the debug information

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Version 4.2.19-1

    • some i18n functions moved to new module which needs to be loaded (bsc#1201142)

    • Generated bootstrap scripts installs all needed Salt 3004 dependencies for Ubuntu 18.04 (bsc#1204517)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.2.22-1

    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-proxy:

spacewalk-proxy-installer:

  • Version 4.2.11-1

    • Detect salt bundle when fetching certificate using salt event (bsc#1208306)

  • Version 4.2.10-1

  • Version 4.2.9-1

  • Version 4.2.8-1

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.32-1

    • Add 'none' matcher to CLM AppStream filters (bsc#1206817)

    • fix frontend logging in react pages

    • Add bugzilla references to past security fixes

    • shell-quote fix CVE-2021-42740 (bsc#1203287)

    • moment fix CVE-2022-31129 (bsc#1203288)

susemanager-build-keys:

  • Version 15.3.6

    • Add rpmlintrc configuration, so "W: backup-file-in-package" for the keyring is ignored. We do not ship backup files, but we own them because they are created each time gpg is called, and we want them removed if the package is removed

  • uyuni-build-keys.rpmlintrc

uyuni-common-libs:

  • Version 4.2.9-1

    • Fix crash due missing "context_manager" when running salt-secrets-config service (bsc#1200096)

  • Version 4.2.8-1

    • some i18n functions moved to new module which needs to be loaded (bsc#1201142)

Version 4.2.10

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.20-1

    • Remove "Undefined return code" from debug messages (bsc#1203283)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.25-1

    • Enhance passwords cleanup and add extra files in spacewalk-debug (bsc#1201059)

    • Prevent mixing credentials for proxy and repository server while using basic authentication and avoid hiding errors i.e. timeouts while having proxy settings issues with extra logging in verbose mode (bsc#1201788)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.2.21-1

    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.31-1

    • Do not disclose Proxy password in browser console log (bsc#1205339)

  • Version 4.2.30-1

    • Upgrade moment-timezone

Version 4.2.9

mgr-daemon:

  • Version 4.2.10-1

    • Update translation strings

patterns-suse-manager:

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.19-1

    • Process date values in spacecmd api calls (bsc#1198903)

    • Show correct help on calling kickstart_importjson with no arguments

    • Fix tracebacks on spacecmd kickstart_export (bsc#1200591)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.24-1

    • Make reposync use the configured http proxy with mirrorlist (bsc#1198168)

    • Revert proxy listChannels token caching pr#4548

    • cleanup leftovers from removing unused xmlrpc endpoint

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Version 4.2.18-1

    • traditional stack bootstrap: install product packages (bsc#1201142)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.2.20-1

    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-proxy:

  • Version 4.2.12-1

    • renew the cached token when requested channel is not listed in the old token (bsc#1202724)

    • Revert proxy listChannels token caching pr#4548

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.29-1

    • Fix packaging issues to address CVE-2021-43138 (bsc#1200480)

    • Upgrade shell-quote to fix CVE-2021-42740, upgrade moment to fix CVE-2022-31129

    • Fix table header layout for unselectable tables

    • Fix initial profile and build host on Image Build page (bsc#1199659)

susemanager-tftpsync-recv:

  • Version 4.2.5-1

    • fix problems with parallel running processes

uyuni-common-libs:

  • Version 4.2.7-1

    • Do not allow creating path if nonexistent user or group in fileutils.

Version 4.2.8

mgr-daemon:

  • Version 4.2.9-1

    • Update translation strings

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.18-1

    • on full system update call schedulePackageUpdate API (bsc#1197507)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.23-1

    • Fix traceback on calling spacewalk-repo-sync --show-packages (bsc#1193238)

    • Fix virt_notify SQL syntax error (bsc#1199528)

    • store create-bootstrap logs in spacewalk-debug

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Version 4.2.17-1

    • use RES bootstrap repo as a fallback for Red Hat downstream OS (bsc#1200087)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.2.19-1

    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-proxy:

  • Version 4.2.11-1

    • fix caching of debian packages in the proxy (bsc#1199401)

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.28-1

    • Stylesheets and relevant assets are now provided by spacewalk-web

    • Remove nodejs-packaging as a build requirement

    • Hide authentication data in PAYG UI (bsc#1199679)

    • Improved handling of error messages during bootstrapping

    • Added support for end of life notifications

    • Improved test integration for dropdowns

    • Upgrade moment to 2.29.2

    • Fix outdated documentation and release notes links

    • Fix mimetype in kubeconfig validation request (bsc#1199019)

Version 4.2.7

POS_Image-RPi-Bootstrap:

  • Remove obsolete suseConfig call

  • Replace baseStripDocs call

  • Remove obsolete baseCleanMount

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.17-1

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.21-1

    • Improve parsing deb packages dependencies (bsc#1194594)

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Version 4.2.16-1

    • Add Salt Bundle support to bootstrap script generator

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.27-1

    • increase web page default timeout (bsc#1187333)

    • Add ssh_salt_pre_flight_script and ssh_use_salt_thin parameters to default rhn_web.conf

    • Upgrade minimist to fix CVE-2021-44906

    • susemanager-nodejs-sdk-devel is now provided by spacewalk-web

    • Resolve race conditions in CLM (bsc#1195710)

Version 4.2.6

mgr-cfg:

  • Version 4.2.8-1

    • Fix the condition for preventing building python 2 subpackage for SLE15 (bsc#1197579)

  • Version 4.2.7-1

    • Fix installation problem for SLE15SP4 due missing python-selinux

mgr-osad:

  • Version 4.2.8-1

    • Fix the condition for preventing building python 2 subpackage for SLE15

mgr-push:

  • Version 4.2.5-1

    • Fix the condition for preventing building python 2 subpackage for SLE15

patterns-suse-manager:

  • Golang-github-wrouesnel-postgres_exporter was renamed to prometheus-postgres_exporter

rhnlib:

  • Version 4.2.6-1

    • Fix the condition for preventing building python 2 subpackage for SLE15

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.16-1

    • implement system.bootstrap (bsc#1194909)

    • Fix interactive mode for "system_applyerrata" and "errata_apply" (bsc#1194363)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.20-1

    • Fix reposync update notice formatting and date parsing (bsc#1194447)

    • implement more decompression algorithms for reposync (bsc#1196704)

    • enable check for client certificates in reposync

    • remove auto inherit of host entitlements for virtual guests

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Version 4.2.15-1

    • Add dynamic version for bootstrap script header (bsc#1186336)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.2.18-1

    • Fix the condition for preventing building python 2 subpackage for SLE15

  • Version 4.2.17-1

    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-oscap:

  • Version 4.2.4-1

    • Fix the condition for preventing building python 2 subpackage for SLE15

spacewalk-proxy:

  • Version 4.2.10-1

    • Expose release notes to www_path

spacewalk-proxy-html:

  • Version 4.2.3-1

    • Expose release notes to www_path

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.26-1

    • Provide link to Sync page when unsynced patches message show up (bsc#1196094)

    • Provide a search box on section name for Formulas content

    • Add expand/collapse all button for formula sections

    • Improved large data support in channel selection

    • Provide link for CVEs

    • Improved error handling in the product setup page

    • Suggest Product Migration when patch for CVE is in a successor Product (bsc#1191360)

    • susemanager-web-libs is now packaged as a part of spacewalk-html

suseRegisterInfo:

  • Version 4.2.6-1

    • Fix the condition for preventing building python 2 subpackage for SLE15

Version 4.2.5

mgr-cfg:

  • Version 4.2.6-1

    • Do not build python 2 package for SLE15SP4 and higher

  • Version 4.2.5-1

    • do not build python 2 package for SLE15

  • Version 4.2.4-1

    • Fix python selinux package name depending on build target (bsc#1193600)

mgr-custom-info:

  • Version 4.2.3-1

    • require python macros for building

mgr-osad:

  • Version 4.2.7-1

    • Do not build python 2 package for SLE15SP4 and higher

    • require python macros for building

mgr-push:

  • Version 4.2.4-1

    • Do not build python 2 package for SLE15SP4 and higher

rhnlib:

  • Version 4.2.5-1

    • do not build python 2 package for SLE15

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.15-1

    • require python macros for building

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.19-1

    • Retrieve and store copyright information about patches

    • SLES PAYG client support on cloud

    • Add headers to update proxy auth token in listChannels (bsc#1193585)

    • require python macros for building

    • exchange zypp-plugin dependency to use the python3 version (bsc#1192514)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.2.16-1

    • do not build python 2 package for SLE15

    • require python macros for building

spacewalk-oscap:

  • Version 4.2.3-1

    • Do not build python 2 package for SLE15SP4 and higher

    • require python macros for building

spacewalk-proxy:

  • Version 4.2.9-1

    • Update the token in case a channel can’t be found in the cache. (bsc#1193585)

spacewalk-remote-utils:

  • Version 4.2.2-1

    • require python macros for building

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.25-1

    • Add support for custom SSH port for SSH minions

    • SLES PAYG client support on cloud

    • Migrate the displaying of the date/time to rhn:formatDate, get rid of the legacy fmt:formatDate glue

    • Fix header search autofocus

    • Fix virtual systems list request error (bsc#1194397)

    • UI for changing proxy

    • Fix legacy timepicker passing wrong time to the backend if server and user time differ (bsc#1192699)

    • Fix legacy timepicker passing wrong time to the backend if selected date is in summer time (bsc#1192776)

suseRegisterInfo:

  • Version 4.2.5-1

    • require python macros for building

    • Do not build python 2 package for SLE15 and higher

uyuni-common-libs:

  • Version 4.2.6-1

    • Read modularity data from DISTTAG tag as fallback (bsc#1192487)

    • require python macros for building

Version 4.2.4

patterns-suse-manager:

  • Add prometheus-blackbox_exporter as recommended for the Proxy

spacecmd:

  • Update translation strings

spacewalk-backend:

  • Reposync: replace architecture variables in mirror lists

  • Minor spec update.

  • Added RHN config parameter httpd_config_dir.

  • Avoid GPG errors messages in reposync caused by rpm not understanding signatures (bsc#1191538)

  • Improved the diskcheck script to return an exit value and to allow performing the check without sending notification

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Make bootstrap script to use bash when called with a different interpreter (bsc#1191656)

  • set key format to PEM when generating key for traditional clients push ssh (bsc#1189643)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Update translation strings

spacewalk-proxy:

spacewalk-web:

  • Implement using re-activation keys when bootstrapping with the Web UI

  • Disable the SPA engine for download links (bsc#1190964)

  • Fix CLM filter edit modal opening (bsc#1190867)

  • Display a warning in the login page if the available disk space on the server is running out

  • add Content Lifecycle Management filter for package provides

Version 4.2.3

patterns-suse-manager:

  • Virtualization-host-formula was renamed to virtualization-formulas

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.2.13-1

    • Update translation strings

    • configchannel_updatefile handles directory properly (bsc#1190512)

    • Add schedule_archivecompleted to mass archive actions (bsc#1181223)

    • Remove whoami from the list of unauthenticated commands (bsc#1188977)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Version 4.2.17-1

    • Update translations strings

    • handle download of metadata filesnames with checksums (bsc#1188315)

    • Sanitize cached filename for custom SSL certs used by reposync (bsc#1190751)

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Version 4.2.13-1

    • add GPG keys using apt-key on debian machines (bsc#1187998)

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Version 4.2.14-1

    • Update translation strings

spacewalk-proxy:

  • Version 4.2.7-1

    • remove SSLProtocol configuration which should be done in the ssl configuration file

spacewalk-proxy-installer:

  • Version 4.2.7-1

    • use system default for SSLProtocol

spacewalk-web:

  • Version 4.2.23-1

    • Fix datetime format parsing with moment (bsc#1191348)

  • Version 4.2.22-1

    • Add 'Last build date' column to Content Lifecycle Management project list (jsc#PM-2644) (jsc#SUMA-61)

    • Fix 'Type' input in Content Lifecycle Management source edit form (bsc#1190820)

    • Add 'Flush cache' checkbox to Ansible playbook execution page (bsc#1190405)

    • Fix the VM creation and editing submit button action (bsc#1190602)

    • Improved timezone support

    • Enhance the default base channel help message (bsc#1171520)

Version 4.2.2

mgr-daemon:

  • Update translation strings

spacecmd:

  • Update translation strings

  • Make schedule_deletearchived to get all actions without display limit

  • Allow passing a date limit for schedule_deletearchived on spacecmd (bsc#1181223)

  • Use correct API endpoint in list_proxies (bsc#1188042)

  • Add schedule_deletearchived to bulk delete archived actions (bsc#1181223)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Update translation strings

  • Fix typo "verfication" instead of "verification"

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Prepare the bootstrap script generator for Rocky Linux 8

spacewalk-client-tools:

  • Update translation strings

spacewalk-proxy-installer:

  • Add new refresh_pattern to the squid.conf to fix a case where the repodata was invalid due to being cached (bsc#1186026)

spacewalk-web:

  • Don’t capitalize acronyms

  • Update translation strings

  • 'AppStreams with defaults' filter template in CLM

  • Add a link to OS image store dir in image list page

  • Link to CLM filter creation from system details page

  • Expose UEFI parameters in the VM creation/editing pages

  • Add virt-tuner templates to VM creation

  • Fix cleanup always being executed on delete system (bsc#1189011)

  • Add support for Kiwi options

  • Fix virtualization guests to handle null HostInfo

  • Compare lowercase CPU arch with libvirt domain capabilities

  • Refresh JWT virtual console token before it expires

  • Handle virtual machines running on pacemaker cluster

susemanager-build-keys:

  • Add Debian 11

  • Add Rocky Linux 8

susemanager-tftpsync-recv:

  • Adapt configure-tftpsync.sh to work on machines with multiple IP’s (bsc#1189263)

Version 4.2.1

spacecmd:

  • Make spacecmd aware of retracted patches/packages

spacewalk-backend:

  • Fix rpm handling of empty package group and devicefiles tag (bsc#1186650)

  • Check if batch needs to be imported even after failure (bsc#1183151)

  • Show better error message when reposync failed

spacewalk-certs-tools:

  • Generate SSL private keys FIPS 140-2 compatible (bsc#1187593)

spacewalk-web:

  • Add option to run Ansible playbooks in 'test' mode

  • New filter template: Live patching based on a system

  • Fix bugged search in formula catalog

  • Convert Virtualization modal dialogs to react-modal

  • Update the version for the WebUI

uyuni-common-libs:

  • Handle broken RPM packages to prevent exceptions causing fails on repository synchronization (bsc#1186650)

Major Changes Since SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1

Salt 3002

Salt has been upgraded to upstream version 3002, plus a number of patches, backports and enhancements by SUSE, for the SUSE Manager Server, Proxy and Client Tools (where the client operating system supports Python 3.5+; otherwise Salt 3000 or 2016.11 are used).

We intend to regularly upgrade Salt to more recent versions.

For more details about changes in your manually-created Salt states, see the Salt 3002 upstream release notes.

SLES 15 SP3 JeOS as a Base System

The SUSE Manager 4.1 Proxy and Retail Branch Server can now be installed on top of SLES 15 SP3 JeOS edition.

Base System Upgrade

The base system was upgraded to SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3.

Known issues

Proxy password

Do not use the '@' character in the SUSE Manager Proxy password, as it is not escaped correctly.

Single Sign On, API and CLI tools

Single Sign On can be used to authenticate in the Web UI but not with the API or CLI tools. This will be fixed in a future release of SUSE Manager.

Support

Support for CentOS 8

CentOS 8 will be End of Life on 31st December 2021, ending the SUSE Manager support for this product as well.

We recommend you to migrate your workload to CentOS 8 alternatives (AlmaLinux 8, Rocky Linux 8) as soon as possible so you can continue managing your infrastructure with SUSE Manager.

Please note "end of support" from the SUSE Manager side means these products and their client tools remain available in the SUSE Manager product tree and can still be added, mirrored and used. But in case they stop working at some point in time, support will only be provided as on a best-effort basis (which in general means if the issue can be reproduced with a supported operating system, it will be fixed; but if the issue is specific to the unsupported operating system, a fix should not be expected).

Future deprecation of the traditional stack

This version of SUSE Manager is compatible with Salt and traditional clients. SUSE will deprecate traditional clients and traditional proxies in the next SUSE Manager 4.3 release. The release that follows SUSE Manager 4.3 will not support traditional clients and traditional proxies, and is planned for 2023. We encourage all new deployments to use Salt clients and Salt proxies exclusively, and to migrate existing traditional clients and proxies to Salt.

Providing feedback

If you encounter a bug in any SUSE product, please report it through your SUSE Customer Service or Sales representatives.

You can also provide feedback using SUSE forums, or the upstream Uyuni Project community.

Resources

Latest product documentation: https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.2/.

Technical product information for SUSE Manager: https://www.suse.com/products/suse-manager/

These release notes are available online: https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/

Visit https://www.suse.com for the latest Linux product news from SUSE.

Visit https://www.suse.com/download-linux/source-code.html for additional information on the source code of SUSE Linux Enterprise products.

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