Recommended update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2626-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0

An update that has nine fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Add base channel to salt-minion. (bsc#986019)
  • Setting up OS grains for SLES-ES. (SLES Expanded Support platform)
  • Move salt home directory to /var/lib/salt. (bsc#1002529)
  • Generate Salt Thin with configured extra modules. (bsc#990439)
  • Prevent pkg.install failure for expired keys. (bsc#996455)
  • Required D-Bus and generating machine ID.
  • Fix python-jinja2 requirements in rhel.
  • Fix pkg.installed refresh repository failure. (bsc#993549)
  • Fix salt.states.pkgrepo.management no change failure. (bsc#990440)
  • Prevent snapper module crash on load if no DBus is available in the system. (bsc#993039)
  • Prevent continuous restart, if a dependency wasn't installed. (bsc#991048)
  • Fix beacon list to include all beacons being process.
  • Run salt-api as user salt like the master. (bsc#990029)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-3-2016-1542=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-3.0-2016-1542=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Server-3.0-2016-1542=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 3 (x86_64)
    • salt-minion-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-master-2015.8.7-21.2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0 (x86_64)
    • salt-ssh-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-api-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-master-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-proxy-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-minion-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-syndic-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-doc-2015.8.7-21.2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0 (noarch)
    • salt-zsh-completion-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-bash-completion-2015.8.7-21.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0 (s390x x86_64)
    • salt-ssh-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-api-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-master-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-proxy-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-minion-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-syndic-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-doc-2015.8.7-21.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0 (noarch)
    • salt-zsh-completion-2015.8.7-21.2
    • salt-bash-completion-2015.8.7-21.2

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