Recommended update for suseconnect-ng

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:2744-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that contains two features and has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for suseconnect-ng fixes the following issues:

  • Version update
  • Added uname as collector
  • Added SAP workload detection
  • Added detection of container runtimes
  • Multiple fixes on ARM64 detection
  • Use read_values for the CPU collector on Z
  • Fixed data collection for ppc64le
  • Grab the home directory from /etc/passwd if needed (bsc#1226128)
  • Build zypper-migration and zypper-packages-search as standalone binaries rather then one single binary
  • Add --gpg-auto-import-keys flag before action in zypper command (bsc#1219004)
  • Include /etc/products.d in directories whose content are backed up and restored if a zypper-migration rollback happens (bsc#1219004)
  • Add the ability to upload the system uptime logs, produced by the suse-uptime-tracker daemon, to SCC/RMT as part of keepalive report (jsc#PED-7982) (jsc#PED-8018)
  • Add support for third party packages in SUSEConnect
  • Refactor existing system information collection implementation self-signed SSL certificate (bsc#1223107)

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 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLED-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.3-2024-2744=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-2024-2744=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 (x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • suseconnect-ruby-bindings-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • suseconnect-ng-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4
    • libsuseconnect-1.11.0-150400.3.36.4

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