Chapter 9. 4.6 Release Notes

9.1. New Features

This following major enhancements have been introduced in Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4.6.

New Pulp version: 3.28: This update introduces a newer version of Pulp, 3.28, the latest LTS version. This update significantly modifies the Pulp database model, addressing many of the deadlock issues RHUI encountered when synchronizing large content volumes simultaneously.
Redis is no longer included: Redis is no longer included as part of the Pulp installation.
Shared mount options for RHUI Installer have been enhanced: With this update, the RHUI Installer’s shared storage mounting options have been enhanced. You can now use the force option to alter the remote storage. For more information, see rhui-installer --help.
rhui-manager status now includes CDS SSL certificate expiration checks: With this update, CDS NGinx SSL certificate expiration checks are now available in the rhui-manager status report.
RHUI Installer automatically initiates rhui-subscription-sync: With this update, RHUI Installer automatically initiates rhui-subscription-sync after a successful installation. You no longer need to manually initiate the syncronization.

The following bugs have been fixed in Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4.6 that have a significant impact on users.

RHUI avoids not recognizing new RHEL minor version repositories: Previously, RHUI failed to recognize new minor version RHEL repositories because of cached mappings. With this update, the issue has been fixed.
Special characters can be used in the admin password: Previosuly, you could not use certain special characters in the RHUI administrator password. With this update, the issue has been fixed.
RHUI Installer did not handle rhui_active_login_file: Previously, due to a problem in RHUI Installer, it failed to successfully process the rhui_active_login_file variable. With this update, the issue has been fixed.