Bug 2082801

Summary:	[Azure][RHEL-7]The package WALinuxAgent needs least supported version by July 2022 [rhel-7.9.z]
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	ppaddhar
Component:	WALinuxAgent	Assignee:	Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Yuxin Sun <yuxisun>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	7.9	CC:	eterrell, germano, jbreitwe, john.mills, kpfleming, kwalker, mmorsy, mrezanin, nyelle, paygupta, vkuznets, yacao, yuxisun
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Extras, Reopened, Triaged, ZStream
Target Release:	---	Flags:	pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	WALinuxAgent-2.3.0.2-2.el7_9	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2022-08-09 16:49:50 UTC	Type:	Bug
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2098083
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Description ppaddhar 2022-05-07 10:23:39 UTC

Description of problem:

- Red Hat ships the latest WALinuxAgents package version for RHEL 7: '2.2.46-2.el7_9' 
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For WaLinuxAgent-2.2.46-2.el7_9 :
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/WALinuxAgent/2.2.46-2.el7_9/noarch/fd431d51/package
~~~

- As per Microsoft link below : 
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/support-extensions-agent-version#minimum-supported-version-of-linux-vm-agent
~~~

1. To get support for Linux Agent and extensions in Azure, the Linux Agent 
version on the Linux virtual machine (VM) must be later than or equal to 
version 2.2.10.
2. Starting in July 2022, the minimum supported version will be version 2.2.53.1 
for the Linux Agent.


Requesting updated package version which would be supported as per microsoft's least supported version mentioned in above document.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
- WaLinuxAgent-2.2.46-2.el7_9      <--- RHEL 7 Package version shipped by Red Hat
- WaLinuxAgent 2.2.53.1          <--- Minimum supported version after july 2022 by microsoft

Comment 4 Eduardo Otubo 2022-05-12 09:29:23 UTC

For RHEL-7.9 only critical and security patches are accepted to a small number of packages.

Comment 20 Kevin P. Fleming 2022-06-02 12:58:33 UTC

Will this be cloned for the other RHEL7 Z-stream branches?

Comment 21 Eduardo Otubo 2022-06-02 13:48:27 UTC

(In reply to Kevin P. Fleming from comment #20)
> Will this be cloned for the other RHEL7 Z-stream branches?

No. RHEL-7.9 is the only supported branch from RHEL-7 family.

Comment 23 John T Mills 2022-06-02 16:06:43 UTC

I believe RHEL 7.7 E4S is supported until 2023-08.  Is this not the case?

Comment 24 Eduardo Otubo 2022-06-07 09:23:32 UTC

Mirek, just set the ZTR to 7.6.
Can you handle the rebase for the other branches as well?

Thanks,

Comment 25 Miroslav Rezanina 2022-06-08 06:45:02 UTC

(In reply to Eduardo Otubo from comment #24)
> Mirek, just set the ZTR to 7.6.
> Can you handle the rebase for the other branches as well?
> 
> Thanks,

Yes, I can handle this.

Comment 29 Miroslav Rezanina 2022-06-08 12:07:04 UTC

(In reply to Miroslav Rezanina from comment #25)
> (In reply to Eduardo Otubo from comment #24)
> > Mirek, just set the ZTR to 7.6.
> > Can you handle the rebase for the other branches as well?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> 
> Yes, I can handle this.

Forget we are shipping WALinuxAgent in Extras that has only version released. This is supported for latest release (7.9.z) but available for older versions (7.7.z and 7.6.z) too. This means there are no other RHEL 7 versions needed (and even not able to be released).

Comment 39 errata-xmlrpc 2022-08-09 16:49:50 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (WALinuxAgent bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2022:6005