Chapter 5. Release Information
These release notes highlight technology preview items, recommended practices, known issues, and deprecated functionality to be taken into consideration when deploying this release of Red Hat Satellite 6.
Notes for updates released during the support lifecycle of this Red Hat Satellite 6 release will appear in the advisory text associated with each update.
5.1. Technology Preview
The items listed in this section are provided as Technology Previews. For further information on the scope of Technology Preview status, and the associated support implications, see https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview/.
- Kernel Execution (
kexec) Template - The Kernel execution template for PXE-less boot methods is available as a Technology Preview feature.
- Tracer
- Integration with the Tracer tool, which was introduced in Satellite 6.3, continues to be available as a Technology Preview feature.
- RHV 4 API Support
- Using Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4 API to evaluate the new engine API feature, which was introduced in Satellite 6.4, continues to be available as a Technology Preview feature.
5.2. Deprecated Functionality
- Red Hat Access plugin
- The Red Hat Access plugin has been removed in Red Hat Satellite 6.5.
- Docker plug-in
- With this release, the Foreman Docker plug-in is deprecated and will be removed as part of a future release. This affects the container functionality that you can find in the Containers section of Satellite web UI.
Template Deprecation
The following template features are removed or flagged for deprecation in Satellite 6.5. Ensure that you update your templates to match these changes.
- The modulepath Template Setting
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The
modulepathsetting has been removed. - Kernel and initramdisk Naming Convention Changes
- In this release, the naming conventions of kernel and initramdisk in the TFTP folder have changed. For more information, see BZ#1447963.
- Template Web UI Changes
- Two-pane layout is deprecated and will be removed in the next version.
- Snippets Template Macro
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The snippets template macro is deprecated and will be removed in the next version. Use
snippet()instead. - Operating System Boot Files API
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The Operating System API
/api/operatingsystems/:id/bootfilesendpoint for boot files is deprecated and will be removed in next version. Calculate boot files for each host. - Operating System medium_uri method
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The MediumProviders
medium_urimethod replaces the Operating Systemmedium_urimethod. The Operating Systemmedium_urimethod will be removed in the next version. Update any templates that use this method to use the new method. In all customized templates, replacehost.operatingsystem.medium_uri(@host)withmedium_uri. For more examples, see the read-only templates that ship with Satellite 6. - Operating System repos method
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The MediumProviders
additional_mediamethod replaces the Operating Systemreposmethod. The Operating Systemreposmethod will be removed in the next version. Update any templates that use this method to use the new method. - Operating System Boot File URI method
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The MediumProviders
host.operatingsystem.boot_files_urimethod replaces the Operating System boot file URIhost.operatingsystem.boot_files_urimethod. The Operating Systemhost.operatingsystem.boot_files_urimethod will be removed in the next version. Replace any occurrences of@host.operatingsystem.boot_files_uri(@host.medium,@host.architecture)with@host.operatingsystem.boot_files_uri(medium_provider).
5.3. Known Issues
These known issues exist in Red Hat Satellite 6 at this time.
- BZ#1465521 - [RFE] API to cancel/delete Remote Execution tasks before their scheduled time
Known Issue
This action cannot be done using the CLI. It will be added in a future release.
- BZ#1508957 - Host uniqueness determined by hostname
Registering a host with the same hostname as another host unregisters the original host Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1585272 - Content View Errata Include by Date Filters include more than desired
Workaround
To avoid this issue, use exclude filters to set up your Content View filters.
- BZ#1607550 - Ansible Tower inventory integration is slow
Workaround
For a workaround to this issue, see the KCS Solution at https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3596821.
- BZ#1655233 - First line of a request transaction (Started GET…) does not contain request id
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1671319 - Unable to export "Default Organization View 1.0" Content View
Known Issue
The ID field is currently failing.
Workaround
Use different attributes to export.
- BZ#1672802 - Satellite Registry does not accept HEAD requests
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1673447 - Capsule sync planning in foreman-tasks sometimes takes too long
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1676626 - Pulp Crane not returning correct headers
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1678339 - Provisioning with AWS Compute fails for eu-north-1 region with errors
Known Issue
This region does not exist in the fog library. This will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1682953 - Module Stream Search not being saved during pagination
Workaround
You must reset the search criteria on each page.
- BZ#1686979 - [RFE] Searching and Filtering on the Red Hat Repositories page is inconsistent and confusing
Known Issue
Additional text will be added in a future release to clarify the page.
- BZ#1692425 - Turn on task cleanup ON by default
Workaround
This can be turned on manually.
- BZ#1694727 - [RFE] Main Recurring logics page does not display recurring logic ID
Known Issue
The recurring logic ID will be added in a future release.
- BZ#1695159 - Repo sync not pulling in yum metadata file changes
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1696790 - System purpose status is displayed as "Invalid" instead of "Mismatched"
Known Issue
The text will be updated in a future release.
- BZ#1696960 - fsLayers error during sync - Unable to sync coredns from the https://gcr.io
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1698945 - [6.5.1 REQUIRED] Update libsolv to >= 0.6.35
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release..
- BZ#1700715 - [RFE] Improve Insights proxying (to be not affected by other loads on RHSAT)
Known Issue
The root cause is still being investigated.
- BZ#1703391 - ValidationError (Modulemd:<UUID>) (Field is required: ['context']) when upgrading to 6.5
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
- BZ#1707298 - Insufficient input validation for compute_attributes
Known Issue
This has been fixed upstream and will be resolved in a future release.
