Recommended update for rmt-server

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2022:1812-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • Public Cloud Module 15-SP3
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rmt-server fixes the following issues:

Version 2.8.0

  • Forwarding information of registered systems to SCC more efficiently in batches
  • Syncing the systems' most recent last seen timestamps to SCC
  • Optional '--no-confirmation' switch to skip user confirmation when cleaning repository data
  • Fix "rmt-cli systems list --csv -a" for RMTs with millions of systems (bsc#1191552)
  • Enable nginx configs to serve on IPv6
  • Enable users with old versions of RMT to sync systems with SCC by default
  • Fix build using ruby 3.x (bsc#1195318).

Version 2.7.1

  • Remove products with a negative ID during migration
  • Changes to RMT/connect API: RMT returns HTTP status code 422 whenever a system tries to register/activate a product with an expired subscription.
  • Mirror metadata retry. This fixes bsc#1188578
  • Update the way allowed paths are checked SUMA requested a new feature where it is possible to validate all versions of the same product and arch (that are allowed to that system)
  • De-register BYOS systems using RMT as a proxy from SCC
  • De-activate a single product from a BYOS proxy system

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2022-1812=1
  • Public Cloud Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP3-2022-1812=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP3-2022-1812=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rmt-server-pubcloud-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-debuginfo-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-debugsource-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-config-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
  • Public Cloud Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rmt-server-pubcloud-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-debugsource-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-debuginfo-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rmt-server-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-debugsource-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-debuginfo-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1
    • rmt-server-config-2.8.0-150300.3.15.1

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