SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 and SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2

Release Notes
2021-05-05 13:01:03 +0200
Table of Contents

  * Version revision history
  * About SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  * System requirements
  * SUSE Manager Proxy distribution
  * Installation and setup
  * Upgrade from previous version
  * SUSE Manager Server versions
  * Major Changes Since SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
      + Salt 3002
      + SLES 15 SP3 JeOS as a Base System
      + Base System Upgrade
  * Known issues
      + Proxy password
      + Single Sign On, API and CLI tools
  * Providing feedback
  * Resources
  * Legal Notices
  * Colophon

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Version revision history

  * June 21st, 2021: 4.2 GA

About SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2

SUSE Manager Proxy provides mirroring proxy support for large and distributed
environments.

Operation of the proxy is completely transparent. The SUSE Manager Proxy looks
like a managed client to SUSE Manager Server, and like a server to the managed
clients. Managed clients talk to the Proxy only, and the Proxy in turn
communicates to the SUSE Manager Server.

All software packages that pass the SUSE Manager Proxy are cached and
subsequent client requests for these packages are resolved from the cache.

System requirements

SUSE Manager Proxy is available for x86_64 architecture only. We recommend you
have at least 8 GB main memory, and approximately 50 GB of disk space per
distribution or channel.

Consider additional disk space required for storing images for retail
terminals.

For more details on system requirements, see the Installation Guide on https://
documentation.suse.com/suma/4.2/.

SUSE Manager Proxy distribution

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 is provided through SUSE Customer Center and can be
installed with the unified installer for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3.

Installation and setup

Installation of SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 is done with the SUSE Manager Server 4.2
Web interface.

For more details on installing and configuring SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2, see the
Installation Guide on https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.2/.

Upgrade from previous version

To upgrade an existing SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 or 4.0 system to SUSE Manager
Proxy 4.2, you can do an in-place upgrade, or you can set up a new system to
replace the old one.

For more information about upgrading, see the Upgrade Guide on https://
documentation.suse.com/suma/4.2/.

SUSE Manager Server versions

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 works only with SUSE Manager 4.2 Server.

SUSE Manager Server 4.2 works with SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 and SUSE Manager
Proxy 4.1 but only for migration purposes. The product is not intended to be
used in a mixed-version scenario in production.

Major Changes Since SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1

Salt 3002

Salt has been upgraded to upstream version 3002, plus a number of patches,
backports and enhancements by SUSE, for the SUSE Manager Server, Proxy and
Client Tools (where the client operating system supports Python 3.5+; otherwise
Salt 3000 or 2016.11 are used).

We intend to regularly upgrade Salt to more recent versions.

For more details about changes in your manually-created Salt states, see the
Salt 3002 upstream release notes.

SLES 15 SP3 JeOS as a Base System

The SUSE Manager 4.1 Proxy and Retail Branch Server can now be installed on top
of SLES 15 SP3 JeOS edition.

Base System Upgrade

The base system was upgraded to SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3.

Known issues

Proxy password

Do not use the '@' character in the SUSE Manager Proxy password, as it is not
escaped correctly.

Single Sign On, API and CLI tools

Single Sign On can be used to authenticate in the Web UI but not with the API
or CLI tools. This will be fixed in a future release of SUSE Manager.

Providing feedback

If you encounter a bug in any SUSE product, please report it through your SUSE
Customer Service or Sales representatives.

You can also provide feedback using SUSE forums, or the upstream Uyuni Project
community.

Resources

Latest product documentation: https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.2/.

Technical product information for SUSE Manager: https://www.suse.com/products/
suse-manager/

These release notes are available online: https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/

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Colophon

Thank you for using SUSE Manager Proxy and/or SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
in your business.

Your SUSE Manager Team.

Last updated 2021-05-05 13:01:03 +0200
