Recommended update for gcimagebundle, google-daemon, google-startup-scripts

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for gcimagebundle, google-daemon, google-startup-scripts
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0558-1
Rating: moderate
References: #905571 #905573 #905611 #921732
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12

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

    Description:

    This collective update for the Public Cloud Module provides the following
    fixes and enhancements:

    gcimagebundle (update toversion 1.2.4):

    - Support XFS as root filesystem.
    - Support CentOS 7.

    google-daemon (update to version 1.2.4):

    - Reduced SSH key-related console logging.
    - Generalize SSH host key regeneration to handle all types which are
    already present in the image.
    - Never add SSH keys for system accounts with /sbin/nologin as shell.
    - Fix .suse init script, remove run level 4 setting to avoid warning.
    - Add rc* links for newer versions of the distribution.

    google-startup-scripts (update to version 1.2.4):

    - Check for a connection to the metadata server before startup script
    retrieval.
    - Block startup scripts until a connection to the metadata server exists.
    - Added logging for network connectivity issues.
    - Added retry logic in startup scripts for metadata requests.
    - Improved performance on local SSD.
    - Fix a bug which could cause instances to take 2 minutes to shut down.
    - Miscellaneous documentation and diagnostic updates.
    - Ensured that shutdown script feature will run before docker and kubelet.
    - Added a logging file for the shutdown script feature.
    - Improvements allowing the startup scripts to work as intended on RHEL 7
    and CentOS 7.
    - Improved first-boot SSH host key regeneration.
    - Improvements to shutdown script feature.
    - Fix for first-boot script which was failing to run fully.
    - Improve ordering on systemd systems.
    - Fix .suse init script, remove run level 4 setting to avoid warning.
    - Add rc* links for newer versions of the distribution.

    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 Module for Public Cloud 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2015-136=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 (noarch):
      • gcimagebundle-1.2.4-6.1
      • google-daemon-1.2.4-6.1
      • google-startup-scripts-1.2.4-6.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/905571
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/905573
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/905611
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/921732