CHANGELOG.md

• Documented how to replace existing certificates via mgrtcl (bsc#1233793)
• Clarified SSH authentication methods during Web UI bootstrap process in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1233497)
• Changes proxy helm installation to use package from OS channel in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Documented onboarding SSH connected Ubuntu clients with install-created user in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1213437)
• Added Saline documentation to Salt Guide
• Replaced mgradm with mrgctl in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Corrected metadata signing section in Administration Guide
• Added Open Enterprise Server 24.4 and 23.4 as supported client systems (bsc#1230585)
• Improved SSL certificate handling in Administration Guide
• Make proper use of terminal inside the container in Retail Guide (bsc#1233871)
• Added new workflow with the instructions about RAW image usage to Common Workflows book
• Added reminder note to unregister before registration to Client Configuration Guide
• Fixed podman parameter name in Disconnected Setup chapter of the Administration Guide (bsc#1233383)
• Added details on image management in Administration Guide (bsc#1222574)
• Documented Cobbler option to enable boot ISOs with Secure Boot in Client Configuration Guide
• Fixed Uyuni repository link and removed netavark from the installation command
• Updated OpenSUSE Leap micro 5.5 download link
• Added documentation on deploying SUSE Manager Proxy in Public Cloud in Large Deployment Guide
• Added admonition about disabling data synchronization with SCC in Administration Guide
• Added note about SLE Micro entitlement being included in SUSE Manager extensions' entitlements (bsc#1230833)
• Added VMware image deployment documentation for Proxy in the Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1227852)
• Added information on upgrading server and proxy containers also for Uyuni
• Added note about case sensitivity of organization name to Inter-Server Synchronization chapter of Administration Guide
• Added reminder note to de-register before registration to Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1216946)
• Added admonition about podman related IP forwarding configuration to Requirements in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1224318)
• Updated Hub chapter in Large Deployments Guide (bsc#1215815)
• Add registry.suse.com to the list of required URLs in the Network Requirements section of the Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Fixed SSH Push and SSH Push (with tunnel) contact method sections in Client Configuration Guide
• Added missing architecture to Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1230670)
• Corrected command for containerized proxy in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1231398)
• List of required URLs extended in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1230741)
• Updated incorrect URL references for both the Server and Proxy in the Quickstart and Installation Guides
• Fixed hardcoded version entries for Uyuni in page content
• Removed 4.3 version entries in migration documentation
• The Quickstart Guide for Proxy contained legacy content. Updated to match containerized deployment
• Fixed incorrect hardcored product versions. 2024.04 -> 2024.08
• Added information for running mgr-ssl-cert-setup in Administration Guide (bsc#1229079)
• Added reference to Inter-Server Synchronization in Administration Guide (bsc#1230943)
• Documented consistently Leap Micro as Uyuni container host system in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Documented that is LVM not needed in default cases in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1228319)
• Removed inconsistent information about persistent storage (bsc#1230502)
• Updated database backup and restore procedures using smdba in Administration Guide
• Documented krb5.conf configuration (bsc#1229077)
• Added VMware image deployment documentation for Server in the Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1227852 and bsc#1228351)
• Documented migrating clients such as AlmaLinux, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and Rocky Linux to SUSE Liberty Linux and SUSE Liberty Linux 7 to SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS
• Added documentation about orphaned packages in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1227882)
• Clarified meaning of Default contact method in Client Configuration Guide
• Added prerequisite for server migration in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1229902)
• Updated information on PostgreSQL version in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Documented Ubuntu 24.04 LTS as a supported client OS in Client Configuration Guide
• Updated outdated links in Retail Guide
• Added troubleshooting section about full disk with containers in Administration Guide and notes to persistent storage setup in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added volume SSSD to the list of etc persistent volumes to Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Documented using openSUSE Leap Micro as the host operating system for Uyuni Proxy
• Added uyuni-storage-setup-server package to server deployment and uyuni-storage-setup-proxy to proxy deployment in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Updated legacy Uyuni Server to containerized Server migration in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• In network ports section, added port 443 for clients and removed Cobbler only used internally (bsc#1217338)
• Added installer-updates.suse.com to the list of URLs in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1229178)
• Improved documentation around non-compliant packages (also known as extra packages) in Reference Guide
• Restructured documentation of Systems menu and system details tab in Reference Guide
• Enhanced instructions about the permissions for the IAM role in Public Cloud Guide
• Updated legacy Uyuni Server to containerized Server migration in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Removed Verify Packages section from Package Management chapter in Client Configuration Guide
• Documented activating AppStreams automatically with an activation key in Client Configuration Guide
• PAYG Docs updated for Azure and AWS
• Fixed button syntax typo in asciidoc content
• Added note on Salt minion timeout for Azure and PAYG (bsc#1226196)
• Added more links back to the Hardware Requirements section and enhance it to address questions about disk size recommendations
• Adjusted SUSE Manager Server registration in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Fixed spacecmd commands in mgrctl calls in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Change path for web.xml tuning in Administration Guide
• Adjusted SSL certificate renewal commands for containers in Administration Guide
• Updated SLE Micro update behavior in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Updated Disconnected Server chapter in Administration Guide (bsc#1226728)
• Added note about usernames in PAM section in Administration Guide (bsc#1227599)
• Update Clients Update Using Recurring Actions workflow to account for uptodate state changes
• Fixed X logo position on mobile devices
• Removed raw image format from the available VM image deployment tables for both Server and Proxy on AArch64
• Fixed sequence of commands and preparation steps of the 4.3 to 5.0 server migration procedure
• Consolidated terminology around the old server and the migration target in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added more information about the Prometheus alert manager in Administration Guide
• Add storage extra configuration for migration step in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added Salt Connectivity section to the Specialized Guides
• Improved Large Deployments Guide with better tuning values and extra parameters added
• Fix indentation on install storage instructions
• Update air-gap deployment for server and proxy
• Improved proxy migration and installation in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Warn about copying GPG keys manually while migrating
• Warn about copying certification files manually while migrating 4.3 servers to 5.0 in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1227198)
• Fixed proxy deployment details (bsc#1226843)
• Added admonition about domain name and IP address while migrating from a non-containerized server in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1227177)
• Fixed documentation concerning strict mode in Custom Channels chapter in the Administration Guide (bsc#1227130)
• Updated lists of SUSE Linux Enterprise hardening profiles in openSCAP chapter in the Administration Guide
• Added SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS entries (bsc#1226913)
• Removed outdated disclaimer in CLM examples regarding AppStreams (bsc#1226687)
• Documented proper --mirrorPath parameter in disconnected setup chapter of the Administration Guide
• Fixed Activation Key link in SUSE Liberty Linux Clients page
• Fixed reposync path for SUSE Liberty Linux Base Media
• Fixed Adding Base Media to Custom Channels for SUSE Liberty Linux in Client Configuration guide
• Remove duplicate instructions from the Liberate Formula page
• Fixed Liberate Formula instructions
• Documented 'mgradm distribution' command to prepare installation source in Upgrade chapter of Client Configuration Guide
• Added VM image deployment documentation for Proxy and Server in the Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Removed legacy content from the Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added SLE15 SP6 as supported client
• Added openSUSE Leap SP6 as supported client
• Adding SL Micro 6.0 as supported client
• Removed Apache exporter from monitoring chapter in the Administration Guide
• Updated autoinstallation usage with containerized server (bsc#1222692)
• Added image-sync boot image details (bsc#1206055)
• Updated retail workflow for SUSE Manager 5.0 containerized proxies
• Excluded detailed information about creating and running a CentOS errata checking script from SUSE Manager documentation in Client Configuration Guide
• Added note about CentOS 7 errata checking script applicable to non-containerized Uyuni installation in Client Configuration Guide
• Removed additional legacy content in the Installation and Upgrade guide
• Added Proxy migration documentation for SUSE Manager 5.0
• Documented availibility of package lock on RedHat-like clients
• Removed spacecmd functions that are not longer available
• Cleaned up Installation and Upgrade Guide navigation, additional legacy content removed
• Added information about mirroring Ubuntu ESM packages
• Started with referencing 5.0 API documentation
• Added deprecation warning for Inter-Server Synchronization (Version 1) feature in Administration Guide
• Added deprecation warning for virtualization management feature in Client Configuration Guide
• Added Proxy Quickstart Guide for deploying containerized Proxies
• Updated adding custom GPG key for repositories synchronization
• Added AppStream section to Client Configuration Guide
• Added Systems > Software > AppStreams documentation to Reference Guide
• Removed warning about limited AppStream support
• Added Confidential Computing as technology preview to Administration Guide
• Updated containerized server monitoring documentation
• Document channel management CLI tools in Reference Guide
• Use mgradm for Hub Server deployment in Large Deployment Guide
• Reogranized Installation and Upgrade navigation for clarity
• Improved document names and removed legacy content
• Updated default storage volume locations in documentation for containers
• Removed Unified Installer documentation from Requirements
• Removed Unified Installer documentation from General Requirements
• Updated ports documentation for containers
• Updated database migration sections in the Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Removed visualization feature
• Documented channel synchronization options in Administration Guide
• Added a new workflow describing how to update clients using recurring actions to Commown Workflows
• Improved navigation list font styles in the branding theme
• Cleaned up navlists for containers
• Fix self_update kernel option description (bsc#1221819)
• Deprecated client proxy script
• Added information about requirements for the PostgreSQL database in the Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1220376)
• Fixed the instructions for SSL Certificates (bsc#1219061)
• Remove package sync paragraph in package-management doc since it is not available for Salt clients and traditional clients are no longer supported (bsc#1221279)
• Added reference from Hub documentation to Inter-Server Synchronization in Large Deployment Guide
• Bare-Metal System discovery feature disabled or dropped and thus, as it is part of the traditional stack, no longer documented
• Moved detailed description of client deletion from Common Workflows to Administration Guide
• Documented Virtualization Guest and Virtualization Host Formula
• Reformatted Supported Clients tables in Client Configuration Guide and Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Add documentation about SMTP timeout configuration
• Documented SSH key rotation in Salt Guide (bsc#1170848)
• Documented liberate formula in Salt Guide
• Fixed Prepare on-demand images section in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1219130)
• Fixed a changed configuration parameter for salt-ssh
• Added container deployment documentation to the Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Fixed incorrect references to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 as base product for SUSE Manager
• Update the repository needed to install mgrpxy
• Added Pay-as-you-go on the Cloud: FAQ document to SUSE Manager documentation
• Updated max-connections tuning recommendation in Large Deployment Guide
• Added troubleshooting instructions for setting up in public cloud (BYOS) to Administration Guide
• Added detailed information about the messages produced by subscription matcher
• Added section about migrating Enterprise Linux (EL) clients to SUSE Liberty Linux to Client Configuration Guide
• Inserted sudo configuration into the Salt SSH section taken from traditional client documentation in the Client Configuration Guide
• Added Pay-as-you-go as supported service on Azure to the Public Cloud Guide
• Updated the proxy installation in Installation and Upgrade Guide to use the mgrpxy tool
• Added note about refreshing pillar data in Salt Guide (bsc#1189047)
• Added and fixed configuration details in Troubleshooting Renaming Server in Administration Guide
• Added openSUSE Leap to Supported Features navigation list in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1218094)
• Described new monitoring metrics for Salt queue in Administration Guide
• Remove mentioning that CVE number for CVE auditing is optional (bsc#1218019)
• Fix xrefs for internal book references
• Corrected channel names for CentOS 7 Updates & Extras in CentOS Client Configuration Guide
• Documented bootstrap settings for SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1216394)
• Fixed RHEL channel names for bootstrapping in Client Configuration Guide
• Removed traditional client stack documentation such as command line tools in Reference Guide
• Corrected command mgr-push to mgrpush in Administration Guide (bsc#1215810)
• Added Pay-as-you-go for Azure documentation to the Specialized Guides book
• Removed traditional client stack documentation such as rhnsd in Troubleshooting Guide
• Updated Red Hat OVAL data URL and file in CentOS Client Configuration Guide
• Added Pay-as-you-go limitations chapter to Pay-as-you-go Guide
• ssh-push-default task renamed to ssh-service-default
• Removed Ubuntu 18.04 from the list of supported clients
• Fixed file location in Custom Salt Formulas section of Salt Guide
• Documented using Virtualization Host formula in Client Configuration Guide
• Document Amazon Linux 2023
• Added support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 and openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 clients to Installation and Upgrade Guide, and to Configuration Guide
• Added Liberty Linux versions 7 and 8 to the supported features matrix in the Client Configuration and in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Updated Twitter handle reference in documentation UI
• Started with removing traditional client documentation in Client Configuration Guide and removed cross references to other Guides
• Fixed parser error with ifeval or url tag in Image management section of Administration Guide
• Replaced "Quick Start: Public Cloud" with "Public Cloud Guide" in Specialized Guides
• Added Debian 12 as supported client in Client Configuration Guide
• Added legend to table in Configuration Management section of Client Configuration Guide
• Fixed delete channel procedure in Channel management section in Administration Guide
• Corrected the client tools channel name in Client Configuration Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
• Fixed links to HTML output of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 documentation
• Added note about using short hostname in the Quick Start: SAP (bsc#1212695)
• Documented migrating from traditional to Salt client in Client Configuration Guide
• Documented automatic hardware refresh with system-profile-refresh in the Reference Guide
• Mentioned the option to install Prometheus on Retail branch servers (bsc#1191143)
• Removed obsolete Retail migration description
• Added comment about SCC subscription to Administration Guide (bsc#1211270)
• Fixed link loop and clarified some server upgrade description details in the Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1214471)
• Updated Hardware Requirements section about disk space for /var/spacewalk in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Documented disabling automatic channel selection for cloned channels in Content Lifecycle Management chapter of Administration Guide (bsc#1211047)
• The configure-proxy.sh script no longer generates configuration channels
• Fixed broken links and references in the Image building file in Administration Guide
• Fixed navigation bar of Administration Guide
• Updated autoinstallation chapter in Client Configuration Guide about buildiso command in the context of Cobbler
• Removed end-of-life openSUSE Leap clients from the support matrix in the Client Configuration Guide
• Explained that version numbers in SP upgrade in common-workflows are just examples.
• Changed PostgreSQL documentation links to currently used version 15
• Added note about Jinja templating for configuration files management on Salt Clients in Client Configuration Guide
• Fixed DHCP example for Cobbler autoinstallation and added one per architecture in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1214041)
• Added background information on Ansible playbooks in the Ansible chapter in Administration Guide (bsc#1213077)
• Added Best practices and Image pillars files to Retail Guide
• Added warning about channel synchronization failure because of invalidated credentials in Connect PAYG instance section of Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added Saltboot redeployment subchapter in the Retail Guide
• Added note about SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro clients only having Node and Blackbox exporter for monitoring, in the Administration Guide available (bsc#1212246)
• Added detailed information about all supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro versions
• Updated Ansible chapter in Administration Guide for clarity (bsc#1213077)
• Removed step calling rhn-ssl-dbstore from the SSL setup that is now integrated into mgr-ssl-cert-setup in Administration Guide
• Listed supported key types for SSL certificates in Import SSL Certificates section of the Administation Guide.
• Added workflow describing channel removal to the Common Workflows Guide
• Fixed Ubuntu channel names in Ubuntu chapter of the Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1212827)
• Typo correction for Cobbler buildiso command in Client Configuration Guide
• Normalized information about client software providers in the Client Configuration Guide; Alibaba Cloud Linux, AlmaLinux, Amazon Linux, CentOS, Debian, Oracle, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu.
• Replaced plain text with dedicated attribute for AutoYaST
• File renamed to follow standardized format
• Changed filename for configuring Tomcat memory usage in Specialized Guides (bsc#1212814)
• Minimal memory requirement is 16 GB for SUSE Manager Server installation, also for test installation
• Added a note about Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network mirroring requirements in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1212032)
• Added SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 15.4, and openSUSE Leap Micro 15.4
• Fixed missing tables of content in the Reference Guide (bsc#1208577)
• Normalized Virtualization chapter in Client Configuration Guide
• Fixed instruction for SSO implementation example in the Administration Guide (bsc#1210103)
• Update Red Hat channel names to reflect the new custom channels for easier onboarding
• In the Installation and Upgrade Guide, unified SUSE Manager Proxy registration
• Warned about the impossibility of moving chained proxies in the Client Configuration Guide.
• Update the different OS support tables to the current technical support state
• Remove traditional client support documentation
• Recommend using Cobbler to build ISO images also for other systems but SUSE systems in the Autoinstallation chapter of the Client Configuration Guide
• Removed reference to non-exitent files in Reference Guide (bsc#1208528)
• Corrected the instructions for troubleshooting repository via proxy in the Administration Guide (bsc#1211276)
• Configured reboot method for SLE Micro clients and other transactional update systems in Client Configuration Guide
• Added note for clarification between self-installed and cloud instances of Ubuntu
• In the Database Migration chapter of the Installation and Upgrade Guide, we have added a note regarding the PostgreSQL user
• Added comment about activation keys for LTSS clients in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1210011)
• Added server metrics list in Monitoring chapter of the Administration Guide
• Improved Pay-as-you-go documentation in the Install and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1208984)
• Updated API script examples to Python 3 in Administration Guide and Large Deployment Guide
• Added note about GPG key for Redhat custom channels in Client Configuration Guide
• Replace Expanded Support with SUSE Liberty Linux in navigation bar of Client Configuration Guide
• Added missing descriptions of taskomatic jobs in Administration Guide
• Salt version changed to 3006
• change default of salt_batch_size
• Change cleanup Salt Client description
• Add multiple gpg key url usage to Client Configuration Guide
• Adjusted SSO example in Administration Guide according to Keycloak 21.0.1 update
• Documented custom info is available via pillars in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1209253)
• Added updated options for rhn.conf file in the Administration Guide (bsc#1209508)
• Added instruction for Cobbler to use the correct label in Client Config Guide distro label (bsc#1205600)
• Adjusted python version and OpenSUSE Leap version in public cloud document (bsc#1209938)
• Fixed calculation of DB max-connections and align it with the supportconfig checking tool in the Tuning Guide
• Fixed Troubleshooting Corrupt Repositories procedure
• Branding updated for 2023
• New search engine optimization improvements for documentation
• Translations are now included in the webui help documentation
• Local search is now provided with the webui help documentation
• Rework Retail documentation to have generic configuration and examples
• Enhanced the note about the remove PTF capability in Administration Guide
• Added information about evaluation command parameter for OpenSCAP (bsc#1207931)
• Enhanced deleting clients in Client Configuration Guide
• Added instructions about contanerized proxy deployment to Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Explained how to use PTFs in SUSE Manager in the Administration Guide
• Warned about installing containerized proxy on traditional container host in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added openSUSE Leap 15.5 as a supported client
• Added SLE 15 SP5 as a supported client
• Removed z196 and z114 from listing in System Z chapter of the Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1206973)
• Updated System Security with OpenSCAP chapter in Administration Guide replacing "standard" by "stig" profile
• Added description for using a custom container image in containerized proxy
• Added documentation about configuring external database during server setup
• Remove SLE Micro requirement to preinstall salt-transactional package
• Added information about java.salt_event_thread_pool_size in Large Deployments Guide
• Re-added statement about Cobbler support in Reference Guide and Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1206963)
• Fixed SLE Micro channel names in Client Configuration Guide
• Added SUSE Liberty Linux 9 clients as supported and use SUSE Liberty Linux name more consistently
• Added information about GPG key usuage in the Debian section of the Client Configuration Guide
• Add Grafana configuration instructions in Administration Guide.
• Clarified monitoring components support matrix in Client Configuration Guide
• Added information to use Hub when managing more than 10,000 clients to the Hardware Requirements in the Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 clients as supported (bsc#1205896)
• Updated default number of changelog entries in Administration Guide
• Removed SLE Micro 5.1 notes
• Added SLE Micro bootstrapping note
• Improved Grafana configuration instructions in Administration Guide.
• Containerized proxy now allows usage of single FQDN. Documented in Installation and Upgrade Guide.
• Fixed Rocky Linux documentation in Client Configuration Guide. Rocky Linux 8 was partially removed by accident (bsc#1205470)
• Warning to emphasize about storage requirements before migration in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Removed mentions to ABRT in Reference Guide
• Documented changed default behavior with handling local repositories
• Improved description of client-server contact methods
• Documented transactional update and reboot feature in Administration and Client Configuration Guide
• Added information about automatic custom channel synchronization
• Fixed incorrect order of steps when restarting database and spacewalk-service
• Added information about OES repository enablement to Troubleshooting section in Administration Guide (bsc#1204195)
• Added note about shell quotation in Massmigration section of Client Configuration Guide.
• Documented the mgr-bootstrap command in Client Configuration Guide
• Fixed RES8 client tools label in Client Configuration Guide
• Added list of relevant collected server metrics in Monitoring chapter of Administration Guide
• In Troubleshooting section of the Administration Guide, update Register Cloned Clients procedure (bsc#1203971)
• Added information about changing Grafana administrator password (bsc#1203698)
• Moved all troubleshooting topics from Installation and Upgrade Guide and Client Configuration Guide to Administration Guide
• Warned about file ownership when restoring files in the Administration Guide (bsc#1202612)
• Fixed Ubuntu base channel name in Registering Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 Clients section of Client Configuration Guide
• Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 clients as supported
• Added Almalinux 9, Oracle Linux 9, and Rocky Linux 9 as supported Client systems
• Only SUSE clients are supported as a monitoring server in Administration Guide.
• Fix description of default notification settings (bsc#1203422)
• Added missing Debian 11 references
• Removed references to Debian 9 as it approached EOL and support
• Document Helm deployment of the proxy on K3s and MetalLB in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added secure mail communication settings in Administration Guide
• Fix path to state and pillar files
• Documented how pxeboot works with Secure Boot enabled in Client Configuration Guide.
• Add repository via proxy issues troubleshooting page
• Added SLE Micro 5.2 and 5.3 as available as a technology preview in Client Configuration Guide, and the IBM Z architecture for 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3
• Improve instructions for setting up SSO with keycloak 9.0.2 in Administration Guide
• Mention CA certificate directory in the proxy setup description in the Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1202805)
• Change import GPG key description
• Relax region requirement for payg connect feature -- not strictly required
• Documented mandatory channels in the Disconnected Setup chapter of the Administration Guide (bsc#1202464).
• Fixed the names of updates channels for Leap
• Fixed errors in OpenSCAP chapter of Administration Guide
• Documented how to onboard Ubuntu clients with the Salt bundle as a regular user
• Documented how to onboard Debian clients with the Salt bundle or plain Salt as a regular user
• Removed CentOS 8 from the list of supported client systems
• Extend the notes about using noexec option for /tmp and /var/tmp (bsc#1201210)
• Reverted single snippet change for two separate books
• Added Extend Salt Bundle functionality with Python packages using pip
• Salt Configuration Modules are no longer Technology Preview in Salt Guide.
• Removed Ubuntu 18.04 registration documentation

Last packaged: 2023.10.19

• Described disabling local repositories in Client Configuration Guide
• Documented Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as a supported client OS in Client Configuration Guide
• Remove misleading installation screen shots in the Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1201411)
• Fixed Ubuntu 18 Client registration in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1201224)
• Removed sle-module-pythonX in VM Installation chapter of Installation and Upgrade Guide because SUSE Manager 4.3 does not require it
• In the Custom Channel section of the Administration Guide add a note about synchronizing repositories regularly.
• Removed SLE 11 from the list of supported client systems
• Update section about changing SSL certificates
• Added ports 1232 and 1233 in the Ports section of the Installation and Upgrade Guide; required for Salt SSH Push (bnc#1200532)
• Fixed 'fast' switch ('-f') of the database migration script in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Added Uyuni Proxy requirements in Installation and Upgrade Guide.
• Updated Virtualization chapter in Client Configuration Guide; more on limitation other than Xen and KVM.
• Added information about registering RHEL clients on Azure in the Import Entitlements and Certificates section of the Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1198944).
• Replaced two identical tables in two separate books (Install/Upgrade Guide and Client Config Guide) with a single snippet
• In the Client Configuration Guide, package locking is supported for Ubuntu also on Uyuni
• Remove Uyuni Client tools from the list of the proxy channels in Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Updated openSUSE Leap version number to 15.4.
• Fixed VisibleIf documentation in Formula section of the Salt Guide
• Added note about importing CA certifcate in Installation and Upgrade Guide (bsc#1198358).
• Documented defining monitored targets using file-based service discovery provided in the Prometheus formula in the Salt Guide
• In Supported Clients and Features chapter in Client Configuration Guide, remove SLES 11 (bsc#1199147)
• Improve traditional client deprecation statement in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1199714)
• Fixed spacewalk-remove-channel command in Delete Channels section of the Administration Guide (bsc#1199596)
• Add note about OpenSCAP security profile support in OpenSCAP section of the Administration Guide
• Large deployments guide includes mention to proxy (bsc#1199577)
• Enhanced Product Migration chapter in Client Configuration Guide with SLES example.
• In Common Workflows book, added new workflow for in-place upgrade of SLES with SUSE Manager
• In Administration Guide, Create Build Host section (docker), added warning about OS verstion requirement.
• In registration chapter of the Client Configuration Guide, add architecture note snippet to all the "Add software channel" sections.
• In Administration Guide, troubleshooting section, added content about high sync times between Server and Proxy over WAN connections
• In Administration Guide, documented the new behavior of spacewalk-report in combination with the reporting database.
• Documented org_createfirst in spacecmd chapter of the Reference Guide
• In Client Configuration Guide, adjust sequence of sections about registering RedHat Clients
• In Administration Guide, documented that monitoring tools are available in SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 and 15 and openSUSE Leap 15, but Grafana is not available on Proxy (bsc#1191143)
• Documented sle-module-python2 deactivation step in the minor version upgrade section of the Upgrade and Installation Guide (bsc#1197747).
• In the Large Deployments Guide, adapt tuning options for hub reporting according to latest performance tests
• Documented Autoyast installation features in Autoyast section of the Client Configuration Guide
• In Client Configuration Guide, clarified client upgrade issues.
• In the Large Deployments Guide, enhance section about hub reporting to add tuning options for the taskomatic jobs
• In Client Configuration Guide, added information about registration of version 12 of SUSE Linux Enterprise clients
• In Client Configuration Guide, mark the applying patches features as supported on Ubuntu
• SLE Micro in Client Configuration Guide: Update version number from 5.0 to 5.1, and warn about Salt installation.
• In Administration Guide, renamed golang-github-wrouesnel-postgres_exporter to prometheus-postgres_exporter.
• In the Client Configuration Guide, used the correct procedure for registering Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 clients in Uyuni
• Clarified in Client Configuration Guide and Retail Guide that mandatory channels are automatically checked. Also recommended channels as long as they are not deactivated (bsc#1173527).
• In Client Configuration Guide, fixed channel configuration and registration of Expanded Support clients.
• In Administration Guide, introduce a new tool to setup SSL certificates on Server and Proxy
• Added content about automatic client registration to Client Configuration Guide
• Clarified channel label name in Registering Clients with RHUI section of the Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1196067)
• Documented GPG encrypted Salt Pillars in the Specialized Guides, Salt book.
• Add warning to contact method for traditional clients regarding registering a deleted traditional client as Salt minion.
• Add note and information on client deletion page regarding registering a deleted traditional client as Salt minion.
• Add troubleshooting section regarding registering a deleted traditional client as Salt minion.
• In Throubleshooting Synchronization chapter in the Administration Guide added instructions for GPG removal.
• In Custom Channels chapter of the Administration Guide, provide information about creating metadata (bsc#1195294)
• In Client Configuration Guide, integrated SLE Micro Client documentation next to SUSE Linux Enterprise Client documentation and other related documentation improvements (bsc#1195145)
• Added a warning about the origin of the salt-minion package in the Register on the Command Line (Salt) section of the Client Configuration Guide
• In Custom Channels chapter of the Administration Guide, call spacewalk-repo-sync to import and trust GPG keys
• Removed wrong and superfluous sudo command in Backup and Restore of the Administration Guide.
• Add troubleshooting section about avoiding package conflicts with custom channels
• Added instructions for Pay-as-you-go to Installation and Upgrade Guide
• Merge translations of Installation and Upgrade Guide into the new combined book
• Removed end of life CaaSP references from documentation
• Introduce postgresql 14 with SUSE Manager 4.3
• Drop SUSE Manager 4.0 descriptions
• Documented moving Salt clients between proxies in Client Configuration Guide
• Added grub.cfg for GRUB 2 in the Upgrade chapter of the Client Configuration Guide (previously only menu.lst for GRUB Legacy was mentioned)
• In Troubleshooting section of the Client Configuration Guide, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 clients also require previous SSL versions installed on the server
• In the Client Configuration Guide, explain how you find channel names to register older SUSE Linux Enterprise clients.
• In Retail Guide, adjust branch server version numbers (bsc#1193292)
• Merged Installation and Upgrade Guide to a single book
• Change configuration parameters to new static name in the Large Deployment Guide
• In the Client Configuration Guide, mark Yomi as unsupported on SLES 11 and 12
• In Specialized Guides, renamed page files to reflect the major topics they belong to.
• Created Specialized Guide as a container book for topics that are either not bespoke SUMA functionalities, or do not belong in any of the existing books
• Added Quick Start, containing one-page instructions for installing server or proxy, at the top of the navigation bar.
• In the Retail Guide, improve the auto-signed grains documentation
• Document Debian 11 as a supported OS as a client
• In Client Confguration Guide, for Debian and Ubuntu clients also provide the genuine architecture abbreviation "amd64".
• Documented repository URLs for Debian apt sources in the Custom Channel section of the Administration Guide
• In Client Configuration Guide add new section about registering with the Salt bundle
• In Client Confguration Guide fix the cent-errata.sh example script. RedHat now offers oval xml files in bzip2 format only.
• Fixed Uyuni for Retail Branch Server documention in the Retail Guide, and adjusted related SUSE Manager for Retail part accordingly.
• Fix command in Administration Guidelines, Backup and Restore chapter, and normalize layout.
• In the Client Configuration Guide, package locking is supported for Ubuntu and Debian.
• Fix base channel label for Red Hat 8 products in the Client Configuration Guide
• In the Client Configuration Guide, move the information about required Python to the section about the Web UI registration procedure.
• Warn about building ARM images on aarch64 architecture in the Administration Guide
• In the Installation Guide, fix slow downloads via proxy when huge files are requested (bsc#1185465)
• Added DNS resolution for minions incorrectly shown as down to the Troubleshooting section in the Client Configuration Guide
• Update 'max_connections' section of the Salt Guide (bsc#1191267)
• In the ports section of the Installation Guide, mention "tftpsync" explicitly for port 443 (bsc#1190665)
• In server upgrade procedure in the Upgrade Guide add 'zypper ref' step to refresh repositories reliably.
• Update 'effective_cache_size' section of the Salt Guide (bsc#1191274)
• Documented new filter in the Content Lifecycle Management chapter of the Administration Guide
• Added aarch64 support for selection of clients in the Installation Guide and Client Configuration Guide
• Documented AWS Permissions for Virtual Host Manager in VHM and Amazon Web Services chapter in the Client Configuration Guide
• Remove outdated patches note in the server update chapter of the Upgrade Guide
• Documented AWS Permissions for Virtual Host Manager in VHM and Amazon Web Services chapter in the Client Configuration Guide
• Documented Debian 12 as a supported client OS in Client Configuration Guide

Last packaged: 2021-09-21 (Uyuni 2021.09)

• Version 2021.09
• Updated Proxy installation screenshots to reflect SUMA 4.2 version in Installation Guide
• Documented low on disc space warnings in the Managing Disk Space chapter in Administration Guide
• Removed Portus and CaaSP references from the image management chapter of the Administration Guide
• Fixed mgr-cfg-* issues in appendix of the Reference Guide. Run the commands on the client (bsc#1190166).
• Documented package lock as a supported feature for some Salt clients in the Client Configuration Guide.
• Add information about pam service name limitations
• Replaced remaining occurrences of "Service Pack Migration" to "Product Migration".
• Reworded the Advanced virtual guest management description for clarity in Client Configuration Guide.
• Added a SLE Micro supported features section in Client Configuration Guide.
• logo url now supports new path to translation directory structure
• Added channel synchronization warning in the product migration chapter of the Client Configuration Guide.
• Added Rocky Linux 8 as a supported client in the Client Configuration Guide.
• Removed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Expanded Support 6, Oracle Linux 6, CentOS 6, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as supported client systems in the Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1188656).
• Documented required SLES version for the Ansible control node in the Ansible Integration chapter of the Administration Guide (bsc#1189419)
• Added information about installing Python 3.6 on Centos, Oracle Linux, Almalinux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support, and Red Hat in the Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1187335).
• SUSE Manager: Universe is not required for installing spacecmd on Ubuntu (bsc#1187337)
• In the Prometheus chapter of the Administration Guide advise to store data locally (bsc#1188855).

Last packaged: 2021-08-09 (Uyuni 2021.08)

• Additional information for ISS v2 about limitations and configuration

• Correct package name for PAM authentication (bsc#1171483)

• In the Ansible chapter of the Administration Guide mention that Ansible is available on proxy and retail branch server. Warn about Ansible hardware requirements in the Retail Guide.

• Warn better about over-writing images in public cloud in the Client Configuration Guide

• Client Configuration Guide: reorganized navigation bar to list SLES, openSUSE and other clients in alphabetical order for better user experience

• Reference Guide: removed underscores in page titles and nav bar links.

• Provide more information about Salt ssh user configuration in the Salt Guide (bsc#1187549).

• Documented Kiwi options and profile selection in Administration Guide.

• Added note about autoinstallation kernel options and Azure clients

• Added general information about SUSE Manager registration code that you can obtain from a "SUSE Manager Lifecycle Management+" subscription.

• Document new Salt SSH logs at the Client Configuration Guide, Troubleshooting section

• In the monitoring chapter of the Administration Guide mention that Prometheus is available on proxy and retail branch server. Warn about Prometheus hardware requirements in the Retail Guide (bsc#1186339).

• Documented spacecmd installation on Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 in Client Configuration Guide.

• Enhance Uyuni Proxy Upgrade chapter in the Upgrade guide. Provide information about major and minor upgrade.

• Update the proxy migration procedure with the specifics for the migration from openSUSE Leap 15.2 to 15.3

• Documented version 2 of Inter-Server Synchronization in the Administration Guide

• Document Rocky Linux 8 as a client

• Added custom scrape configuration documentation to Salt guide

• Added documentation for inter server sync version 2

• Adding missing command for imported SSL certs

• Documented custom information in Salt pillars in the Client Configuration Guide.

• Document openSUSE Leap 15.3

• Updated Setup section in the Installation Guide about trouble shooting freely available products.

• Documented transfer between organizations in Reference and Administration Guide; this features was previously called "migrate".

• In Product Migration chapter of the Client Configuration Guide add a note to install pending updates before starting the migration (bsc#1187065).

• Fixed channel management command lines in Client Configuration Guide

• Documented upgrading PostfreSQL DB to version 13 in Upgrade Guide

• In the Supported Clients Table of the Client Configuration Guide, list Debian 10 and 9 unconditionally also in the context of SUSE Manager (bsc#1186427)

• Enable documenation of Amazon Linux as a supported client system in Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1186297)

Last packaged: 2021-05-17

• Updated Image Management chapter in Administration Guide; python and python-xml are no longer required for container image inspection (bsc#1167586 and bsc#1164192")
• Add procedure to create cluster managed VM in Client Configuration Guide
• RHEL 6, Oracle Linux 6, CentOS 6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Expanded Support 6, and Ubuntu 16.04 are end-of-life upstream and no longer supported by SUSE as client operating systems.
• Documented upgrading to version 4.2 in Upgrade Guide (bsc#1185711).
• Fixed URL of API documentation